Today's release notes can be found here: http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/97759
February 27 Update - Discussion
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 10:59
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 11:07
#2
Heart of Valor.
Good changes. I'm glad that IDs no longer require orbs, yet saddened that I cannot grind prestige.
Thanks for the big fixes!
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 11:06
#3
Some of us wasted our
Some of us wasted our orbs?
/derp
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 11:07
#4
Interesting. Of course, I hate that I used up like 50k in crowns for orbs, but that's all and well. Not like I had anything else to do with them.
I like that you're reducing Torto aggressiveness. They were way too attack-centered.
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 11:10
#5
Developer Request
Related to the removal of the achievements -- can you send a list of those 6 (or 5?) achievements to Steam to have them mark them as unavailable? From what I understand about their achievements API, this is a really simple low-time/effort request, and allows those who care to have the game marked as "perfect." This would be similar to what you're doing in-game. Thanks!
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 11:31
#6
“- Fiendish ID Cards no longer require an orb of alchemy to craft”
Sweet.
And I was fearing I might not get those snazzy Shields.
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 11:50
#7
Thank you for doing this. :)
Over the course of the day I used up at least 10 ID's. I just had so much fun with the chaotic tortodrone battle. I was just wondering if players were okay with the coughing up of the orbs just like that.
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 11:48
#8
“refund pls”
u r not sneek e
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 11:49
#9
IGN- Warranty-Is-Voided
/sigh
I've spent 12 orbs for this ID cards.
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 11:50
#10
gods ain't gonna help you, son.
- Fiendish ID Cards no longer require an orb of alchemy to craft
yes!
- Balance: Tortodrones now have increased health and defense to better match their mighty nature
yes!
- Balance: The Ancient Grove battle's difficulty has been slightly increased
yes!
that's a good minor update.
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 12:18
#11
I wouldn't say the orbs were
I wouldn't say the orbs were wasted, given that every time you completed it, you got prestige. Now, in exchange for not needing to use an Orb, you can't grind for prestige.
In any case, many thanks once again for the achievement fix, and the other fixes~! Just one more achievement seems to be broken, Applied Entropy. I, and many others, have levelled items to 10 but the achievement has not triggered.
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 12:32
#12
ID Cards
One Issue I cannot solve however, where do you craft these cards? i checked all machines and went through the clockworks to find roaming tortodrones.
I went to the March of the Tortodrones mission with the alchemy machine there, still nothing
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 12:34
#13
@Pokeia
I went to the March of the Tortodrones mission with the alchemy machine there, still nothing
Take a harder look in that alchemy machine. Here's a hint: the ID is a material.
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 12:38
#14
Did you try our ol'
Did you try our ol' winterfest friend, the mysterious alchemy machine? Or whatever it is called now.
-edit- whoops, I didn't read part of your post. But yeah, it is a material in that machine.
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 12:42
#15
Also, the money you spent on orbs, you weren't spending on sparks.
Now that the difficulty and length of the fight is ramped up, it's a different story.
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 12:50
#16
afiojdiodjfoidji
thanks, seems like a good update
so the price of the IDs is now 10k... not much change :P
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 13:05
#17
!!!
GIVE ME BACK MY ORBS!!!!!!!!!!
Come on... I need them... why did u do that to me? give back my orbs and take your money
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 13:58
#18
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 15:42
#19
Well... Good thing I don't have the mats to make a ID card... Yet.
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 16:33
#20
The Tortodrone fight is now nearly impossible. When they shoot their volleys, they stand still, but you have to dodge the dozens of shock and stun explosions that can break a BTS in 2 hits. Otherwise, they keep running without pause, and the (I think new) respawning healer makes this nearly impossible.
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 16:55
#21
Well.
The changes are all well and good, but now I'm kinda hurting having spent my orbs. I don't expect a refund seeing as the new crowns fee is 10,000 and we'd essentially have saved 9,200 per Card if we did get refunded but I suppose there is no use crying over spilt milk.
Looking forward to trying out the fight again. Should be fun! And painful...
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 18:40
#22
Wait, a healer?
Time to bring out the poison brigade.
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 19:54
#23
My guildmate claims that the Torto's were immune to his mist bombs. Wot.
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 23:22
#24
I have no mouth and I need to scream
OOO sure does know how to make difficult boss fights.
Then again, this turtle soup is still fresh. Sooner or later, someone is gonna crack mr and mrs. Tortos's shell...preferably with guns. Tortodrones using falcon punch is the worst..
Fri, 02/28/2014 - 08:21
#25
gods ain't gonna help you, son.
hex said that they are immune to minor statuses, but the stronger ones can actually be applied, so bring a maskeraith.
Fri, 02/28/2014 - 11:03
#26
I'm not certain, I died too quickly to confirm, so don't quote me on that. Owait you already did.
Fri, 02/28/2014 - 13:04
#27
Atrumvindex confirms this. He brought only mist bombs. Poor Atrum.
Sat, 03/01/2014 - 10:43
#28
Moderate and strong statuses work
Fire, ice and stun definitely work. I think poison works, and curse does not work. I tried gran faust charges and it really got me nowhere.
Sat, 03/01/2014 - 14:20
#29
If poison works, then my Obsidian Edge could be useful.
Sun, 03/02/2014 - 03:37
#30
I make you black, bluue and red all over
Would be nice if the Tortodrones started wandering the clockworks after this event. Maybe all those Mysterious Rooms become Torto encounter rooms. It's a shame that every time OOO comes out with a decent new monster, it turns out to only be a temp event only thing.
Interesting...