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Fallout 76: Fun Photos

2021-07-07T11:06:00.001-07:00

Doing Treasure Maps in the Savage Divide, saw this sign and as we have those new photo posed of skiing, well had to drop the 1st Tent and get our the Ski Gear!

Fallout 76's Roadmap - Article from Paste Magazine

2021-07-02T08:33:00.000-07:00

PASTE Magazine interview with Project Lead Jeff Gardiner and Design Director Mark Tucker on the future road map for Fallout 76.

Paste Magazine interview

Finally caught a nuke launch - Fallout 76

2019-04-02T09:12:00.002-07:00

My C.A.M.P. in Fallout 76 is located just down the hill from one of the launch silos. Finally was there when one launched. I want to actually see it come out of the ground, but haven't made it there for that. And not sure if the blast will kill you or not anyway!

These are from different launches. This is a nuke landing at Whitespring.

Nuking Morgantown. Being on the ground is survivable outside the main blast zone (and if you're wearing Power Armor or a HazMat suit.

Fallout 76. What a way to Die

2019-03-23T06:57:00.000-07:00

Bethesda has come up with some interesting little vignettes around the Fallout 76 world. The teddies and gnomes are used quite creatively. There are random events and lots of unusual places that are not marked on the map such as Carhenge.

There are also lots of skeletons that died pretty miserably.

Fallout 76 - Easter Egg - The Shining

2019-02-25T18:57:00.002-08:00

Fallout 76 has some wonderful Easter Eggs hidden in the game. Some are extremely obvious, others, you may have to think about the reference or depending on your age and/or interests may not get at all.

One really cool one is the references to the novel/movie - The Shining by Stephen King.

In Fallout 76, there is the Torrance House (The Forest Region), named after the Torrence family (Jack, Wendy and their son Danny). Most of the Torrence House is not accessible (or I didn't find a way in!), but it does have that haunted gloomy feel you'd expect. The photos are from two separate days, one was sunny, and when I went back in was raining.

There is scaffolding around it that offers access to the second floor and balconies and if you have a jetpack or marsupial you can access the roof. I didn't try just climbing up there, but there may be a way to jump up.

On the lovely verdigris copper roof, found this couple with the blocks spelling out Hubba Hubba. I'm not sure if this is reference to the ghost that was messing with Jack or some other Shining reference or could be totally unrelated. (It does have the requisite Teddy Bear!).

From the roof I was able to take an overview photo of the Torrence House maze. It looks very clear from a bird's eye view. It's not a huge maze, more of a walled garden maze. But a great little detailed addition to the game. (The more I play and find things that aren't the main story, the more I NEED to explore and find out what it means.)

Inside the maze, I found Jack with his axe.

Not sure if this is a Shining reference (if so I didn't get it) a mannequin and a dead woman (Wendy and Hallorann from the book, although they didn't die?) And a safe? or just Fallout 76 loot?

If you cruise around on the scaffolding and the balcony's you'll find Danny's tricycle with blocks spelling out REDRUM.

The first reference I found to a Danny was at CAMDEN PARK with his names spelled out in blocks. (Inside the room where you trade in tokens.) Assuming this is the Danny in The Shining and not some other Danny reference.

There are lots of these type of reference Easter eggs in Fallout 76, which I find absolutely loads of fun, the teddy bears that tell stories or Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter Tea Party, etc., Some are very obvious and some require a bit of thinking.

It doesn't really take away from those rushing through the game (although they're missing some fun!), but does give the explorer/puzzle solver types something else to find and share.

Great job Bethesda on another layer to the fun in Fallout 76!

Fallout 76 Into Lucky Hole Mine

2019-02-20T03:29:00.001-08:00

Fallout 76 has quite a number of interesting places to explore. If exploring is your thing - well you can spend quite a bit of time poking in all the corners above ground and below.

This is in one Mine (Lucky Hole). Some very strange religion going on involving "The Interloper". Make sure to listen to the holotape before going down inside.

Couldn't figure out what this was about - and didn't see any turtles. Plenty of Mole Miners though.

Small alter in a side tunnel. Definitely need to poke around inside this place.

Another small alter

Weird alter to The Interloper?

No idea how old or what this is. The only part I could get to.

There may be more (possible hidden room?)

Fallout 76 and Teddy Bears

2019-02-04T17:05:00.000-08:00

I'm not a Fallout fan/follower, as I think I played FO 3, got out of the Vault (having mild motion sickness from first person), some dog ripped my leg off and I never played again.

So, I'm not sure if the Teddy Bears are an ongoing theme, but Bethesda and the designers/devs had a great time with their placement in Fallout 76.

There are people that hunt for them and post lots of screenshots. I have one on IMGUR that stores ones I've found. Most of the time when you see them, you have to stop and just laugh or shake your head. Brilliant set ups.

By far the most photo'd Bear in Fallout 76

Lots of Teddy's in toilets for some reason.

Asylum Bear

Courtroom jury Bear and Toys

Ready for the amusement park

Sewing Bear

BBQ Bear

Funeral Bear

The Weird and Wonderful spots in Fallout 76

2019-01-27T17:34:00.001-08:00

There are a ton of weird, wonderful and freaky places in Fallout 76. Kudos to the developers/designers for all these hidden gems.

Every time I make a pass back through an area I find something new! Recent finds in The Forest.

A random totem/idol to whom?

Dog with advanced math skills and a chem set?

Inside a church in Helvetia (Forest zone). Top is upstairs, bottom is the main altar. Every church in the Forest has some freaky stuff going on!

Below are all from Point Pleasant. There are the obvious Mothman tribute places, below are a few extras. Don't forget to grab the eggs - they sell well!

Statue in the Mothman Museum. I'd like this as a housing item.

The "ritual offering" outfit. I'm not keen on wearing the head piece, but do randomly wear the clothing.

Mothman poster. There is one in Point Pleasant, but I think I took this photo in the Mire.

Fallout 76

2019-01-18T08:56:00.003-08:00

Fallout 76 has been out a few months now and glitches, dupers and d/c-ing aside - love love love this game!

There are so many stand out features, off the top of my head....

NPCs. Now there aren't any 'human' NPCs as the Fallout fanbase is happy to point out, other than other players. BUT the way the creatures and effected former humans act and react is just great. Animals that will hide or really runaway. Scorched and Super-mutants that will flank you or try to sneak up behind you. And the dialogue they've given the robots and Super-mutants, some of it is priceless.

Geography, landscape and setting. Another excellent decision. People from West Virginia say it is very similar to West Virginia. A few of the cities have been relocated, but overall they've used many of the existing real places in game. A big plus, most of the rocky walls, cliffs you can climb, unlike so many MMOs (looking at you WoW with so many you can't!). The weather and day/night cycle are well done. In the start zone it's less obvious it's night, but some of the others dark is dark!

All the hidden or not so obvious places you can visit with their own little stories going on.
The creative use of Teddy Bears and Gnomes in the game. Funny stuff.

Enough puzzles and truly hidden features for those that are willing to search.
Wonderful array of apparel.

Actual surveyor's mark and location in game. How cool is that?

Housing!!! This can be finicky and glitchy at times, but the creativity people are displaying is very cool. Players are sharing their creations here Settlements. One industrious player (bolsey on reddit) actually cataloged ALL the available housing items, which has been awesome! Catalog of Items.

Great place for RPers. Tales from Appalachia and FO76 Roleplayers Troupe on Reddit are two good sites for sharing stories, screenshots, etc.

Lastly, great community. There is a very vocal 'we hate FO76' majority, but there is a great community on reddit - FO76 Filthy Casuals - that love the game and are very supportive of the growing community of people that are having a blast in West Virginia! Surprisingly the majority of ingame players are friendly and helpful as well.

Link to my ever-growing . I don't think I've ever taken so many screenies in a game before!
ingame photos hosted on IMGUR

EQ2 Wire shutting down

2017-09-11T08:41:00.003-07:00

Feldon over at EQ2 Wire is retiring the site after nine years of showcasing the news - both positive and negative of EverQuest 2.

Wish him a wonderful life in his new ventures. His voice will be missed in the EQ2 community.

After 9 years, it is time for me to call it quits on this EQ2Wire News site.
I feel I have always put players first, and that choice has repeatedly cost me support I might have otherwise gotten from the EQ2 team and Sony Online Entertainment. At the last SOE Live, I was jokingly branded “chief shit-stirrer” by the Community Council for my constant vigilance of issues affecting customers, and my frequent and often uncomfortable requests for accountability.

Read more >> http://eq2wire.com/2017/09/09/eq2wire-aug-13-2008-september-8-2017/

Secret World Legend Best Info Pages

2017-09-08T14:08:00.002-07:00

FunCom Info sites - yes more than one - as FC thought a "forum" just wasn't the way to go......
SecretWorldLegends.com

SWL Reddit
FunCom Twitch Channel (Livestreams are 'generally' every other Friday)
SWL Twitter Feed
SWL Steam Forum
SWL Discord

Useful General Info Sites
SWL Forums (unofficial)
TSWDB.com (has the Legacy/TSW database too)
SWL Gear and Theorycrafting Spreadsheet
CryGaia Wiki
Guide to the Guides (reddit list. kept up?)

Builds/Roles
Group Role Primer (MerlinAesalon)
Tanking Guide (MerlinAesalon)
Healing Guide (MerlinAesalon)
DPS Guide (MerlinAesalon)
LAIR Guide (google.doc)
Scenario Survival Guide (Wyck Titalus)

Role Play
Secret World RP
Secret World Legends Role Play

PodCast
Beyond the Veil (Weekly live on Twitch)
Radio Free Gaia

Addons/Mods
SecretUI
Curse.com
List of working/mostly working from TSW (09/07/17)

Fashion & Loot Tables
The Secret Buzz - Fashion Magazine
Sephora's Closet - TSW fashion pics/info
Weapon Skin Spreadsheet (google doc)
RoseQQ's Unique Loot Guide

Secret World Legend patch notes 2.1.1

2017-09-07T09:34:00.000-07:00

Patch 2.1.1 is live today (09/07/17). Lots of fixes, but the highlights are the addition of the New York Raid (Manhatten Exclusion Zone), the Build Manager and Lair Megaboss fights.

https://secretworldlegends.com/news/update-2-1-1-patch-notes/

Update 2.1.1 Patch Notes

By Funcom | September 7, 2017

PATCH HIGHLIGHTS

The Future-Tech Cache is now available!
The Build Manager is now available! The build manager allows you to save your currently equipped items, active abilities, and passive skills to a build slot, allowing you to quickly swap builds at the click of a button. This may be accessed from a new tab at the top of the Abilities Window (N).
The final lair rituals can now be performed on the public raids platform in Agartha.
The Manhattan Exclusion Zone has been added to the Activity Finder under the Raids category. This new 10-player raid comes with a story mode that everyone can enjoy, as well as Elite difficulties for players seeking a greater challenge. To obtain the mission for the raid, please visit an Activity Board in Agartha first.
A new timers window has been added to the game, accessible with Shift + L. This window will display the time remaining until daily refreshes, how many keys you currently have and when they will refill, and lockouts for raid content.

GENERAL

Changed the way Item Power is calculated to care more about your core items and much less about your signets and slightly less about your glyphs. Overall Item Power will remain similar, but more power will be gained from upgrading core items than from upgrading attachments.
Caches will now give distillate bags in addition to weapon bags or vanity items when those items are gained.
Attempting to purchase membership before reaching Agartha for the first time will now inform players that they must progress farther before purchasing membership, instead of silently failing.
The take all attachments button in the tradepost will now take all attached Marks of Favour from all mail.
A Delete All Mail button has been added to the tradepost. This button will delete all mail.
Fixed an issue where the Yes/No dialog box would not update which option was selected until the mouse was moved, making it possible to unintentionally select Yes when attempting to select No.
Fixed an issue where some mission timers would not be removed once the task was completed or failed.
The PvP achievements category has been moved into the Activities category, where all other activities accessible from the Activity Finder are located.
The Colour of Tragic achievement now awards Clothing: Frowning Mask of Kan’ami. Characters who already have this achievement have had this clothing retroactively awarded.
Fixed an issue where acquiring a new title could reset your current one.
Fixed a crevice in Blue Mountain where it was possible to get characters stuck.
Fixed a typo in The Hunter of Kingsmouth achievement.
The Teleport to Tokyo > Kaidan has been added. Players will need to visit Kaidan in order to unlock this teleport.
Adjusted a number of weapons that were equipped backwards when out of combat stance.
New items are available for purchase with Third Age Fragments.
The gadgets gained from scenario achievements can now be deleted. If you happen to delete them, they can be purchased from Doctor Caligari in Agartha for a small fee.
The voice line when faction rank promoted now properly obeys the “Noncombat Voice Help” setting.
The voice line when leveling up now properly obeys the “Noncombat Voice Help” setting.
Updated art on the ability bar’s Anima Potion to make it more consistent with other abilities.
Updated art for the Energy Bars to make them more consistent with ability icons for their respective weapons.
Updated art for uninterruptable ability castbars, to make it easier to distinguish between interruptable and uninterruptable abilities.
The death penalty indicator should no longer be responsive to mouse events if it is covered by a separate UI.
Updated art for the Blade UI to be more in line with the new way that the mechanic works.
Fixed a case on the Blade UI where shattered blade pieces would continue to wiggle excitedly after healing the player, even though they have no hope of becoming a whole blade any time soon.

GAMEPLAY

Fixed some Proximity Drones in The Carpathian Fangs dealing very high damage when they self-destruct.
Fixed an issue which caused some enemies in Kaidan to give less XP and Anima Shards than intended.
Fixed an issue where the bridges in the Akhenaten fight would sometimes knock the player around when they shouldn’t.
Fixed a case where Akhenaten could become stuck at a preset HP value for an extended period of time.
Fixed a cinematic during Mortal Sins that would only play for the team member that triggered it.
Fixed an issue during the mission “Immersion” where a crate requiring interaction could become invisible.
Players on “King of the Hill” will no longer disrupt players on “The Final Destination” by hitting the Orochi Clairvoyance Drone and gaining its attention.
Fixed an issue in Tier 19 of “Mortal Sins” where players could get stuck on the assault if they disconnect or leave the area before it finishes.
Raizo’s Jacket is now visible to all team members during “The Pagans”.
Raizo’s Jacket now updates the team’s mission and disappears when one player takes the jacket during “The Pagans”.
It is no longer possible to accidentally delete the Atenist Garb and therefore be unable to progress the mission “Black Sun, Red Sand”.
The Prison teleport to Agartha will now properly send players to Agartha.
Spectres that spawn after restoring power to the Fear Nothing Foundation will no longer be untargetable.
Arbeh in A Shadow Over Egypt will now wait 10 seconds before despawning when his shield is removed.
Collecting objects from the graveyard during “The Korinto-kai” will now provide team credit.
Fleeing Oni in tier 1 of “Killers on the Road” will now be visible for all party members.
Resonance Mines in “Benevolent Conspiracies” are now visible when placed.
Fixed an issue that would occasionally cause sprint to cancel.

COMBAT

Primal Instinct’s bonus was decreased from 215%. This bonus is now 100% for damage and healing over time, and 50% for detonating these effects early through Ferocity. This change is due to an issue with how the damage bonus was being calculated. We will be monitoring this change to ensure that Fists is still a competitive weapon.
Increased the value of the healing received bonus on Recovery weapons to 2.5% / 5% / 7.5% at Mk I – III.
Updated the description of Redemption to state the Martyrdom requirement to activate the ability. The ability itself is unchanged.
Updated the tooltip of Eldritch Scourge to state that you need to have at least 1 Corruption or Martyrdom in order to gain the corruption or Martyrdom from this ability.
Increased the percentage of missing health restored by Reap to 35%. This healing bypasses the Corruption penalty.
Increased the percentage of missing health restored by Absolution to 35%. This healing bypasses the Corruption and Martyrdom penalty.
Anima-Touched weapons will now properly obey healing penalties such as the penalties from high Corruption or Martyrdom.
Resolved an issue that would cause the Signet of Thirst’s effect to remain after it had been exhausted of its healing.
Signet of Thirst will now properly obey healing penalties such as the penalties from high Corruption or Martyrdom. Healing lost through healing penalties will not count toward Thirst’s healing cap.
Signet of Thirst’s effects can no longer crit. They heal proportional to damage, so healing from a critical hit will still include critical power. This removes cases where they could essentially count as double crits.
Manticore X27 Agitator, Evulsion, Glutton for Punishment, and Enter the Fray will now keep hate once they gain hate to allow tank swaps to happen more easily.
Fixed an issue with the Hammer ability Pulverize that prevented certain weapons, such as the Flanged Mallet, from triggering their effects properly.
Fixed an issue that prevented multiple players from benefiting the Elemental passive Glaciate.
Updated the description of Maxwell’s Demon to reflect the fact that at least 50 heat is required for this passive to function.
Updated the description of Flashpoint in an attempt to prevent confusion about interactions with other elemental abilities.
The Spirit Blade FX will no longer persist when exiting combat stance.
Effigy O35 Turret gadget now benefits from signet of Matter Creation
Updated the icon for the Die Hard buff.

DUNGEONS

General

Clothing rewards for completing Dungeons on Elite 10 have been moved to Elite 5.
New clothing rewards have been added for completing Elite 10 dungeons.
Fixed viewing boss fights from the anima well inside dungeons.

Hell Eternal

Re-worked Eblis’s “Drink Deep” ability on Elite 5+ to be less punishing when players fail to interact with the mechanic.

SCENARIOS

Failing a scenario no longer applies deserter (despite the protests of the survivors).
Improved the visibility of the Sniper Shot ability marker.

DRESSING ROOM

Made a large amount of new clothing available for purchase directly in the Dressing Room.
Fixed an issue where the Faction berets had their genders swapped.
Fixed an issue where male characters could not consume Western Boots, black if they already owned the Low western boots, black.
Fixed an issue for male characters where the black morph suit was applying the gold head.
Fixed a typo with the item name for Goon Gloves.
Adjusted the Roman Key Sword weapon skin to apply at the appropriate angle.
Adjusted the Flame-Wreathed Hammer weapon skin to apply at the appropriate angle.

LFG List for TSW Achievements for Second Transfer (repost)

2017-09-05T08:14:00.003-07:00

** Repost from the TSW Forum **

LFG List for TSW Achievements for Second Transfer

Hey guys! This is a list of current people Looking for Groups (LFG) for TSW achievements for the second transfer, and the document already has people added (including me). There are many people trying to get this stuff done, so let's coordinate to increase our chances and help others out! The main purpose of this list is for Nightmare (NM) Master Planner (MP) achievements, however, we are including non-MP people as well for those who just want to hang out for regular content/achievements.

I used a word document (click here) to compile the information and allow others to edit, which includes:

TSW Name (alts included) - Add the character's name you will be playing on for achievements. If you play on alts, include their names for alt. contact.

SWL Name (alts included) - For contacting them in SWL only.

Other forms of contact - To contact you outside the game and to coordinate better. Discord and Steam are highly recommended due to chat system.

Timezone & Available Hours - This is especially important. Also, keep in mind that some timezones have similar acronyms, so be specific.

MP Achievements or Volunteer* - If you need all MP, list "All". If you need all but one, list all but one (ex: "All MP, no Tokyo"). If you are volunteering your time to help others or because you need BB, please say so, etc.

Other achievements - Are you doing The Unseen as well? Need exploration or lore achievements? Dungeoneer? Need the Elites?

Roles - DPS, Tank, or Healer? (and if you need carrying, please state so, that way two or more carries do not wind up together).

Geared for Tokyo? - Did you make it to Tokyo? Are you geared for the NM dungeons?

Extra Notes - Anything else people may need to know, like specific gear, etc.

Please fill out all the info so that everyone can group efficiently (and please do not edit anyone else's info unless you know them personally/have permission). Feel free to discuss/coordinate in this thread and the other threads (listed below), ask questions, post guides, etc. Anything helpful/important, like guides, will be linked in the second post. If you have suggestions on formatting, anything, please also speak up. I want to make this experience as efficient as possible!

If you need a guide on what to buy or earn before the second transfer takes place, please refer to our "Increasing Your Transfer Value" guide.

*Please keep in mind that the "Volunteer" option is for anyone doing NM to help others out, for BB, etc., and not necessarily for the achievements. If you are doing both because you already have a few NM achievements, feel free to put both. Please try to help out others as much as you can though, regardless of what you choose!

The other posts:
SWL Reddit
TSW Reddit
Steam
If you guys could post/spread this on the other TSW/SWL sites, that would be wonderful! Advertising in-game will be done with the script builder. (If someone knows how to copy/paste these so others can use them, please let me know!)

Last edited by Poisoness; Yesterday at 04:49 PM.

Secret World Legends

2017-08-29T12:12:00.004-07:00

Personally I've found Secret World Legends (SWL) to be graphically prettier than The Secret World (TSW). One of the few things that is an improvement, IMHO.

Kingsmouth Harbor

City of the Sun God

FunCom Point Conversion

2017-08-18T12:01:00.000-07:00

FunCom did it again. How to make a horrid decision that annoys/pisses off/kicks in the teeth of their player base.

Apparently they do NOT get that the veterans that have stuck with them through all the trials and tribulations of TSW and paid money over and above the GM (lifetime sub), to keep Secret World going are not their private punching bag. 70% of current Secret World Legends players are VETERANS. SEVENTY PERCENT! Can they not do the math?

I for one, am sick to death of their lying and bait and switch tactics. They've KNOWN for over a year (some hazard a guess as early as 2015) how this was going to play out, yet they keep stringing people along.

This recent news cost them the last of my goodwill. The $150 of Funcom points (purchased in May/June of 2016 BEFORE the cutoff date) are sitting unused in TSW and will sit there apparently along with all the money spent on Bank Space and extra Character slots.

Hard lesson to learn, but the trust is gone and I won't financially be supporting FunCom going forward. I'm going to be a F2P leech and enjoy the game without contributing a penny.

Brilliant business plan there FunCom, again. Screw your loyal supporters, again. I still love The Secret World and even SWL, but I won't play any future FC games. They've sunk to a new low in my opinion of an ethical company.

If this is a concern of yours, make your voice heard on either the Secret World Legends Discord thread or Reddit - as that's all FC listens to.

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OfficialFuncom Point to Aurum Exchange Available (self.SecretWorldLegends)

submitted 2 hours ago by Odonoptera aka AndyB, Community Manager[M] - announcement

The Funcom Point to Aurum Exchange service is now available. This service is provided for players that were playing The Secret World and then switched to Secret World Legends. The exchange will allow those players to convert their recently purchased Funcom Points to Aurum.
This service will be available from today (August 18, 2017) to September 4, 2017. At that point both the Funcom Point to Aurum Exchange service and the TSW Legacy Transfer service will be disabled.
To take part in the exchange you must be playing on a copied Secret World Legends account (ie there is a TSW account that your account was created from).
DETAILS:

This service exchanges all your eligible Funcom Points to Aurum. There are no partial exchanges allowed.
The max amount of Funcom Points allowed to exchange is 12,000.
Only Funcom Points purchased from July 1st 2016 to June 26th 2017 are eligible for exchange.
Bonus points are NOT eligible for exchange.
Funcom points to Aurum are exchanged at a 12 to 10 ratio. (1201 Funcom points exchanges into 1000 Aurum, with 1 Funcom Point remaining)
The exchange is not reversible
This process is a onetime event and cannot be repeated
You MUST have at least 1 character on your Secret World Legends account to use this service.

The service is available from your account page. Log in to your account and click the “Funcom Point to Aurum Exchange” button under Account Services. Follow the directions on screen.
Please note that this service may take up to 10 minutes to deliver the Aurum in game. The process will work if you are online or offline.
If you have any nitty-gritty account and billing questions, Customer Service can help you via Live Chat. I can't talk about your account details here, but I'm happy to field questions in this thread. Thank you! :)

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Oh they've also removed your Secret World payment history. You need to go through Age of Conan or Anarchy Online and enter your account info there to see the old TSW account info and what you've paid.

Secret World Legends - Guide to the Guides

2017-08-17T11:13:00.001-07:00

Over on the SWL (Secret World Legends) Reddit, Cheesyguy2113 compiled a Guide to the Guides that have been posted there.

GUIDE to the Guides

08-10-2017, 09:25 PM

Cheeseyguy2113 compiled ALL the current GUIDES into one Guide.
Some of these are on the sidebar / top bar, some are not - here's a quick list of stuff I've found useful all in one place. I did no work on these, save for tossing this list together. Feel free to add more below if you have any you'd like to see any additions, I'll edit them into the main post.
How to DPS
Bank / Marks / Misc
Acquire unique clothes by staring at people
Actives and Passives spreadsheet
Shadowy Forest Mission Route
Guide to endgame stats
List 'o loot
Group Roles
Guide to endgame stats
Unofficial Forums - SWL-forums.com - with builds / devtracker, etc
Guide to gear and upgrading
Overall general guide, oodles 'o misc info
Edit:
Reddit Link to Awesome gear spreadsheet / Actual Spreadsheet of awesome gear - Thanks Red_Sticky

Secret World Legends needs a Forum

2017-07-07T10:55:00.003-07:00

Posted this on The Secret World forum, but it will likely be deleted as FunCom in its infinite wisdom has decided to relaunch TSW (The Secret World) as Secret World Legends (SWL) with enough changes that new people are confused

The veterans of TSW had a wonderful helpful community and are trying their best to continue, but there isn't a good place to store and discuss the accumulated information and wealth of knowledge the vets bring to the table.

FunCom believes Reddit, Twitter and Facebook suffice as communication vehicles and all have their place, but they're not a stable, searchable, community building place like a forum.

Anyway, here's the post....

Interesting discussion last night between many of the vets - the names that know TSW/SWL inside and out - about the need for #Noobmares to make its appearance.

Apparently there is much confusion on the Elites (seeing the questions). It would be great if there was a place that all the theorycrafters could post their ideas - that was SEARCHABLE. There is so much new info - what stats are needed, helping people with builds, etc. Daily chat is filled with the same questions every day, almost every hour and there is nowhere to point the new people too.

As much as the vets are NOT the target audience - they are still actively helping answer questions that FC has chosen to leave very much in the figure-it-out zone. Don't continue to alienate the vets, they are here because they love TSW/SWL, and truly want it to success, is giving them a place to put the combined wealth of information (ie a forum), that hard?

Or the option is to tell new people - go dig thru pages and pages of Reddit? Ask on Twitter or Facebook?

I was trying to find something for a cabal-mate regarding aurum to MoF and how they worked but you can't search the FC 'preferred' communication vehicles. Google returns mostly useless information, so ???

FunCom we need a forum. #SWLneedsaForum

Fallen Gate Server (Everquest II)

2017-07-02T09:08:00.000-07:00

Always wanted to try Everquest II, but feel lost so many years later? Daybreak launched Fallen Gate Server last week. It starts old school and will 'add' each expansion every 12 weeks.

From EQ2:

The Isle of Refuge awaits your arrival as the newest Time-Locked Expansion server launches today! Now you can relive your early days in EverQuest II AND earn rewards that will carry over to other servers!

Explore EverQuest’s Heritage

Heritage Quests are a staple of adventure in EverQuest II and we have some exciting rewards for those who complete them on Fallen Gate.

Completion of any HQ on the Fallen Gate server will not only provide the normal reward, but also make a level appropriate version available for all your characters! Time to take those Journeyman’s Boots off the shelf put them to good use!

Once you have earned your reward, pick them up on any server from Fracture the Inheritance merchants located in Freeport and Qeynos.

The Fallen Gate server is only available to All Access Members, so sign up now and begin your adventure in Norrath!

FAQ for Fallen Gate Server here.

Gorowyn City Festival = July 1-7

2017-07-02T06:51:00.004-07:00

From EQ2 Wire:

Come visit the shores in Timorous Deep for the Gorowyn City Festival July 1-7!

Spend City Tokens* on local specialties, generic festival goods, appearance clothing, or food & drink.

Make sure all your characters have finished the Gorowyn Postage Collection, speak to Kella Swampfoot to assist with festival quests, and achieve 244 seconds or less in the local Aether Race to earn the Wind Warden title.

Gorwyn is the "red marble" City Festival. It won't be available again until December (or on the broker if you're lucky!).

Red marble Dividers, column,mirror and counter

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WHEN: 12:01am PT on July 1st – 11:59pm PT on July 7th

WHERE: Timorous Deep, on the dock, /way 2339, 80, 1441 (the merchants are found at /way 2388, 21, 1349)

QUESTS: Special Delivery, Special Order Crafting, Special Order Gathering

ACHIEVEMENTS: Delivery Ahoy, Harvesting Hoopla, Kella Caffeinated, Requisition Acclamation

MERCHANT ITEMS: EQ2 Traders | EQ2 Furniture

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** City Tokens can be earned doing the quests during the City Festivals OR doing Writs at any time.

The Proof of the Pudding is finally done!

2017-07-02T06:38:00.001-07:00

Yes. It is done! Proof the Pudding tradeskill questline in Everquest 2 is complete on all nine tradeskill professions!

Top row =Sage, Woodworker, Weaponsmith

Middle row = Alchemist, Carpenter, Provisioner

Bottom row = Tailor, Jeweler, Armorsmith

This signature quest is from the Rise of Kunark expansion (2007ish - ouch!), with a great reward. Mastercraftman cloak 1.0 and Earring of Solstice. There are multiple steps to get to this quest (rep grind with Bathezid's Watch in Fens of Nathsar for one). If you are level 72+ and can get the adventure quests that is much faster. Many of my crafters are below 40, so had to do the crafting grind after completing New Lands, New Profits from Taskmaster Greeblentus in Teren's Grasp. (I've only completed the rep with Bathezid to 40K+ on one character to access heirloom recipes for the gang.)

Now with EQ2's latest expansion, Kunark Ascending, this quest line is a requirement, so I figured I might as well get it done! I hadn't intended to do ALL 9 professions, but found it wasn't quite as bad as many made it seem and was going to be needed anyway so why not.

So, turned on Netflix and crafted away!

This is the crafting center where many hours has been spent. Having this set up - crafting stations, depots full of materials and fuel, and the house published for speedy travel back in forth from the writ giver in Bathezid made this much easier.

Once that grind is completed, a chat with Danelak Hosfoak, (must be level 80), one more crafting task for him (trade skill specific), and then it was off to Neeta Cabbageleaf in Rivervale.

You can craft items for your alts and put them in your shared bank as they'll be classed as Heirloom.

Much crafting left to do, as the gang works towards crafting level 100 (Provisioning, Carpentry and Alchemy are done!) as well as ALL of the new Artisan Tradeskill lines in Tears of Veeshan, Altar of Malice, and Thalumbra still to do.

Here's a wonderful guide to Proof of the Pudding on EQ2.Wikia
http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/The_Proof_of_the_Pudding

The Secret World - Golden Week March 1-8

2017-03-01T16:17:00.001-08:00

Things are heating up in the dead of Winter; a new Golden Week is here, running from March 1st through March 8th! Here’s what to expect:

Gilded Rage

The golden Guardian of Gaia, Samsu Nasiru, walks the earth again. Gather your best allies and hunt them down to earn your special rewards and tokens!

Doubled Ability Points

Every time you gain an Ability Point during this week, you will be awarded an additional bonus Ability Point! This effect stacks with Timed AP boosters that are available from the Item Store. This bonus doesn’t work with AP Injections!

Golden Vendor & Event Bags

The Merchant of Glitz opens for business with a fresh stock of High Roller’s Valises and pets! High Roller’s Valises purchased from the Item Store grant 1 Lucky Coin when opened! The Golden Bag of Lady Luck returns for those who want to spread some cheer, and grants 3 Lucky Coins to the kind soul that opens it.

Glitz and Glam

The golden outfits and unicorn once again have their deep discounts, joined by the Gilded Geist Rider! Remember, this mount is only available during the event!

FUNCOM: http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/GoldenWeekMAR17EN

Everquest II City Festival February 1-7th

2017-01-29T16:31:00.001-08:00

EQ2 City Festival starts February 1st.

Find the shinies for a housing item (mailbox). Or do the repeatable Far Seas Requistion quests (great to boost your trade skill with a super easy repeatable quest), Aether racing or do a bit of shopping for your house.
Kelethin Specialty Items (February/August)


Blue Shelf Fungus	Chair of the Acorn Scholar	Gourd of Cranberries
Gourd of Raspberries	Engraved Kelethin Door (*added 2/2011*)	Kelethin Banquet Table (*added 5/2011**)
Kelethin Curved Table	Kelethin Desk	Kelethin Display Counter (*added 8/2010*)
Kelethin Leaf Chair (*added 5/2011**)	Kelethin Pedestal Table (*added 5/2011**)	Kelethin Plain Floorlamp (*added 8/2010*)
Kelethin Round Counter	Kelethin Sign	Polished Wood Block (*added 2/2012*)
Polished Wood Half Block (*added 2/2012*)	Polished Wood Railing (*added 2/2012*)	Polished Wood Rounded Tile (*added 2/2012*)
Polished Wood Short Column (*added 2/2012*)	Polished Wood Short Divider (*added 2/2012*)	Polished Wood Stair (*added 2/2012*)
Polished Wood Tall Column (*added 2/2012*)	Polished Wood Tall Divider (*added 2/2012*)	Polished Wooden Column
Polished Wooden Mirror	Polished Wooden Tile	Wooden Pole

http://eq2.zam.com/wiki/City_Festival_Local_Specialties_%28EQ2%29

EQ2 Decorators for pics of all the goodies.

Never attended a City Festival in EQ2? ZAM has a great over-view of the Live Event, including quests and items available for purchase.

http://eq2.zam.com/wiki/City_Festivals_%28EQ2_Live_Event%29

or

EQ2wikia: http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/City_Festival

You can earn City Tokens during the Festival or by doing Crafting (Tradeskill Writs).

Winter around Norrath

2016-11-29T07:12:00.001-08:00

It's actually a graphical glitch, but it coincided with the change of weather in real life, so thought these were quite appropriate with the approach of Frostfell.

Antonica:

Nektulos Forest

Back in Everquest II

2016-11-15T16:29:00.001-08:00

Interesting year for MMO's, in my humble opinion.

World of Warcraft did an excellent job with the latest expansion, but something - I don't know what - just kinda fell flat for me. I stopped playing at the end of September.

Fortunately The Secret World had just ended it's month long challenge and the Samhain event was right around the corner. So, kept busy with the gang there. But I'm sooooo ready for new content in TSW and it looks like there won't be any until 2017.

For some reason, I decided to go check my EQ2 characters (I haven't played since 2011 and not seriously since 2009!), but logged in anyway. EQ2 always keeps your houses, and I can dabble with redecorating for hours. There are some amazing houses and talented people that come up with wonderful ideas - EQ2 Design Gallery, EQ2 Decorators, EQ2 Designers, EQ2 Traders - show many of the creative genius in EQ2.

It was surprising - yes I know time flies...., buuuut, Star was approaching her 10th birthday in December. She was still level 70 (that's how long ago I played her!), so I thought why not see if I can get her to 100 before she's 10, just for kicks.

Little did I know, I'd get sucked back in - very happily - to my first MMO and the one that has always been the benchmark against which all others have been measured. The amount and quality of content still amazes me. There are apparently over 8,000 quests, crafting, achievements, collections, battlegrounds, live events, 'guide' events, a customizable UI (that newer games still can't touch), 26 classes, 21 races, 9 crafting professions (3 secondary), in game games, and so much more!

So did I resub, oh yeah! Unsubbed from WoW (I'll likely go back at some point - found of those characters too!), but I think EQ2 and TSW will be it for awhile. Although I did promise that I would go do the past year of SWTOR and spend some time in ESO at some point in 2017.

Since mid-October I've been "organizing" the gang and adding a few new faces - sos I finally have ALL crafting professions (tradeskills) represented. I found out, I had somehow at some point, purchased extra character slots so have 14 total, so saved some names/races/class combos, but I'm only concentrating on the nine that are crafters too. Some person in general chat mentioned they had 23 characters! Yikes!! But as they're are achetypes, but each class does play somewhat differently, I may work towards one of each. Maybe! I actually want to reroll a character on the time-locked (progression) server to experience the game as it unfolded.

Kunark Ascending launched today - the 13th expansion - aimed towards the level 100 characters. It's received rave reviews in Beta, so hopefully it will be a good thing.

For my gang, back to leveling and crafting. I have an instant 100 character slot, but as I haven't actually played the 73-100 zones, I'm going to do that first.

It feels awesome to be back in Norrath!

As Seen in Agartha (The Secret World)

2016-07-20T11:21:00.002-07:00

Over the years I've posted on our Cabal forum screenshot of the amazing creative outfits the TSW players put together.

So, thought I'd start adding those here as I see them. Most will be without names, just the wild, crazy, fun and OMG idea the community has for clothing.