Spiral Knights - what would you ask the developers if you have a chance?

what would you ask the developers if you have a chance?

58 replies [Last post]

Sun, 04/17/2011 - 17:16

adrian783

Legacy Username

so i thought that if the forum can come up with a couple of questions that address most people's concern, the developer will be more inclinded to answer them.

SO POST YOUR QUESTIONS!

i'll keep track of them here in the first post. also, i'll sort them by popularity, so vote for the questions of your choice too.

Game Related:

(5) Will there be a Trade Channel? Auction House?
andrzej:Yes, there will be [a trade channel] with the next release (along with the ability to /join and /leave it and the general zone channel).(trade chat is in game as of 4/19)

(3) What's planned for the future?

(3) Where to get a Blackened Crest?

(2) Will there be a generally accepted suggestions/ do not suggest list of ideas so we can get some idea of what things they like and don't like to hear about?
andrzej:I like that idea. I think for Puzzle Pirates, there's a forum sticky (The List) containing the suggestions divided into categories: near future/far future/probably won't happen.

(2) Whats the timeline on PVP? Will there tournament rewards? Betting?

Can we have an option to leave to party and go on alone?
andrzej:I don't see why not, since you can obviously accomplish the same thing by having someone boot you. I guess it's just a question of where to put the button. Options menu?(implemented as of 4/19)

What is the primary color of your knight?
andrzej:Chartreuse.

Favorite monster?
andrzej:Devilites!

Will there be more Bosses?
andrzej:I think that's a given.

Any plans to increase community interaction?
andrzej:Yes, we've discussed this, and would definitely like to increase interaction. This will probably take the form of a developer blog.

Are there going to be more Tiers than Tier 3?

Do enemies' defenses split into normal and typed just like the knights?

Do you laugh when you see discussions about energy?

When will The Core get released?

Are attractions other than the clockworks planned?

What does the switch in the last stage of Citadel do?

Will we see tortodrone return in the future? Why was he taken out in the first place?

Is Shrine of Slumber/Torpal Titan still a possible level outcome with the new gate building system?

Why were so many of the more interesting bonuses on 5* armors removed or changed, making them less unique? (vog cub, grey owlite, angelic line)

Will we ever see the east side of haven?

Why does the Cold Iron Vanquisher suck?

Are less useful items going to be balanced in the future? (weapon, armor sets, etc.)

Whats your goal/vision when it comes to overall difficulty of the game? Is it aiming for a purely casual player base? Somewhere in between?

What criteria do GMs have to follow to place Alloy or can they just place whatever Alloy they feel like? Why not just let us make mono-thematic gates?

What are the little red valves for? Why can you hit them and what does it do?

Will there be more towns?!?! (not including subtowns/checkpoints) If the Cradle (the planet) is so big, why are there only two (one and a half) surface towns?

Will the snipe animation be improved? They're SOOO CUUTE...

Will there ever be a Map of the Cradle/Clockworks that let's people choose their own path?

Why do Vatel's wares suck so much?

Plans for rebalancing T3 to give more heat for its difficulty?

Would a dev like a complete walkthrough of everything currently wrong with the Citadel and Vanaduke?

Do the devs ever "slum it" and play random PUGs with players?

Is there a special dev guild where only the developers dwell and they all play together?

What the average number of times a given piece of CE has been sold on the market before being "spent"

What was the aesthetic inspiration for the game?It seems to have a mix of high fantasy, steampunk, and classic dungeoneering.

What games were you digging when you guys came up with the look and feel of this game?

Who is the knight you see outside of Haven Town Square? The one who's all geared up with 5* everything?

Could we get more feminine-looking options for gear?

Is there anything that the players did and/or are doing that surprised you? Hopefully it was a pleasant surprise!

Are there any plans to release spiral knights gift cards? you know, for those of us for whom cash is a lil easier to come by than electronic monies, but would still like to buy ce.

Who are the Spiral Knights? What are they? What was their mission? Why did they crash?

why no spiral knight can land their own ship safely?

Any plans to allow players to unbound their armor and weapons by paying energy/crowns?

Who composed the wonderful music and what is it inspired by?

If you have ten million dollars to spend for the game what would you do?

Don't you think the current energy market limits the game, in such a way that it isn't enjoyable anymore, for new players?

Questions not about Spiral Knights:

What kind of cheese do you enjoy best?
Hyperion: Not a developer, but I'm very partial to Havarti cheese.
andrzej: Brie!
Coriolis: Provolone!

If you HAD TO kiss another member of the team, who would it be?
andrzej:NO COMMENT.

What is your opinion about lederhosen?
andrzej:Wunderbar!

Can you ride your bike with no handlebars?

Where is [Shoebox's] sandwich?

What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Who shot first, Han or Greedo?
Hyperion:Little late, but Han totally shot first. He's not one to sit around and let the other guy get the first strike!

How Many Licks does it take to Reach the Tootsie Roll Center of a Tootsie Pop?

[Paska] would greedily ask one to give [Paska] a Kat helm.

What did the development team do for Easter?

Sun, 04/17/2011 - 17:30

Datareaper

Whats planned for in the

Whats planned for in the future. Near and far.

Sun, 04/17/2011 - 17:32

Metaknight

^^^ this

Sun, 04/17/2011 - 17:38

DotCom

Legacy Username

What kind of cheese do you

What kind of cheese do you enjoy best?

Sun, 04/17/2011 - 17:46

cro5point

Legacy Username

will there be a auction house or shop function

Sun, 04/17/2011 - 17:56

akragster

Legacy Username

If this game stops at T3 or

If this game stops at T3 or if they plan to make more Tiers.

Sun, 04/17/2011 - 18:03

Hyperion

Not a developer, but I'm very

Not a developer, but I'm very partial to Havarti cheese.

Sun, 04/17/2011 - 18:41

Bifurcate

Lead Programmer

What kind of cheese do you

What kind of cheese do you enjoy best?

Brie!

Sun, 04/17/2011 - 19:07

Ezzi

Can you ride your bike with

Can you ride your bike with no handlebars?

Sun, 04/17/2011 - 19:23

Maedhros

Legacy Username

IF they can give little

IF they can give little teases of the next big update.

Sun, 04/17/2011 - 19:42

#10

LJM4Eva

Legacy Username

Where the hell can I get a

Where the hell can I get a Blackened Crest?!

Sun, 04/17/2011 - 20:08

#11

Negimasonic

Auction house question of

Auction house question of course.

Will they implement a generally accepted suggestions/ do not suggest list of ideas so we can get some idea of what things they like and don't like to hear about?

Where's my self kick option!?!?

What is the primary color of your knight?

Favorite monster?

Do you laugh when you see discussions about energy?

Sun, 04/17/2011 - 23:23

#12

Bookish

Will they implement a

Will they implement a generally accepted suggestions/ do not suggest list of ideas so we can get some idea of what things they like and don't like to hear about?

When will the Core get released? At least a hint like much more time, soon..

Whats the timeline on PVP?

Whats planned for in the future. Near and far. (Some hints here would be cool, at least, too.)

Will there be more Bosses?

Will there be a trading channel?

Are attractions other than the clockworks planned?

Sun, 04/17/2011 - 23:30

#13

Coriolis

Game Master

[i]What kind of cheese do you

What kind of cheese do you enjoy best?

Provolone!

(Absolutely wonderful sandwich cheese)

Sun, 04/17/2011 - 23:31

#14

Pupu

Legacy Username

Dun dun dun

If you HAD TO kiss another member of the team, who would it be?

What is your opinion about lederhosen?

WHAT THE HELL DOES THE SWITCH IN LAST STAGE OF CITADEL DO?

Sun, 04/17/2011 - 23:43

#15

Shoebox

Where is my sandwich?

Mon, 04/18/2011 - 08:22

#16

Orcess

Legacy Username

What is the air speed

What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Mon, 04/18/2011 - 10:53

#17

Dogrock

African or European?

Mon, 04/18/2011 - 23:31

#18

Bifurcate

Lead Programmer

Keep in mind that there are

Keep in mind that there are always some cards we want to play close to our chest, and sometimes we don't know which cards those are without a team consultation, so we err on the side of vagueness.

What is your opinion about lederhosen?

Wunderbar!

Will there be a trading channel?

Yes, there will be one with the next release (along with the ability to /join and /leave it and the general zone channel).

Can we have an option to leave to party and go on alone?

I don't see why not, since you can obviously accomplish the same thing by having someone boot you. I guess it's just a question of where to put the button. Options menu?

Will there be more Bosses?

I think that's a given.

Will they implement a generally accepted suggestions/ do not suggest list of ideas so we can get some idea of what things they like and don't like to hear about?

I like that idea. I think for Puzzle Pirates, there's a forum sticky (The List) containing the suggestions divided into categories: near future/far future/probably won't happen.

What is the primary color of your knight?

Chartreuse.

Favorite monster?

Devilites!

If you HAD TO kiss another member of the team, who would it be?

NO COMMENT.

Tue, 04/19/2011 - 01:20

#19

AndroidHub

Legacy Username

Too many questions

Will we see tortodrone return in the future? Why was he taken out in the first place?

Is Shrine of Slumber/Torpal Titan still a possible level outcome with the new gate building system?

Will Blackened Crest become available, or is it already and just very difficult to find?

Why were so many of the more interesting bonuses on 5* armors removed or changed, making them less unique? (vog cub, grey owlite, angelic line)

Will we ever see the east side of haven?

Who shot first, Han or Greedo?

Tue, 04/19/2011 - 02:06

#20

krabboss

Legacy Username

Q: Why does the Cold Iron

Q: Why does the Cold Iron Vanquisher suck?

Tue, 04/19/2011 - 02:14

#21

Brees

Legacy Username

item balance

are you guys looking to balance items at all in the future? right now there is only like 2-3 usable weapons/armor sets ._.

Tue, 04/19/2011 - 04:29

#22

sasano19

Legacy Username

Whats your goal/vision when

Whats your goal/vision when it comes to overall difficulty of the game? Is it aiming for a purely casual player base? Somewhere in between?

I say this because the recent patch has me a bit upset, I can understand tweaking Horsehoe and Critter carapace to be easier to find since they where near impossible to get, but the latest patch made this to materials pretty much worthless in the market, this is bad in my eyes for a game that is heavily based on a player run economy we need "hot items/mats" things that will consistently sell to maintain the game long term.

And to add to this the Jelly King nerfs destroyed the boss to the point that its not really a challenge anymore and has again made Items(Jelly token weapons) drop considerably in worth.Now The Weapon thing aside I honestly wouldn't mind as much if he wasn't 1 of the 2 bosses in the game.

It just seems that the Devs keep making things easier for everybody and while that's nice and all, it to me signifies that the game will burn out a lot quicker.

excuse the poor grammar, I only really post in the forums when Im about to sleep.

P.S. I wish we had a more user friendly forum

Tue, 04/19/2011 - 05:39

#23

Negimasonic

:D Some of my questions got

:D Some of my questions got answered, that's cool enough for me.

Tue, 04/19/2011 - 10:07

#24

KalmaAmlak

Legacy Username

Alloy.

What criteria do GMs have to follow to place Alloy or can they just place whatever Alloy they feel like?
Are we simply not allowed to actually make a monothematic gate without them throwing a spanner in the (clock)works?

Tue, 04/19/2011 - 11:13

#25

adrian783

Legacy Username

modify the Leave Party

modify the Leave Party function to be "self-kick".

Tue, 04/19/2011 - 12:11

#26

Negimasonic

well they still may need the

well they still may need the return to haven option for some players so they could just add another line if need be.
Maybe
Leave Party = actually leaving the party
Return to Haven = Return to haven.

Pretty sure those would be clear enough to someone who has basic knowledge about the game.

Tue, 04/19/2011 - 12:23

#27

RamuneDrink

Legacy Username

Questions:

1. What are the little red valves for? Why can you hit them and what does it do?
2. Will there be more towns?!?! (not including subtowns/checkpoints) If the Cradle (the planet) is so big, why are there only two (one and a half) surface towns?
3. Will the snipe animation be improved? They're SOOO CUUTE...
4. Will there ever be a Map of the Cradle/Clockworks that let's people choose their own path?
5. Why do Vatel's wares suck so much?
6. Why did the chicken- *gets punched*

Answers? I know I'm not one of the game creators, but why not answer a few JFF?
African or European?
Han. Hands down.

Tue, 04/19/2011 - 12:24

#28

Magnus

Legacy Username

Would you haggle for

Would you haggle for information on a large quantity of bufs for information about something in game? ;D

Tue, 04/19/2011 - 12:43

#29

Ilikiki

When will PvP be re-added to

When will PvP be re-added to the game, if it's planned to be added back again at any point? A cool way to earn energy could be to either bet it on matches (unless this is considered gambling by law, in which case nevermind) or to win energy tournaments for doing well in combat. Or something. Sort of reward you (ie. Magnus, a lot) for being good at the game (ie. Magnus).

Tue, 04/19/2011 - 12:46

#30

Ilikiki

Additionally, is there any

Additionally, is there any plans on trying to rebalance T3 a little? It seems to me like T3 doesn't give enough heat reward to make up for the fact that it is noticeably more difficult than even the last floor of T2. It seems like the only reason anyone would go down that far is because they desperately need higher level materials.

Tue, 04/19/2011 - 20:36

#31

Magnus

Legacy Username

Would a dev like a complete

Would a dev like a complete walkthrough of everything currently wrong with the Citadel and Vanaduke?

Because I'll trade you for info on the Blackened Crest. <3

Tue, 04/19/2011 - 20:58

#32

Delcore

Oh, Magnus, you dog.

Tell them to make it 4!

Wed, 04/20/2011 - 06:30

#33

zazabar

Legacy Username

My question: Is there any

My question: Is there any plans to increase community interaction? Right now, we hardly ever hear from the devs. I'm kinda hesitant to put more money into the game because I have no idea what the future plans are for the game. There are no progress reports ore other threads from devs/mods saying, "This is what we are aiming towards, and what we've done so far."

Wed, 04/20/2011 - 13:50

#34

Bifurcate

Lead Programmer

Is there any plans to

Is there any plans to increase community interaction?

Yes, we've discussed this, and would definitely like to increase interaction. This will probably take the form of a developer blog.

Wed, 04/20/2011 - 14:03

#35

Feynt

Legacy Username

Do the devs ever "slum it"

Do the devs ever "slum it" and play random PUGs with players?

Is there a special dev guild where only the developers dwell and they all play together?

Wed, 04/20/2011 - 14:08

#36

anisoptera

Legacy Username

Econ question

I don't know if you have the data for this, but I'm curious what the average number of times a given piece of CE has been sold on the market before being "spent" is.

That is, if someone buys CE with money, and spends it directly on diving, that would be a 0. If someone buys CE with money, sells it to someone through the market and THEY spend it right away on diving, that would be a 1. And so on.

I'm curious how much of an effect the 2% tax is having on the overall crown supply.

Wed, 04/20/2011 - 14:20

#37

spookas

Legacy Username

What was the aesthetic

What was the aesthetic inspiration for the game? It seems to have a mix of high fantasy, steampunk, and classic dungeoneering. What games were you digging when you guys came up with the look and feel of this game?

Also, Adrian, it's probably worth mentioning in the original post that the "trade chat" and "leave your party" questions were not only answered, but those suggestions have been implemented as of 4/19!

Wed, 04/20/2011 - 14:27

#38

Njthug

My Question

How Many Licks does it take to Reach the Tootsie Roll Center of a Tootsie Pop?

Wed, 04/20/2011 - 14:28

#39

Splinter

I would greedily ask one to

I would greedily ask one to give me a Kat helm.

Or wish for more wishes!

Wed, 04/20/2011 - 15:44

#40

RamuneDrink

Legacy Username

Who is that guy?

Who is the knight you see outside of Haven Town Square? The one who's all geared up with 5* everything?

Wed, 04/20/2011 - 16:28

#41

ubersnail

Legacy Username

Me too!

Besides strongly supporting the auction house request:

Q. Could we get more feminine-looking options for gear?

Either an alternate look to existing gear or some equaly quality options besides the starting pig-tails for the costume armor. My wife and daughter both love the game, but are stuck "displaying" the starting helm cuz they like to look that way over the slime/wolvar/skull look.

Wed, 04/20/2011 - 16:36

#42

ajericho

Legacy Username

A developer blog would be

A developer blog would be awesome! If the devs teased us mercilessly, I would be insanely happy with any number of odd theories in my head.

My question to the developers is: is there anything that the players did and/or are doing that surprised you? Hopefully it was a pleasant surprise!

Wed, 04/20/2011 - 17:34

#43

zazabar

Legacy Username

@andrzej Thank you very much

@andrzej

Thank you very much for your quick response to this question!

Wed, 04/20/2011 - 19:57

#44

nekobawt

Legacy Username

are there any plans to

are there any plans to release spiral knights gift cards? you know, for those of us for whom cash is a lil easier to come by than electronic monies, but would still like to buy ce.

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 14:12

#45

ajericho

Legacy Username

Bumping, because I want to

Bumping, because I want to see an answer to my question. :)

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 14:41

#46

SlyJohnny

Legacy Username

Who are the Spiral Knights?

Who are the Spiral Knights? What are they? What was their mission? Why did they crash?

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 14:55

#47

limaCAT

Legacy Username

why no spiral knight can land

why no spiral knight can land their own ship safely?

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 15:26

#48

Zeirnaton

blackened crest where?

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 19:28

#49

Aznguy

Any plans to allow players to

Any plans to allow players to unbound their armor and weapons by paying energy/crowns?

Sun, 04/24/2011 - 00:23

#50

DeadLikeYou

Legacy Username

make this thread a sticky?

Search

what would you ask the developers if you have a chance?