(MMO) The Secret World | Launch Week + Tips

Profanicus · 2012-12-15T00:49:25.000Z

charmtrap:

They don’t seem to have fixed any of the problems from the beta. Animations are still ugly and clunky, combat is dull as dishwater (1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,etc,etc,adnauseum), there are still graphical and UI bugs everywhere, performance is sluggish at best.

Oh well. For $15 for the whole game to date I suppose it was worth it. I’ll keep plugging, but I hope it gets better.

I can tell you that the animation style, skill-bar based combat, occasional bugs, and engine performance do not change the further you get in, no.

blah · 2012-12-15T03:39:54.000Z

instant0:

It says “0” points on my account… would’ve thought those of us who subbed since launch would get a little something-something?

Nope, you don’t get anything for being a previous subscriber.

stusser:

You can find spots that look great, sure. But when you actually play the game you notice a lot of sharp lines and muddy textures. It’s not terrible, but it’s no GW2 either.

There’s a big difference between “not GW2” and “an Xbox game from 2004”. The game is far from mediocre looking, in fact it’s one of the better looking MMO’s on the market.

instant0 · 2012-12-15T04:39:04.000Z

I thought it looked quite nice with some good looking locations

The biggest issue I have with the game now (appart from the lack of anything rewarding those who subbed for months) is travel time and being unable to pickup quests.

I should probably head back to the entry area of Egypt and quest my way from there though, I got too caught up with doing the Storyline and had to skip so many quests. Looking at where they were though there would be a damn lot of running back and forth to do them all… not sure I cba.

Best part about the Egypt, and the fact that there’s an ingame browser, is that I find myself not only using the ingame google to research the quests… I started some wiki’ing on the different names and references they use in the game… This isn’t just a good story-based MMO but a learning one :)

stusser · 2012-12-15T07:50:40.000Z

Like I said, some spots look nice, but most don’t.

So now for something completely different. TWS has addons! Which ones are worth getting?

malkav11 · 2012-12-15T07:56:44.000Z

Well, you do get -something- for being a previous subscriber: you already own the game so don’t have to buy it to play, and have all the progress you made in the game previously. It’s hard to see what else would make sense to give you when they’re not locking anything in the game away like a free to play game would. You didn’t pay that monthly $15 for bonus points in the store or free monthly items or an xp accelerator. You paid for access to the game, which you got. It only makes sense to me to compensate active subscribers (who paid for access to the game that’s become free during the period of time they just paid for) and lifetime subscribers (who paid for lifetime access to a game that’s now free to access).

AlanSmithee · 2012-12-15T13:59:27.000Z

instant0:

The biggest issue I have with the game now (apart from the lack of anything rewarding those who subbed for months) is travel time and being unable to pickup quests.

For much of my travel I kill myself (type /reset) and pick a spawn point closer to where I want to go.

blah · 2012-12-15T15:23:34.000Z

Peter Frazier:

For much of my travel I kill myself (type /reset) and pick a spawn point closer to where I want to go.

Which is just a ridiculous thing to have to do, and something we’ve been doing since beta. Funcom should just make instant travel a feature and charge a fee for it like GW2.

hepcat · 2012-12-16T08:38:35.000Z

Whoa…I JUST discovered decks. Neat little mechanic, I must say.

I just rerolled my character as I was obviously screwing too many things up. The ability wheel is definitely NOT intuitive.

Can you respec at any point in this game?

Razgon · 2012-12-16T08:49:48.000Z

hepcat:

Whoa…I JUST discovered decks. Neat little mechanic, I must say.

I just rerolled my character as I was obviously screwing too many things up. The ability wheel is definitely NOT intuitive.

Can you respec at any point in this game?

Well, you just made the rookie mistake ;-) there is no respec and no need ever to restart a new charter. Your currrnt can earn the needed points for new abilities faster than any new character ever could. And there is no limit to ap’s so stick with what you got :-)

stusser · 2012-12-16T09:08:52.000Z

Don’t the three factions have different stories? Or is that really just in the beginning?

hepcat · 2012-12-16T09:14:47.000Z

Razgon:

Your currrnt can earn the needed points

Razgon, you okay!? Oh God, he’s having a stroke! I’m just glad he answered my question before he keeled over!

Joking aside, thanks. Now I just need to decide between Illuminati and Templars. I like the backstory and look of Templars, but I really like the Gunslinger deck the Illuminati have.

Razgon · 2012-12-16T09:55:05.000Z

hepcat:

Razgon, you okay!? Oh God, he’s having a stroke! I’m just glad he answered my question before he keeled over!

Joking aside, thanks. Now I just need to decide between Illuminati and Templars. I like the backstory and look of Templars, but I really like the Gunslinger deck the Illuminati have.

Sorry - it was from my stupid phone :-)

I meant that your current character can learn anything you need - No need to ever restart a character.

Razgon · 2012-12-16T09:55:53.000Z

stusser:

Don’t the three factions have different stories? Or is that really just in the beginning?

Not really - they are the same with a small window dressing of difference once in a while.

charmtrap · 2012-12-16T09:56:59.000Z

So is there actually any difference between factions, other than the starting area and pvp purposes?

Razgon · 2012-12-16T09:58:23.000Z

charmtrap:

So is there actually any difference between factions, other than the starting area and pvp purposes?

as I said above - not really.

charmtrap · 2012-12-16T10:03:11.000Z

Ah, OK.

It takes me forever to type on this goddamn tablet :-)

Razgon · 2012-12-16T10:07:02.000Z

charmtrap:

Ah, OK.

It takes me forever to type on this goddamn tablet :-)

Hah - I know the feeling :-)

The_Bitter_Cynic · 2012-12-16T16:09:56.000Z

Is there a server qt3 is on? 15 bucks isn’t bad so myself and Mini-Cyn are going to try TSW out.

Profanicus · 2012-12-16T16:58:07.000Z

The only thing that your choice of server (home dimension) limits is the Warzone part of PVP, which is probably only worthwhile nearer to endgame anyway.

No matter which dimension you pick, you will still be able to interact with everybody else in the game in chat, groups, guilds (cabals), dungeons and the other parts of PVP.

AlanSmithee · 2012-12-16T21:38:21.000Z

The Bitter Cynic:

Is there a server qt3 is on? 15 bucks isn’t bad so myself and Mini-Cyn are going to try TSW out.

Just be aware that there’s a bit of grown-up language and concepts being bandied about in this game…