The Secret World

Post by **Ander** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:53 pm

Is anyone else into this game besides Thols and T? Also how are Thols and T liking the beta so far?

-Ander

Poobah · Post by **Poobah** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:08 pm

I'm in the beta as well and liked it, a little weird to get rolling at first but not too bad. Tried a couple factions while my son tried the other. Interesting.

Tholia · Post by **Tholia** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:42 am

T didn't get to play.

from one beta weekend, I liked it a lot, and T's in, so we're preordering. I couldn't guess how long it'll last, but it'll be a fun ride. Lots of fundamental differences from other games to love or hate - read the first post of http://forums.thesecretworld.com/showthread.php?t=32764 for example. Writing and voicework are good, even compared to swtor (though facial animations kinda suck - can't have it all, I guess).

I think every complaint I heard turned out to be somebody who just didn't understand yet.

preorder trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASSUwluKoUc

some 5-man demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZPS1SvmVHI

Tahiti · Post by **Tahiti** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:45 am

Are you buying the game poobs? Or have you? If so we should make sure we get on the same server or whatever

<3 T

Post by **Atelo** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:33 pm

Looks like a weird but interesting game. No levels? How do they do the typical unlocking of skills?

Tholia · Post by **Tholia** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:25 pm

there's still XP, and you get skill and ability points periodically. the ability system is huge (500+ choices, I think), skills are much simpler. going deep gets more expensive and powerful abilities; going wide gets more flexibility; eventually you can get them all. Separate from that, there's quality levels in gear - need both gear and aligned ability choices to compete. later, after going deep in more than a couple paths, you can swap gear and abilities between fights to change roles completely, there's no "respec" concept, more like multi spec, with something like TCG decks. hopefully the encounters justify that...

Poobah · Post by **Poobah** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:31 pm

Yeah, much more open ended. Of course it is very confusing at first to try to figure out what type of tiers you want, but if you can respec or just wait until you lvl more and get what you want.

Tholia · Post by **Tholia** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:00 pm

we're playing Illuminati on Grim.

Erico · Post by **Erico** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:38 am

So who ended up pre-ordering this game?

Santismo · Post by **Santismo** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:04 am

Bad bad bad beta reviews batman.

The Secret World

The Secret World

yes!