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Moving out of stuff is something you want to get reasonably good at, but otherwise gatekeeper is about bringing specific abilities to deal with his gimmicks so even a solid DPS build that would do well in actual endgame content is going to gently caress you over, because DPS builds don't usually purge stuff on short cooldowns and hinder adds (especially not in the same build). Gatekeeper in general is a good idea executed badly, but what's new in Funcom land... Real healing doesn't consist of healing four tanks who take full damage spikes while they keep standing in fires and can't be healed with leech or AoE/group heals. Meanwhile tanks aren't responsible for DPS camping in void zones, and in the real game they are allowed to self-heal or bring DPS-tank builds to finish fights faster. And yes, DPS don't generally have to spend 3-4 ability slots on purges and hinders all on one character.
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HapiMerchant posted:Also most NM fights are not likely to basically be me, a single dps, alone against a boss monster in a situation where not doing a certain amount of damage will instantly kill me. You are going to be very disappointed by goon nightmares.
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HapiMerchant posted:I am the biggest poo poo in this game apparently, as I appear to be the only person who cannot beat Gatekeeper with Ql10 blues and what WAS a solid DPS build up til now. My main problem is having to run around like a madman avoiding AoEs whuile killing him. I think the other regulars will vouch for me being reasonably ok at this game and I found the Gatekeeper DPS fight extremely difficult. Consider doing the tank or healer version instead.
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If you haven't yet, you can go through the Issue 6, 7, 8 and 9 (okay maybe not 8) mission chains which each grant you a purple talisman, which will make the Gatekeeper a lot easier. Some of the later missions might be a bit rough in blues, but you can group for them.
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Zephonith posted:If you haven't yet, you can go through the Issue 6, 7, 8 and 9 (okay maybe not 8) mission chains which each grant you a purple talisman, which will make the Gatekeeper a lot easier. Some of the later missions might be a bit rough in blues, but you can group for them. Issues 6 and 7 are a ton of fun and everybody should play through their mission chains even if they don't need gear. 
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Issues 6 and 7 own, yeah. Some of the missions have annoying aspects the loving respawn points on the god drat train were chosen so poorly but overall they're hella fun to do. 
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HapiMerchant posted:I don't mind moving around a lot but the thing is most areas where i've got to move around a lot aren't gonig to be tiny tiny platforms where i have maybe a few pixels of give space between me and INSTANT BILLION POINT DAMAGE. There's actually a shitload of this. Machine Tyrant, Klein 1, Contact Core and the fight immediately after it, Mayan Battlemage and Eblis to name the more difficult examples, but there are plenty of others. HapiMerchant posted:Also most NM fights are not likely to basically be me, a single dps, alone against a boss monster in a situation where not doing a certain amount of damage will instantly kill me. Because, you know, usually there's 2 other DPSers there, AND a tank (who's doing damage too) AND a healer keeping us all alive. So, a situation completely unlike the test DPSers are given to 'prove' they're NM worthy. On the contrary, there are also tonnes of instances where not doing enough DPS will wipe the party. Admittedly there should always be two other DPS to help you, but that's not really a strike against the gatekeeper involving a dps check. I mean, the DPS gatekeeper fight is bullshit, but not for the reasons you stated. It's bullshit because it makes you hinder stuff and use a build that's incapable of good DPS.
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So patch tomorrow that brings on the event, new content pack, and double ap/oreos/marks/etc. Would be nice to see people playing for a bit at least.
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Marx posted:So patch tomorrow that brings on the event, new content pack, and double ap/oreos/marks/etc.
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More info on stuff: http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/love_loathing_and_a_huge_anniversary_eventquote:The Secret World's second anniversary celebrations have begun!
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I found the Gatekeeper walking around like a literal golden Dr. Manhattan in The Shadowy Forest last night. He was targetable and friendly. Creepy as gently caress.
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CaptainZalo posted:I found the Gatekeeper walking around like a literal golden Dr. Manhattan in The Shadowy Forest last night. He was targetable and friendly. Creepy as gently caress. That's part of the current Golem event. We walks from the Agartha portals to specific places, then summons that zone's golem boss.
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I was all ready to grind up some APs this morning (one day I will achieve Panoptic Core), but now they're patching.  This had better be a great patch. 
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I think they're fixing stuff because the double BB and I think the double oreos weren't working.
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They're just using #event.
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Marx posted:They're just using #event. Alright thanks. I still liked Anniversity though. "Yeah it was an unintentional typo but it caught on so it stayed." Meaning they typed it, noticed it was wrong, and started advertising it without fixing it.
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So far it seems they toned down a lot of the golem AOE attacks so this year it's easier to hit once and idle more than ever.
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I'm getting my rear end beaten left and right by these stupid onis while trying to get their sashimotos. Please tell me Tokyo just starts off terribly unfun with non-stop ground effects I'm not quick enough to dodge. Tell me it gets better.
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prefect posted:I'm getting my rear end beaten left and right by these stupid onis while trying to get their sashimotos. Please tell me Tokyo just starts off terribly unfun with non-stop ground effects I'm not quick enough to dodge. Tell me it gets better. Once you upgrade your aegis shiz and get access to gear that stuff will die very quickly. Over time you get used to the attacks and figure what you can dodge and what is worth just eating.
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prefect posted:I'm getting my rear end beaten left and right by these stupid onis while trying to get their sashimotos. Please tell me Tokyo just starts off terribly unfun with non-stop ground effects I'm not quick enough to dodge. Tell me it gets better. Happened to me too, loving hate Oni. Doing fairly okay with everything else though.
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Morglon posted:Happened to me too, loving hate Oni. Doing fairly okay with everything else though. Oni can be annoying. So can Onryo, but everything dies soon enough.
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alfheimwanderer posted:Oni can be annoying. So can Onryo, but everything dies soon enough. Onryo murdered me. Absolutely murdered me until I altered my play style.
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CaptainZalo posted:I found the Gatekeeper walking around like a literal golden Dr. Manhattan in The Shadowy Forest last night. He was targetable and friendly. Creepy as gently caress. Is that what they look like? gently caress I found one last night on the Savage Coast map and ran from it because I had no idea what it was.
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Are there ever, like, discounts on the issues? I'd like to play issues 6-9 some day but goddamn, it's like fifty bucks to buy them all, isn't it? That content is good but it's not *that* good.
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Megazver posted:Are there ever, like, discounts on the issues? I'd like to play issues 6-9 some day but goddamn, it's like fifty bucks to buy them all, isn't it? That content is good but it's not *that* good. 1200 free points nets you one issue off the bat from donig 30 missions. issue 5 is half the price of the others. buy 7 if nothing else, get 9 with bonus points for ~ end game content~ and take 5 when it goes even more on sale. ignore 8 it is literally useless. 6 is hit or miss. the further anaylsis pack is pretty neat but not needed
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I want to believe Geary is just getting goatse sent to her 24/7 http://imgur.com/02svwvY
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Goatse is tame compared to even screen grabs of 1 guy 1 jar. That would be the true terror of the Filth.
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Len posted:I want to believe Geary is just getting goatse sent to her 24/7 
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orcane posted:Why are you doing this to yourself Plat? Because I am a miserable person and as grindy as these events are the missions are fantastic and help me forget that. Orochi Tank guy is best NPC since the game launched. He's in the only operational tank. Sure he's batshit crazy but he's clearly doing something right.
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Finally getting around to starting Tokyo and Geary
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Mercurius posted:Finally getting around to starting Tokyo and What about her? Personally the most disgusting thing I've found is Inabeda wanting to gently caress her. Why would you want that inabeda?
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Geary is why I keep logging into this game when I have time. The Templars have more fabulous outfits, but Geary, y'know? This game has the best voice acting and cutscenes.
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Rasmussen posted:Geary is why I keep logging into this game when I have time. The Templars have more fabulous outfits, but Geary, y'know?
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I bought the zebra head with my grandmaster funbux and it makes cutscenes even better. I think I like it even more than the horsehead. The best is when there's an artistic shot with depth of field effects, so you have an artfully blurred zebra head in the foreground and the object of focus further back. It's also pretty high-res itself so when it's sharp it looks very nice.
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Going to sound like a dumb question but is there an easy way to tell which issues I own? Bought the massive edition on Steam during the sale for like £12.50, saw some people talking about which ones are worth owning and am kind of enjoying the game so far. Only thing I don't like is it feels a bit clunky sometimes.
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thebardyspoon posted:Going to sound like a dumb question but is there an easy way to tell which issues I own? Bought the massive edition on Steam during the sale for like £12.50, saw some people talking about which ones are worth owning and am kind of enjoying the game so far. Only thing I don't like is it feels a bit clunky sometimes. The massive Edition gives you Issues 1-7 inclusive
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thebardyspoon posted:Going to sound like a dumb question but is there an easy way to tell which issues I own? Bought the massive edition on Steam during the sale for like £12.50, saw some people talking about which ones are worth owning and am kind of enjoying the game so far. Only thing I don't like is it feels a bit clunky sometimes. Buy Issue 9 and probably skip issue 8, its pretty crap. The side stories stuff is pretty good too if you want it.
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guppy posted:I bought the zebra head with my grandmaster funbux and it makes cutscenes even better. I think I like it even more than the horsehead. The best is when there's an artistic shot with depth of field effects, so you have an artfully blurred zebra head in the foreground and the object of focus further back. It's also pretty high-res itself so when it's sharp it looks very nice. I really enjoy the unicorn head in cutscenes, the sparkles really add a "this is a serious unicorn" vibe that is absolutely essential to my enjoyment of the game.
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Rasmussen posted:Geary is why I keep logging into this game when I have time. The Templars have more fabulous outfits, but Geary, y'know? I play Illuminati for the fun facts KG proves that learning can be fun, and exciting.
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