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flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
Rumor: Funcom is being investigated for insider trading (NeoGAF thread)

Gotta say that if this is true it's a really loving bad sign for TSW.

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flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
RPS article: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/29/funcom-charged-over-possible-financial-infringements/

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
I own TSW from Amazon and the Massive Edition on Steam is only $20 (link), which is cheaper than buying issues 5+6+7 standalone. If I buy it on Steam, can I just link it to my pre-existing account and get that DLC?

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes

Nektu posted:

I just started this game. Are there mounts of some kind or something else that can reduce the travel time while you are in one location?

You should go die.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
This is really cool: http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/enhanced_player_experience

Anyone know any particular details? Are the starter decks actually useful now?

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes


Hell yeah.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
What's a good skill setup with the revamp? I was using fists/blade but I've long lost the guide I was using to figure out what setup and skills I was going after and I figure the reshuffle has changed what I'd want anyway.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes

mulodyne posted:

hi flat

blade/fist is still fine but you might need to refocus on blade if you're heavily invested in fists since blade is basically the best open world pve weapon at this point

http://www.tsw-builder.com/#13v111144113115106315311p310114112110530330403

here's a good early game build; I forget exactly where you stopped but let me know and I can tweak it for some slightly better, more expensive skills

yeah I'm a bit past that now and was starting to go after some more expensive skills, lemme see if i can grab an image of what I've got unlocked

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
Here's what I've got:


Basically, all of Fists, Blades, and Blood Magic unlocked, with Vital Fluids under BM 'Transmission' and Brandish, Brandishing Support, Matador, and Riposte unlocked under Blades "Running of the Jagged.' I think I was going for "Finish the Movement" in that.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes

xutech posted:

what server is everyone on?

As far as I'm aware it doesn't actually matter

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes

revenance posted:

TSW + Issues #5-8 on sale for $20.

Where is this?

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes

Enkmar posted:

http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/enhanced_player_experience

Heres the revamp info, not a lot of specifics about what changes were made so I'm in no real rush to reinstall.

http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/update_notes_1.11

There's your specifics.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
https://twitter.com/funcom_tsw/status/587986171520684032

I don't get it.

edit: Rince, have you tried grouping up with people to see if that helps? I know TSW is single-player as gently caress but there's probably some people decently geared that'd be willing to help you see the content. I'd help if I wasn't still way back in Kingsmouth despite everything

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
https://twitter.com/funcom_tsw/status/590885774037372928

oh boy, leaping whirlwinds

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
That reminds me, what are some good mods for this game?

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
As someone who lives in Massachusetts all the accents in Kingsmouth felt pretty accurate

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
Dragon has the best premise but the worst execution flavor-wise and Illuminati is great on both fronts. Templar's boring.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
I have some strange and confusing news, all

things are looking up for funcom

https://twitter.com/funcom/status/735819034659291136

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
I haven't played this game in ages and I think I might finally get around to doing so. What addons should I make sure I grab off of curse, and what's a good build updated since the rebalance a while back (preferably blade/fist since that's what I'm currently using apparently but if there are better/more fun ones please do tell)

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
It'd be a fantastic game if it weren't for the middling-to-bad MMO mechanics.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
Give every investigation quest a chance before you run to a guide, though - they're easily one of the most interesting things about the game and part of what I find most appealing about TSW. Some of them are definitely pretty complex, but the impulse you should have is to google around and research, not to go to gamefaqs.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
I uninstalled the older Curse client a while back and forgot that it's what I was using to manage my TSW addons (since I haven't played in ages). What are the must-have addons?

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes

Len posted:

All this TSW talk is making me debate reinstalling. You guys are awful people.

I've basically been in a constant state of 'i don't really wanna play it right this second but i feel like i really should because it could just die at any second' for a few years now

so yeah, get your playing in before it's gone

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes

Megazver posted:

I like all three factions, they're all p. cool, come at me.

When did they make Dragon interesting?

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
Full story: http://massivelyop.com/2017/02/27/the-secret-world-is-being-relaunched-in-2017/

Anarchy Online and Age of Conan are going into basically maintenance mode, so it's actually a good sign that TSW is getting a relaunch. Hopefully the combat adjustments turn out for the better.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
Any particularly recommended addons? I haven't poked at addons in ages.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
The best part of the game is its writing and its missions and if they keep all that while turning the combat/progression from 'things to get used to or overcome' to 'things that are easy to grasp/use and work well with the rest of the game' then we'll be in a great spot.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
I'd really hope the reboot still has all the writing and missions people love, it'd be kinda ridiculous if it didn't

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes

Dark_Swordmaster posted:

They should honestly kill the old servers. I have no loving idea why they'd run two instances of the same game at the same time, one old, dated, and poorly designed, the other newer and with an emphasis on being less poo poo.

Guess their financials are way better than we thought.

Because they're not the same game, and the cost of keeping the old game running (in maintenance mode) is a hell of a lot less than the PR hit they'd take for going 'hey, we're killing off this game you've played for years and years BUT we have a fresh new version of it that you can play! it doesn't have everything you're used to and doesn't have all the content yet but you can overlook that, right?'

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flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
They're still keeping the old version up, right?

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