Spiral Knights - So OOO, what exactly -is- a Wishbone?

So OOO, what exactly -is- a Wishbone?

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Thu, 03/08/2012 - 01:22

Retequizzle

Here I was, sitting in Haven sipping my fancy tea while stroking my curly mustache, when I went to go look at my Prestige Missions for the day. Upon closer inspection, I was enraged to find that I have to turn in a Jalovec today (4* Krogmo weapon, trolol forget that). But then I looked at the one I have to turn in for tomorrow, and it turns out that I have to turn in something called a Wishbone.

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/505766656221341405/14B568B7386F93541E8...
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/505766656221372751/990DB884175B6818AB9...

Now, I don't know if OOO is trolling me on proportions recently unheard of, but I'm now making it my goal to track down this "wishbone". As such, I'm organizing a search party to track down as many "wishbones" as possible.

tl;dr - I'm so awesome that I got a request for items that don't even exist yet. Now I want to spread the awesome by getting people wishbones as well. Who's in?

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 01:35

Shoebox

According to Urban Dictionary

1. Wishbone
v. A prank pulled on a friend that involves two people sneaking up on the person and each grabbing a different leg. Both pull forcefully in different directions like one would on a wishbone from an Thanksgiving turkey. This causes severe pain the the groin and loins.
"Hey man, whats wrong?" James asked Henry who was rubbing his groin in a painful manner.
"I just got wishboned!"

But I would imagine the inclusion of a wishbone in this update is a prelude to new monster types, since there are currently no monsters of the avian variety in existence for one to procure a wishbone from.

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 01:34

Kaiseryoshi

EDIT: I am an idiot today,

EDIT: I am an idiot today, disregard.

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 01:59

Mejezfeld

You obtain the Wishbone from

You obtain the Wishbone from defeating Vanaduck in the Quackstorm Citadel

It costs $9.99 per minute to play the level and in addition Vanaduck gives out Scrooge Dimes which can be exchanged for Quackshot Module Trinkets, the Darkwing Set (which has shadow defense and enables the /getdangerous emote when equipped), Gearloose Gauntlet, or a Junior Woodchucks Recon trinket

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 02:09

Shennynerd

Mejez.....you are the

Mejez.....you are the greatest thing ever.

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 02:14

Derpules

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 02:38

No-Thanks

Zelda

u might have to do the previous mission to get the material

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 03:08

Dirt

Three Rings has decided you

Three Rings has decided you have TOO MUCH PRESTIGE and need to slow down.

I have more, and yes this is a joke.

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 03:26

Retequizzle

I'm still lol'ing over the

I'm still lol'ing over the idea that I have to turn in materials that aren't even released in game as we know it.

Also Dirt, I took that picture the moment I hit 9-1. There's still about 1000 or so prestige points to be had if I recall. :<

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 04:15

Tantarian

Ehm

Most likely it's a leftover item that was never released, yet plagues the item database. Like zee cores and so.
But I thought they had fixed this issue.

Or maybe you have to kill a snipe DUN DUN DUN

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 04:48

#10

Dirt

Has anyone gotten a Cursed

Has anyone gotten a Cursed Idol for their Prestige mission? I've never actually seen a Wishbone in the game, at least I've seen a Zee Core.

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 05:14

#11

Kraanx

Wishbone = cake

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 06:55

#12

Trying

My guess is that it's an old

My guess is that it's an old mat that got renamed like sulfur which got changed to brimstone

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 06:58

#13

Retequizzle

I hope so, Trying. I'm also

I hope so, Trying. I'm also hoping a reboot would switch prestige missions around so I don't have to turn in these things. :<

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 14:26

#14

Stompt

Hm... It appears i have the

Hm... It appears i have the same problem as you. Gunna have to wishbone Nick to get it.. Whose gunna help me?

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 15:58

#15

Aquajag

The Wishbone is a Lie

Also +1 Mejezfeld

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 23:56

#16

Njthug

A wishbone is a bone found in

A wishbone is a bone found in a Dogrock.

Fri, 03/09/2012 - 00:07

#17

Stompt

Where can i find this

Where can i find this majestic creature known as a Dogrock?

Fri, 03/09/2012 - 00:21

#18

Shennynerd

With all the teens playing

With all the teens playing I'm amazed no one referenced Wishbone.

Fri, 03/09/2012 - 03:35

#19

Mbcscp

yep, need one wishbone to finish a prestige mission

um considering i have all mats bar zee core where does one acquire this wishbone mat ?

Fri, 03/09/2012 - 04:29

#20

Retequizzle

Stompt, Mbc, we should band

Stompt, Mbc, we should band together and make a guild because of this. Call ourselves the Wishboners. I e-mailed support yesterday and have yet to get a response, so I figure we might as well have fun with it at this point.

Fri, 03/09/2012 - 13:41

#21

Stompt

How about "The Boners That

How about "The Boners That Wish" for are guild name instead?

Fri, 03/09/2012 - 13:43

#22

Alynn

Moo

I asked Aphrodite today what that is

She said that its a material thats is not yet released, but somehow slipped into the database.

Fri, 03/09/2012 - 14:24

#23

Stompt

Noooo

So i lose 120 prestige points? =(

Fri, 03/09/2012 - 14:55

#24

Retequizzle

Yup. Aphrodite told me the

Yup. Aphrodite told me the following:

"The Wishbone is a material that is not available in the game. We've informed
the developers and they're looking into preventing this from happening again.
Unfortunately, GMs don't have the ability to change prestige missions. This
means that you won't be able to complete that particular mission and will have
to wait until the next day for others. I'm sorry for the inconvenience."

tl;dr - we no can has prestigeness

Fri, 03/09/2012 - 15:40

#25

Autofire

oookaay? WHERE ON EARTH DO

oookaay?

WHERE ON EARTH DO YOU GET A WISH BONE?

that is just weird. -____-

Fri, 03/09/2012 - 17:45

#26

Stompt

Thanks for the support

Thanks for the support OOO.
Glad to see we can always count on you guys.

Fri, 03/09/2012 - 18:03

#27

Retequizzle

And now that I'm hearing

And now that I'm hearing about several guildies getting this as well, one of two things will happen.

A) Mass support message saying "lol no prestige for you"
B) 3 game updates to address the issue. One to acknowledge the problem, one to introduce a new material to be sold by Vatel, and then another in order to patch a glitch where you can get Wishbones for free and see a few members banned.

But no really I'm a little irritated now because apparently I'm not the only one with the issue, and there's people out there who do want to do prestige missions.

Fri, 03/09/2012 - 18:21

#28

Stompt

Why arent they even

Why arent they even responding to this topic on the forums??

Fri, 03/09/2012 - 18:27

#29

Iron-Volvametal

@Stompt

They're probably Busy.

Fri, 03/09/2012 - 18:58

#30

Asthix

Hey

My guildie got hit by this today too. As his superior officer, can we get a comment Eurydice?

Fri, 03/09/2012 - 21:28

#31

Crazywave

wish Bone...

Wishbone = Strawberry Covered with Chocolate MMmmmm Delicious!

Sat, 03/10/2012 - 00:24

#32

Neodasus

@ Mejez I lost my stuffing

@ Mejez

I lost my stuffing the moment I saw quackstorm citadel

Sat, 03/10/2012 - 01:48

#33

Birgus

Race cars, lasers, aeroplanes, oh my!

Unless I am mistaken, we all get the same Prestige mission offerings for a given rank. Is that correct, or do some parameters roll independently for each player the way vendors' item selections do? I kinda assumed they were all specified by Three Rings, but I guess it should have occurred to me that they'd already have a system up for providing randomised offerings...

Re: wishbones being avian features, remember that the life on Cradle is probably* not actually related to Terran life so any superficial resemblances are probably coincidental. Something one might call a "wishbone" could be a feature of some constructs' structures. Also, I am surprised that no one has mentioned the Freeze-themed Chromalisks yet. They look like dinosaurs to me, which means they come to mind easily when some one mentions birds.

*Unless I'm missing some timeframe information or any reference (which I hope is not and never will be there to miss) to Humans or their home system, Terra could be one of the source worlds from which Cradle is built, explaining a lot of uncanny similarities between stuff on Cradle and on Terra. For that matter, with some exile/isolation thing and/or unusual time travel going on, it could also be the homeworld of the Spiral Knights, explaining the sense of belonging. It's probably gonna turn out to be something about the Core integrating everything around it, though, which is fine by me. This unit, for one, welcomes its new purity of essence.

Sat, 03/10/2012 - 03:00

#34

Nick

Developer

The wishboone is a currently

The wishboone is a currently unused material that snuck its way into the monstrous research mission requirements. It will be removed in the next patch.

Sat, 03/10/2012 - 03:04

#35

Retequizzle

Is there any chance that this

Is there any chance that this patch will be coming in the next 24-48 hours? Because I've heard a lot of people are getting this prestige mission now and are unable to complete it because it's not available in-game.

Sat, 03/10/2012 - 07:40

#36

Batabii

I just got this too,

I just got this too, lol.

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/486626525989463630/8AA2819646D6808ED55...

Sat, 03/10/2012 - 07:42

#37

Softhead

My guess

When the Wishbone is released, I guessing a flying beast(Wild/untamed Snipe?) will drop it.

Sat, 03/10/2012 - 09:59

#38

Fluffyfoxxie

I hope they add a new Beast

I hope they add a new Beast family monster.

Sat, 03/10/2012 - 13:57

#39

Stompt

Yeah alot of people are now

Yeah alot of people are now all of a sudden getting it. Way to go OOO!

Sat, 03/10/2012 - 14:26

#40

Aumir

Ok then.We got a prestige

Ok then.

We got a prestige system that we don't know what will give us.

We just know that most likely, the Knights that have a certain amount will receive some rewards. As it could change as the Expansion Mission preview did.

We now get an impossible item to get, so people who are "racing" to get that unknown quantity of points are left out of it, maybe. Or at least, hindered. It isn't even like "pay up to give a 4* weapon the same day". It is 100% impossible to get and basically we are being told to "deal with it".

Does this make ANY sense at all?

Edit: No, I didn't get the mission, but I am worried a lot I might get that.

Sat, 03/10/2012 - 15:37

#41

Stompt

Apparently they dont check

Apparently they dont check stuff lol. Im just confused how all of a sudden a unknown material gets in the database.

Sat, 03/10/2012 - 16:08

#42

Diamondshreddie

+1 for Vanaduck of Quacksorm citadel

i lol'd

Sun, 03/11/2012 - 16:05

#43

Retequizzle

So prestige missions are

So prestige missions are offline entirely now.

WHEN YOU WISH UPON A BONE~

Sun, 03/11/2012 - 17:24

#44

Aumir

*Sings*

...YOU GET A VALIANCE FOR TOMORROW~

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So OOO, what exactly -is- a Wishbone?