The Secret World

[Loriac]

I got into this game last year for a few weeks (Steam claims I racked up 219 hours) and its one of the best MMOs I've ever played (has to be said that Funcom do know what they're doing in this space, I recall Anarchy Online was superb back in the day too). It plays more like a single player game when you're levelling up, but I never really got into the higher level / endgame raiding type stuff so not sure what thats like.

The controls are a bit fiddly - I ended up buying a 12-button gaming mouse for this game - but once you get used to them its got quite nice character building and combat options.

I think I will try to get back into it at some point soon and check out the new content based on what you guys are saying about it in this thread.

 

[bylam]

If anyone needs a trial key, send me a message. I can always summon up a few.

 

[MaskedMan]

The expansion is 50% off now. I was kind of hoping for a golden weekend points sale so I could just buy all the new stuff but I guess this will do.

 

[bozia2012]

The expansion is 50% off now. I was kind of hoping for a golden weekend points sale so I could just buy all the new stuff but I guess this will do.

The Fear Nothing Foundation is waiting for your contribution.

Bonus video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms9DRb59zeY

 

[J_C]

I love this game.

 

[Humppaleka]

Dat bloom tho, turn it off.

 

[bozia2012]

Dat bloom tho, turn it off.

What? Are you from 2005 or something?

 

[Humppaleka]

Dat bloom tho, turn it off.

What? Are you from 2005 or something?

What on earth do you mean by that? That bloom is an advanced feature that should be in every game after 2005? If I remember correctly that comes from the highest AA setting which looks like shit anyway, better just force AA through NVidia Control Panel for example.

 

[bozia2012]

My eyes were scorched by Oblibians, I assumed this is a shared experience - pardon.

TSW has that thingie with different ambience and lighting depending on locations - so the bloom only appears in specific places (like the FNF - lots of soft light). Or maybe it's just my eyes.

This doesn't have bloom, see?

BTW - I'm running SweetFX.

 

[Kem0sabe]

If only the engine wasn't such a piece of unoptimized crap...

 

[bozia2012]

If only the engine wasn't such a piece of unoptimized crap...

Yeah, both AoC and TSW are not only power hungry, but they also have a specific taste for hardware.

But if bugs, instability etc. stopped me from playing games - I wouldn't play the best games ever.

 

[Gord]

So, any tips on a non-sucky soloing build?
Anything in particular to avoid?

 

[Cyberarmy]

Use claws and assault rifles. Aim for passive healing and assault rifle leach. Still cannot figure how that heals btw...

 

[DeepOcean]

So, any tips on a non-sucky soloing build?
Anything in particular to avoid?

Try to stack up to three passive healing abilities and get one major talisman for healing to buff them up. Go assault rifle, there is an active skill that heal you when you shoot, mediocre damage but really good when you want to get out of a bad situation. I have a blade/AR build, got a blade passive that each eight attack is guaranted to be a penetration hit, hit the enemy with seven attacks then hit with a channeled blade attack, enemies melt under penetration hits.

 

[Bubbles]

AR is good for sub-100 pings. For higher latencies, run Blade/Hammer and rely on pre-built resources to two-shot trash mobs and the Breakdown passive to turn longer fights around.

 

[bozia2012]

When the game came out, I went for a blade/assault rifle build and soloed the entire campaign. It was low-dps, but kinda tanky. It went something like this:

http://www.tsw-builder.com/#91v100172144106952902950p951332353403721101421


Since a long time I'm soloing with blade/chaos - more aoe oriented and based on healing procs (no active heals), so you just dps and CC:

http://www.tsw-builder.com/#15v550170144522106133113p332421536721110310353


For starters it's good to go with tanking weapon (Hammer, Sword) and a healing weapon (Fist, AR) - you need the most effective and straightforward active skills. After you get closer to 100% you can basically go with anything you want.

Melee weapons buff themselves to 5 resources and stay like that when you're out of combat, so you can do some nasty stuff like Bubbles mentioned - start with 2 consumers (then you can pop aoe stun or evade buff and build resources while mobs can't do shit).

 

[bozia2012]

Use claws and assault rifles. Aim for passive healing and assault rifle leach. Still cannot figure how that heals btw...

I've learned about assault rifle from Claretta - http://forums.thesecretworld.com/showthread.php?t=80207

I still have no fucking idea how 9% x 10% x 2% etc. makes my Anima Shot heal for 12-15k - but it works :D

 

[Zombra]

So, any tips on a non-sucky soloing build?

Pay attention to what you're doing. The game is easy enough at the beginning to get away with anything, but there is a curve. If something isn't working, stop spending points on it. You can't ruin your character; just start spending points on something that works instead. Watch for synergies (e.g. an attack that causes Bleeding and another attack that does extra damage vs. Bleeding targets). You can use passive abilities from any weapon type without having that weapon type equipped (I didn't learn this until about 40 hours of play), which makes for some great synergies.

Above all, focus on making a build you find fun as the combat gameplay is very repetitive.

 

[Cyberarmy]

After second map game becomes harder and figts become boring (many moths...) thats where some builds starts to crumble.

 

[J_C]

After second map game becomes harder and figts become boring (many moths...) thats where some builds starts to crumble.

That's the point where I gave up the game. I loved the story, the atmosphere, the puzzles, but those fights with the moths were getting on my nerves.

 

[Zombra]

After second map game becomes harder and figts become boring (many moths...) thats where some builds starts to crumble.

That's the point where I gave up the game. I loved the story, the atmosphere, the puzzles, but those fights with the moths were getting on my nerves.

Fucking Black Goat Woods.

 

[bozia2012]

After second map game becomes harder and figts become boring (many moths...) thats where some builds starts to crumble.

That's the point where I gave up the game. I loved the story, the atmosphere, the puzzles, but those fights with the moths were getting on my nerves.

I found this game very challenging. Only group mobs are weak, all the rest is usually tough - the either take long to kill, have nasty attacks, become immortal if x, backlash against dots/CC or everything at once. I actually felt respect to most of the game mobs.

Anyway, it's best to avoid combat whenever you can.

I'm a storyfag, so I sticked to the end - the story becomes completely lovecraftastic in Transylvania and I'm basically having a brainboner since 2012.

EDIT: Ak'ab sort men from boys

 

[Rahdulan]

Can anyone comment on this image? I've seen it floating around, but I never got past Egypt myself.

 

[J_C]

What killed me is that you have to travel back and forth a lot on the 2nd map on moth territory, and they have attacks which make's you slow down. So I couldn't even avoid combat, because they caught up with me. Anyway, I'm planning to give a game another go, this time with a better build somewhere in the future.

 

[bylam]

Just like...avoid the northern woods in Savage Coast until you have gotten some better gear. The difficulty curve is a bit stupid because the Hotel and the Woods are the first things you see in that area, and they are some of the hardest.

Would recommend the Lighthouse as a better place to start in Savage Coast.