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Spiral Knights Mythbusters
-When there's myths, there's answers -
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Hi there, Mengh here :3 I'm setting up the Spiral Knights Mythbusters to help answers out there, what the core might be hiding or what's out in the heavens beyond. Down below are a couple of myths (some others suggested) I'm introducing to the list but you may suggest me some down below in the comments :)
[I'll only move a myth to the CONFIRMED MYTHS section if there is enough information + a source to provide the evidence needed]
DISCLAIMER: YOU MAY WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MYTHBUSTING BUT DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING BUT THE FEELING OF ACCOMPLISHMENT.
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{Clockwork-based}
-{Bopp}- Does letting lichens fuse increase the overall payout? (Currently under research by Skepticraven and others.)
-{Bopp}- Does party size affect loot? (Lancer Knightz answer no, for crowns at least.)
-{Bopp}- Does difficulty affect the drop rate of Books of Dark Rituals? (Doubtful, but I have seen no reliable data. Such data would be hard to obtain.)
- Does MSI/MSD affect the length of a character dash? (Whether running then dashing or standing still)
-{Drachronos}- Does the global damage increase from chaos/BKC affect shield bash damage? If so, does any other damage boost work?
-{Blazzberry} Just how strong is the freeze from a T3 ko'd ice cubes vapor?
{Mission-based}
- On average, does the Gauntlet take longer to complete than the King of Ashes mission?
{Lockdown-based}
- What happens if you stand directly next to someone who starts shooting polaris?
[I did try this before and it seems like nothing happens however this may be due to lag?]
- Is it possible to move a Guardian with a Warmaster Rocket Hammer charge?
{Knowledge-based}
- The origins of the Almighty-Contri. How did it happen?
-{Rothni-Halias}- At what connection delay will your sprite refuse to follow orders but still let your knight perform the finger point? I suggest testing this by losing connection to the internet and trying to use your sprite. I should also say that "SEA" players have this problem.
-{Sandwich-Potato}- What happens if you change your name with a Name Change Pass in a clockwork run? Will you lose your vitas, pills, party leader ranking?
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CONFIRMED MYTHS
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- Is it possible to kill Lord Vanaduke (any difficulty) with shadow damage? DEBUNKED - Vanaduke is immune to shadow damage during his final stage so can't be killed by pure shadow damage. - Fangel + Krakob
Source: http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Lord_Vanaduke
Theirllusion's video of defeating Lord Vanaduke with Acheron (Normal + Shadow): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NLAh8zK9o8
- Are Gorgos related to Devilites in any sort of way? DEBUNKED - Gorgos are directly related to Devilites. Devilites who are bad workers are slowly morphed into Gorgos as punishment. Take a look backwards in the release notes until you find when Gorgos were added. - Fangel
Source: http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Gorgo --> Trivia
Origins: http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Release_Notes_2013-05-01
-{Pandafishie}- Is it possible to kill the RT with bombs? If applicable, which ones? DEBUNKED - From my personal testing and source information, ''the Roarmulus Twins cannot be damaged by any of the Shard Bomb, Crystal Bomb, Dark Matter Bomb, or Splinter Bomb lines'' but can be killed by other bombs. Haze bombs only work if their blast range of 1 square is actually touching the twin. - Mengh
Source: http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Roarmulus_Twins
-{Rothni-Halias}- How do people on the forum post without the subject line? DEBUNKED - Just place a 0 in the subject line and you're good to go. - Pandafishie
- Is it possible to be immune to all haze bombs at once? DEBUNKED - Can be achieved by using a Grey Feather / Divine Mantle set (fire and shock resist) with UV values of at least 7 (Max+High) for the other statuses (poison, stun, freeze) - Fangel
- Is it possible to win more than 500 crowns in any sort of Lockdown match? DEBUNKED - It can surpass 500 crowns as depicted by the image. - Van-Wrinkle
Van-Wrinkle's image of 840 crowns: http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/3281182222666499483/22D7644473FFB4C5...
- Is there any way to replay any of the Knight Camp missions after getting to Haven? DEBUNKED - ''Yes. You can simply join a knight that is in any of those mission (by invite or join to friend), but you don't get any rewards from completing them. So, you cannot get elite badge from them even if you join in the lobby of the mission.'' - Tonyxe
-{Neometal}- Can rock jellies be in the jk depths? DEBUNKED - From my personal experience, I have actually found rock jellies in the top left room on the second floor where you'll need to take out some rock blocks. - Mengh
Rock Jelly : http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Rock_Jelly#Rock_Jelly_Cube
-{Cinoa}- What is Hahn's personal colour? DEBUNKED - Using Spiral Spy, Hahn's personal colour is proclaimed to be turquoise. - Wavara
Wavara's image - SpiralSpy Hahn's personal colour : http://oi57.tinypic.com/102kmqe.jpg
Just trying some stuff here.
Confirmed Myths Here
Vanaduke can be killed with shadow weapons if they are split shadow weapons(I.E., nightblade line, gran faust) as his final stage is immune to shadow damage. It would also be plausible that if a shadow weapon were to inflict freeze or shock, you could kill vanaduke with those status effects.
Gorgos are directly related to Devilites. Devilites who are bad workers are slowly morphed into Gorgos as punishment. Take a look backwards in the release notes until you find when Gorgos were added.