Since the stories of being knight-elite have unintentionally been slowly hijacked by the half of the forum that was never actually knight-elite discussing their experiences with knight-elites, I thought it might be a prudent decision to make the thread we need, rather than the one we apparently deserved.
The other stories thread- http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/111440
Lots of mailing "payments" for materials that I have an excessive quantity (read: All of them).
If they mail it back to me again, they'll just get it returned in 30 days (forgetting who it was sent to).
Playing a mission with a Knight Elite guildmate with significantly stronger equips than his.
He kicks me for killing stuff and progressing faster than he was, thinking I was speedrunning (he said later that he wants to be with people who play the game and missions to have fun, not people who just want crowns as fast as possible)... At the very end of the mission when we already killed everything and opened all the boxes.
(After he explained why he kicked me, I explained that I wasn't speedrunning, so that wasn't much of a problem)
I can definitely relate to the friend requests- it pops up in my inbox and I can just see them quitting before the next time I decide to log on or otherwise pestering me while I'm trying to go on a different run. I usually accept because I mean maybe I'll actually want to see them again but it's always with a heavy heart.
Travelliath got no chill, friendzoning those poor noobs
I'd argue he's not friendzoning them. Obviously she's not befriending them at all.
@Krakob
I wasn't being literal, just that her (Trav is a girl? Even better, she probs good too) post was reminiscent of how some girls interact with guys. They act all friendly, but if the guy tries to make a move, they friendzone their tokus. Guy meets girl (SK: Noob baby knight elite meets vanguard). Girl is all friendly and nice to guy (Vanguard is all friendly and nice to baby noob). Guy tries to make a move on girl (Baby noob sends friend request to Vanguard). Guy gets rejected, girl says the death sentence: You are like a brother to me (Baby noob friend request gets rejected, but Vanguard is still available to help them if needed).
I don't do public PVE too much(I Vana with guildies, solo prestige missions, and get carried through danger missions by friends), so I don't have much experience meeting knight elites in runs.
But I do idle haven 6-15 hours a day, so: Friend requests, and "can somebody please give me orbs of alchemy".
Erm... For future reference, I'm a guy. I just like to say hi to people when joining random pubs.
Another gripe I have with knight elites is when they start asking for stuff. The 3* to 4* transition is when things start getting expensive. I don't want to buy 3 elite orbs for some random stranger I've never met and may never meet again. However, if I'm wearing a green Chap while swinging a fully heated, ASI high Acheron, I can't exactly plead poverty. And, admittedly, I've been walking around with about 150k cr in my pocket lately, so it's not that I couldn't buy it for them. However, 400E is still a LOT to just give away!
If a knight is going from 1* to 2*, then sure, I got a few spare Voltech Alchemers and Brandishes I can give away. But I don't have an extra Silent Nightblade to give away so stop asking.
if you looked at any other threads you might find my really expensive costumes/gear/UVs, this warrants a lot of begging, it usually takes a good 10 minutes to explain that I grind for everything I have and I am not rich (actually sometimes I am but shhhhhhhh)
im always happy to give advice on gear and grinding and stuff, but people are extremely dense sometimes (I've met plenty of 3*s who dont know who basil is and sometimes dont even understand damage types and crafting)
@Vohtarak
I've met a vanguard who I've had to explain that not every single recipe in the game is from hall of heroes and who basil is.
@Carbinus
I've met vanguards that thought all the recipes in the game were from the HoH and Basil, so I had to explain who Sullivan is.
So this is just a "complain about people less experienced at the game than you" thread? Lol.
@Hexzyle
Why not? There are always things to complain about. It's not healthy to bottle up your feelings.
Usually for me, I get friend requests from them out of nowhere because they want me to take them to Vanaduke or "make them rich faster", give them 4* items "that I can easily make" so they can become a Defender, or just generally pester me to give them things until I lose my sanity.
There are a few of them out there that I enjoy playing with, just I won't accept their friend request right away, unless we truly play together some more. The reason why this is the case is because I had to clean off my friends list recently of 180+ inactive players, yeah... I don't want a repeat of that.
I also wish people would learn to use the wiki at times, instead of just looking at someone with the Skolver Set, a Final Toothpick, 5* Brandish of sorts, and a Barbarous Thorn Shield and saying, "Hey! I wanna be like them!". I wish people would go along the lines to make themselves unique, and while sometimes "unique" may trump death quite often, in the long run... it's well worth it. It's just annoying how I see so many Wolver Set-donning players in Haven, and nothing else. I do understand that the standard Cobalt line isn't the best and definitely needs a buff to be reliable, at times, but outside of that... it's one of the reasons why I try not to friend them nowadays, as they're just demanding most of the time.
Also, I've done Jelly King runs with both Knight Elites AND Vanguards before... and they ask me to spark them. I'm not a charity service, so when I join a party or create one, I expect people to be able to carry their own weight, or at least avoid playing recklessly, such as never shielding when needed, running into the line of fire all the time, or disrupting another player's planned attack.
On my main knight, I usually accept all requests but if I see they get demanding I will unfriend them. Sure, I will help you with missions if you need, except HoH. Just because I don a set of cheap dragon wings doesn't mean I have crowns :P. But usually they stick around in my friends list or stop playing all together. Some of my best friends were once those knights, and to some of my old friends, I was that annoying person asking for assistance with sewer stash.
On regards to the whole reviving thing, some people have this internet delay (I'm looking at you my satellite internet) that's like three seconds behind the server, all though on our screens we see everything but ourselves in the right place. So some of use can't help it, I mean you can predict everything 3 seconds ahead in a crowded arena. I can't speak for people who just don't know how to play the game though.
But some knight elites out pro some of my buddies (you can easily out pro me, I mean, a 4* vanguard? HA!) So I try not to complain about them, I mean we were all there at one point even if some of us have turned into grouchy old vanguards who complain about the young knight elite whippersnappers.
Edit: I took a step back at that sentence and lost it laughing cuz it's so true in some vanguards cases
(Knight Elite: I need 1 bushy tail!)
(Me (in PM): I have one)
(Knight Elite (to everyone): ok)
(Me (in PM): Where are you (I need to see you to send a trade request)?)
(Knight Elite (to everyone): am heere)
(Me (I found him): *sends trade request*)
(Knight Elite: *Ignores trade request and teleports to I-don't-even-know-where*)
I think one of the most annoying things I see, is when a knight elite joins you and your in King of Ashes. It's just so annoying, they sit there, don't do anything, make everything harder for you, then just ask for revives when they die. But what Travelliath said, yea, thats really annoying. They're like "friend pls, also can i have free stuff"
The main stumbling block I come across when playing with 3* knights is when they send a friend request.
I like to be nice on my runs. I think being nice is something everyone should try. However, that doesn't mean I want to carry every random person through Sewer Stash after finishing this Roarmulus Run. Usually I just quietly ignore the new mail, and move on with my day. However, then they corner me and ask me why I haven't accepted their friend request. There are only so many polite ways of saying "I don't like you, go away."