Spiral Knights - My thoughts about the core. Feel free to discuss

My thoughts about the core. Feel free to discuss

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Fri, 10/07/2011 - 11:28

Magicninja

Now everyone complaining about the accessories and how they are not working on the core instead and/or releasing the 5* challenge. This is why it's not out yet. Releasing the 5* challenge AKA the core can be very detrimental to the game if they are not careful. People don't take the time to think that releasing the core is harder enemies. crowns. CE costs. possible new gear, weapons etc.... They got to take special time and care and attention to detail not to unbalance the game breaking it. If they prematurely release the core it could unbalance ALOT of things. Since they will be eventually releasing the core you got to remember the core is AFTER the clockworks.

Being that it isn't the clockworks per say its the core means that there will probably be new monsters in each family to supplement the core. New gear in according to the core. Could it be new 5* sets or 6* and 7* gear they have to take time to balance that out and make sure that the new gear doesn't unbalance that older gear either. especially now that Lockdown is out. They don't want people getting the new gear and making lockdown completely unbalanced after taking all this time to try to balance Lockdown. Also there will probably be a new boss in the core and they don't want the token items to make the game unbalance. Perfect example FOV(Fang of Vog) is technically considered an end game weapon because it takes beating the final boss 14 times to get it making it balanced weapon to be considered end game.

So in accordance to what I've previously said people need to stop whining and complaining about the core (or 5* challenge) coming out with accessories or being closed since beta because its going to take a long time to create manage and balance everything that will be included in the core. So taking everything into considered please people be patient work on new gear combinations, weapons, and accessories and be happy that they are still keeping the game up to date and working on bugs and working on balancing.

Call this a rant, flaming, complaining, whatever you wish. Feel free to discuss.

- Mag1cn1nja

Fri, 10/07/2011 - 12:59

Wezz

im not in t3 yet so i dont

im not in t3 yet so i dont think my input will be correct, but id welcome the core as long as there is another tab to get straight to there, but 1600 CE for a crafting cost for a 6* gear? we might be grinding a lot longer just to get to the new endgame if it comes out

Fri, 10/07/2011 - 13:04

Magicninja

That's what I was thinking

That's what I was thinking that's partially the reason at why I typed what I did. That could severely unbalance the game if they didn't proceed carefully.

Fri, 10/07/2011 - 13:37

Forum-Trader-Alt

long wait indeed

Accessories were indeed a pointless feature. The core however is completely different. I think OOO won,t get with the core for at least a month because of the balancing issues you stated. I haven,t been to the core (im still tier 2) but I have seen it on youtube... and I thoght it it was a VERY dissapointing to spend all that time getting your 5* gear... all for absouloutly NOTHING. But Feron did tell you a major plot twister that i found not very rewarding for doing such a thing.

Fri, 10/07/2011 - 13:54

Tengu

When the core is opened, I

When the core is opened, I really don't believe there will more than another 4-6 floors of content. It will probably be considered 5+, as honestly I don't see why OOO should develop higher star gear. The fact is that this isn't a game of unlimited evolution and permutation. Players are really only going to be active in-game for 6 months, and then they move to the "on-call" adventuring, like Vanaduke raids, guildmastering, et al.

Considering the tactical tooling and teamwork of the truly elite players, any new content will be destroyed, and a kill vid of the new boss will be youtubed within the day. Then it's back to semi-retirement, and probable quitting.

All things move towards their end.

Fri, 10/07/2011 - 15:13

Biznasty

Something that is worth

Something that is worth noting is that they've been working on The Core ever since the beginning of the last preview, pretty much. That was about 9 months ago, at the very least - I can't exactly remember when they started talking about it, but myself, I can remember hearing about it from the devs as soon as I joined, back in January.

I know releasing new endgame content, specially higher tier gear, is something that has to be taken carefully and balanced correctly, but c'mon. Back in the beta, all the devs would talk about was The Core, and how they were working hard on it, how it was getting awesome and maybe even ready for release, etc etc. At release they went silent, but still made sure to confirm they were still working on it.

After all this time, it's really impressive that it's not complete yet, considering how it was such a major project for SK.

And myself, I don't even think this new endgame thing they talked about recently is going to be The Core. I sort of feel they have some other plans for The Core, to be a true endgame, rather than just additional tiers and content. Hell, they have never said (as far as I know) if they're ever going to add more tiers. It might just be something entirely different.

Fri, 10/07/2011 - 14:59

Magicninja

@Biznasty Yeah they may have

@Biznasty

Yeah they may have been getting everyone excited for the release of the core and then went silent about it because they might of been ready for a release but realized that it still needed a lot of balancing to make it right for release. at the same time they might be working on another big project as well. who knows maybe your right about the core not being end game. maybe endgame will be getting off of the planet and exploring other worlds. who knows whats in the minds of the people at OOO.

Fri, 10/07/2011 - 15:11

Rangerwillx

Death to boswick!

Great topic. People are going bonkers just because accessories are expensive.
I believe, that almost everything they release is just something to keep the players here.
Everything is just a little excitement.. to keep them from being too bored to quit.
Because I don't know when, but I think that everything that they release, is just building up and up.
Until finally, we reach the thing that everyone's been waiting for: The Core.

Fri, 10/07/2011 - 15:17

Crystalwyte

Anyone thought about the boss of the core?

I bet yes, but figured I'd throw in my two sense anyway, in case no one's thought about it. Basically, we have four of the six monster types taken (if Vanaduke's counted as undead), and I doubt that a Gremlin core boss would happen, though it is possible that it's King Tinkinzar. But my personal guess: It'll be a fiend. A certain fiend, whose name inspires overwhelming rage in anti-mention-religious-figure-names groups everywhere.

Just a thought, because I got bored one day.

Fri, 10/07/2011 - 15:18

Magicninja

@Rangerwill Off-Topic We

@Rangerwill

Off-Topic We needa go on a run its been a while

Back on topic I completely agree i noticed a growing trend. First Lockdown, then accessories, and they always say third times a charm. So patience people :D

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My thoughts about the core. Feel free to discuss