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ebony14
Member since Jul-11-11
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Feb-15-17, 11:18 AM (EST) |
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1. "RE: The Secret War"
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I played it for a while, but got back into Guild Wars 2 with some friends, so I haven't picked it up for a while. I think my primary character was near the end of the Egyptian zone while my secondaries were stuck in the middle of Lovecraft Country (Solomon Island?). Ebony the Black Dragon "Life is like an anole. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's brown. But it's always a small Caribbean lizard." |
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Gryphon
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Feb-15-17, 01:35 PM (EST) |
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7. "RE: The Secret War"
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>Granted, but usually it isn't so blatant about it like the very first >mob spawn (not a boss, just the plan first mob of the map) wiping out >the party in under a minute three times over.Heh, it isn't an MMO, but something like that was why I quit playing Dragon Age Origins, after a party I had evidently unsufficiently min-maxed got wiped by random-encounter wolves. I kind of suck at games, but not that much. :) --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. |
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Sofaspud
Member since Apr-7-06
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Feb-20-17, 09:49 PM (EST) |
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8. "RE: The Secret War"
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>Anyone been playing this? A friend got me into it over the new year >and I'm finding it interesting. Huge urban-fantasy-horror-intrigue >type setting... If you mean The Secret World, then yes! :D I and at least two others I know who check in around these parts semi-regularly play, also semi-regularly. I've been in it since beta. Helluva lot of fun in my opinion, but sadly is lacking in fresh new content on a regular basis -- and replayability is similarly lackluster, because the faction storylines are actually just one storyline told through a very lightly tinted lens. But still. Helluva lot of fun, every time a new issue comes out or an event is going on I'm back in there, 8/10 would play again, etc. As for the high-end gear requirements... I'm not sure how much of that is perception and how much is reality. It's not a traditional MMO for a lot of reasons and if you've done the traditional thing and focused on, say, tanking -- and at that, one style of tanking -- then yeah, you're gonna have a bad time. If you learn to adapt to the enemy -- and more importantly, learn to adapt your abilities on the fly -- then the level progression is pretty smooth. There is a endgame bump (when you first get to Tokyo), but the intro missions in that zone give you what you need to survive. Unfortunately that is where it begins to get grindy, which makes me sad, but it's not terrible, especially if you've got friends to play with. One thing to keep in mind, that is *not* made crystal-clear from the outset: pay attention to the difficulty ratings. Unlike most other MMOs, you're not going to get super-duper-bonus XP for taking on things outside your normal ability. Normal difficulty really is the sweet spot. If a mission says it's too hard, back off, come back later. --sofaspud -- |
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