Seriously nothing new happens, only thing that changes are the rotating events. This game really isn’t advancing anywhere I’m really expecting something new to be realeased but even at that, we aren’t informed of what to expect for the up coming months.
We need NEW content
Sun, 11/18/2018 - 10:49
Sun, 11/18/2018 - 13:10
#2
The game is operating in a
The game is operating in a state of maintenance/keeping the servers up. Grey Havens is doing what they can to keep SK going and providing just enough content to keep players paying them. They don't have any investors that I'm aware of and the playerbase is too small to fund anything big.
They DO come out with new things occasionally, but it's clearly things that are within their usual MO and budget(ie nothing crazy and usually completely unannounced with no communication with the players).
Basically OOO called it "game's done" 5 years ago (when Nick Popovich left, and then when Sega dropped the game), Grey Havens is just keeping it alive for us. Imgaine Sk is an oak tree. it went through a sapling "beta" phase, a phase of growth into maturity, and finally a veteran stage where it ceases to grow and dies back but could continue to live on for years.
Sun, 11/18/2018 - 17:23
#3
"Erecting a Handgun Dispenser."
Looking at Hera sleeping in the middle of Haven's fountain lately made me realize something: we're sorely missing on water(-like) levels.
It doesn't have to be anything grandiose; a pond level here, a swamp level there, a river level over yonder, or maybe even an actual sewer level -- I'm sure there's at least some level variety to be found based almost entirely on using the similar texture (or whatever that is) that's used on Haven's water.
Hell, it doesn't even need much of anything new besides the level aesthetics; place in some normal/poison/freeze slimes and greavers, slap in some puzzles and fitting hazards, add the levels as part of the Arcade for good measure and I'll eat them up for the pure novelty factor alone.
Mon, 11/19/2018 - 15:01
#4
<69
/wave Dutch-Oven
Mon, 11/19/2018 - 15:39
#5
I just want to clarify something that Dutch-Oven said. I suspect OOO screwed up their finances around 5 years ago, which is why they stopped updating SK. Around that time, the mobile Spiral Knights spin-off, Rise of Knights (which seemed like a really bad idea to begin with), failed, in addition to their Dr Who MMO shutting down. That, with a few other questionable decisions, probably hit their wallet really hard.
Again, pure speculation on my part, but I suspect that some big suit at the top saw Rise of Knights fail horribly, and concluded that Spiral Knights was no longer bankable. Therefore, said suit decided to gut SK's development down to just promos and maintenance, letting it slowly bleed whatever money it has left to produce.
As for why Grey Havens hasn't done anything... Well they have been doing things! Just not in Spiral Knights. Instead they seem to have focused their efforts on Puzzle Pirates, which was their first MMO. I can only hope that they'll maybe eventually try that with SK.
Sat, 11/24/2018 - 11:14
#6
Anything New??
Have we heard anything recently? I’m really excited for new content. I just started to get back into the game again!
I agree some sort communication regarding what they are working on would be nice. But the best we can do is be patient. Im sure they got something coming.