The only purchase I recalled friends having ever made to Spiral Knights was the use of the Elevator Pass, which was well-worth the money at the time before endless Clockworks Access. Paying players definitely received sizable benefits for investing in Spiral Knights.

As I was posting on the Radiant Crystal thread in the Suggestions, I remembered other games providing benefits to loot-drops on the Weekends. I certainly do not want overloaded servers, but I do want to see increased loot.

Now, as a smart person you are, you have probably guessed what I am suggesting already. Premium Gates.

Pay what you paid back then for Elevator Passes for a month of access to a separate gate with notable benefits:

• Gate randomly regenerates every day, with the new configuration known only for the next day
• A set increase in quantity and quality of loot from boxes in all floors (i.e: More items from one box and higher chance of Rarity drops)
• Lowered costs of Dungeon Gear from Terminals (i.e: Vitapods costing 3k crowns? Now it costs 1.5k crowns)
• Maximum cap of Dungeon Gear (Vials, Health Capsules) increased to five
• Energy Gates now cost 2 Energy instead of three
• Increased chances for scenario rooms, giving much more life to the changing Clockworks
• Increased count of recipes for sale by Basil in each Terminal
• Benefits of increased loot also applies to Shadow Lairs as well in this Premium Gate
• Special Dungeon Gear exclusive to Premium Gate: Vitapods with MSI increase, half the increase as MSI Boosters from Monster Drops
• Exclusive gate prevents non-premium players from joining via the same methods Operation Crimson Hammer uses to prevent non-expansion players from joining
• Non-paying players can have access to this gate if they pay a good cost in Energy for a week's access

Gotta keep this shorter than my last thread.

What do you guys feel about this?