I have no need too, I know there track record.

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Originally posted by Elsabolts

I have no need too, I know there track record.

Then why Post here if you " lnow" their track record?

Some people will say and do anything.

sounds like it could be fun,  but it requires facebook.

Originally posted by brody71

sounds like it could be fun,  but it requires facebook.

It seems to be a glorified marketing campaign. It's really genius from a Marketing standpoint:

 Items:
 
Initiate (35points req):
Health Elixir
Non-Faction Cap
Sword of Rising Storm(sword)
Faction T-shirt
 
Loyalist (80 points req):
Marinette of lost souls(buff blood magic)
non-faction Jacket
Faction Cap
Faction Flare gun
 
Operator(150 points req):
Bonnie & Clyde (dual pistols)
non-faction T-shirt
4 hour XP elixir
Faction pants
 
Infiltrator(250 points req):
8 hour XP elixir
The dream of Winter(buff chaos magic)
Hawkeye(assault rifle)
Non-faction pants
 
Agent(380points req):
The punisher(Hammer)
Spark of Zeus(buff elemental magic)
Faction jacket
Title: Pioneer of the <faction>
 
Secret Agent(500points req):
12 hour XP Elixir
Guaranteed access to beta weekends
The showstopper(Shotgun)
Vampire Claws(fists)

Points are gained by:
 
1point for someone to click your shared pictures/videos
5points for a friend to join the secret war (Same faction as you)
30 points for completing a mission (only seen two, so dont know what to expect, first two are: Like The secret world facebook page and get 5 vouches from friends)
10-40 points depending on which achievement you complete
there are 10 achievements:
 
- participated in the secret war every day (35 days)
- participated in the secret war 7 days straight
- get 3 agents to recruit 3 new agents
- your propaganda made an impact in less than 24 hours
- recruit 5agents
- recruit 10 agents
- your propaganda helped retain a country
- deploy a agents
- get 20 views on a propaganda (picture/video)
- get all other achievements

going to cancel my pre-order, I'm only going to play The secret war from now on

This is presumably the FB-based viral marketing campaign that was first announced some months ago in a blaze of publicity then sank from view.

The Secret War runs as a somewhat bloated Flash app showing a RISK-stylee map of the world where players try to take control of countries for their faction by getting clicks and "likes" on the posts the app fills their FB feeds with.

Nice idea for people who are interested in toying around with FB :o

My main issue with the game is, you can't do ANYTHING right away without friends. If you play other facebook games like Farmville, Frontierville or Mafia, there are mission you can just do right away without friends. In The Secret War you can do nothing right away before friends do not join you so you get agents. That is IMVPO a flawed concept for a social game. If you invite people for a social game, they want to do stuff right away, or they leave. They don't want to wait days for friends to join.

Originally posted by Elikal

My main issue with the game is, you can't do ANYTHING right away without friends. If you play other facebook games like Farmville, Frontierville or Mafia, there are mission you can just do right away without friends. In The Secret War you can do nothing right away before friends do not join you so you get agents. That is IMVPO a flawed concept for a social game. If you invite people for a social game, they want to do stuff right away, or they leave. They don't want to wait days for friends to join.

And this is one of the reasons I am certain I made the right choice in avoiding TSW. No not the actual reasons given above, but the fact that future TSW players probably have a frame of reference like this. *Shudder* And Funcom seems to be fishing for subs in this pool of *whateveryoucallFBfarmvilleplayers* - gamers?

Originally posted by Nilenya

Originally posted by Elikal

My main issue with the game is, you can't do ANYTHING right away without friends. If you play other facebook games like Farmville, Frontierville or Mafia, there are mission you can just do right away without friends. In The Secret War you can do nothing right away before friends do not join you so you get agents. That is IMVPO a flawed concept for a social game. If you invite people for a social game, they want to do stuff right away, or they leave. They don't want to wait days for friends to join.

And this is one of the reasons I am certain I made the right choice in avoiding TSW. No not the actual reasons given above, but the fact that future TSW players probably have a frame of reference like this. *Shudder* And Funcom seems to be fishing for subs in this pool of *whateveryoucallFBfarmvilleplayers* - gamers?

I don't see a problem with *that*. Frontierville and Mafia were fun to play for a while. You could build your own farm. It was nice. But in the TSW Facebook game you can do NOTHING alone. That is it's flaw.

Besides, the facebook game has nothing to do with the actual game. It's just an appetizer. A method of marketing. I would not measure the game by this facebook app.

I got 40 points and the first rank without any friends' interaction. So, no, you're wrong.

Originally posted by Keyh

I got 40 points and the first rank without any friends' interaction. So, no, you're wrong.

How? The only quests right away are "Inner Circle" and you need 5 friends to "vouch for you". Without that quests aren't even unlocked!

So no YOU are wrong.

You get 30 points from the first mission which is liking TSW on Facebook, and 10 points for deploying your Agent (which you start with one) to a territory your society doesn't control.

Originally posted by Keyh

You get 30 points from the first mission which is liking TSW on Facebook, and 10 points for deploying your Agent (which you start with one) to a territory your society doesn't control.

Ok, I stand corrected.

Still, I am potentially willing to play Facebook games, I enjoyed mafia and frontierville a while, but here is so little. I can't dress up an alter ego, and so far I can do nothing but place agents and log out. It's not really a facebook game, if you ask me.

Originally posted by Elikal

Originally posted by Keyh

You get 30 points from the first mission which is liking TSW on Facebook, and 10 points for deploying your Agent (which you start with one) to a territory your society doesn't control.

Ok, I stand corrected.

Still, I am potentially willing to play Facebook games, I enjoyed mafia and frontierville a while, but here is so little. I can't dress up an alter ego, and so far I can do nothing but place agents and log out. It's not really a facebook game, if you ask me.

Oh, it's definitely a quick, thrown together, marketing scheme.

Originally posted by Keyh

Originally posted by Elikal

Originally posted by Keyh

You get 30 points from the first mission which is liking TSW on Facebook, and 10 points for deploying your Agent (which you start with one) to a territory your society doesn't control.

Ok, I stand corrected.

Still, I am potentially willing to play Facebook games, I enjoyed mafia and frontierville a while, but here is so little. I can't dress up an alter ego, and so far I can do nothing but place agents and log out. It's not really a facebook game, if you ask me.

 

Oh, it's definitely a quick, thrown together, marketing scheme.

Yeah! I mean, who the heck is going to fall for that!

*adds 20 new facebook friends*