This game is very much pve focused, making pvp seem much more like a mini-game within a game. I think it would be much better if you were rewarded for playing pvp, as in getting crowns or energy if you reach a certain number of rank points or are within the top 10 ranked players on the leaderboard. That way more people would be interested in playing Lockdown so maybe T2 might even become populaire again.
Sorry if something of this sort has already been posted in a previous thread, I don't surf the forums very frequently.
Rewarding Lockdown Games
Fri, 07/10/2015 - 07:00
Fri, 07/10/2015 - 11:06
#2
Welcome to the Forums, Ouriel!
Hope you will enjoy it here. Sometimes it could be discouraging with people disagreeing with some stuff you could suggest, but pull through if you are truly devote!
Concerning your post, the Coliseum Community is said to be <30% of the populace, most likely a lot less. If this idea were to be worked on, it would have limited benefits for the mass. The rewards are already simple with Krogmo Koins for unique recipes, and more prizes are unlocked if you "bribe"/feed King Krogmo. I would prefer if the majority of the Spiral Knights population would stick to PvE.
I do agree with making games are rewarding so it could motivate people to play, and with the Coliseum Rankings, it could just be a nice costume like this:
http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Super_Brawl_Crown
Best thing I see: This might be a chance for the revival of Tier Two Lockdown for players who want to win rather to take out all of their testosterone and rage on other players.
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Cheers, Ouriel!
Fri, 07/10/2015 - 11:46
#3
Err
This game is very much pve focused, making pvp seem much more like a mini-game within a game.
That's because Lockdown and Blast Network are both minigames. Spiral Knights has a story mode, an adventure mode, a "leveling" (if you can call prestige leveling) mode, and minigames. You must play the main game (story mode) in order to play the minigames.
You can brag about your rank points to other players, and other players may care, but rank points only show activity, nothing more.
You already earn crowns, and potentially other unique rewards from winning in the coliseum. However, it would be nice if there was more incentive to play Lockdown.
Sat, 07/11/2015 - 05:20
#4
Remove the Bribe Meter
People do not usually buy Energy anymore. At least lower the cost of Bribing, if not remove it altogether in favor of presenting random rewards every other game.
I feel if pvp was incorporated into the pve aspect of the game where players who wish to have a pvp experience while going on a pve run though the clockworks can just click on a toggle check box that they can click only while in haven would be a good direction for OOO to give variety in the game. That way, the adventure aspect of the game can still be kept, while having a sort of open world pvp aspect while roaming the world of sk. I would not mind if pvp was more rewarded, but for me it would either have to be a Arena kind of game where it is one versus one with varied tactics involved base on the field; or an Open world pvp where we can randomly meet other players who wish to duke it out with us to take some of the money we made on that run, or we can take some of the money they made on that run depending on who wins the fight. This way, the reward of heat and money does not come from OOO system generated money, but from the players pockets.