I must start by saying I really enjoy the concept of spiral knights and I can see it being a potentially great game.

A couple of suggestions for the developers, I thought would be a really good addition to the game.

1. Quests - The game needs quests to give the player some variety in game play. I'm starting to get bored of slashing the same monsters and upgrading equipment. This game needs quests and a good story to get the player immersed in the game.

a. Team based events that don't require energy / All players accepted regardless of equipment - What made me like spiral knights when I first started was the teamwork involved in fighting monsters. You could make it a once of event or more frequently if you like. You could make a town based event in haven where you need to protect the town from monsters ? or Shooting contest, Bomber man style contest. The ideas are endless.

b. Item crafting quests - To make low value materials more useful in the game. I have excess of materials that are not worth selling cause their market value is just too low.

3. Lag free gaming for international customers/ Freezing fix - This is probably the one that hurting most international players right now. Shields don't block when their suppose to even if blocking early. While dodging attacks on screen even though you dodge perfectly you still get hit. When new monsters appear and heavy animated attacks occur the screen freezes for 2-3 secs and the game resumes. Vials and Vita pods would be picked up faster by people from US than international players. Tier 3 and Rom twins stage is too dangerous to play in with these conditions. If there is anything you can do to optimize your code, improve latency would be much appreciated. At this time I cant see myself paying for this game unless this is fixed. It really reduces the enjoyment of the game.

4. Elevator energy prices - start at (5) for tier 1 and (8) for tier 2 and (10) for tier 3. But keep Basil stage at 0. (Was hoping this would help the new players out)

5. NPC or ability to change character colors - Would be nice to adjust your colors/style to suit the equipment you are wearing.

6. Graphic and audio improvements - I wish most stages didn't look so identical and had more variety in its appearance. Also I would like more variations in soundtracks to suit different environments and battle sequences. Environmental effects - Rain, Night light, Sun, Afternoon Sky, Snow, Lava. Waterfalls.

7. Material/Crown distribution during battle. Everyone in the party gets the same amount of loot to promote fairness. No random distribution.

8. Ability to change equipment during battle. (Modified: Before boss battle only)

9. Equipment improvement - I feel that the 4 - 5 star shield health, status resist for shields are too weak for tier 2-3.

10. Combination charge attack with another party member. Higher strength attack with different attack graphic. (to add unique playing styles, teamwork.)

11. Achievement Rewards - I realize you get mist tanks for reaching the next tier but I wish there were more rewards for the other achievements. Like a unique piece of equipment, a small amount of crown, an unique item etc. An achievement without a reward is kinda pointless.

12. Group shield defense - A group of party members shielding together forms a larger stronger barrier shield. (to add unique playing styles, teamwork.)

13. Polling system for suggestions made by players - Players can create suggestions with a polling feature attached. So OOO can gauge how many players would like the suggestion implemented.

Thanks for reading.

NOTE: i do know these topics have been spoken of. I am just giving my thoughts on the game and if enough people let the developers know how they feel they might do something about it. It would be nice if a OOO rep actually provided feedback in these posts. I would like to see some unique suggestions that haven't been done in other games if possible.