So what weapons are people planning on using?

NDA is still in force as far as I am aware, although I think that is a bit silly considering the game will launch for all but new players at some point tomorrow! Regardless of NDA enough info has been published, for example secretworldlegends.com/news/deepdiveweapons, to make an informed choice/guess!

Before any info was released I was set on being melee as I have played TSW in it's entirety with ranged weapons! However the "gimmicks" are a little bland on the melee weapons! So I can't choose between either going as originally planned Blade/Fist. Or going the more complicated "gimmick" route of Elemental/Blood!

I must choose soon it seems!!

blood ele or blood pistols probably

I'll be sticking at the beginning with blade/elementalism. As I did initially when TSW was out. I find it very familiar. Perhaps after the launch and I get a few hours in I'll change it up all things considered. I think I'll mainly stick with the blade/ele for most of the game. I may switch it up to ar/blood but I'll have to see how it goes.

I will be changing up my faction for my main from Dragon to Templar though. Wanted to progress through all the game this time around differently. Got only up to Egypt with Rosewynd before I took a hiatus. 😉

I'm thinking blade/ele perhaps or blade/shotgun or something. Not sure honestly but I have a feeling hammers aren't going to be the love that they were for me in TSW for solo/leveling/content progression. I could however be wrong and hope that I am.

I might make a couple throwaway toons before I burn my name reservation and commit to a class since it seems like it'll be tougher than it was in TSW to change directions shortly after starting a character.

Note: This is all speculation on my part and I can't back up those gut feelings with any real evidence, it's just my opinion of what information is out there.

Probably the Ele/Chaos starter class. Those weapons look fun to me.

I figured Elemental might be popular in the game! I guess this thread proves it probably is given everyone has mentioned it as a possibility!

Elemental has most involving mechanic, making it also one of the hardest weapons to learn. So likely a lot of people will try it and drop it, while others will love it.

I can see it being an electricity fest for the DPS. I still haven't fully decided but don't want to go down the re-roll path! I never really saw much of the questing the first time around, other than must do missions. And I probably spent 90+% of the game in a group. I am looking forward to seeing more of the quests and hopefully getting killed rather than zerging!

That's my plan anyway, get the whole story done in my own time and then see what state the game is in by that point!

They can have my money again to help along the way! I think the limited inventory will quickly become frustrating and whatever else I fancy! I have probably spent about £300 on the game, which really isn't much if I ever should ever dare look at the /played count!

I'm going with blood/chaos. That way I can DPS, heal or tank if I want to 🙂 APs are much slower to get in SWL, so it'll be harder to level up lots of weapons for different roles. Though we have a couple of weeks before there's anything which will need tanking really 😀

I don't think that AP is what you need to worry about if you are going to fill all 3 roles. Upgrading 3 gear sets will likely hold you back more.

Well I am bored and have had a few beers I was holding for launch!

Is the reasoning for having Blood as main instead of Elemental, or whatever other weapon, because Elemental is more dependant on heat than energy reserves? I had very little time to test in beta!

Depends on what gear level elites will be balanced around.

That mean no early ODO Pol normal adventures 😝

Not really, the normal dungeons are balanced around 3 dps characters, with no tank or healer required 🙂