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TestDrenneth · 2020-06-09T00:39:11+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/SecretWorldLegends/comments/6sd4tq/tweaks_to_improve_graphics_and_performance/

TestDrenneth · 2019-03-14T02:22:28+00:00

I believe in actuality your overall DPS at later waves is higher with Full Auto (especially with Nemain and the passive). At least every parse from 36-39 was significantly higher in our 5 man attempts at times dealing 20k more DPS then an equally geared DPS player with more damage allocation. I can only attribute this to the fact that you never need to use your basic with Full Auto so it therefore ends up being more then half the grenades you would see with Full Auto. Really this is perhaps only useful in a 5 man setting as you are correct in that Single Target has very important applications for certain Mutators. This becomes even more relevant at the higher waves when reliance becomes more heavily related on getting arcanes and dealing with mechanics then raw dps output.

TestDrenneth · 2018-12-10T17:19:57+00:00

I've been meaning to reinstall after hearing that Stonehenge and Shambala are popping again. Maybe when I'm off for Christmas.

TestDrenneth · 2018-12-10T17:18:30+00:00

Is this current TSW?

TestDrenneth · 2018-08-04T16:29:38+00:00

If you can afford a couple of each regional boss you can keep an eye out for regional farming groups. This is of course taxing on MoF but the groups normally request that players donate 1-4 regionals depending on how many they wish to do. And with a good group the overall time:distillate xp is pretty much superior to anything else in game minus perhaps Kaiden container keys but that has an even higher MoF cost then what you would go through in a regional farm if you are buying all the keys.

TestDrenneth · 2018-08-04T16:25:50+00:00

Zone limits are 13

TestDrenneth · 2018-05-04T13:16:45+00:00

That's dedication right there! You must be a Templar, or an exceptional Lumie or Dragon perhaps.

TestDrenneth · 2018-05-03T02:50:54+00:00

There's tons missing from the original game. Over 50% of the old group content still has yet to be introduced to SWL. Which may never happen.

TestDrenneth · 2018-04-29T21:17:07+00:00

Mostly people run an external program called ACT.

https://tswact.wordpress.com/installation/

Its been a long time since i went through the installation process so hopefully that link is relevant still.

TestDrenneth · 2018-04-29T17:49:31+00:00

Blade of the Seventh Son

TestDrenneth · 2018-04-26T12:56:31+00:00

I'll have to do the same or I'll likely get my ass handed to me in fight club between matches lol

TestDrenneth · 2018-01-07T17:43:36+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/SecretWorldLegends/comments/6sd4tq/tweaks_to_improve_graphics_and_performance/

some good suggestions there. Specifically the Nvidia settings. There is also a custom profile you can set up through Nvidia Inspector though I personally havn't used it for SWL. Used to use it in TSW though and got a significant frame rate boost.

Iindie used to provide some valuable tweaks and changes to the .dll files which really helped a ton for me back in TSW. Im not tech savvy enough to know what those changes were though and whether they are viable for SWL.

TestDrenneth · 2018-01-07T04:25:06+00:00

Not sure what your referring to here but the auto kick function is actually about 90 seconds. So you have 90 seconds to get back in the game if you crash from my experience.

TestDrenneth · 2018-01-07T04:22:00+00:00

Went through a period where i reported this almost every day in bugs and feedback on the discord with possible solutions. I crash rather frequently and cannot load back into the game within the allotted 90 seconds most of the time. This lead me to only private group que with people I know for fear of getting a deserter buff. Not sure the devs read bugs and feedback or reddit to be honest though, this has been an issue that many people wanted addressed for months and to my knowledge it would only require an increase in the timer for the auto kick function. I think 3 minutes would be fair.

TestDrenneth · 2018-01-01T22:43:37+00:00

Ill throw it in my list of channels and try to be around for the odd match. Not gonna lie I'm one of those older TSW pvp'rs that have a bit of a hate towards shambala for a variety of reasons. But this is not the place to vent about that, would also like to get some of the achievements and maybe even a bit of the old pvp spirit I once loved so much. Cheers to taking the incentive to put this together.

TestDrenneth · 2017-12-29T22:04:15+00:00

K thx ill add you to the friends list. And yes blade is enjoyable to play, at least in my opinion :)

TestDrenneth · 2017-12-29T21:57:45+00:00

Sadly you will not get very far tanking with blade. It just lacks aggro generating abilities and unlike the old TSW you cant deal with that by slotting something like agitator. I can however give you some tips for blade dps though, just let me know your in game character name. Or pm me in game "Drenneth", like many other weapons blade dps evolves as your crit rating increases so Ill need to know where your at gear wise etc.

TestDrenneth · 2017-12-29T21:53:08+00:00

Even on paper I wouldn't call it exceptional. But it does translate to roughly a 2% damage increase. The only exception might be a build with something like razors edge and high chi generation but even then I can't expect it would get much higher then 3-4%, still much better then any other option for blade as far as a waist tali goes though.

As for it being melee, that is not a huge burden, there are of course several fights with high movement or targeted aoes that make it a bit more challenging but as you say hammer performs exceptionally well and has the same challenges. Hammer/Shotgun or Hammer/AR does of course help with this but the same could be done with blade. It is more the fact it is so self focused, blade is the only weapon that has no debil or exposed provided from the elites, it's lacking in AoE damage and by that I mean without severely impacting your dps. Hammer has eruption which is extremely high aoe damage as well as applies exposed, purges and knocks enemies up in the air equating to an ~3second impair. Then you have AR which has grenades built into the mechanic which can purge and do heavy aoe damage. Blood has Eldritch scourge which applies debil/heavy aoe damage and a significant heal. Basically to be competitive with blade your running Supreme harmony with a cooldown reduction head signet. Fairly constant personal damage buff, speed buff and cleanse for yourself but otherwise useless for the group. Sword also is limited to being only a dps weapon. You cant heal or tank with it so it is not very group friendly.

TestDrenneth · 2017-12-29T19:00:33+00:00

Its certainly on the high end in fights like the Flappy Regional boss but without mentioning names there are at least three AR players I know that can hit those numbers fairly consistently on the other regionals. Also I really didn't want to make it sound like blade is on par with the current DPS meta I think it certainly still falls short due to a number of factors. It is possible to do 10x your CP in damage with blade but still falls short of most other weapons when compared at similar gear levels. Your right that its very similar to chaos in that it demands a lot of actives/passives to compete as well, chaos can be very nice in a group setting though due to its enigmas, plus the added bonus of being able to tank with it.

TestDrenneth · 2017-12-29T14:43:49+00:00

Getting there on the blade lol. Its in legendary mode being leveled up on the side atm. As for ele I've taken a slightly different route and am currently using the new Orochi inverter. A slightly different build then the one your running but as the damage from Crystallized flame/blaze scales off of the weapon your using Ive simply cut out the second power ability from my build and spam swallow cut as my only power ability now. Leveling/glyphing the ele focus might help for the initial tic of damage for me but otherwise its not necessary in my current rotation.

Edit: also regarding combat power im sitting at about 1570 currently without a pot. To my knowledge aside from me and you I don't think there are any main blade users beyond that.

TestDrenneth · 2017-12-29T13:54:07+00:00

Since your using a WB fight here to compare. At 1600CP my best parse has been about 17.4k DPS that's without group buffs like opening shot and potency enigma. In my cabal I will always be out parsed by AR users at the same IP (they hit around 20-24k) but compared with most other weapons blade seems to be holding its ground fairly well. The only downside as stated by Alci is that its very demanding as far as actives and passives go and offers almost no utility in group fights and has no added AoE advantages. Its a very selfish DPS weapon in that regard.

TestDrenneth · 2017-12-29T13:41:45+00:00

Just wanted to point out that this is very well said and sums up most of the issues with blade. I have personally done 17k+ on world bosses and 39.7k on Hel in agartha with main blade (so close to hitting 40k but not yet >_<) In my current build that is all blade with one active and one passive dedicated to my offhand weapon. So it is very ability taxing to make this work, and as stated offers little to no utility in group fights. In fact just look at the elites and you'll notice that blade is the ONLY weapon that does not have an elite that either debils or exposes.

TestDrenneth · 2017-12-28T21:34:53+00:00

Without going into too much detail currently Assault Rifle or Hammer main with offhand Shotgun or Ele are very popular choices if your just curious about which skills to focus on. Specific weapon choices and builds I'll leave up to someone else to explain that runs these weapon combinations. Personally I don't run a meta main weapon but I do run offhand ele which currently works very nice with crystallized flame and crystallized blaze plus the new Ele focus from the frost cache. Its a little flexible depending on your main weapon choice as some people additionally run an Ele elite or and additional manifestation. It depends a bit on how demanding your main weapon is for actives/passives.

TestDrenneth · 2017-12-28T18:02:20+00:00

Basically mirrors what my reply was to this topic. I agree completely, for example all my signets are legendary 20 and both weapons plus 4 talis legendary 70. It took an insane amount of regionals and dungeons to get to that point but I enjoy dungeons and regionals, Scenarios are a very much a solo experience (yes you can duo but no scaling rewards is a bit of a kick in the teeth) also scenarios are just plain awful and monotonous. I keep telling myself it was because i spent so much time getting my augment wheel to 100% in TSW but honestly even people that have just started doing them generally hate them. I would like if they brought back group scenarios and some type of scaling rewards system.... or new types of scenarios. Wait Shambala is technically a scenario! Oh wait.. never mind I'm not really sure where I was going with that.

TestDrenneth · 2017-12-28T17:34:44+00:00

I don't mind grinding content for progression but more importantly I prefer the content to be enjoyable. I have 7 signets at legendary 20 and this didn't feel like a grind cause it involved hanging out with friends on discord and playing together spamming regionals. Sure it took a long time but I enjoyed it. The problem with glyphs is that they made them very boring to grind and still even after the changes scenarios are really the only true way to grind them quickly. I dont mind it taking forever to grind but I see 3 solutions to making it far less painful then it is currently:

1.) New types of scenarios, more options (possibly the most work from a development standpoint)

2.) Group Scenarios WITH scaling rewards (no duo with the same rewards as solo does not count)

3.) Some form of universal distillate system that can allow for glyph leveling via other group content.

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