Hello!
I've only played Spiral Knights for about 1 and a half day, but I've already ticked 17 hours played. Needless to say I love the game. I have a few suggestions that could improve the game, mostly brought up from other Online Games but also just in general. If some of the suggestions already are implemented but I just don't know how to use them, I apologize.
Trading:
1. You should be able to refresh the Auction House page you're viewing or it should refresh automatically. When bidding on lots of items you get outbid all the time and even though you see the message in your chat you wont be completely sure which of the items you've bid on you got outbid on (if you were bidding on similar items). This is because the Auction House page will still say that you're the highest bidder, until you go to another auction house page and back again (to refresh it).
Party:
1. You should be able to have parties even when you're not in an instance. This would make joining instances together easier. You should also be able to see the party members on the map with a special color while being in Haven.
2. Friends should be marked with a special color on your map (this option could be turned off or on).
Chat:
1. I know some of you might see it as unnecessary but I would really like more advanced chat channels in this game, like in many other MMO's. I know you got the Zone chat, but that is quite limited. The best (IMO) would probably be channels that were completely global, but that you could leave or join however you wanted. If it's not possible to ignore the Haven server restrictions it would be great to just have a bit more advanced channels on each and every Haven server. What I've really been missing is a Help channel, where new players can ask more experienced players questions about the game and such.
2. I just recently found out that there were a specific thing called party chat. We just talked in normal chat and thought that was good enough to cover the whole instance. Isn't it better if you default in Party chat when you enter an instance, instead of having to write /p "Chat"?
Forums:
1. Many games these days choose to create their own Forums instead of using systems like vBulletin and such. This is often hit and miss. I see that this forum is powered by Drupal, which I've never heard of. Although the Forum itself is clean and readable I would wish the posting interface would be improved a bit. For example by having buttons in addition to the HTML codes.
Referring:
1. Is it possible to refer people through Steam without the menu that pops up at the start of the Instance? If so, how? Is it possible to track how many people you have referred? I think I've almost reached 5 but I'm not sure.
I haven't talked much about content as I know the game is fairly new. If I were to say one thing though, I'd like to mention the maps. What hit me the instant I started this game was the good atmosphere. The game felt new and warm, even though the graphics are pretty simple. The maps were also good. Now when I'm going deeper down (I'm at Tier 2 at the moment) I notice something that does disappoint me a bit. The maps are so similar. I do not expect new colors and themes every time you go down a Tier but rather just be different, not have the same rooms etc. I know this might be too much work, but it's just my 5 cents.
I know I had some more suggestions I thought of yesterday, and I'll hopefully edit them in when I remember them :)
