- Toshimo
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+10% crit chance is still real good for 1 passive, though, right?
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- Toshimo
- Aug 23, 2012
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I'm at 2k DPS in NM's.
UN.
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Press buttans harder.
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Jun 17, 2016 23:46
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- Toshimo
- Aug 23, 2012
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is there anywhere with like guidelines on ways to build at the start? theres a lot of poo poo and it feels like whatever weapons you pick are totally arbitrary when you dont know whats gonna happen with abilites and stuff
Unless things have changed drastically, do this thing:
Pick 2 weapons.
Pick 1 Builder (Builds 1 resource on each weapon).
If that builder wasn't an AoE, pick a second builder that is.
Pick 1 consumer for each weapon type (consumes all resources, or, if elemental consumes 2, 3, or 5 resources). Make sure they have no cooldown or cooldown <5 seconds.
Fill the other 3-4 spots with CC, movement, or offensive/defensive cooldowns.
Spend 1AP each on:
Brawler
Mind over Matter
Immortal Spirit
Lick your wounds
Spend 2 more AP in Elementalism for Elemental Force.
Grab the cheap inner wheel passives that give +10% to your 2 weapon types.
Bam. Cheap build that will do almost all the single-player stuff you need.
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Jul 1, 2016 12:21
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- Toshimo
- Aug 23, 2012
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What's the best way to keep gear updated? I bought up to QL3 weapons and talismans pretty cheaply on the AH, now I am ready to upgrade to full QL5 and all the stuff on the AH is running close to 100k a piece (and I only have 200k). Crafting? Any areas to try to farm?
You shouldn't ever need to craft or buy gear pretty much ever. You can roll everything in greens which are super common drops. I know back in the day before everything got consolidated in bullion, we'd go straight from QL3 greens into QL5 blue weapons (weapons are about 10x as important as talismans) at a vendor in Blue Mountain. I think you can just sort of keep up with green drops and mission rewards, though.
For those just starting, here's the spots you want to hit early to keep your gear up from QL1-QL3:
If you are new to the game, tooling around Kingsmouth and suddenly realizing that your gear is lagging behind, here's a list of all the missions in Kingsmouth that have gear rewards:
QL1
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For a Fistful of Zombies
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Mission Type: Main (Action)
Location: Jack's campsite
Starting Coords: 62, 135
Given by: Jack Boone
Reward: QL1 Weapon
The Occultist's Cookbook
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Mission Type: Side
Location: Raven's Knock
Starting Coords: 289,330
Given by: The Occultist's Cookbook
Reward: QL1 Chaos Focus
The Raven
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Mission Type: Main (Action)
Location: Raven's Knock
Starting Coords: 289,330
Given by: Madame Roget
Reward: QL1 Head Talisman
Supply Run
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Mission Type: Main (Action)
Location: Sheriff's Office
Starting Coords: 188,319
Given by: Helen Bannerman
Reward: QL1 Wrist Talisman
The Tentacle Trail
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Mission Type: Side
Location: King's Court Park
Starting Coords: 461,481
Given by: Box of squid
Reward: QL1 Finger Talisman
Elm Street Blues
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Mission Type: Main (Action)
Location: Sheriff's Office
Starting Coords: 188,319
Given by: Deputy Andy
Reward: QL1 Neck Talisman
Horror Show
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Mission Type: Main (Sabotage)
Location: Sheriff's Office
Starting Coords: 188,319
Given by: Helen Bannerman
Reward: QL1 Luck Talisman
Dust to Dust
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Mission Type: Main (Action)
Location: Kingsmouth Congregational Church
Given by: Henry Hawthorne
Reward: QL1 Occult Talisman
Missing Persons
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Mission Type: Side
Location: Sheriff's Office
Starting Coords: 188,319
Given by: Missing persons list
Reward: QL1 Waist Talisman
QL2
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Veterans Day
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Mission Type: Side
Location: Kingsmouth Congregational Church
Starting Coords: 268,492
Given by: Kingsmouth war memorial
Reward: QL2 Weapon
They Never Stop Coming
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Mission Type: Main (Action)
Location: Norma Creed's house
Starting Coords: 357,109
Given by: Norma Creed
Reward: QL2 Head Talisman
Rolls Downhill
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Mission Type: Main (Action)
Location: Hippie Camp
Starting Coords: 125,682
Given by: Che Garcia Hansson
Reward: QL2 Wrist Talisman
Draugnet
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Mission Type: Main (Action)
Location: Sheriff's Office
Starting Coords: 188,319
Given by: Deputy Andy
Reward: QL2 Neck Talisman
Appetite for Destruction
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Mission Type: Main (Action)
Location: Sheriff's Office
Starting Coords: 188,319
Given by: Sandy "Moose" Jansen
Reward: QL2 Finger Talisman
A Sacred Place
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Mission Type: Main (Action)
Location: Kingsmouth Congregational Church
Given by: Henry Hawthorne
Reward: QL2 Waist Talisman
Death, and the Instruments Thereof
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Mission Type: Main (Action)
Location: Sheriff's Office
Starting Coords: 188,319
Given by: Sandy "Moose" Jansen
Reward: QL2 Occult Talisman
QL3
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ATC
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Mission Type: Main (Sabotage)
Location: Skateboard Park
Starting Coords: 435, 670
Given by: Danny Dufresne
Reward: QL3 Weapon
Black Helicopters
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Mission Type: Main (Action)
Location: Orochi Encampment at North Kingsmouth Bridge
Starting Coords: 380,980
Given by: Ann Radcliffe
Reward: QL3 Head Talisman
Runaway Lights
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Mission Type: Main (Action)
Location: Kingsmouth Municipal Airport
Starting Coords: 896, 705
Given by: Ellis Hill
Reward: QL3 Finger Talisman
What the Tide Brought In
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Mission Type: Side
Location: Priest Island
Starting Coords: 293,975
Given by: Broken Orochi canister
Reward: QL3 Wrist Talisman
Evolution of the Species
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Mission Type: Main (Action)
Location: Orochi Encampment at North Kingsmouth Bridge
Starting Coords: 380,980
Given by: Harrison Blake
Reward: QL3 Luck Talisman
Hulk Smash
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Mission Type: Main (Action)
Location: Orochi Encampment at North Kingsmouth Bridge
Starting Coords: 380,980
Given by: Ann Radcliffe
Reward: QL3 Occult Talisman
Full Metal Golem
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Mission Type: Main (Action)
Location: Edgar's Scrapyard
Starting Coords: 621,671
Given by: Scrapyard Edgar
Reward: QL3 Waist Talisman
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Jul 1, 2016 18:55
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- Toshimo
- Aug 23, 2012
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Other than healing builds, are there any good builds that don't require a resource builder for both weapons? I guess there are some assault rifle builds that work and maybe claws, but I think those are leech/healing as well. I wonder why they haven't just pulled the trigger on changing it so all resource builders build for both weapons. It really makes a lot of nice builders basically useless. I always looked for some unicorn build, but it always seemed like I was just trying to plug holes and added stuff because I had a free slot, not because it worked with the build.
The only builders that don't build for both weapons are the healing builders in AR/Claws/Blood and that's by design to limit healing throughput.
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Jul 4, 2016 03:26
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- Toshimo
- Aug 23, 2012
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So I feel like a lazy rear end for asking this, but I've had the same problem every single time I've tried to get into TSW: I love the setting, and wanna run around and do all the content, but my brain cannot get around the weirdass combat system. Every time I've picked this up I go online, ultimately end up being pointed to the same AR/Sword solo build, take that to near the end of the starting area, then find himself hitting a brick wall with enemies. Is there anything resembling to a dumbass guide floating around that discusses character building from the perspective of "Here is the exact matrix of skills that will let you run around soloing the campaign without too much pain"?
Pick 2 weapons.
Pick 1 Builder (Builds 1 resource on each weapon).
If that builder wasn't an AoE, pick a second builder that is.
Pick 1 consumer for each weapon type (consumes all resources, or, if elemental consumes 2, 3, or 5 resources). Make sure they have no cooldown or cooldown <5 seconds.
Fill the other 3-4 spots with CC, movement, or offensive/defensive cooldowns.
Spend 1AP each on:
Brawler
Mind over Matter
Immortal Spirit
Lick your wounds
Spend 2 more AP in Elementalism for Elemental Force.
Grab the cheap inner wheel passives that give +10% to your 2 weapon types.
Bam. Cheap build that will do almost all the single-player stuff you need.
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Jul 26, 2016 06:08
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- Toshimo
- Aug 23, 2012
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Okay so I'm using:
Anima Shot,
Fire in the Hole,
Blade Torrent
Clearing the Path
Stunning Swirl
Martial Discipline
Point of Harmony
Immortal Spirit
Eagle Eye
Experience
Tipped Scales
Anima Boost
Unfair Advantage
Regeneration
This build doesn't work on a number of levels. If you want to do Blades/AR leeching, here's how you work it:
You want everything focused on making your stuff do max up-front damage because that's how you leech the most. Also, you want the AR portion stronger, because that's where the leeches are.
Your two options are:
Leeching Frenzy -> Shoot Em' Up -> Suppressing Fire
or
Hip Fire -> Bloodsport
Either way, you'll get a guaranteed Afflict that will trigger the Penetrate on Clearing the Path which is the entire reason to use it.
Then, you put in Eagle Eye and Transfuse Anima, because even though you won't be triggering the Hindered part very often, Funcom didn't bother to make a good direct Leech dps ability.
The Art of War or Stunning Swirl both make good Elite actives. The Art of War is generally better when used with Fluid Defense, which you should also be using but don't go rushing down the tree to get it unless you've got everything else.
So, at this point, you've got:
Suppressing Fire
Transfuse Anima
Clearing the Path
The Art of War / Stunning Swirl
Leeching Frenzy / ???
Shoot Em' Up / Bloodsport
Eagle Eye
Fluid Defense
Which is your core build.
From there, you want more dps passives.
Breakdown -> Paradigm Shift / Fever Pitch
And, then that leaves you with 3 active slots, which you can use for pretty much whatever utility you want.
If you want some sort of direct heal, there's Turn the Tables or Platoon (although Platoon is probably going to be awful in dps gear).
I think my final build would be something like...
- Suppressing Fire
- Transfuse Anima
- Clearing the Path
- Surging Blades
- Tactical Retreat
- Turn the Tables
- The Art of War / Stunning Swirl
- Leeching Frenzy / Accuracy
- Shoot Em' Up / Bloodsport
- Eagle Eye
- Twist the Knife
- Breakdown
- Paradigm Shift / Fever Pitch
- Fluid Defense
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Sep 20, 2016 18:34
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- Toshimo
- Aug 23, 2012
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That aside, why does Experience end up losing out as the elite passive?
I'd have figured a 20% boost on leeching would be worth it maybe? Or is it just not enough?
8.5% to all damage is better than 20% leeching for a build that is not 100% leech. Also, the defensive buff is probably worth more mitigation than the bonus leech heals.
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Sep 20, 2016 21:54
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- Toshimo
- Aug 23, 2012
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Thinking about getting back into this, mainly for lack of anything else to play right now.
Is the game less grindy than it was at launch? Had any sort of WoW-esque changes that make levelling faster? I enjoyed myself decently enough at launch, but it was certainly one of the grindier MMO's I'd ever played at the time.
This is nonsensical. The point of this game is to experience the story and the game has always advanced your character at a rate that more than adequately allows you to do that. There's literally zero grinding until you hit the endgame.
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Oct 9, 2016 13:28
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- Toshimo
- Aug 23, 2012
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I'd like to pick this up again. I was reviewing the builds on the tswdb site and many of the tops ones are a year or more old. Is there a place with updated builds? The last time I played i remembered it taking most of the builds a long time to get going, leading to me feeling very weak in the first two areas.
Is there currently an OP DPS build that will let me steamroll the first few areas?
Pick 2 weapons.
Pick 1 Builder (Builds 1 resource on each weapon).
If that builder wasn't an AoE, pick a second builder that is.
Pick 1 consumer for each weapon type (consumes all resources, or, if elemental consumes 2, 3, or 5 resources). Make sure they have no cooldown or cooldown <5 seconds.
Fill the other 3-4 spots with CC, movement, or offensive/defensive cooldowns.
Spend 1AP each on:
Brawler
Mind over Matter
Immortal Spirit
Lick your wounds
Spend 2 more AP in Elementalism for Elemental Force.
Grab the cheap inner wheel passives that give +10% to your 2 weapon types.
Bam. Cheap build that will do almost all the single-player stuff you need.
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Oct 14, 2016 20:04
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- Toshimo
- Aug 23, 2012
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Did they ever add progression (encounter or gear) past Manhattan?
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- Toshimo
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Running into a dilemma.
I've been running Blade/Blood for almost my entire run on a char & love it, but now that I've been in Tokyo for a while now things really seem to have slowed down in progression & even surviving mob fights is becoming a grind.
I don't know if it's AEGIS, the poorly explained and implemented functions of AEGIS, end-game grind, or my build. I've tried changing my build in the past, but always return to my favored Blade/Blood Affliction build. Should I alter my build, and if so what should be the focus (maybe Impairs/Roots; ranged attacks) or gameplay?
I would be interested in hearing your thoughts.
Afflictions scale real, real bad. Use 1 to activate effects, but don't use them for damage.
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