Hi there! Former Player here, how's the game doing?

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Janem

Hello there! Janem here,

I played spiral knights religiously for a very long time. Got to vanguard and the highest prestige level (when the knight icon thingy appears next to your IGN). I had a lot of fun in lock-down despite how toxin Feller was and those AA spamming noobs. ^_^ I was one of those players that could probably get a bunch of steam cash by selling all of my assets, but I had kept on to them because of the memories.

Why am I using past tense? Well, it's because of the large break I took from the game over one and a half years ago. I promised myself I would come back if OOO ever open the core or introduce more lore/story. For me at least, late game turned into a banking game, where I found it more lucrative to play the auction house accessory game, eventually becoming a multi-millionaire (in terms of crowns) without paying a single cent. I felt like there was nothing else to do (other then rolling for that ASI VH FF, I guess). What really got me playing were the updates and new content like battle sprites, gunner update, etc. Of course, these updates were so far apart that I simply got bored :( and decided to quit.

FYI, I've done apocrea (or wutever it's called), the kat event thing, the halloween event thing, and winterfest (GOD THAT WINTERFEST MUSIC IS SO GOOD).

So I've recently been in lacking in games to play lately, so I thought I would check back on SK. The announcement page is full of prize boxes and no signs of any NEW events or story coming. It's hard to find mention of new game content in the forums either. Are there any new updates to the game, or new updates coming? (ones that aren't prize boxes or recurring events) How's the game going in general for those vanguards that still play? IDK, I felt like maybe Nick or someone hinted at a huge update somewhere and it's next month and I just missed it. Trying to decide if I should convert my CE to steam stuff or not.

Thanks!

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Abelisk

Steam player count has steadily been drifting to nothingness.

http://steamcharts.com/app/99900

Compare ~400 avg. players to ~ 1300 players

Vozhd
Well....

Joining guilds is always fun, and Circle of Magic is recruiting. Winterfest is coming up next week, and there are some really cool and super OP sets of gear. (basically the OP mixmaster.....) There might be a new update? If I were you I'd check on every week or so just to see if any new surprise events pop up... Still pissed from that free lionsword or soemthing I missed....

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Ironclaw-Mender
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Well there's not been a whole lot really
We've had the gunner update (new guns, buffs, and fabulous new armour) and a couple more vanguard missions have been added
but outside of that?
not much really
sk is still a pretty fun game to play though, just find yourself a good guild and just have fun with others

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Bopp
so many threads

We get a thread like this every week.

Since you left, several new missions have been added after Vanaduke. You should check them out. And we had the gunner update one year ago, but that was mostly tweaks to existing guns.

No, the slow dribble of content will not hold your attention for any extended period of time. I recommend that you keep checking back in every six months or so, having whatever fun you can. No big deal.

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Fangel
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I promised myself I would come back if OOO ever open the core or introduce more lore/story.
That's a thing that happened. Both of those.

Overall the game's content is pretty slow, but it hasn't completely stopped. If you're playing the game for new enticing things it won't keep your attention very well outside of promotional boxes, which have been coming out every two weeks since elevator fees were removed. So the fact that the front page is full of box promotions just means that we haven't had a huge update for about a month or two.

The game is still what you fell in love with all that time ago, and if you're coming back for that game it's still here. If you wanted it to change, for better or worse, it really hasn't gone too far.

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Falminar
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Legendarycobra
I've seen too many of these threads now.

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