Spiral Knights - Patch Notes

Patch Notes - May 9, 2012

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Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:17

Trying

New User Experience
The Crash Site, Rescue Camp and Rescue Camp Missions have been revamped. New players will now meet their pal Rhendon and join him as they save the Rescue Camp from the monsters that lurk in the dark and the evil gremlin Schemer, Razwog.

This new experience is a taste of what's to come in the Spiral Knights story. Stay tuned!

Items
- All bombs have had their damage output increased by 15%
- All handguns have had their damage increased by 10% and their charge attack damage increased by 20%

Minor art changes to the following Swords:
- Slime Slasher
- Super Slime Slasher
- Beast Basher
- Big Beast Basher

Damage increased:
- Slime Slasher
- Super Slime Slasher
- Beast Basher
- Big Beast Basher

- Hatchet: increased damage area for charge attack

- Damage bonus increased:
- Cyclops Cap
- Fencing Jacket

- Proto Bomb: now has a chance HIGH to Stun MODERATE.

Damage area increased:
- Twisted Spine Cone
- Proto Bomb
- Firecracker
- Cold Snap
- Static Flash
- Spine Cone

Fuse time decreased:
- Super Blast Bomb
- Twisted Spine Cone
- Dark Briar Barrage
- Proto Bomb
- Firecracker
- Cold Snap
- Static Flash
- Blast Bomb
- Spine Cone

Fuse time increased:
- Master Blast Bomb
- Spike Shower

Status power increased:
- Cold Snap
- Static Flash
- Firecracker

Bullet Speed increased, minor knock-back added, charge shot damage radius increased:
- Proto Gun
- Stun Gun
- Frost Gun
- Super Stun Gun
- Zapper
- Blaster
- Super Blaster
- Master Blaster
- Valiance

Moderate Knock-Back added, MEDIUM construct damage added, extra shot added before reload:
- Punch Gun
- Pummel Gun

- Robo Wrecker (0* sword) and Rugged Robo Wrecker (1* sword) have been added to the Bazaar catalogs

Monsters
- All retrodes have received a slight health reduction.

Levels
- Many levels now have beautiful new lighting, effects, backgrounds, etc.
- Tier 1 levels now convey the proximity to Cradle's surface while deeper levels lose sunlight and become darker.
- Crown and heat payouts have received further balancing, most notably in the Royal Jelly Palace.
- Battle Arena-style mission levels have received an overhaul and now feature new rooms and a slick new presentation.

UI
- Conversation text now fades in line by line.
- The character-selection screen has received a small visual update. 'Location' has also been replaced with 'Rank.'
- Spanish, German and French languages have received more thorough translations. Mission and level names are now translated.

Bugfixes
- Fixed a bug where switching weapons could cause bullet damage to be modified.
- Fixed a bug with coliseum payouts in certain rare circumstances.
- Fixed a bug with saving a knight after anonymous login.
- Fixed the Arcane Salamander Mask to display personalized eyes.

Quite some major changes

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:19

Rangerwillx

O.o Maybe I should keep being a gunner.
BLITZ DAMAGE IS MORE INCREASED??

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:20

Golgomath

Just what we need, an

Just what we need, an overhaul for t1.

I get that OOO is trying to make the game more appealing to the newbies, but could we have a significant patch for the long time, mostly F2P players who don't want just another CE promo or some patch that doesn't primarily apply to them?

Also, I hope the balancing of RJP means more crowns, because it really it.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:22

Crowwkd

these patch

they just get worse

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:23

Sir-Didymus

Random

Love that Rangerwill and well Rangerwill can now post in harmony.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:24

Trying

Gunning and bombing might be useful in t1 LD now.
Also doesn't the Valiance already have knockback?

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:25

Rangerwillx

Dang it Trying, use a different avatar!
And Valiance does have KB already.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:27

Sir-Didymus

so much for harmony.....

Valiance did but the precursors did not.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:28

Trying

Nick time to edit your patch notes again.

You also have to change
"Proto Bomb: now has a chance HIGH to Stun MODERATE."
to
"Proto Bomb: now has a HIGH chance to inflict MODERATE Stun."

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:29

Rangerwillx

@Trying

Lol, looks like they made them in a hurry.
Thanks :p

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:13

#10

Kryptix

What about the Iron Slug?

I'm curious about the Iron Slug. Per this post (#15), is the mentioned improvement aligned with the damage increase for guns or is there something more?

@Nick: thanks for the clarification.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:31

#11

Sir-Didymus

Rangerwill, if you dont

Rangerwill, if you dont change your avatar I am going to delete my knight.

and yes the rewording does make more sense

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:32

#12

Trying

Go ahead I'll add Sir-Didymus to my collection :P

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:37

#13

Orbwanter

Gunning and bombing might be useful in t1 LD now.

Bombs were already pretty useful for recons. Hammer jockeys just looove dashing into them.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:37

#14

Nick

Developer

Kryptix - Something a bit

Kryptix - Something a bit more substantial is still to come. Thanks for your patience.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:39

#15

Softhead

OOO!

As much as i like this,

Y U NO BUFF THE OTHER BLAST BOMB LINES!?

Also, is the Gremlin a Punk Scorcher?

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:41

#16

Kitty-Softpaws

Levels - Many levels now have

Levels
- Many levels now have beautiful new lighting, effects, backgrounds, etc.
- Tier 1 levels now convey the proximity to Cradle's surface while deeper levels lose sunlight and become darker.

What I love about gaming - the scenery!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope this won't cause fps lag with these added effects. Well I already have things disabled tho.. bahhh..

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:42

#17

Alice-In-Pyroland

All bombs have had their

All bombs have had their damage output increased by 15%

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

I am overjoyed by this

Kryptix - Something a bit more substantial is still to come. Thanks for your patience.

Out of curiousity, why are these weapon change updates generally spread out? Is it so that each one has content alongside it (Like the resuce camp here) or are certain weapon changes harder to implement for whatever reason?

Also, is the Gremlin a Punk Scorcher?

Razgog is indeed the 'punk' scorcher in the game files.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:43

#18

Byas

Making all guns even more

Making all guns even more powerful? OOO What's wrong with you? Even if some guns did need to do more damage it doesn't mean you should do it to ALL of them.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:43

#19

Kitty-Softpaws

Maybe this will bring bombers

Maybe this will bring bombers back. Everyone is just into damage right now, not tactics.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:44

#20

Aphrodite

Community Manager

FYI, the server will be down

FYI, the server will be down for approximately 30 minutes as part of the reboot. Please do not panic (too much)!

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:45

#21

Sir-Didymus

Any chance these new rescue

Any chance these new rescue camp missions will be available to the handfull of knights who have already moved beyond the rescue camp?

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:47

#22

Alice-In-Pyroland

Making all guns even more

Making all guns even more powerful? OOO What's wrong with you? Even if some guns did need to do more damage it doesn't mean you should do it to ALL of them.

The Antigua line, Pulsar line and Blitz Needle were the only ones that weren't in need of a buff. Besides that, this update makes guns and bombs much more viable, which is only beneficial.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:48

#23

Trying

Most likely those missions are going to be added in the rank mission page so we can do them as many times as we want.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:49

#24

Heatsurge

* Tier 1/2 stuff is now

* Tier 1/2 stuff is now better.

- As a 5* player, I'm finding it difficult to really care, but it's nice for new players I suppose.

* Guns and bombs should be more useful.

- The game is easy enough as it is. Instead of buffing guns/bombs, I feel like swords should've been significantly nerfed (all swords' damage reduced by 30%?)

* New lighting, new arenas

- Exciting. Probably the most interesting part of the patch for me. Looking forward to it.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:52

#25

Nick

Developer

Echoez - We're a very small

Echoez - We're a very small team, so we try to work on a variety of things at once in order to have a variety of things shippable. This means we cannot spend too much time on one particular area with each patch, so we try to target smaller batches within each area of content, like item balance.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:58

#26

Byas

The Antigua line, Pulsar line

The Antigua line, Pulsar line and Blitz Needle were the only ones that weren't in need of a buff. Besides that, this update makes guns and bombs much more viable, which is only beneficial.

Yup, it's nice that bombers can also go full attack instead of supporting with effects, but about the guns it's a lame way to deal with it. It may cause balance between guns and swords but not between guns themselves it will be like comparing wolver lines to any other armor when using swords.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:00

#27

Sypsy

Awwww yeah

Valiance in LD just got more annoying.... yay!
Assuming there were actual changes to it. I can't fathom the bullets going any faster than already, or more knockback being applied, though.

Gunning in general just got more deadly.
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Cyclops + fencing jacket now gives as much bonus as my shadowsun + skolver combo? Interesting....

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Update should be good for new players. I like that, since new players that stay are good for this game.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:03

#28

Asukalan

Puting so much effort and

Puting so much effort and human resources in remaking already existing content where players spent not more than 24 hours of their gameplay in whole SK life.

Seems legit.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:06

#29

Malucao

Congrats

Firstly congratulations Spiral team. This patch looks like it will make a good balance between the damage with swords, guns and bombs, swords as always triumphed when it comes to damage, making the line wolver was always the most popular. Now I've been working on a gunner gear, and I predict many players doing the same.
Finally a question, RJP will give more or less profit after the patch?

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:06

#30

Twsp

Retrode nerf

Why?

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:09

#31

Sniperjoe

Oh boy, Asuka's here!

Glad you could make it to the party, Asuka. Try not to have too much fun.

This patch is awesome because it makes everything more viable. Swords were not nerfed, but the alternatives to swording just got a huge boost in usability. I'm sure more knights will strongly consider guns or bombs now that their damage output has been increased across the board.

I'm glad the charge shots got a boost as well. Now there should be more reward for the huge risk a gunner takes in unleashing one of those shots.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:10

#32

Nick

Developer

The RJP will output less

The RJP will output less crowns and heat than before.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:12

#33

Trying

Rangerwill cries pitifully.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:12

#34

Sniperjoe

*looks at Nick's response* Uh

*looks at Nick's response*

Uh oh.

*runs to the elevators*

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:20

#35

Asukalan

Hahaha, take that OOO

"RJP crowns and heat nerf, that made my day."

Hahaha, take that OOO fanboys, "Omgomgomg, new patch i luv you <3<3<3" and "balancing payouts means also incrase, not only decrase" guys who defended so much OOO after they introduced series of crown payout balances.

And im perfectly "meh whatever" with bombs and gun patch. They propably added it to make weak mind think that they care for existing players. It would look silly if they would make an update that would bring NOTHING to current players so they added it as an 'extras'

And of course another nerf, a step towards making SK a shuttlebot fest. Now the poor retrodes got hit. What will be next? A spike traps will be nerfed to stay on the ground all the time, since they were hard to spot, even if they are flashing like hell before appearing?

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:16

#36

Malucao

Now Blitz Needle do about 4k

Now Blitz Needle do about 4k damage in Vanaduke using a charge attack, not counting the bonuses, I like it xD

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:24

#37

Kitty-Softpaws

Fehzor shares my ideals & i am glad.

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/560940860716257769/190E218D138AECF0001...

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/560940860716247789/3DAA0A6D6E07FA792E1...

The game has gotten harder to reach end-game content THUS buying Three Rings time to work on their upcoming projects. Tier 1, Tier 2, & Tier 3 will hopefully be occupied. I hope to see a wave of newbies coming in soon. Like I've said, th SK community used to be more selfless..

I CAN ACCEPT THIS FACT OF LESS CROWN INCOME IF THIS IS TRUE OF MY STATEMENT. Otherwise I will not be feeling frabjous this week.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:21

#38

Sniperjoe

Seriously Asuka, why are you

Seriously Asuka, why are you here anymore?

Weren't you complaining a loooong time ago about Missions and no one running the Clockworks anymore? I think this will push people back out into the randomized roguelike world of the Clockworks, getting them out of the grind and back into the game. Sure, RJP is still fun and all, but I don't mind hopping on a random elevator in the Arcade and seeing what happens.

The game's what you make of it; if you want to optimize your crown/heat payout and power game, you'll just have to find another way to do that, it seems. I hear FSC is nice this time of year.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:21

#39

Trying

Well that's why RJP got nerfed to the payout of RT

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:21

#40

Batabii

While I appreciate the

While I appreciate the gun/bomb buffs, I'm pretty annoyed that most of the huge changes in the last 6 months only apply to either paid players (shadow lairs, OCH) or newbies (character creation, crash site). When are we going to get a new tier 3 boss or some new 4-5* weapons?

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:25

#41

Atacii

RJP nerf

Poor royal jelly. So many nerfs. Might as well be a t1 boss now.

Can't wait to field test the new gunner/bomber buffs though. Maybe brandish spam won't be the only way to go! Maybe...

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:25

#42

Iron-Volvametal

...

Why do you guys always make the Patches when I'm away? ;-;

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:28

#43

Asukalan

When will the OOO answer in

When will the OOO answer in our petition topic?

Nick appeared here like 3 or more times, he answered in silly "vanaduke grunt" topic but is ignoring a petition from 5 pages of players who demand to be threated equally to new players who are allowed to have 100kCR + changes for free, while just few days ago all current players had to pay for same thing.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:28

#44

Prevailer

This might help some of you

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:32

#45

Exerpa

0*/1* buffs are a good thing.

0*/1* buffs are a good thing. Tier 1 is the demo for the the rest of the game, so it makes sense that the gear that claims to have specific purposes actually do just that. A lot of the gear was far too similar to the point of redundancy (slime slashers/beast bashers) or impractical to use (bombs).
The unification of the punch gun with the magnus makes sense, so does the introduction of knockback for all the other triple shooters - no more surprise when someone makes the valiance

I guess if you are going to tweak a huge catalog of gear, it make sense to start from the beginning... so fingers crossed

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:35

#46

Kitty-Softpaws

Asukulan, you are a Tier 3

Asukulan, you are a Tier 3 player @ end-game content with an arsenal of 5* gear. They are newbies in Tier 1 with thwacker swords. I don't seen why you should be jealous of newbies?

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:36

#47

Tersakaff

Petition to let us recreate

Petition to let us recreate characters AND replay missions on our old knights. Go sign it if you want that too.
Just leaving this here.

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:37

#48

Iron-Volvametal

...

I was hoping there's be Changes to the Quicksilver Line, Fallen Line, & Irontech/BAB Lines.

But these seem okay. Can't wait to see the new Art. :D

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:38

#49

Jaroche

Nice, less people farming JK

Nice, less people farming JK run... i guess is time to trade some tokens :-)

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:40

#50

Asukalan

Because with the

Because with the accompaniament of voices asking for new content for existing players, OOO makes a new content accesible only to new players, leaving current players with nothing.

Its arrogant slap in face.

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Patch Notes - May 9, 2012