TSW refugee migration
I will certainly go and try out the suggestions that you've made, but there does seem to be a reluctance on the part of many TSW players to team for some reason. |
I generally prefer to solo myself when the content doesn't require a group, so I can't really comment on the difficulty of finding groups for non-dungeons. For dungeon runs, however, I haven't had any trouble getting groups. The LFG group tool (which works cross-dimensionally) has always gotten me a group pretty quickly. I do usually sign up as a healer, so that might improve my results since healers and tanks for groups are typically harder to find.
The LFG tool can also be used for non-dungeon content, but since I usually solo open-world content I can't say how useful it is for finding more general groups.
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You're still not getting it are you?
Why modslap a paying customer, when you could provide relevant information that assists instead. The modslap action makes me think that perhaps there's a problem with the game in general. |
There is no need for the endless "This game sucks! I quit!" posts in the forums, they don't help anyone. Think about it, if they allowed every one of those original threads, we would be overrun with them from every "child" who loves the game until they die, are killed during pvp, or any other possibly minuscule thing happened that they didn't like. However, they do allow posts that truly critique points of the game and reasons for leaving. I have read plenty of them and they are allowed to remain open until people start trolling, flaming, or going completely off-topic.
I don't know the OP, never played with him in-game, nor read his post on the TSW forums. I was just speculating as to reasons for a mod interaction and suggesting that it may have been the way in which he posted his frustration.
I know the poster in question from many years playing in CoH, and if he's having issues getting a team - then heaven help the rest of us.
I will certainly go and try out the suggestions that you've made, but there does seem to be a reluctance on the part of many TSW players to team for some reason. That much was apparent right from the start of my trial period. |
http://forums.thesecretworld.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17
I do have one question. If teaming is so important to you and you felt it was extremely lacking during your trial period, then why did you sub to the game? **Not trying to be a smart***, honestly just curious.**
You think it's stupid. Others don't. Meh, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
I've just had a pretty nasty experience on TSW - so I post this as a potential warning. YYMV so I'm not damning the game outright but be aware.
I have struggled to get teams at low levels because try as I might I can't get the CoH channels to work and most "Cabals" (SGs to us) are already high level and doing NM (nightmare mode) stuff it seems. So I post in the forums to say I'm struggling and unlikely to continue to play because I'm tired of dying. Apparently they have a rule against that (which to me seems to be a very overly strict interpretation about posting account closure details.) I also get "Three Infraction Points" against my account. Quite what they are is open to interpretation but it's not good and I've clearly been censured for saying, very politely, that I struggle with the game and the culture. So be prepared to get modslapped on there. I've said and done much worse on here and not even got a reprimand and the only time I got into a fight with a mod on this forum was during last summer's riots where I got to tell a Mod "**** you and the horse you rode in on" and an appology from her. (We're cool now by the way) But also something to consider: TSW went live in July and already people are running out of stuff to do. It might not have the legs we think even though it looks gorgeous. |
A couple of small tips that helped me tremendously when I first started:
1) Get Lick Your Wounds (in Fists) as soon as possible for one of your passive skills. Immortal Spirit (in Blades) is also beneficial. Just make sure to keep yourself as your defensive target when fighting monsters so that the heals are applied to you.
2) Make sure to put some points into your talismans as well as your main and secondary weapon skills. This will allow you to equip better gear.
3) Make sure your gear (if you're dps) has at least one tanking piece (for the hp), attack gear, and one or two healing pieces (for self heals).
4) Make use of the AH/Marketplace. At lower levels, you can get gear for dirt cheap most of the time.
5) Make sure to use your active dodge ability (it will get rid of a lot of unnecessary damage intake).
Not sure if you are aware of this website or not, http://wordpress.tswguides.com/ , but it gives some really solid survival builds for lower levels. Just keep in mind that you don't have to follow them exactly, you can change skills out to meet your needs.
As a side note, I haven't had any issues finding a team in game whether it be for missions or dungeons. It may take a few minutes, but I do get one when I need it. It pays to subscribe to the CoH-Refugees and OOC channels. Also, you can go to Agartha to ask. I have ran across many end-game players that are willing to help out a lowbie.
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We had a call last night in chan for some help doing cat god. I jumped in right away, even though the broke nature of the stupid quest meant I got no reward or experience. It looks like this will be retroactively applied to our accounts if we finished it though, I think....
In any case, we are more than willing to help and assist!
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Yes, chat in coh refugees, and you will likely get near instant turnaround on some help. I run with people all maxed out on ql10 equipment, but I am still in BM, with a few mishs left in SC, running on ql6 blues and a ql8 weapon (I need a second ql8 weapon :/).
We had a call last night in chan for some help doing cat god. I jumped in right away, even though the broke nature of the stupid quest meant I got no reward or experience. It looks like this will be retroactively applied to our accounts if we finished it though, I think.... In any case, we are more than willing to help and assist! hew2 in chan <- |
I've got one alt just starting in Egypt, one still running BM and a third who has just stepped into SC - always willing to team up with anybody on the channel.
I do have one question. If teaming is so important to you and you felt it was extremely lacking during your trial period, then why did you sub to the game? **Not trying to be a smart***, honestly just curious.** |
The graphics are very easy on the eye and I like the combat system, but above all I love the genre.
Whilst I quite like the sword/sorcery/orcs/elves genre in movies and books, I just can't get into it in gaming terms.
I've no idea why
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TSW deals with a genre that is modern and ancient at the same time, and it ticks all my boxes (to coin a phrase).
I'm a big fan of the Laundry series of books by Charles Stross, so the conspiracy theory/Elder Gods/urban legends theme is something that I would prefer to play.
I honestly hope the game does well. I have no problem with buying the game and subbing - even if I can see that it appears to have some issues.
Here's hoping the game has a long future
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I just got Banned on my Account! http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=298088 TerraDraconis just dropped the hammer on Evil Legacy for accusing everyone of picking on the OP. Too funny. I always get a kick out of watching someone have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. |
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P.S. Now we're discussing forum moderation. Oh noes!
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With the direction that thread was going, is anybody surprised (even a little) that it went away?
Wow, you're right. I had read it a short time ago when I logged in. Just checked again and it's missing.
P.S. Now we're discussing forum moderation. Oh noes! ![]() |
With the direction that thread was going, is anybody surprised (even a little) that it went away?
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Well someone posted that they reported the kids thread because he was using an alternate account to get around his primary account being banned so it's likely that not only did his thread get deleted but the account he used to make it was also banned.
And now he doesn't even have an alt account to play on.
Tip of the Day When doing dungeons, remember that there are lore objects that can only be found in the dungeons. You can look them up in game to see which ones you have. Some are tricksy as in Polaris, you only get the lore object if you activate the zombie that is lying on the ground like a body and then kill it. Another one requires you to enter in a code to activate a drone that leads you to the lore object. Think outside the box.
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I have struggled to get teams at low levels because try as I might I can't get the CoH channels to work and most "Cabals" (SGs to us) are already high level and doing NM (nightmare mode) stuff it seems.
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http://forums.thesecretworld.com/showthread.php?t=59727
This thread has a program that will help set the autologin files. Still the recommended way is to do it yourself, as explained up-thread. If I may ask, what is happening? Are you not getting told you are joining the channels, losing channels? You might not be set to subscribe to the channels.
I have one friend that is having issues with any channel (even general) staying joined. I've told him to /petition it, but even he has managed to do all the regular dungeons and most of the elites. I think he has asked in Agartha and used the LFG tool in the menu.
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Well someone posted that they reported the kids thread because he was using an alternate account to get around his primary account being banned so it's likely that not only did his thread get deleted but the account he used to make it was also banned.
And now he doesn't even have an alt account to play on. |
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With the direction that thread was going, is anybody surprised (even a little) that it went away?
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Have you tried changing to DX9 TerraDraconis? Also, turning vegetation and shadow levels down? I had to do all of that and I now have very minimal issues (except really low fps in London). Even turning those settings down, the game is still beautiful.
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I do like TSW and what was keeping me from enjoying it was the bad framerates and lockups in combat.
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Got a chance to briefly check on this last night. I had already switched to DX9, but taking the veg and shad down to .2 each was amazing. I didn't get to stay in long but I had been getting frame rates of 12 - 15 with occasional bouts of 1 or just frozen. Last night for the bit of time I had to check I was getting framerates of 29 - 32 with the occasional slowdown to 15. I'll have to give this a longer term run and maybe I can bump one or the other up a notch but thank you very much for the specific slider adjustments that I had missed.
I do like TSW and what was keeping me from enjoying it was the bad framerates and lockups in combat. ![]() |
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I've left mine turned down. I still get a drop in frame rates on occasion (mostly in London), but it is infrequent and usually the worst right after a patch. So I can live with that.
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Ouch. Of course, the thread would have been deleted before it passed page one if we were under full moderation seeing as how posting about bans is against forum rules.
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If he had just used a different attitude the responses would have been completely different. For example if he had said
"I screwed up and filed a charge back when they announced the game was shutting down and now they've cancelled my account. What can I do to get this fixed ..."
would have gotten a totally different response than his righteous indignation over getting punished for committing credit card fraud.
With the attitude he actually had the only thing surprising was how polite and civil we were to him in spite of E_L's pathetic attempts to engage in a flamewar. That girl really needs to stay on the meds the doctors gave her.
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Got a chance to briefly check on this last night. I had already switched to DX9, but taking the veg and shad down to .2 each was amazing. I didn't get to stay in long but I had been getting frame rates of 12 - 15 with occasional bouts of 1 or just frozen. Last night for the bit of time I had to check I was getting framerates of 29 - 32 with the occasional slowdown to 15. I'll have to give this a longer term run and maybe I can bump one or the other up a notch but thank you very much for the specific slider adjustments that I had missed.
I do like TSW and what was keeping me from enjoying it was the bad framerates and lockups in combat. ![]() |
Under video settings, I changed the resolution to match my desktop. I haven't had an issue since then... and the game looks AMAZING! I have more real estate on my game screen, too... the only down side is the chat font, even at it's large setting.. is still tiny.
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Duck! there seems to be a forum moderator sneaking around these parts...
I am running a little Halloween ARG for my guild in TSW. I know some of you probably did not get to experience the ARG leading up to the opening of TSW, so I thought you might want to give it a try.
The ARG is basically real world puzzles that need to be researched and solved to advance a storyline. It is done outside of the game, so no need to actually be playing TSW. Puzzle answers are posted to the forums as are the next clues in the sequence, thus, making it open to anyone to participate whether you are playing TSW or not. I have it in the public section of our TSW forums, so anyone can jump in and help.
http://www.hammerfistclan.com/forum/...-short-552294/
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I am running a little Halloween ARG for my guild in TSW. I know some of you probably did not get to experience the ARG leading up to the opening of TSW, so I thought you might want to give it a try.
The ARG is basically real world puzzles that need to be researched and solved to advance a storyline. It is done outside of the game, so no need to actually be playing TSW. Puzzle answers are posted to the forums as are the next clues in the sequence, thus, making it open to anyone to participate whether you are playing TSW or not. I have it in the public section of our TSW forums, so anyone can jump in and help. http://www.hammerfistclan.com/forum/...-short-552294/ |
that is an interesting thread you have going.
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Infinity & Virtue
@WAR HAWK
However, I was making a suggestion as to how to get people to help/advise the player on possible problems that could be causing him/her to have such difficulty and/or to find people that would be willing to help. I don't see how me giving examples of how to actually get help is steamrolling a generic answer. If that is what you got from it, then so be it.
As a side note, I haven't had any issues finding a team in game whether it be for missions or dungeons. It may take a few minutes, but I do get one when I need it. It pays to subscribe to the CoH-Refugees and OOC channels. Also, you can go to Agartha to ask. I have ran across many end-game players that are willing to help out a lowbie.
Also, if you choose to leave a game because someone says "panties in a wad," then good luck to you. My finished post was actually much nicer and clean-cut that it originally was. I didn't see a post filled with "***" to be very helpful.
You're still not getting it are you?
Why modslap a paying customer, when you could provide relevant information that assists instead.
The modslap action makes me think that perhaps there's a problem with the game in general.
I know the poster in question from many years playing in CoH, and if he's having issues getting a team - then heaven help the rest of us.
I will certainly go and try out the suggestions that you've made, but there does seem to be a reluctance on the part of many TSW players to team for some reason.
That much was apparent right from the start of my trial period.
As for 'panties in a wad' .... it's not your fault, but I've just always considered it to be a really stupid thing to say
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