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Well at least this puts a stop to them whiners who wants pets. Of course from the looks of it, OOO actually do take their time and read the forums, and through some well organized posts, some ideas were taken into consideration. Smaller suggestions or what so ever are seldom taken, and if they are (for example a buff for normal weapons), OOO would rather silently do it, and in the midst, people might not see the difference.
These petz are cutez, must have dragon. I would pay any price!~
@Hexzyle: I thought it was something like that. Technically a title, not a name :P
In the guild update, Nick said the GHs will be a fortification for the coming darkness.
We're getting Battle Sprites now and Nick said that the game will get harder in some way to fit with the sprites.
Connecteeeuuunnn!
Reaction after reading the announcement: HOLY MAZAR OF GOD I HAZ TO GET ZAT CUTE LIDDLE MEWCAT THING!!!
Reaction after reading the date for the update: ....................................................................................VHY DOEZ IT HAZ TO BE SOOOO LONG AWAY?
Oh, and I'm gonna name my Sprite, Papaya ^^. Either that or, The-Papaya ^^
I was wondering...........how did everyone find out what the lab's (Garrison Lab's) name was?! I didn't know until today! (after reading this thread)
Nick said that the game will get harder in some way to fit with the sprites.
Where was this? I don't see anything like that in this thread or on his Twitter account.
They read that Autofire Thread about Pets and its posts.
http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/68828
@Orbwanter maybe the game with just readjust as a level difficulty is increaes as a new players joins the party.
So the levels might adjust to a 8 man party (if everyone has a pup).
Sprites, Will they grow levels and heat up like weapons or armor?
Will they get their own Unique Variants?
Will they be craft-able/combine-able?
Will every dragon-starter-sprite be the same or will there be ways to vary them?
Can I get an impostocube battle sprite named Nick?
Will there be a new PVP based solely upon battle sprites?
Will there be accessories for battle sprites?
Will Battle sprites be colored upon a knight's personal color or will they have their own battle sprite?
Will Battle sprites be crafted upwards to stronger sprites or will they evolve like pokemon or be forever stuck as they are?
Will a battle sprite be rated upon stars like everything else or will they get stronger based upon your knight's rank thereby giving an incentive to do rank missions?
Will curse affect the use of a battle sprite?
Can I have a cookie?
Will there be an expansion based upon battle sprites?
Will there be a new type of Gremlin that gets their own mockery of battle sprites to use against us?
Will Callahan ever get it's buff with the development of battle sprites?
Could it be possible to get a snipe battle sprite?
WIll it be possible to combine two battle sprites to have a new effect for example taking a bat that has an attack, a cat with a monster debuff and make a catbat with an attack that inflicts a debuff?
Will you be taking suggestions for new battle sprites?
i think it would be awesome if you could use skills in LD!!! it would be like leuge of legends but better <3
Small technicality. Can we call Battle Sprites something else please?
The abbreviation "BS", when used in conjunction with not too careful choices of names, could lead to misunderstanding.
e.g. When is this BS patch coming? I'm replacing my BS Eury because she doesn't fit my style.
You know what, having the community come up with a name for Battle Sprites could be a good social engineering exercise. Why not Three Rings holds a contest for this (with some I-don't-know accessories as prizes)? Simplest change I can think of: replace "Battle" with "Combat", so the abbreviation will be CS.
Also, can we expect BS to be on test server at some point? Since GH expansion didn't go through test server phase...
THIS IS LIKE POKEMON!??????????!!!!!!!!
GOTTA CATCH 'em all
Will sprites be equiped in haven, and be seen floating above head, or next to you. If not will they show up in inspect? (Iliteration) o.O
It they are gong to be always visible then we'll seriously need sprite accesories to stop the clone madness.
i want Maskeraith sunn! poison then stun for best results! Dat lockdown dream stop dem cowards from running . *SQUELCH* *POW* *POW* *BONG!* *POW* *FATALITY!* [TART], PLEASE!
This might happen:
3 clone trooper dash straight directly to the player with 3 pet
IN split-second in his mind-
Player:DAHAHAHAAHA! i'm so dead DAHAHAHHA! even with 3 sprite coming DAHAHAHAHAH!!
the player dead
Player(sound slowly fade out):DAHAAHHAhahahahhaha...........
I think it might be better if pet vs pet ......>_> a polite monster fight,your turn to atk...his turn to atk...your turn to atk..............INTENSE FIGHTING!
but then again sound horrible ask sprite to fight..........
http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Battle_sprite_preview
However I do have some questions
1) Can a Battle sprite die and if it does will it be gone for ever?
2) Can they be sold in the Auction House?
3) Do you have to buy some sort of pet slot to acquire them?
4) If you have already done all the missions how will Vanguards get them?
5) Will Battle Sprites be with you in the Haven?
6) What type of materials will you have to feed to your Battle Sprite
7) What will happen if you do not feed you Battle Sprite?
Y=That all I have, but I would just like to say a big well done to Nick and the team for a fantastic job that they have done so far an I can't wait until they are released!
want mew kitty thing now so cute must gets, maybe dragon too. finally update that may be worth it still waiting for idk mounts like we needs them lol, but pets will do for now make the game a bit easier for soloing. would like to see what other ones they got besides those 3, maybe an upgrade system for them, got to catch them all lol
Regarding equipping sprites with items, I can confirm at least one item that we're developing that all sprites can equip: harnesses. A sprite's harness is that metal component you see wrapped around all sprites. A harness determines the damage type output for the sprite's attacks. The default harness always does normal damage, but other harnesses can be acquired to change the attacks to other damage types.
However, not all sprites are capable of all damage types. For example, the Drakon does not have access to a piercing damage harness.
Also, keep in mind with all of this info that this feature is still very much in development and subject to change.
Accessories that also change stats? Awesome.
By the looks of it they will have their own gear, just like us knights with our weapons/armors/etc. :D
anybody who's played Phantasy Star games would probably be thinking about MAGs XP.
Also, feed ALL the materials! lol mobile post
Nick answer please about the pet battle mechanics:
Does pets attack when the owner attacks and they attack the same target as the owner?
Or
Does pets attack the first enemy they have in sight like mechknight kits?
because i would find annoying players running around while pets just kill everything for them. Please let us know HOW the way pets would attack.
So I'm thinking that the Drakon gets Elemental/Shadow, Seraphynx gets Elemental/Piercing and Maskeraith gets Piercing/Shadow.
That set-up would be the most logical one, judging by their appearances.
At this time Shidara, you are correct.
Nick, NIIIICCCKKK, NICKIE!! Are there going to be JELLY BATTLE SPRITES :DDDDD If there are, take my crowns :P
CS? You mean customer support? Cash shop? Crazy Swedes?
I've never seen anyone refer to battle sprites as BS, unless they were actually calling it bull____ (Fill in the blank). Most people have called them either sprites or pets, and I don't see anything wrong with that.
@Nick
Will pets have any sort of auto-attack, or will all abilities be player-controlled?
How will pets know which mob to attack or player to buff?
and for a suggestion: Please make some kind of material sink. ;_; Materials might as well not exist at this point: most people just let them pile up in their inventories.
CS reminds me of Counter Strike
or to the less extent, Carpooling Shenanigans
@Owlert.
Yea, wait until someone get banned for using BS because it is misinterpreted as usage of inappropriate language targeted towards other individuals or Three Rings staff.
It's a simple change that can close lots of loopholes and abuses in the future. The wonderful part is, it costs nothing. Better do it early than late. Very simple, right?
Wait a second... Is it just me... or did the preview image change? I could of sworn the 4th image with the Knight + Drakon didn't have the Drakon breathing fire when I logged on last night...
I think I may be going insane...
You just want all the BS. You full of BS. BS is all up on your account and they haven't released it yet! I mean Battle Sprites of course :{3 and mustache kitty.
@Traevelliath: No worries. That fire totally wasn't there before.
As long as I get a bush sprite, And I want to be able to put regular accessories on my sprites, Dragon with a mustache/pipe would be nice...
If materials can affect the abilities of sprites, what happens if we feed them Zee Cores?
Mmh. Figures they'd bring this up the exact day I tell my friend that pets are among the most frowned down upon things in the suggestions forums. ._.
Anyway, this seems pretty cool. It's sort of like pets, but not really. They're like a new class of weapons IMO, since you have to press buttons to make them attack. I'm still surprised I haven't seem the forums flooded with rage threads though. :P
The Maskwraith looks like a cow. I wantz.
@Lordofnecromancers: Well as of now, there isn't that much information on Sprites. Any rage would have to be based on pure speculation, which just makes the thread maker appear impatient to irrationally hate OOO.
@Bella-Donna
*rage*
But yes, you got the point! And a big thank you, kind Sir!
At first I thought these BS are like animated trinkets. Then it dawns on me that they are really "jobs" (or classes) in the form of a pet.
More precisely, they are "sub-jobs" (or sub-classes). Your Knight has its own "class" (Swordie, Gunner, Bomber, Hybrid) and is determined by your equipment. Then you can pick one of the BS as a secondary (sub-) job. e.g. if you are a Swordie specializes in damage, you can get a Maskeraith to amplify your damage, making you into a Dark Knight. You can be a pure support Knight (mage) by becoming a Bomber with a Seraphynx using mist bombs (AoA, VV, Shiver, VT, SS). Gunners may want a Draco to make up for their low damage throughput.
A simple calculation: 3 x 3 = 9 combination. This patch would introduce a total of nine "jobs". I can imagine some will be more OP than others at launch. So good luck with the "job" balancing.
how are we supposed to equip the spirites?!will we get a special slot for them?and using them in LD is not a really good ideea(high lvl drakon will kill us quite fast ).and what does the masked ghost(the third battle spirit).how can he debilitate the enemies?!
Anyways, will it change the HUD to show the pets health or not?
In Addition, Is there more then 1 special ability?
Finally, will the pet's command can be used in a button? My A,B,Y,and X buttons are not used yet.
Will battle sprites be able to evolve and if they will how would they gain expirience(heat or something else)?
@Owlert, Post #128
CS = Crazy Swede.
I´m a CS, put a fence around me if you want to be safe! >o<
+ "More than 1" to the pet update :3
@Stevacar. Judging from what Nick's original announcement, BS can evolve and gain experience. You can feed them mats to speed up and affect their path of evolution.
So far the sprite look AWESOME, but I have a suggestion that I think will make sprites look even more better. Its PvP or should I say SvS. What I am trying to say it Sprites wars!. This can be when you use you sprite to battle other sprites. It can be a colisuim game. It can be an 1v1 it can be only you sprites fighting and not you (your knight). Winners can get KKC and food to feed their pets.
Goldeneman
I hope we can re-name them and that they won't die forever if they die in battle
AND for those who are already in Haven, will they have access to the missions that teach you how to use sprites?
Accessory for sprite would be great i think
and i disagree if sprite will come to LD...