Spiral Knights - I hope you like anniversaries!

I hope you like anniversaries!

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Sat, 09/27/2014 - 10:51

Retequizzle

We're coming up on the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the gunner update! The funny part is I'm actually not kidding.

It's ten days away.

Normally, I'm not a huge proponent of giving a damn about such things, or even checking the forums for anything serious anymore but the fact that I can even say that we're closer to marking a year off our calendars than we are to getting the update promised is pretty, uh... what's the word I'm looking for... irresponsible?

Nah, that can't be it.

Madness?

Nope, not accurate enough. Don't worry, There's no Sparta references here.

Needless to say, it's still simple enough to summarize it in one image, which is apparently something I'm known to do so why the hell not. As it stands, I'm more willing to assume that SEGA is going to keep pushing for the promotions and microtransactions to milk the game dry before it ends up being another Doctor Who: Worlds In Time. Or is that comparison not relevant? In the end, I suppose it's irrelevant whether that comparison works, because that game is not this game.

I'm not going to go all up-in-arms and say that SK's dying, because even if Steam Charts indicates a loss in playerbase, it doesn't factor in things like school, since it's fair to imply that a moderate size of the playerbase still attends school, be it grade school, university, whatever.

The fact remains that enough is enough. Are we getting an update? Are we not? I know OOO's taken a liking to this whole "let's not tell the community things so they don't get upset", but we've kind of hit that point where players are genuinely questioning whether or not we're getting an update at all.

So yeah, speculate or something I guess. I'd like to say I had something witty to end on, but I don't. If you have to delete the thread or something later, then fine.

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 11:12

Skepticraven

↓

I feel like I should link to my comments on this repetitive topic here.

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 11:20

Pellipper

We were such good friends, SK, why you do this ;~;

Tue, 10/07/2014 - 18:18

Retequizzle

@ skepticraven: you can find my response to your link containing your comments on this repetitive topic here

I mean, sure, we can go back and forth linking to stupid sugarhoneyicedtea if you want but I was under the impression you were tired of monotony? Considering that's the impression I got from what you linked to, it'd be a little redundant to do the whole back-and-forth thing but the ball's in your court.

I've got no intention of debating what I think about the gunner update, despite indicating in the topic post that people can do so if they want. I do have the intention of using the lack of an update as a parallel to what amounts to be abysmal management from SEGA, since at the end of the day they're the ones stroking the paycheck no matter how you cut it. If it ends up rubbing people the wrong way, well then at least I can say it's not the first time and probably won't be the last.

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 12:40

Ironclaw-Mender

I really hope OOO aren't just trying to suck this this thing dry for all the money it's worth.
This game is too unique to be just another cash grab.

Stay secret all you like OOO, but at least drop a hint or something.
But at least throw us a bone or something.
Just something simple like "Yeah, progress is going good on our SECRET DEVELOPMENT" will cast away complaints.
Don't do this Three Rings.
You have a community that accepts pretty much everything you throw at it, and you just sit there with your fingers in your ears shrieking "LALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU" whenever somebody brings the update up.

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 12:48

Avihr

No comment

and thats a lot of gifs there m8, lol.

But aviri, isn't that a com-
NO, shut up.

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 12:53

Midnight-Dj

*takes out an electric guitar*

The unenlighted gamers,
You cannot make the judgement call,
Give up your free will forever,
Your voices won't be heard at all.

Display your paypal,
While never begging for more contents,
And blindly swear your fanbase,
Let your MMO control your mind,
LET YOUR MMO CONTROL YOUR SOUL!

Play in ignorance,
And purchase your shiny boxes,
When the cash and money is the real cause,
Thinking ceases and the thruth is lost!

Don't you worry,
UFSC will be exactly what you grind,
We give our players the promos they need,
The RNG shall succeed.

The fires of greed will burn the F2P,
So we will make mist tanks obsolete!
Breaking down the fabrics of reality!
Let UI update control what you see!

Let your MMO control your soul,
Let your MMO control your mind.
LET YOUR MMO CONTROL YOUR SOUL,
LET YOUR MMO CONTROL YOUR MIND!!!

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 14:57

Blitz-Winger

Maybe...

Well maybe they're gonna release it on the anniversary. And after that Half-Life 3 will come out on its 10 year anniversary. /Kappa

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 15:00

Turn-Me-On

@Retequizzle

If you had any inkling of intelligence, you would post ragey posts with swearing with an alt.

Also, I can see why you're babying about a simple game. You spent a ton of money getting your double and triple maxes to give you much needed assistance to your lockdown gameplay.

Maybe you should take this as a hint that you don't have the right to demand anything from OOO, even if you spent a ton of money. Its like demanding clothes from a charity.

Get off your high horse and go play something else if your life is so decimated by the lack of a measly update that people have been working on essentially for free.

@Midnight

We may or may not have had squabbles in the past, but regardless, I still commend you for knowing the MGR Revengeance, AKA game with one of the best soundtracks EVER.

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 15:13

Dibsville

But who cares what I have to say; no one, which is why I say it.

I want to start looking for a new MMO to play but I can't because I love Spiral Knights and everything about it so much. It's such a great game that was well-developed and is very appealing. But then, I'm not sad about the lack of new content, I'm sad about the substantial bad content that continues to be added to this very day.

What do?

On the point of the gunner update: after the... I don't even know how to describe it. Disaster? Wolf in a sheep's clothing? Lack of ingenuity? I don't know.... Anyway, after the... thing, that went down with the beta for the gunner update, I'd like to think that they're improving all the weak points that happened in the beta. Not to give much away, but things like the armor, the piercing on some weapons, the general balance and lack of a nerf on some weapons while still buffing others... I'd like to think all this time has gone to improving these problems, although I suppose we have no way of knowing for sure.

@Octaslash
"Get off your high horse and go play something else if your life is so decimated by the lack of a measly update that people have been working on essentially for free."

You need to understand that it's been almost a year since the announcement. Bar that knowledge, it's been over 10 months since the target release date. Including that, there's already been a beta for it. We've already used all the guns, we've already seen the armors, we've already seen the buffs, the nerfs, the drastic changes. They even made quick edits on a few guns awhile after the beta release in response to what had been reported. It's clear that everything has already been planned out, so the lack of the release is... well, Retequizzle already explained it.

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 15:08

#10

Shadowstarkirby

I'm completely with you, Rete

This really is something that should be discussed by the community, but it feels like a lot of folk just want to sweep it under the rug and ignore it. Made a comment on this a couple days ago and the few responses to a specific doomsayer topic were to let the thread die. Why? It isn't trolling or beating a dead horse. Some people, like myself are actually concerned about how this specific update was announced a year ago, test severs several months ago, and past that we've nothing but promos and teensy events. And again, all the other updates mentioned with the Gunner update, when are we to expect those, in a couple more years?

Riddle me this then, the guns were next to finished by what I'll call "live server" means, with the skins, damage values, star variants, and etc, they looked ready to go. So, why have they not appeared yet? A ton of other pieces of gear were released over the course of the year, so it clearly doesn't take a year to make them. Are we still holding onto the assumption that they'll be released with all of the other mentioned content features? Cause that sounds highly unlikely.

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 15:23

#11

Turn-Me-On

@Dibs I do agree that OOO did

@Dibs

I do agree that OOO did not follow through with their promises in a timely manner, which is looked down upon. That makes sense. :)

I just don't feel like they deserve the kind of rude posts like this thread (and mine to the OP), since they are providing this game for free.

I kind of feel like people have been spoiled by OOO's skill before nick left, and since they cant physically keep that rate of updating, they are getting all this undeserved hate.

They made a mistake, but dont deserve repercussions such as these.

Just my opinion, I respect yours as well. But ultimately we are near powerless in what happens.

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 15:31

#12

Dibsville

"I kind of feel like people have been spoiled by OOO's skill before nick left, and since they cant physically keep that rate of updating, they are getting all this undeserved hate."

Can you really say this faithfully? Look at the updates we've had recently. They've added plenty of new items, even if they were just reskins. Except the gunner update basically just had reskins as well, they could have just as easily changed/removed/added some stuff to it as they have all this other "new" stuff.

...Oh wait, I figured it out. The Mixmaster was the gunner update. You can all go home guys.

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 15:59

#13

Silverdeoxys

Just had to poke this thread because of all the deceit from OOO we're all so angry at.

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 16:55

#14

Retequizzle

If you had any inkling of

If you had any inkling of intelligence, you would post ragey posts with swearing with an alt.

Also, I can see why you're babying about a simple game. You spent a ton of money getting your double and triple maxes to give you much needed assistance to your lockdown gameplay.

Maybe you should take this as a hint that you don't have the right to demand anything from OOO, even if you spent a ton of money. Its like demanding clothes from a charity.

Get off your high horse and go play something else if your life is so decimated by the lack of a measly update that people have been working on essentially for free.

Someone's getting pretty upset considering I have no idea who you are. Nor do I care, but sure, I'll play ball. Addressing your points in sequence:

- I don't use alts because I don't particularly care one way or the other if foul language merits a forum ban. As far as I can tell, that's a shortcoming of the forum software, not actively going out of my way to break anything in the Terms of Service. To that end, I haven't said anything on here that I wouldn't normally say in-game, and if anything, this has been one of my more formally typed out threads compared to others I've made. So yeah, frankly don't care enough about this one to go apologize to anyone in particular, but I'll go ahead and say that I have no interest in formalities when they're not given in kind.
- Fun fact: You destroy this point about money by saying OOO is working "essentially for free". If I've spent as much as you assert that I have (joke's on you, because I haven't broken the bank over a game and don't intend to), then theoretically I should own my own Haven at this point. In layman's terms, that would give me more stake in knowing what the game's future and direction is. Does it make me as important as a stockholder? No. Does it give me the ability to make discussion about a topic where I feel I have enough merit to pose questions like this? Certainly - in fact, it's the exact same right you have as a supposed free-to-play member of the community. On that note, I have no shame in admitting I've spent money on a game I enjoy. I also have no idea why you bring Lockdown into the equation, but it gives me a fair idea that you're upset about that considering the circumstances. So feel free to shoot me a mail if you want to make gear requests so you feel like you have a better shot, because I don't mind in the slightest. But I digress.
- I have been playing other games as of late. Borderlands is great. 100+ hours of content for over 10 bucks nowadays? Sure. Blacklight: Retribution's also top-tier considering it's a F2P multiplayer game also run through Steam. In fact, I actually have a larger F2P library than I do of games I've bought, and of the games I've bought most of those have been through Humble Bundles. These things have absolutely no bearing on me posing a question about why it takes a year to construct an update. I'm not asking for much here other than an explanation at this point. So no, I find my horse rather comfortable as is.

Ultimately, this is a pretty simple concept. I'm asking a question on a forum, and forums are meant for discussion. If you don't like what I have to say, that's completely fine and I'm completely for debating the points as they are. But you can't exactly expect me to take you seriously if your biggest conjecture is "OMG U HAVE WALLET". Keep in mind, you were the one who brought money into this. I merely asked where the hell we stand in regards to update progress, because at this point we've received nothing in months that we can take on good faith that the game is still progressing, even if it's at a snail's pace.

While we wait for that, however, here's a kitten with similarly rustled jimmies when it sees something it doesn't get.

P.S.: I cut down on the gifs because someone said there was too many. I thought I only used like three in the original post, since several of those things were hyperlinks to other things but I could be wrong, I did edit it a few times before heading back to work.

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 17:19

#15

Forum-Brady

Am I the only person who

Am I the only person who doesn't really care about the gunner update?
I mean, gunners really don't need some massive world-changing update to buff them anymore, so much has happened in the game since the days of old when gunners were just plain bad.
New guns, mechanics and armour have been trickled into the game to the point where if you look at it objectively, they simply don't NEED it any more.

Don't get me wrong, I agree completely with the principle that the GMs and OOO in general have become pretty awful with their communication to the players, but bitching about the update in its own right seems like such an oudated point by now.

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 17:33

#16

Shadowstarkirby

@Forum-Brady

It isn't so much about the Gunner Update itself anymore, but rather how the developers have failed to deliver much of anything to extend the longevity of the game. Balance is terrible, PvP is ignored, PvE is continuously repetitive and underdeveloped, and communication between developers and the community is at an all time low. If something as seemingly simple as the Gunner Update has failed to be released in nearly a year, what more can be realistically expected in the future besides more promotions and recycled/short burst events?

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 17:38

#17

The-Germ

On a side note, my theory is that there might not be a big gunner update. That the new weapons and armor will be released slowly over time via prize boxes that one might have to spend money on, or an event that might perhaps be accelerated through purchasing means. That's just me speculating...

I remember making an iron slug due to a promise of an update to that gun... 2 years ago? Hah wow, time flies! Either way, I agree an explanation has long been overdue. Even if it has been scrapped due to designer change or whatever. If their direction has changed that's fine too. Lack of communication destroys businesses of all types.

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 17:58

#18

Dolomitex

@silverdeoxys

I don't think there's been any deception from OOO. What there has been is a lack of formal communication of where things stand. The prolonged silence can really make someone think all kinds of things, good and bad.

The only thing we've even heard about the Gunner Update in months is from Fehzor riling Aphrodite (Fehzor, thanks for that, btw) up enough to respond and say it hasn't been cancelled. Oh sorry, and the posted support email someone sent in (sorry, I've forgotten who did that!).

What I'd like to have is someone from the team actually post a monthly message about the update even if it is still just "we're still working on it".

If this update gets released, I'm honestly curious to know what the holdup has been. It appeared they were super close to having it released (Rage promo + test server update), but now it has been shelved and as consolation, we've gotten these rapid fire promos.

My biggest fear about this game is that we'll continue to get absolute silence from the team and rapid fire promos for another 3-4 months and then get a post from Eurydice or Aphrodite announcing the game servers will be shut down. That's just the paranoia in me talking, but every month that goes by, I can't help but think perhaps we're near the end of the line with Spiral Knights. Nick's departure and the lack of a successor to him for the game didn't do anything but add fuel to that speculation for me.

As far as this post goes, I'm ready and willing to keep bumping this until it gets moved, deleted, or responded to by someone on the SK team. We should have some kind of dev update even if it is just "It is still being worked on!".

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 18:16

#19

Fehzor

@Retequizzle

Don't use any foul language because the GMs DO care about that (as opposed to a plethora of other things that they allow) and I don't want them to use that as an excuse to delete this. I wouldn't want to see my good friends banned. :]

@Octaslash and that general argument

This may be the same thread as we've had 200 times now, but there is a very good reason that we're having this same thread so many times. This is the longest permanent content drought that we've ever had, and no one knows why. There is nothing to debate on, just silence and the feeling like we're being abandoned.

The logic that people should leave the game as soon as they feel that something has gone wrong is kind of terrible, and also against your best interest on the whole.

@Brady

No, most people aren't thrilled about it, but it's what is supposedly coming next or so they told us. It's less "we need guns now!" And more "If you don't release permanent content on at least a bi-yearlyish basis your game will die down and never be special or awesome."

It's not the worst update either except for the armors. Some cool new options to be sure.

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 18:18

#20

Gkku

Fun fact (or not so fun?): While the announcement was on October 7th 2013, art assets for the new guns were first publicly available on September 27th 2013. This means that as of today the gunner update has actually been in the works for at least 1 year.

Anyway, I've been kind of keeping my hopes up because throughout the year they've been leaving little breadcrumbs that make me think the next update will be a big game-changer (to name one, hidden deep away is evidence that post-Vanguard missions have been in the works since at least April this year - in fact the mission rework on May 21st was a step towards this).

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 19:52

#21

Retequizzle

@ Fehzor: As it stands, I've no intention of using language that would be fitting for outright deletion of the thread, let alone language that would constitute any excessive editing. I'll be more than happy to edit them if it's still found to be in bad taste. But yeah, I'll keep it in mind regardless. As it stands, it's a topic that needs to be discussed and it's one that people are tired of seeing - for good reason.

But Germ (hi buddy) brings up a good point regarding communication as a whole - this thread does end up playing into a bigger picture of why OOO has been so tight-lipped about things. I can also understand that they're not interested in catching flak for things that for all intents and purposes didn't pan out how they wanted them to. If they were to turn around and say right out, "Hey yeah we sorta had to scrap the update mentioned for [reasons X, Y, Z, etc.]," I know the community would probably be sore about it but I also have a good amount of faith that no one would hold it over OOO's head anymore either.

I think that's saying something in itself, and it's kinda weird being the one to say it.

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 20:53

#22

Vanillateddy

Pitching in.

I have to say out of all the threads I've read this is one of the best, people besides being argumentative are at least being constructive in some shapes and forms. Usually you have two people bickering about who is right and who is in the wrong but this time its about something serious, its true its been almost a year and that's a scary thought. I actually haven't seen Shadowstarkirby (hello btw :]) in a long time mostly because when i see this forum at the top of my favorites bar or i see this game on my window i get upset. I'm tired of having no faith in the development team whatsoever, I've come to realize every week or two, most recently two, when i check up on this game all i see are rehashes and re-skins. And at this point as an end game player it annoys the crap out of me.

I want to come back to this game so desperately badly but as of right now there is nothing going on that can drag me back to something i don't enjoy any more even if i had at a point before. the only enjoyment i could possibly see are the people that i could play with but even my closest friends want nothing to do with this game because to them it is already dead, its a rock smashing another rock (even if the other one is re-skinned Blue).

@ Germ
Probably one of the best things that I've seen in a while even knowing that it has been said before is the need for communication. OOO, SEGA, The Director, The Connector. Who ever it may be, needs to give us a bone. I don't care if its a simple two paragraph shpeel about some problems with coding or some real information about updates or yada yada. something anything would be nice. In all honesty if they address some weapon throw in some information about what you changed about it give us the formula give some percentages numbers anything. (people that love breaking games down would love these numbers). All i want is a wall of text at least once a month so that i can see progress i dont care for what, you can show me another re-skin in the works for all i care. but the fact that you take time to come talk to us or leave us a message would be nicer then some cookie cutter "They're BACKK~~~" guess what! i didn't care... Someone might have but i don't.

And if you managed to the end here yes i understand that i kind of went to a rant into the end but that's okay i haven't really vented stuff out on these forums in a while. So yeah..

Sat, 09/27/2014 - 20:59

#23

Zaffy-Laffy

It's the whole opacity towards what exactly OOO is doing. Why is this game still available for play yet nothing seems to change. If wanting this game to be an MMOG is all that important, then the requirements of a good MMOG should be met, yet it hasn't. Even if OOO is compelled to this project, the least to do is to tell us consumers what's going on.

Exactly the reason why we are hungry for information, because this isn't just any game, it's an MMOG. Timely updates are important to keep it alive, and if there isn't them, then that's where SK starts to lose its userbase.

Sun, 09/28/2014 - 01:29

#24

Dragneel-Wiki

B-b-but we have Kats right now, that's content!

Sun, 09/28/2014 - 02:46

#25

Juvon

g-guys.....

The Gunner Update is still coming! It just has a few hiccups, that's all.

Sun, 09/28/2014 - 03:36

#26

Vohtarak-Forum

I think they're possibly

I think they're possibly going to put out the gunner update, arcade redux, and new missions at the same time
but along with that I think they're going to mass fix all the bugs too, which would definitely take some time, but definitely not over a year.

Sun, 09/28/2014 - 03:54

#27

Ironclaw-Mender

When we hit the year mark, OOO's gonna change every texture in the game to a picture of a gun.
I feel it in my bones.

Sun, 09/28/2014 - 04:22

#28

Iamnoone

"When we hit the year mark,

"When we hit the year mark, OOO's gonna change every texture in the game to a picture of a gun."

And there it is. The one thing that might actually bring everyone back. I hope the promo box will be full of guns too.

Sun, 09/28/2014 - 04:32

#29

Vohtarak-Forum

the box will have bombs, but

the box will have bombs, but trick you by looking like guns

Tue, 09/30/2014 - 16:57

#30

Fluoride-Sting

Personally, I stopped having

Personally, I stopped having faith once OOO botched the "legacy" achievements.
Constant promo events that do nothing to encourage me to play or spend money.
The fact that it's been a year since the Gunner Update announcement, just icing on the cake.

I find it increasingly harder to play anymore, part of me wishes I could take it all back and have never started.
At this point, I'm more interested if they will release the software so we can run our own servers once they shut down theirs.

Tue, 09/30/2014 - 18:00

#31

Fangel

Heh.

the box will have bombs, but trick you by looking like guns

The box will have charge-only tortoguns. "It says gun, so it's a gun!"
But really, I just hope the game structures a bunch of stuff together. Personally I feel the gunner update is being attached on to another, larger scale update. Hopefully that new tier 3 boss and shadow lair to compliment it.

What I find silly is how Three Rings is more active (Promos and more constant events. We usually don't go three months without at least one event reoccurring, and they're lasting more than 1 week now, so we have the whole "come back and farm" bits) yet the complaints have turned from "Nothing's happening!" to "Too much is happening... And the content that does happen isn't permanent!".

I mean, non-permanent content is still an issue, but not one that is easily solved. Then there's those who dislike new content(people hated candlestick keeps when they first came out. I love those levels, especially with their updated music).

Honestly there's no way to keep all the players happy, but I'm just along for the ride. Like a roller-coaster, this one's been fun so far, but it hasn't done a round in a while. The tracks are still nice to look at, and the scenery is still cute, but all-in-all, it's not the fast paced thriller (in terms of content) that it has been. They've had the ride under construction for a while now, and I'm looking forwards to the ride when it's ready, but until then I'd admire what it has, the people I've ridden the ride with, and go on other rides at the amusement park.

I like analogies.

Tue, 09/30/2014 - 18:19

#32

Holy-Nightmare

@ Fangel on candlestick keep

People like monsters they can kill, this is probably why the Gold Trojan was removed. Grimalkins are the current gold trojan, you can't kill it, and it can pop up any second.

Tue, 09/30/2014 - 19:54

#33

Avihr

Hmm, I've fought worse

@Fangel

as far as events happening more often, I find no problem at all with that, or the fact that its not permanent, haven't really seen much complains about that either, the only event wich I always had a problem with is the kataclysm and the way it destroyed balance for good in spiralknights, to top it off now it requires an even more insane ammount of grinding, I mean not only its insane but speedrunning through candlestick keep over and over and over? thats the most boring thing ever, and where are the event arenas that you usually find in most of the events where you can get a decent ammount of event items? why is kataclysm the only event that doesn't work like this?(this could actually be a nice suggestion for the kat event, but I won't do it because i won't be able to make a post about the kat event without creating a second firestorm citadel, if you know what im saying)

Then there's those who dislike new content(people hated candlestick keeps when they first came out. I love those levels, especially with their updated music)

I think holy nightmare raised a good point about the candlestick keep and invincible enemies, OOO keeps adding new stuff (like drones, and those little pesky things that spawn in compounds that I have no idea what they're called)that is permanent content but just adds difficulty and doesn't reward the player enough, if at all, candlestick keeps are not a boring thing to do, but when a player sees a compound or a candlestick keep on the elevator the first thing that they think is "EWWWww hard level, no rewards" people want to have fun playing a level, but they also want to be rewarded for beating something that takes significantly higher ammounts of skill and TIME to beat, or else they will just look at it as something to be avoided, and instead of doing something good for the clockworks they ended up killing it even more than before, or at least that is my opinion about that.

ALSO THE MINI SHOCK JELLIES ARE CHEATING!! OMFG!!! I GOT KILL AGIN!!! EVEN MY TRUSTY GF IS USELESS AGAINST THEM !! WTF!! I BRING NO BOMB!! ITS NO USE!!! SAVE ME JEBUUUS

"Honestly there's no way to keep all the players happy"

When in the history of mankind was there a time when something could make everyone happy? :/

Tue, 09/30/2014 - 22:12

#34

Fehzor

The events are a fun way to pass the time, but I always get the feeling like they worked really hard on them, and I'm only going to get to enjoy it for a short and rushed week and a half long period of time rather than say, every time I actually want to sit down and partake in that facet of content. The other thing I dislike is that so few people actually get and use the items regularly, and I never get to see them. I suppose really it's just how they could be added to the game but aren't. Like we could have a unique tortodrone level where we fight tortodrones naturally AND the event where we fight super-tortodrones, but instead it is just the event and I'm left with the same content as before after the event afterwards. I do not know :?

Wed, 10/01/2014 - 09:55

#35

Njthug

You know I can use somebody? Someone like you & all you know <69

@Ret ---- Sega master plan is to make everyone leave Sk, so they can just turn it into a successful game such as Sonic! Nick, was like.....bro really Sonic F this I'm out and drove off in the Ferrari we got him ofc.

Wed, 10/01/2014 - 10:20

#36

Dutch-Oven

Hey! I paid for that gearstick!

Wed, 10/01/2014 - 11:21

#37

Vohtarak-Forum

im vohtarak

my problem with compounds is that the rewards aren't even close to reasonable
along with broken Scarab hitboxes when they do the flying thing

Thu, 10/02/2014 - 01:29

#38

Chromosver

If 000 has the voice to say it, they'd probably ask why the users on the forums aren't following their example in keeping a lid on things and ignoring everyone else.

But they can't.

So instead there are people like me putting these poisonous thoughts in the pure and innocent majority of the playerbase. Oh I'm also talking about everyone with a 'complaint' about the state of things now. You there, the one reading this, are you dissatisfied? Do you disagree with some, if not most of 000's decisions? Think you have 'better' ideas? Well then the forums are hardly the right place for you.

Stay pure people. And keep on loading the gun puns, which I noticed were absent on this thread about the announced update about guns which had a name that's been forgotten by now.

Thu, 10/02/2014 - 07:13

#39

Knight-Solaire

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"compunds r h4rd, i git rekt"
-anyone with no bombs in their inventory

But really though with that many low-HP mobs clumped that tightly together, Voltaic Tempest puts compounds to shame. What's that you say, it's a shock-themed one with quicksilvers? Switch it out for Ash of Agni or Dark Retribution and kite like a man.

As for the rewards thing, I agree. Relative to the length of the levels, the crown and heat payouts are very low (because of the number of enemies with no potential drops). Adding a few more green boxes here and there would help with that.

I also don't mind the unique events with event-specific gear, but I feel like they need to be more frequent because any one event (March of the Tortodrones, Kataclysmic Confrontation, etc.) only seems to occur twice a year. They run for ~two weeks at a time which is plenty long, but if you miss one it'll be six months until you can play that part of the game again.

Tue, 10/07/2014 - 15:53

#40

Dolomitex

Happy anniversary!

Gunner Update, you're one year old! And you don't look a day older since you were announced.

Tue, 10/07/2014 - 16:31

#41

Sweet-Hope

we should celebrate wearing shadow costumes / snarby armors and gather in haven garden saying Happy Anniversary gunner update!!

(if you wonder why shadow / snarby armors? well they are black and black its for formal occasion like this anniversary or well if you like: the funeral of the gunner update).

Tue, 10/07/2014 - 17:05

#42

Crazee-Pi-Forum

Nothing is scary when you add Tetris music!

Everyone was beaten to setting up the Gunner Update Announcement birthday party

Tue, 10/07/2014 - 18:38

#43

Retequizzle

happy anniversary, gunner update

don't worry guys i thought ahead and brought the cake, since i was worried OOO would forget

...oh right

Tue, 10/07/2014 - 20:06

#44

Shidara

The..what Update now?

A full year has passed since the announcement.
There's been two testing sessions for evaluating the new armour and the "new" guns.
And no news since.

Contrary to what Three Rings believe, feeding us news even if it isn't launching content at least keeps the ball rolling. But if you don't keep pushing the ball, it eventually slows to a halt. Getting it rolling again is easy enough, but the spectators would've already left. Retequizzle's first gif in the previous comment is actually quite excellent in replicating the current situation. In terms of news we've been given exactly that - nothing. The cats look confused and look for any traces but find nothing. Eventually the crowd splits up and there will be no-one left. This is what is currently happening, albeit a tad slower than shown in the gif. We have no news to consume so we also have nothing to expect either.

The optimist in me hopes that one day Three Rings will bring out a massive content update with all the promised content that was hinted at alongside the Gunner Update. One can dream. The question remains whether there would be anyone left to see it or if they would have closed shop before they get to announce anything exciting at all. I really don't know at this point. And I am becoming more and more apathetic as time goes on. I am waiting for a select few people to drop off before I do so myself, as my patience for this game has, unfortunately, been driven far enough.

I am probably just beating on the same dead horse as everyone else, but there's no secret behind why that is.
We just want signs of life in this rubble of silence.

Wed, 10/08/2014 - 08:54

#45

Ewbte

haha

you guys type so much so ewbte did like ooo, ewbte didn't read.

Wed, 10/08/2014 - 13:42

#46

Krakob

Juvon and Ewbte win thread, we can go home now. Serious question, though: when was the last time a dev had contact with the SK community?

Wed, 10/08/2014 - 13:55

#47

Flowchart

Back when we could no longer win the 1987 Super Bowl.

Wed, 10/08/2014 - 14:01

#48

Lordyasir

I don't mind waiting for

I don't mind waiting for depths 29-35 and 6* items

Wed, 10/08/2014 - 14:42

#49

Shidara

@Krakob

Not entirely sure, honestly, but the last "What's in Development" thread we had was made back in September 2013. I don't believe any of the content hinted at in that post has so much as been mentioned since.

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