I miss the old secret world :(

[Squib]

I just miss it. It was fun and no matter how hard I try, I can't get into the new combat system they have now. I just miss the original game so much :(

[Munax]

Originally posted by >< V ><:

Originally posted by Squib:

THANK YOU!!! There is still an active community there, right?

It's a dead game.

You can join the chat channel at /chat join #TSW but you will find few chatting.

The most people I'll find are in Fusang doing the events that popup for black bullion. I always friend everyone and once in awhile you can get a group together to do a dungeon or raid.

Your expectations should be, you are going to play a dead game.

There are few active discord channels. People are still running elite raids pretty much eveyday and they are running dungeons. Once a week or so a group can be formed for nm raids.

[>< V ><]

Originally posted by Munax:

Originally posted by >< V ><:

It's a dead game.

You can join the chat channel at /chat join #TSW but you will find few chatting.

The most people I'll find are in Fusang doing the events that popup for black bullion. I always friend everyone and once in awhile you can get a group together to do a dungeon or raid.

Your expectations should be, you are going to play a dead game.

There are few active discord channels. People are still running elite raids pretty much eveyday and they are running dungeons. Once a week or so a group can be formed for nm raids.

Good to know, thanks. I'll check it out.

[Lamp]

Me too, Squib. I even liked the crazy skill wheel and figuring out crazy weapon combos. Was down with just endlessly collecting them on one char. "Lamp" was taken though so I went with "Creams," for no good reason.

Chaos was definitely my favourite weapon, specifically the melee and not the stuff like the ghost crossbow. Combined it with fist to be all martial artsy and made my character look like Wang from Big Trouble in Little China.

Even ran into another BTiLC character at least once, think it was a Gracie Law. This game had one of the best communities.

[cammo.t]

cannot even sub to PATRON status despite having Steam funds for over a year. It is like they do not like my money

[StonedMagician]

Originally posted by Sukeket:

Those were the days. It wasn't perfect, but it was one of my favorite games. I wish more people agreed.

This AND the original are one of my favorite games ever. Loved the visuals, the community, and most importantly the writing and story. Phenomenal. I've picked up every game based in this world as soon as they were announced. I really do wish Funcom would put more money into more story missions, because the Africa one chasing Marquard was pretty great!

[☠ Asasin ☠]

Probably downloading this again just to enjoy the original Samhain events.

[The Spoon God]

I did play some of the og but not much. I actually was quite enjoying this one just needed to take a break as I get bored of MMO's quick.

I so desperately pray, huffing hopium and copium together, that some company buys this ip or something and revives it properly. It deserves some kind of revival from a company that'd do it justice.

[Squib]

Originally posted by ☠ Asasin ☠:

Probably downloading this again just to enjoy the original Samhain events.

YESSS I LOVED THE SAMHAIN EVENTS!!!

[Jaq]

Originally posted by The Spoon God:

I so desperately pray, huffing hopium and copium together, that some company buys this ip or something and revives it properly. It deserves some kind of revival from a company that'd do it justice.

Nobody will. There's a reason there are no other games like Secret World. MMOs are dying in general, and the few that are treading water are universally generic fantasy-themed. A modern-setting, occult-themed, level-less, class-less, story-oriented MMO is never happening again. Be grateful it was attempted at all back when investors thought MMOs were surefire cash machines. It nearly bankrupted Funcom.

The best chance - and it isn't much of one - is if someone with a passion for the IP makes a standalone followup RPG out of it. But player expectations would have to be scaled waaaay back. It would not get anything close to a Baldurs Gate sized budget.

Funcom for its part does seem more than willing to license its IPs. And it would have to be licensed out, because Funcom does not have any in-house game engines right now except for survival games. They are betting everything on this upcoming Dune game. Back when they were seeking investors it was easily the biggest budget game they'd ever attempted, although I don't know if they actually acquired the amount they sought. If Dune is a big hit, Funcom may evolve into a company big enough to make more than one game type at a time and produce RPGs. If Dune is a big flop, I guess there could be a firesale of Funcom IPs, but I don't foresee any serious developer buying Secret World, and more likely Funcom would just slink back to Conan games and muddle along as it does now with Secret World in maintenance mode.

If someone wants to make a Secret World-style game, the genre is wide open to start your own franchise, nobody needs the Secret World brand name. They don't own the words Illuminati, Templar, Dragon, Orochi, Gaia, Agartha, etc. You just can't use all those words in the exact same way and setting. And you can't have Kirsten Geary.

[The Spoon God]

A shame, really. It would be a dream come true if someone did acquire and revive it, as unlikely as it is I will still hold some shred of hopium within my veins just in case. Perhaps with enough of it it will come to pass lol

[Nain]

Originally posted by Jaq:

And you can't have Kirsten Geary.

this would break anything new in my opinion! /s

on a more serious note, if a big firesale is happening, all we can hope is to pray. swl could end up at gamigo if noone else would buy it.
now thats nightmare material. better not make that wish with the monkeys paw.

[Azzura]

I miss it too :(

[clevebilly]

my biggest problem with the original was the bottle-neck at endgame gearing. If one did not have a consistent leveling team, gearing was impossible. The 24 hour lockout on earning created a caste system where anyone not previously proven had no chance to enjoy life past the gatekeeper. That aside it was a wonderful narrative with unique ideas, executed with great mediocrity by a team far more ambitious than capable.

[Kimosamie<sAp.]

Originally posted by clevebilly:

my biggest problem with the original was the bottle-neck at endgame gearing. If one did not have a consistent leveling team, gearing was impossible. The 24 hour lockout on earning created a caste system where anyone not previously proven had no chance to enjoy life past the gatekeeper. That aside it was a wonderful narrative with unique ideas, executed with great mediocrity by a team far more ambitious than capable.

I don't remember this at all. Then again I just used PVP to level up my gear to 10.4 and then finally did raids to get it to .5.

I do remember hating Kaidan more in the original TSW because AEGIS was an awful system.

[Kimosamie<sAp.]

Originally posted by Jaq:

Originally posted by The Spoon God:

I so desperately pray, huffing hopium and copium together, that some company buys this ip or something and revives it properly. It deserves some kind of revival from a company that'd do it justice.

Nobody will. There's a reason there are no other games like Secret World. MMOs are dying in general, and the few that are treading water are universally generic fantasy-themed. A modern-setting, occult-themed, level-less, class-less, story-oriented MMO is never happening again. Be grateful it was attempted at all back when investors thought MMOs were surefire cash machines. It nearly bankrupted Funcom.

Wasn't that the Lego MMO that nearly bankrupted them?