Spiral Knights - Arcade assistant

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Thu, 01/13/2011 - 21:51

Fnord

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- The Arcade Assistant now has handy images to help explain the Arcade. Let us know what you think!

Well, the stuff that's explained is what I (and presumably pretty much anyone else reading the forums) already knew. There's no explanation for the questions that are totally unclear:

* Remainign minreals to get a gate to core
* Mineral - level correlations
* Tray signficiance - what does a tray do? Do I have to split up my 3495837498 minerals to get a gate to the core, or if not, what's the minimum a tray needs?
* If trays DO cover potentially multiple levels, what determines which level is derived from what minerals?
* Conversly, if it does not, what happens with extra minerals? "Better" levels of the same type?

Or to summarize - gate creation is still pretty much a mystery, and a "dump any mineral into whatever gate you see" 'tutorial' doesn't help with any of the questions established players would have.

Fri, 01/14/2011 - 02:09

Kaybol

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devs

There are clearly things about gate creation the devs want players to discover for themselves. Sadly even after playing the game for months, gate creation is still unclear to even the most experienced and/or observant of players.

Or perhaps the devs don't want to steer players into a certain direction with gate creation, but would rather see players develop their own trends in gate creation? Who knows.

Fri, 01/14/2011 - 08:02

Pauling

Considering the sheer,

Considering the sheer, increddible suckiness of some of the recent gates, even after four months of play.... I definitely agree that gate creation needs to be addressed more clearly. Player-generated content is one of the interesting "hooks" to this game, and yet all of our most organized experiments have resulted in almost no answers to basic questions, which means that the system can't be effectively tested during this crucial beta period. I really don't understand the very deliberate dev silence on the issue, which conveys more a specific intent to be secretive than just a lack of time to provide any details.

Fri, 01/14/2011 - 10:58

sxranger

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have u seen the 6 deep

have u seen the 6 deep gates.

might be time to tell us a little more.

Fri, 01/14/2011 - 11:23

cyclohexane

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If you are referring to the

If you are referring to the shallow gates that fail to reach the next tier those are caused by not having enough minerals in them. Next time you are in game look at the totem behind a dormant gate. In order for the gate to reach depth 8/second tier it needs to have enough minerals to fill the top two spinning rings. If it has any less than two rings it won't hit that depth.

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