Spiral Knights - Failstorm Citadel

Failstorm Citadel

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Wed, 11/02/2011 - 21:34

Xairathan

Here's another Xairafail story:

I log on to Spiral Knights and recieve an invitation from a friend I can't remember friending; I accept it anyway since he sends me a tell saying "FSC, dead. HELP!" I immediately go down, expecting a 2 or 3-man party who was wiped out, but what do I find?

... a 2* noob with a Dread Skelly Armor, Super Blaster, and Cutter (or Striker, I couldn't ID it) lying dead on the ground surrounded by Red Rovers and Slag Walkers and a Trojan. And this is just the start of floor 27.

We complete that room and move on to the next one (the one with the gates, healing panel, and freeze things on either side) and I proceed to dominate the first two waves. Now we're at the third wave, with the Wolvers and Trojans. We wipe them out, leaving only the Trojans, who are currently running against the three-totem-barrier that I erected.

Here's where it gets hilarious. I am on the upper half of the map, kiting to distract the Trojans. But what does he do? He starts trying to heal, fiddles with the totem barrier (and lets the Trojans out; d'oh!), and doesn't even bother to attempt to take them out. Then when a Trojan slips out he runs to my side for help... at the same time the two Trojans charge.

I call in a guildmate for help and we make it fine until the last room before the Depth 28 elevator. This is the killer: We have to call in 2 more friends, and this 2* guy manages to waste some 300+ CE on useless revs, where he *knows* we're in the middle of a big clusterfraggle and still hopes we can make it. Guess what? We don't. (DUH!)

Oh, and I tip my hat to the goddess of Lag as well.

The only thing I can say is that this highly amused me, and I wonder... has anyone else run into a situation like this?
Comments and criticism more than appreciated~ Xairathan

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 21:44

Bigfootm

You should've gone solo after

You should've gone solo after you got revived, that's one thing.

Oh boy though, I love log on invites, especially when you say "?" or "Where?" and they never respond.

I've had this many times. Examples:

•I get a invite to FSC (D27) I head there only to find 2 dead T2ers, 3 Trojans, tons of zombies, totems everywhere, and them begging me to revive them. *Go solo*

•Another invite to FSC (D25). I join, Tier 3ers... Good. They decide to go to the rocket room, where I am. (Note; This is pre-patch DA) They decide to use a piercing gun of all guns on the puppy, aggroing it for me, see the puppy shoot a rocket, and run off hopin to not get killed. This continues on after merciful "Follow the person an try to help. *Eventual go solo*

•More FSC stuff like that. Also involves ICMF and RJP.

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 21:48

Xairathan

@Bigfoot

I agree; I should've gone solo except I can't really solo FSC (for me it's more Lagstorm Citadel then Firestorm Citadel, but it's not too bad if I have other party members)

And 1) What the heck?! I'm impressed to see those T2-ers even getting that far!
2) Rocket room.... >.< I avoid that room like the plague
3) Oh, ICMF and RJP. I've got so many bad stories that I could compile a novel from them...

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 21:56

Bigfootm

What Dark Ritual?

@Xai

TBH, I think some people just invite anyone as a last resort, mainly just to revive them.
I too, have lag, which makes it harder for me to solo. However, <3 my MAX Undead DA. Makes the place a whole lot easier. ;)
As for ICMF and RJP, it's crazy how many mistakes even I make (Or the party) such as accidentally hitting a switch multiple times, or dying right by the button.

Speaking of dying right by buttons, UICMF was mean to me earlier: Don't remember what depth, but I hit the button to shut the fire traps off, I make sure there's no last rockets. Good, it's clear. I walk forward only to find a invisible rocket to hit me, which causes a shock/burn on me (How did I get shocked?!?!?!) shocks me right before the last button... And the burn kills me. Good, good times. I actually found that amusing, made my day TBH. :D Luckily, the other 3 were alive.

Have fun around!

~Bigfoot (PS, shoot me a friend request ingame. IGN Bigfootm)

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 22:01

Xairathan

Jelly...

Lucky. All I have are Undead: MED on my Blizzbrand and Undead: LOW on my Silversix. And yes, as for those T-2 bosses, I just looooove how many screwups can happen. Especially if some genius thinks *he* can switch correctly at that one crucial moment...

@UICMF lol! My one U-boss experience was USnarbolax (which I admit I was not prepared for) in which our (most jerkfacish) leader decided to ragequit after we we got stuck in the first gated room. FIRST!- and refused to revive him because he was in the center of all the chaos. Oh, not to mention he kicked us all fist. Good luck soloing~ (NOT!)

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 22:22

Tengu

Heheh, one to many of those

Heheh, one to many of those for me too. I once got invited to fact before I was ready. That was a mess, as they had died at the last fight before vanny. Not only did I get mashed, but caught some bad atittude for dying. From then on, when I get a blind invite, I ask em where they are and also check the friends list. My real friends give me an answer, regardless of the situation. No answer? Defriended. I have enough 1 run friends...I can stand to lose a few.

That does not pertain to you, Bigfootm. You can be may BFF of rev-runs if there's a chance that you'll haul this set of luggage thru the rest of it. :D

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 22:24

Bigfootm

What Dark Ritual?

@Xai

I actually got lucky getting that UV, bought it as a Sealed Sword then made it ion my new shiny DA.

@Xai {Ultimate Snarby}

Yep, those leaders are never fun! D: I decided to make me another Snarby Set this weekend, hopefully I'll have the CE and fully heated sets by then! If you would like, I'd be glad to help anywhere. :) Just send me a tell, and I'll probably come of I'm not in a run.

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 22:26

Xairathan

@Tengu: Fun, fun. I once went into FSC with my Silent Nightblade. Thank god for CTR VH; that's all I can say.

@Bigfootm: OH GODS THAT'D BE EPIC. *still hating on that leader-knight* sadly I'm still in 4* gear (albeit heat lvl 10) so if we somehow end up on a U!Snarby run... you're probably going to be lugging this dead turkey around

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 22:28

Bigfootm

What Dark Ritual?

@Tengu

Lol , that may be a good idea to remove a good 50/250 of my friends. JK Lol. XD

As for hauling, I don't have big damage for nothing. ;)
Send me a tell if I'm in a run with a spot open, I'll make sure the guild doesn't want to come first. If noisy does, it's first come first serve via tells. XD

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 22:35

Bigfootm

Heh, this is fun... A talk between us 3. XD

@Xairathan

*Hauls... 9999lbs... Of... BRIMSTONE*
*Glares at Sanctuary Alchemy Machine*
Bigfootm: /shout WHAT. WHATWHATWHATWHATWHAT!?!?!?! I was told this Snarby Set cost 9999lbs of Brimstone. Not this... This-JUNK.
/e kicks the Sanctuary Alchemy Machine
*SAM turns the Snarby Set needs to 9999lbs of Brimstone*
Bigfootm: Ah... That's better...
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

Anyway though, yes, feel free to send me a invite [Almost] anywhere, hopefully a boss stratum. ;) I can help ya! :D

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 22:39

#10

Xairathan

@Bigfoot

LAWLLL!! I have everything heated up for my Snarby Cap... All I need is the 5* gear... and CE... and cr.... this is gonna take a while, isn't it....

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 22:56

#11

Xylka-Mkii

One thing to add on to what

One thing to add on to what you all saidis when you get the noobs acting as if they are the best. some examples....

"hlp" or "rev plz" repeated upon death
My reaction: *kick from party* "if you cant take 0.112 of a second to type 1 more letter of a word, you obviously dont have time for a run right?"

"Y wont you help me get to 5*?"
My reaction: "Y wont you take ANY OF MY ADVICE!!!!???? Buy yourself to 5* if you're gonna QQ and leave me alone."

*insults me when they dont get their way*
My reaction ( im normally a nice guy): "Look, I didn't know (blah blah blah) Sorry, but next time dont do (etc etc etc)"

*Repeats the above*
My reaction: Unfriends, ignores and possibly will report for harrassment. Dont mess with me >:( ( xD)

"plz turn of afk messg"
My reaction: " maybe i dont want to talk with people while i fend off 40 Slag Walkers and 5 trojans OR maybe I'm talking with someone else and you are being very disrespectful OR Im afk. Why do you not understand (Note: This is my new AFK message now :P)

On the best fail ive ever done is this:

Me and guildies on a run in RJP cus we dun wanna do FSC (lack of time). I am telling my guildie a quick aesthentic of the Snarby coat when i idiotically click the screen and tap my "A" key taking one step back into spikes, double tapping enter to say what i wanted, in die and we all LOL
I was in full Skolver too xD

Also I took a mental note of my "noob list" and insta-"no-thanks" any invites from them.

And since were talking about noobs... how about them beggars :)

My reaction: "D:< (/ºOº)/ `` _|___|_Stop begging omg we dont care. We earned our money, why cant you? Cus' you like leeching off others for a living? Here, take this Big Angry Bomb ( :D xD ) and get out of here....no seriously, leave."

~Xylka

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 23:03

#12

Njthug

I skimmed your story, and I

I skimmed your story, and I have to admit this is your fault man this is why you never make friends in Sk well now you know.

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 23:05

#13

Xairathan

@Xylka

I agree 110% with every statement said. I'll give a beggar some cr if it's a small amount and I've had a lucky day or I'm feeling generous, but do I want you trading me every 3 seconds? No. Here. I'll show you my Regalia collection. No, I'm not giving it to you. Go away. Stop trading me! *ignore*

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 23:06

#14

Xairathan

@Njthug

Care to elaborate? O.o?

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 23:09

#15

Xylka-Mkii

@Njthug So delete my friend

@Njthug
So delete my friend list? I'll get right to it :D

But seriosly more than half will be gone tomorrow

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 23:10

#16

Xairathan

@Xylka

Eh, don't mind him. He was one of the trollers at our guild's Trivia event; I don't take any troller seriously (unless his name is Kenji Hata, the God of Trolling).

LOL, it seems I need to clean out my friends list as well. AFTER I FINISH MY NaNoWriMo!

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 23:54

#17

Njthug

I was serious I kept on

I was serious I kept on getting many random invites by people to join parties etc. Half these people end up on my friends list and I don't even know who they are so I deleted majority of my friends list (went from 173 to 97 (the 97 are people I do know). It helped out a lot. I was not trolling at your trivia event I really thought all the answers were Pie since Pie solves any big problem:

Example:

How to solve world hunger?

Pie

How to solve a fight from happening (A violent fight which uses guns or fists as weapons) ?

Throw a pie at someone and make sure they are cold pies since hot pies don't feel great thrown at you...then you can start a food fight =0

If your boyfriend or girlfriend asks you to make them dinner what do you make?

Pie (Why you ask? chicken pot pie is filling you can even make some apple pie as well so you can have an appetizer as tarts (mini-pies) have your main course as chicken pot pie and your desert can be Apple Pie).

How do you fix a spare tire?

Bribe someone who knows how to with PIE.

See Pie is a solution to all problems. You are just sad that I got all those answers correct and you did not.

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 23:59

#18

Xairathan

@Njthug

Well, sadly pie was not the answer to any of the questions that we asked.

And no; I knew the answers: I just couldn't participate because I was a Jempirian. Good luck with future rationalization of failure and good luck with the Cavaduses in life.

Thu, 11/03/2011 - 00:05

#19

Njthug

@Xairathan

You should of ate some Pie while playing FSC since you will be all rage face at your party then you eat a piece of pie and your all relaxed.

Thu, 11/03/2011 - 00:12

#20

Xairathan

@Njthug

I would, but I'm kind of allergic to pie... not to mention cup of noodles is far superior. XD

And I wasn't raging. I was actually quite amused. I have the most macabre sense of humor... go die 4 times for me. I'll laugh. XD

Thu, 11/03/2011 - 01:16

#21

Nicoya-Kitty

Oh failstorm citadel... I've

Oh failstorm citadel...

I've been there exactly once so far. I was holding off for a while because I hadn't bothered to make a decent FSC armor/shield set. Occasionally I get an invite to go down, but I just reply back that I'm not geared for it.

Lately though I've been heating up a Miracle set to go Grey Feather (split IMF/FSC set, and conveniently appropriate for UIMF), I got myself a Voltedge as my first 5* item, and of course I've had my Wise Owlite Shield for ages now, so I've been thinking it's getting close to time to go down there. As long as I'm with a good group I should be fine, right? I've been playing this game long enough now to know how to stay out of trouble.

And so it came to the fateful day. A weird bug ended up crashing my SK client and kicking me out of the clockworks just before IMF, and while I was sitting around waiting for action on my GM request I got a random friend invite down to an FSC level. I figure "what the hell, I gotta burn off this mist anyway", so I load up the aforementioned equipment plus my dark thorn blade and gigawatt pulsar and port down...

... to find two dead teammates.

Needless to say, I was not able to carry them through the rest of FSC. I did manage to do a lot better than I expected, though, so I suppose that's a silver lining.

Thu, 11/03/2011 - 07:23

#22

Frozenballz

sprite on a stick

sprite on a stick anyone?

http://steamcommunity.com/id/Frozenballz/screenshot/594701250387730626

lag ftl. :/

Thu, 11/03/2011 - 22:32

#23

Xairathan

@Frozen

Yep. Actually went on a FSC run with Hetero today and it turned out sooo much smoother than last night's; I guess it's the players and their skill that raelly matter. At any rate, I'll be keeping my eye out for Sprites-on-sticks... and perhaps some FSC BBQ

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