Mecha Knight Variations:

After completing Crossing the Chasm, I have noticed that the NPC knight helping you has a unique AI;

He uses guns.

So, I was thinking that there should be a [Mecha] Knight with both guns and bombs. ATM, I am only thinking of inloving the Mecha Knights(not kits and NPC) with gun and bomb models.

These have a high chance of replacing their swordie bretheren. Bomb Knights(enemy) should be the construct equivalent of a Gremlin Demo(not their Status rage spam) but use Either Irontechs or a constuct labeled Deconstructor. they seem to have a bulkier armour, similar to the mercurai. They can also fully charge them, and release a Vaporiser of the varying status(normal ones will have a dmg releasing one).

Gun Knights tend to go to the corners and snipe you. They have a Alchemiser like weapon that shoos three shots and has a charge similar to Rehdon's blitz. They seem to have a [What where those starter accesory with the eye scanner?] with the retrode armour. They have similar AI to Rehdon's.

With the NPCs and Kits, this will be more trickier. There should be a NPC knight with a similar AI to rehdon and has a Blaster gun with the same clip and charge. NOTE: The Kit gun differanciates from the Enemy ones. The Kits own BLASTERS. The Enemies have Achemisers with Blitz charges. They can agro enemies to make them a priority to kill.

The gun Mecha knight will obviously be similar to the Gun Spiral Knight AI and Rehdon's. They have the same spawn percentage as the sword kits. Though an alternative is to simply shoot at targets once in range.

ATM, I am puzzled with a way to include working, non distruptive Bomber AI for the kits and Spiral Knights. With Luigru's post, the idea wil be slighty more harder to balence. I will add this in the near future if possible.

Moonlight Ruins

The Basis:

This is a Beast expansion.

This is more story motivated, based on how desperate the gremlins are to get rid of the knights.

There are new enemies exclusive to the mission and some that I may want to be added to the normal CW.....

There is a more dynamic Background, changing the time of day.

If it feels like I’m recounting, Sorry, it’s a force of habit when I do something story related……………

Now, onto the enemies (excluding the boss).

Werewolvers: These furry creatures of the night appear in the 3rd lv continuing. These are hunchback, Wolven and as tall as a Trojan. They have different facial appearances. They are either Knights or Gremlins. Knight based ones(No variation in attacks) appear in the penultimate lv. They are invincible to freeze and stun and some reisitance to shock, but have negative defence aginst fire.
Claw Combo: This piercing attack can be up to three in a combo.
Lunge: Like the Zombie’s lunge, the Werewolver will lunge and latch onto you attacking you. You can still attack, and can get them off via hazards, an attack or until it stops after 5 seconds.
Primal Howl: A large wave like scream which can stun, and knockback players.

Leader Wolver: A miniboss who is basically a un-nerfed, Faster, Less vulnerable, and stronger Alpha Wolver. It is also has a Burrowing attack which Creates a Tremor and stuns and Dmgs the player. It is also covered in tailored Armour which is mixed and matched with cobalt, Plate and Demo(Reason will be explained). He has A LOT of Pierce resist and less SHADOW resist.

Follower Wolver: A Un-nerfed, Stronger Wolver covered in Proto. It’s a Mob with the leader Wolver. They have more normal and Pierce defence and Less ELEMENTAL Defence.

Horonets: A Hornet like creature with a patient, Monk like look, who acts similar to Greavers, they also have a small tomes which creates a must cloud dealing Stun.

Tribal Beast: A monkey like beast which acts like a Mender, who can Do a Ram attack. They can create a mender esque dome to protct all creatures except other Tribal Beasts that only dissapates when that Tribal beast who casted it dies.

Silkwings and greaver also pop up. Constructs appear in ALL levels also with Several Jellies.

Beastal Constructs: A construct which CPU is modified to act more like a beast. A failled product of the Project. It looks like a Shufflebot, but with more camo on it.
Burrow bombs: In wolver likeness, they make bombs that burrow near you.
AoE Oil attack: They release an oil effect similar to a Battle pod, which if SHOCKED, releases Stun fumes.

Basis of introductory lv(Very Cruddy, sorry):

With our friends at Emberlight and Recon knights, HQ has found an Abandoned Ruin which was once occupied by gremlins. In the lore on the walls of these ruins, describe a Legendary guardian who can transform into a Furry beast who kills anything in it due to a certain artifact. The gremlins were doing tests on trying to fuse that power with a construct.

These Gremlins have fled due to the sightings of a Fur covered, feral monster. With this sight, knights have been sent to investigate, but had never returned. More of these “Werewolvers” appeared, some having facial appearances of knights and Gremlins.

We have now asked you and your squad to assist Chief biotech Hahn to Reasearch and eliminate this threat to the inhabitants of Cradle!

Lobby(it has a morning like Background):

This lobby is on the first depth, and has a Wolver den, ruins and Aztec look. There are knights Who are on comlinks and Hahn Standing near a passage way into the depth.

There is no basil, and a normal knight takes his place. If you ask, she will reply by saying something like “Basil Has disappeared recently, so I am taking over his place for the time being.”

The inventory would be:

Any Flourish line depending on Tier(2*, 3* and 5*)

Any Jelly line depending on Tier.

Magnus line depending on Tier.

Any Jelly line depending on Tier.

Hahn will explain the conditions, and Brinks will be near a Stash of Items.

Talking to him will tell them why He’s here and offer to craft a armour (Explain in Rewards’ Basis).

First Depth: Gaia’s Garden(Noon Background).

Hahn and a few helper knights(With Brandish like swords and some with Autogun lines) will follow until the numbers wane to just 3 and Hahn by the 3rd depth.

This is a pretty simple Wolver’s den, with a more Aurora isles feel as you progress with Statues, pools and other ancient looks, until you reach a Temple with no roof and face a battle of Beasts, Slimes and then a group of Follower Wolvers.

Hahn(He would be following you throughout, will be bemused at the sight of these creatures), and you got to the elevator.

Second: Tome Gallery(Evening/Dusk):

As you go through the ruins, you encounter several Tomes which explain about the creature, and a Recon Module Made by gremlins, explaining the Tests. They weren’t compatable with constructs, and were desperate enough to try it on themselves. After finding this, a Battle will commence with the Horonets accoupnied by greavers and Slikwings.

Hahn will be more unverved as this happens.

In the final room, a Tribal Beast speaking poor English will explain that it worships the Werewolver, and protects this sacred place. It doesn’t want to enrage it, and wants to kill the “Intruders”. It then assists the enemies in the final room.

Third Depth: Guise of the Wolven(Early Night)

In a small campfire, you’re assaulted by a leader Wolver, after beating it, It Barks and a Tall Stranger appears translating the Words.

“Human not harmed. Giant One Wants you.”

This stranger is no other than Basil. He will explain in a cutscene that a werewolver attacked him in the lobby pre Knight Inverstigation. He was saved by the leader wolver and has been creating gear in return.

The reason for the gear was because at this time, the Werewolvers and their followers attack the normal ones, dwindling their numbers.

As a reward for helping them with the Werewolver problem, they will allow them access to a Room which will explain more about the Projects

Hahn decdides to stay and study from the site, and the players and the knights trek along.

In the depth, you are constantly stalked by a figure, who then appars as the first Werewolver since the project and the first you face.

He is first as a regular thwacker, but after a while, will rage unconrolibly and morph.

After the battle, several wolvers swarm him, but he then defeats them. He runs away, muttering something about “Power, army and other revenge related items" while grabbing a knight.

You give pursuit and go onto the elevator, ready for the penultimate depth.

Penultimate Depth: The hunter(Midnight)

The level is more of a Mechanical based lv, as you go into a part of their reaserch camp, there are Bestial Constructs, Trapped Lichens, and the occasional Grem Were-wolver along with Tribal Beasts and Horonets.

As you reach the midway point, you meet one of the missing knights from the Group. He is having spasms, Foaming in the mouth and has the "Awe" eyes.
He talks about him being "Corrupted, bitten, going crazy, rage, kill everything in it's path." He then noticed you and says something about "Betrayal, desserter, I have power, DIE!"

He morphs into a Werewolver, and you then have to battle him. When killed, he drops a Tome based on the main Werewolver from past.

It explains from a previous inhabitant before it becoming a CW lv, that the beast isn't a protector, just a bully, destroying anything due to his wrath, and the artifac feeds on the Wrath, and transforms the victim. You realise that that that one fear tranformed that knight. You wonder about that first one, and porceed to the final battle.

Boss Lv: Hunters of the knight(Dawn???):

You enter a lv where the sky is dawn, however, the power shorts out, turning it pitch black(Akin to CK) and a current of lightning is shown, lighting a hulking figure before it runs away.

One of the knight decide to try and find the generator, but gets defeated by a nearby werewolver. You decide to try and find an emergency generator.

After traversing a layberinth of enemies, you are able to set up emergency lights, and find the boss in a altar room.

When you find the first werewolver(Now stronger and more feral due to the accelerated power of his rage, explains that he's lost everything to the knights, and now mutters "An eye for an eye, several lives for several lives! I am the Night Hunter!!"

BOSS, Night Hunter :

Phase 1:

The night hunter is Invicible to all attacks, and is guarded by several Tribal beasts. The tribal beasts are all supposed to be defeated before be can be weakened. You can then attack him as it shifts to the next phase.

PHASE 2:
He is vulnerable.
He has the basic attacks, and more:

Feral windmill:
A Pierce attack which in animation is similar to the "Fang over Fang"(From naruto) and does mulitple dmg and can stun lcok if caught in the path.
Burrow Bombs: Similar to the Beastal constructs's variation, but is multiple.
Burrow Quake: Causes a tremor when burrowing.

This cycles between Phase 1 and two until phase 3.

Phase 3:
The last knight is then killed by the Night Hunter and is transformed, he then summons Tribal Beats, 3 Werewolves and Horownets. Again he is invicible until the tribal beasts are killed(Who are then repleaced by spawning Silkwings) and has a new attack:

Pack call: Can summon up to 3 more Werewolvers.

Phase 4(more like interval):
The Night Hunter runs to a pillar and stays there, only using Pack call and Burrow Bombs. The main objective is to destroy these 6 chains that can only be destroyed by burrow bombs. You have to avoid the Werewolvers and get near the cains when he uses the burrow bombs to destroy them. Once does, he's back to his repetoir of attacks.

When defeated, he topples over the edge of the depth, dissapearing.....

The generator lights the depth fully, and all Werewolver are transformed back to normal. You take the elevator back to the camp.

Moonlight Ruins: Aftermath:

At the camp, the wolvers are grateful and allow access to the room. There are several modules revealing the hunter's past:

He lost his children and family in the CW due to a battle with knights, he is recuited to this place, sees his fellow companions forced to be transformed, all for the sake of destroying the knights. He then touches the artifact, and is "overcome with a firery sensaton, transforming into the night hunter...."

As you regroup with hahn, the replacement basil and several of the free knights, along with the artifact, Hahn wants to study it, and see if there are anyother artifacts with that power, and hopes that the artifact that Razwog obtained didn't have a dangerous effect on it.

You ge to an area with a mechanical tools and notice the hulking figure f the night Hunter, who is reverted. He seems to be slowly turning Charcoal black(AkA Dying), and says that no matter whet you do, thye will win in the end.

As he dies, he drops a material depending on tier( T1: Rotten feral Fang, T2: Upkept Feral Fang, T3: Pristene feral Fang).

Rewards(Unfinished):

GUN:

Half Moon Turret(2*)(Can someone help with the names?)
A typical Antigua infused with the celestial power of the Half Moon.
This is a 2* antigua with a brown and white design, and the bullet colour is redish grey.

Half Moon Turret REVISED(3*)
The Turret has been revised for more powerful blows despite its incomplete state.
This is a buffed HMT to the strength of the 3* antigua, and the wing design is replaced with a Claw.

Lupinotuum Tormentarii(5*)
Legend fortold that the Essance of the Night Hunter will become active when the Celestial power of the Full Moon.
This has the Two Claws on each side, similar to the motiff of the Ap/Sent, has the same dmg numbers as them, and all guns have pierce dmg. The creature that comes out during the charge is basically The Night Hunter's Feral Windmill animation, but in a red hue.

Bomb:
Feral Call(1*)
The shouts of the Werewolvers echo though this weapon created from the failed experiments at Moonlight Ruins.
A Normal weapon that does a AoE skyburst blast. Causes Stun.

Feral Shout(3*)
(Working on text)
This has a larger radius, more power and status duration than FC.

Feral Screech(5*)
(Working on Text)
More radius, Power, and Duration to the 5* standards.

Armour crafting:

Rotten Hunting Coat(1*)
(Will be filled)
Piercing/Normal
Stun/Freeze

Upkept Hunting Coat(3*)
(Same as above)
Piercing/Normal
Stun/Freeze

Pristine Hunting coat(5*)
(Smae as above)
Piercing/Normal
Stun/Freeze

Dementia/Hallucinate(Monster only)
When inflicted, several "faceless" creatures pop up at random near you and if you''re caught in their radius(similar to or on contact, they are able to cause dmg. The only way to avoid dmg is to run and dodge for the duration. The duration at it's highest is 15-20 seconds, the max of them that can pop up are 5. Phantoms can use this with normal attacks. There could also be a varied lost soul that can do it. The showings of this is blue fog and Question marks surounding them.

Chaff(Monster and Knight, affects only construct Monsters)
When inflicted, these can confuse enemies. By confuse, they affect targeting and slow down attack. An example is Rocket puppies losing the targeting properties they use, and retrodes losing their swipe tracking. Showings of this is a large sparkle aura around you(Aluminium strips).
With knights, projectiles lose some range, ASI decrease and fuzzyness on the screen.
And its strongest, it is for 3-6 seconds. In order to inflict it, you need a chaft grenade(Which are rare to find in construct areas, and also have finite respawn(Of 3) Gremlin Demos can inflict this with a shock stratum variation that uses this instead of shock.

Retaliate("PLAYER"only)
If a status enemy is hit my it's own status, fire on fire is an example the enemy will use a double attack of that status, basically, stun glitch reimplemented as a status. The showing of it will be a exclamation mark. It lasts how long the attack does. Lichen ones are also counted as this.

With Retrodes: retrode will explode(But still survive), causing a status in that radius.
Mecha Knights: They will block the next attack, and then parry, causing stun.
Toxigels: Will release a large blast of spikes at the targets.
Wolvers: They will become hyper, and regain their tracking.
Chromas: Poison Glands will Over-exert themselves, leaving a trail of their status.

Fear(Monster Only)
When inflicted, player will lose all resistance and bonuses, and will run slightly faster. This lasts for 7-10 seconds and will decrease if in any candle light. As you've assumed from that is that this happens when hurt by Grimalkins. It is shown by a Swirl around players.

More coming soon