Spiral Knights - An issue with making new Sprites (If OOO's ever do make new ones).

An issue with making new Sprites (If OOO's ever do make new ones).

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Sat, 09/07/2013 - 13:36

The-Mighty-Potato

Firstly, are OOO's actually gonna bring out anymore sprites?

Because if they are, then I don't know how they would tackle the Harnesses. If they made 2 more which would consume Valestone and Moonstone then there would be an issue.

So certain sprites can only have certain harnesses, correct? How would they balance it out with 2 extra sprites?

Drakon can equip...

Elemental Damage Harness
Shadow Damage Harness

Seraphynx can equip...

Piercing Damage Harness
Elemental Damage Harness

Makeraith can equip...

Piercing Damage Harness
Shadow Damage Harness

You add 2 more sprites and that's going to unbalance the harnesses.

I.E

New Sprite 1:

Piercing Damage Harness
Elemental Damage Harness

New Sprite 2:

Elemental Damage Harness
Shadow Damage Harness

Even that's just repeating the same patterns. New Sprite 1 is the same as Serahynx and New Sprite 2 is the same as Drakon.

So my questions are...

1) Will more Sprites come out in the future?
1a) If they do, how will you be able counter this?

2) Why do people make new Sprite ideas in the suggestions if there's this issue? Have people not realised yet or something?

Sat, 09/07/2013 - 15:07

Creeperlucario

Huh

Sprite 1 could only use the normal harness where as sprite 2 can use any harness.

Sat, 09/07/2013 - 15:22

Little-Juances

Role is important.

By all means, we can have a seraphynx 'copy' that actually deals serious damage on monsters.
We could also have the opposite, a sprite that focuses on buffing the user/party without direct damage skills that copy either Drakon or Maskeraith.

And what about status effects?
Then, there's a possibility of a freeze/stun sprite used for annoying the enemy without killing it. Again, harness choice is secondary.

I don't see an issue with repeating patterns. Depends on how it's done.

Sat, 09/07/2013 - 15:25

Autofire

You are experiencing a PICNIC ERROR!

Well...

There could be mixed harnesses, such as Black Gold Harness, doing Shadow and Pierce...

Sat, 09/07/2013 - 15:55

Khamsin

Right now elemental weapons

Right now elemental weapons have more use than piercing weapons. Does that mean piercing weapons are "inferior"? No. Point countered.

Sat, 09/07/2013 - 18:41

Zeddy

Like Juances said, a sprite that using piercing/elemental while actually having damaging skills wouldn't be entirely uncalled for.

Then you could have the fifth sprite be like so:
Piercing
Elemental
Shadow
NOT normal

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An issue with making new Sprites (If OOO's ever do make new ones).