Since I switched to shotties, you can now roll need on those pistols from the dungeons.
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The Secret World |OT| Everything is True
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Since I switched to shotties, you can now roll need on those pistols from the dungeons.
samus4ever
Banned
Ordered this baby today. Been looking for another MMO to get into. Have 2 free weeks so might as well kill some time. Got 30 more minutes on my download. Thinking about rolling a Templar. Any servers to play with GAF?
Single server technology, baby! Doesn't matter what server you're on, you can play with friends.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
I did some testing with the NVIDIA beta drivers and TXAA.
The anti aliasing is much better with TXAA than SMAA or FXAA but I noticed a small hit in performance when using TXAA. I was getting about 5-10 FPS lower with TXAA x2 compared to FXAA HQ. TXAA x4 hits performance even harder. Overall, FXAA HQ provides a much "crisper" image but TXAA eliminates almost all jaggies and shimmering at the cost of some performance.
Visually it looks much better than SMAA and while it doesn't blur the UI or text, it does have a less "crisp" or perhaps film quality look to it. Some people may perceive this as "blur". I read that some details can appear lost or less sharp because TXAA applies to the geometry and entire textures.
Another thing I noticed is that TXAA tends to push my GTX 670 pretty hard. NVIDIA boost is almost always active and power levels, fan speed, GPU load, GPU memory usage, and temps are much higher when running TXAA compared to FXAA.
It could be the nature of new technology or the beta drivers but I was a little disappointed with the performance. Hopefully this will improve over time but for now, I'm sticking with FXAA HQ.
Tested with Ultra settings and SSAO on high with no Tessellation enabled.
AMD Phenom X6 1090T @ 4.2 Ghz
MSI GTX 670 OC
Edit: With SSAO on Low, TXAA x2 performance is pretty comparable (if not better) to FXAA HQ and is a pretty good trade off.
The anti aliasing is much better with TXAA than SMAA or FXAA but I noticed a small hit in performance when using TXAA. I was getting about 5-10 FPS lower with TXAA x2 compared to FXAA HQ. TXAA x4 hits performance even harder. Overall, FXAA HQ provides a much "crisper" image but TXAA eliminates almost all jaggies and shimmering at the cost of some performance.
Visually it looks much better than SMAA and while it doesn't blur the UI or text, it does have a less "crisp" or perhaps film quality look to it. Some people may perceive this as "blur". I read that some details can appear lost or less sharp because TXAA applies to the geometry and entire textures.
Another thing I noticed is that TXAA tends to push my GTX 670 pretty hard. NVIDIA boost is almost always active and power levels, fan speed, GPU load, GPU memory usage, and temps are much higher when running TXAA compared to FXAA.
It could be the nature of new technology or the beta drivers but I was a little disappointed with the performance. Hopefully this will improve over time but for now, I'm sticking with FXAA HQ.
Tested with Ultra settings and SSAO on high with no Tessellation enabled.
AMD Phenom X6 1090T @ 4.2 Ghz
MSI GTX 670 OC
Edit: With SSAO on Low, TXAA x2 performance is pretty comparable (if not better) to FXAA HQ and is a pretty good trade off.
Legit? Buy the box.
Mithos
Member
I ain't paying €50 if I can buy a digital version/key for €25 somewhere that's gonna work just as fine.
Boxed version costs 39 at Amazon. Keysites are banned for a reason here.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
Anyone watch the combat livestream today? Anything interesting?
Sadly not but I will watch the recording later.
http://de.twitch.tv/thesecretworld/b/327882578
http://de.twitch.tv/thesecretworld/b/327882578
Mithos
Member
Well I play MMO's in 1 of 3 ways.
1. Free game, free play
2. Pay for game, free play.
3. Free game, pay for play.
I DON'T
4. Pay for game, pay to play.
So I'm trying to save money, so if there are some site out there that are selling cd-keys that are actually legit cd-keys (aka sanctioned) and that are NOT stolen, that's what I'm looking for.
You would only save money if you already know you are going to play the game over a longer period of time. If you pay the box you have one month gametime, which may be enough (and better value as other mmo/rpg's for sure). I see where you are coming from, but buying a key is always against the company who made the game.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
I don't know of any current deals so it might be best to just wait for a sale. There will be one... eventually. if the game is available on GMG there are a ton of 15%, 20%, and 25% off discount codes floating around.
In that case, I would wait.
Subcription MMOs don't last long nowadays, and as much as I liked Secret World over the free weekend, I could tell it's single player focused enough to not be able to support a subscription model long term.
Some stuff from the stream:
- Transylvania is harder on purpose, make you switch skills more often. Game turns into a flat progression there, all three zones are the same skill wise etc.
- Fusang is undergoing a change currently. Was not meant to be zerging. Reward defending more, more missions, slower pace.
- Some announcements regarding Ability Wheel expanding on Gamescom next week.
- They didn't want to force "cookie cutter builds". Tanks have to use specific skills etc., they want more variety.
- PvP dungeon "maybe"
- They agree that some impact effects are not strong enough
- There is some misconception about the builders. "Build less, exploit early" is the key.
- This months update is big (GC info)
- Originally there were 15 weapons (Axes, sub-machine guns, Daggers, Jinx magic) but some of them were hard to distinguish.
- Manned mashine guns in PvP ("would like to see")
- Shambala PvP zone might be resurrected
- Queue up for multiple battlfields will be available in the future.
- Animations are improved, will be more improved, ongoing process. Re-used animations/effects for abilities are temporary.
- Sovial features are being added (sitting on chair etc.)
- Joel drinks 2 Kilkenny beers during the stream.
- Martin says "fuck" during the stream.
Nice hahaSome stuff from the stream:
- Transylvania is harder on purpose, make you switch skills more often. Game turns into a flat progression there, all three zones are the same skill wise etc.
- Fusang is undergoing a change currently. Was not meant to be zerging. Reward defending more, more missions, slower pace.
- Some announcements regarding Ability Wheel expanding on Gamescom next week.
- They didn't want to force "cookie cutter builds". Tanks have to use specific skills etc., they want more variety.
- PvP dungeon "maybe"
- They agree that some impact effects are not strong enough
- There is some misconception about the builders. "Build less, exploit early" is the key.
- This months update is big (GC info)
- Originally there were 15 weapons (Axes, sub-machine guns, Daggers, Jinx magic) but some of them were hard to distinguish.
- Manned mashine guns in PvP ("would like to see")
- Shambala PvP zone might be resurrected
- Queue up for multiple battlfields will be available in the future.
- Animations are improved, will be more improved, ongoing process. Re-used animations/effects for abilities are temporary.
- Sovial features are being added (sitting on chair etc.)
[*]Joel drinks 2 Kilkenny beers during the stream.
[*]Martin says "fuck" during the stream.
HiddenWings
Member
This one caught me off guard. Blades has/had an awful lot of "spin your sword around" abilities, and some of them got new animations in 1.1. (Notably, the elites Stunning Swirl and Art of War now have unique animations.) I still don't know how they're going to ever make Blade Torrent, Bamboo Cutter, and Forking Paths distinct.
I guess this is the part where I realize I've been doing it wrong.
Also finally realized that even though you don't see hats in the normal clothing stores, some questlines give nice hats, and I already have 2.
After all the fancy AA discussion I'm sorry to load a screenie of dx9, medium details type of gaming.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
Some stuff from the stream:
- Transylvania is harder on purpose, make you switch skills more often. Game turns into a flat progression there, all three zones are the same skill wise etc.
- Fusang is undergoing a change currently. Was not meant to be zerging. Reward defending more, more missions, slower pace.
- Some announcements regarding Ability Wheel expanding on Gamescom next week.
- They didn't want to force "cookie cutter builds". Tanks have to use specific skills etc., they want more variety.
- PvP dungeon "maybe"
- They agree that some impact effects are not strong enough
- There is some misconception about the builders. "Build less, exploit early" is the key.
- This months update is big (GC info)
- Originally there were 15 weapons (Axes, sub-machine guns, Daggers, Jinx magic) but some of them were hard to distinguish.
- Manned mashine guns in PvP ("would like to see")
- Shambala PvP zone might be resurrected
- Queue up for multiple battlfields will be available in the future.
- Animations are improved, will be more improved, ongoing process. Re-used animations/effects for abilities are temporary.
- Sovial features are being added (sitting on chair etc.)
- Joel drinks 2 Kilkenny beers during the stream.
- Martin says "fuck" during the stream.
Really good stuff there. Hopefully we will get some of those changes before the August update but I wouldn't count on it. Either way, I can't wait for the next update. Sounds great!
Hat vendors are in the Eldwych station in London now
Use your Agartha conduit
That way is easy, but to get back I'd have to Agartha to the previous area and jog through so many monsters it'd be a quest in itself. The hats can probably wait
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
Mithos
Member
I guess now there is not long time left to get it cheaper then €49 >_<
SALES FTW!
Edit:
Should have said €49
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
By the way, The Secret World is available on GMG:
http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/mmos/the-secret-world-na
Use either code below for 25% off (brings total to about about $37 USD). The codes expire soon so hurry if you want to jump in now:
PCGMR-ALLIN-GREEN
ORDER-NTCOM-PLETE
Nice! I wonder if you can import codes to steam for the steam achievements and such.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
My key doesn't register right now.
I hope all the achievements are retroactive or synced in some way. I played Rusty Hearts and when they added achievements to Steam, everything unlocked retroactively so it should be possible.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
Just noticed this:
samus4ever
Banned
I've played about 6 hours since buying the game yesterday and I must say I love it so far. It's a lot different with the other, limited, mmo experience I've had, but it feel like the story and setting is well done so far. It's got me hooked right now, and I can't wait to explore further into the lore and story.
D
Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
People happy about ingame advertising? What is this? D:
edit: Talking about the Steam shirts/hoodies ingame
edit: Talking about the Steam shirts/hoodies ingame
Hm? Happy to have it on Steam.
Edit: Integrating accounts seems possible in the future, cool! (From the forums)
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
Steam integration. Yummy!
It looks like Funcom is going to be revealing the first raid at Gamescon next week:
It looks like Funcom is going to be revealing the first raid at Gamescon next week:
SEGAvangelist
Member
indigo-cyclops
Member
Some stuff from the stream:
- Transylvania is harder on purpose, make you switch skills more often. Game turns into a flat progression there, all three zones are the same skill wise etc.
- Fusang is undergoing a change currently. Was not meant to be zerging. Reward defending more, more missions, slower pace.
- Some announcements regarding Ability Wheel expanding on Gamescom next week.
- They didn't want to force "cookie cutter builds". Tanks have to use specific skills etc., they want more variety.
- PvP dungeon "maybe"
- They agree that some impact effects are not strong enough
- There is some misconception about the builders. "Build less, exploit early" is the key.
- This months update is big (GC info)
- Originally there were 15 weapons (Axes, sub-machine guns, Daggers, Jinx magic) but some of them were hard to distinguish.
- Manned mashine guns in PvP ("would like to see")
- Shambala PvP zone might be resurrected
- Queue up for multiple battlfields will be available in the future.
- Animations are improved, will be more improved, ongoing process. Re-used animations/effects for abilities are temporary.
- Sovial features are being added (sitting on chair etc.)
- Joel drinks 2 Kilkenny beers during the stream.
- Martin says "fuck" during the stream.
Thanks for posting Feef - I'm quite excited to hear more about the next update!
Funcom is disappointed with sale (currently trajecting to sell less than half of what Age of Conan did in it's first year). As a response to that they put it up on Steam. They still expect to earn more from it though than AOC since it has been cheaper to develop and to maintain. They are hopeful in that the good customer feedback will earn them a more steady (and increasing) player base over time than that of AOC.
http://p3.no/filmpolitiet/2012/08/funcom-skuffa-over-salget-til-the-secret-world/
http://p3.no/filmpolitiet/2012/08/funcom-skuffa-over-salget-til-the-secret-world/
Really good to see them being honest, but thay have to be of course.
Tough to answer. What do you expect from the game, what do you want?
I personally love it.
Tough to answer. What do you expect from the game, what do you want?
I personally love it.
PR spin can only go so far, when you start advertising user scores from a site like mmorpg.com who is owned by a notorious gold farming and selling company and whose only motivation is to promote games that they have an active commercial gold farming interest in, as well as the user reviews from metacritic that are usually either populated by shills...
I respect Funcom but sometimes its too much
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
I think their point was that user scores and feedback has been much more positive than the overall reception from critics. It was odd that they pointed out the mmorpg.com score as a positive critic score specifically though, I guess.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Based on what is actually written in the reviews, it's hard to imagine why it's metacritic score is so low compared to something like SWTOR. User scores are defiinitely the one to pay attention to in this case. There hasn't really been any backlash from this game either. Instead, most players are surprised how good the game is. Funcom needs to advertise, but I've said this forever about Age of Conan as well. I imagine TSW to follow the slow but steady development cycle that Age of Conan has had for the last 4 years, so for some that'll be ok (me), but for others who just consume the singleplayer content and leave the game, it won't be good.
Critics are extra critical (heh) to new IP's and games from companies that had some "bad" stuff in the past. Plus TSW is a niche game, it appeals to a specific type of people (like harder games, like to think, not too harsh on not so great things) so it's tough for a game like this to score high.
I really don't pay attention to reviews anymore, but a lot of people still do. TSW seems to appeal to GAF in theory, but it does not work out really well, which I still do not understand.
I really don't pay attention to reviews anymore, but a lot of people still do. TSW seems to appeal to GAF in theory, but it does not work out really well, which I still do not understand.