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Anyone from here playing The Secret World?


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Because I am thinking of getting the game now that monthly subscriptions are gone, but it would be my first MMO-styled game (Ogame doesn't count) and I would ask if for one there's a decent playerbase (I understand the game never sold as well as intended) and if there are some BSN folks I could team up with so I'm not raoming around single.

It's a make-it-or-break-it factor for me getting the game, so please be honest.


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I do. Playerbase seems to be fine. Many players like to randomly pair up to finish a quest together and even willing to return to a previous tier because of you. Parties gathering for dungeons are co-operative and people usually doesn't mind to explain strategy or repeat a unsuccessful fight. After free trial/B2P transition, you always see someone running around, so it isn't a ghost-town anymore. It's my experience at least.

To be fair, ME3MP and TSW are only online games I've tried, so I can't really compare it to other MMOs out there. However I lured my friend, who has been playing stuff like WoW and GW2, and she said TSW is being played by one of nicest bunch of people she had met.

It's a shame they pulled free trial.

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I play it sporadically but feel free to add me to friend list (username: Rinu) and write me if you see me online.

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Tried for a couple of hours. Not for me.

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The Wife and I are Lifetime members. But we been playing SWTOR much more lately.

The game is very good and does try things that most mmorpgs never do. Like requiring actual thinking to solve quests. Its a fun challenge to use the in game browser to do real research to solve a tricky problem. (Something the game encourages by making fake sites on the internet) Of course you can also use the same browser to look up solutions if puzzles arent your thing. But there's a real level of satisfaction to figuring it out on your own.

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Cutlass Jack wrote...

The Wife and I are Lifetime members. But we been playing SWTOR much more lately.

The game is very good and does try things that most mmorpgs never do. Like requiring actual thinking to solve quests. Its a fun challenge to use the in game browser to do real research to solve a tricky problem. (Something the game encourages by making fake sites on the internet) Of course you can also use the same browser to look up solutions if puzzles arent your thing. But there's a real level of satisfaction to figuring it out on your own.


How's the building character part?

I fear with no class restrictions and such it can be hard to figure out a nice optimized build to run with unless you know all powers and combinations inside out. Or alternatively, it may be too easy to build an effective build making individual leveling decisions matter less.

One thing I always love is building characters in my RPGs that are both decent at a single role (tanking/DPS/healer/whatever) but can really shine with teamwork and combination attacks. I know stuff like that exists in TSW, but how prevalent is it in the actual game/playerbase?




I know those are a lot of question, but frankly, it's a toss up between TSW and Skyrim so you see why I want more intel from firsthand experience (currently still tending to TSW as I never played an MMO (as said in the OP) and am a bit intrigued).

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As for comparison between Elder Scrolls and TSW. I haven't played Skyrim but I did try Oblivion and one clear difference are characters. TSW is SP material. Every character has unique lines, personality, and quests.

Game offers you so called decks. That's a template specialized in certain type of combat behavior (short vs. long ranged, healer, dps, group support, etc.). You can choose one or you can pick up traits you like. Both works. People say that the most efficient builds are self-constructed, though. It's good to say that you never loose gained abilities, you only invest into new ones and can switch between them as you want.
Personally, I consider combat/character building being TSW's major flaw. It's heavily dependant on your gears, so it kind of depends what items environment drops.

I guess if you're a social person, people will advice you and it's a matter of habit.

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Neofelis Nebulosa wrote...

How's the building character part?


Its actually pretty good. Its both very easy and complex. Because basically one character is all you need from a gameplay standpoint. One character can learn pretty much every skill in the game without restriction. So you can't permanently screw up your character no matter what you do.

The limitation is that abilites are tied to certain weapons, and you can only equip two weapons at a time. And you can only equip 8 active and 8 passive abilities at one time. Active abilities can only be from the weapons you have equipped, but Passives can be from any tree (though not every passive is useful for every build). It can be very worth it to spend points learning a weapon you don't actually use just to get its passive abilities.

So the complexity (and fun) comes from figuring out the optimal configuration for what you're trying to achieve. Since you can change equipped abilities on the fly whenever you're not in combat, it makes it very easy to mix, match and experiment.

But if you're not into that, the game has 'Decks' which are predefined suggested builds that fill various roles. And they give a nice little bonus of a custom outfit if you learn all the abilities in a Deck. So sometimes its worth learning abilities just for the outfits.

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I tried to play the beta, but I couldn't get past my handguns only firing ten feet.

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By the way, I forgot I have a free Invite. If you are still interested in testing, PM me.