Clearly you have not figured out how this game works at all.
This game does require skill. Just say that to Chris and he will give you a VERY THOROUGH explanation.
The weapons are not imbalanced at all. It's a simple 5star stuff is better than 4star stuff.
The town square, bazaar, and arcade are not "main maps" they just are places to stay when you are out of energy.
Where in the hell did you find a crossbow in SK?
You probably got 1 shotted in PvP since you never bothered to buy 5star armors

And I also would like to add; that I think it's hilarious how new players come in here and compare Spiral Knights to several other MMOs.

This is not world of warcraft, okay? Spiral Knights is unique, unlike ANY game I have EVER seen.

Three Rings CERTAINLY ain't a bunch of copycats who steal ideas from other games. No, they are special. And among the, probably 100 different mmo's I've tried, this is the best choice.

- MMO game without skill?

Spiral Knights DOES take skill once you advance beyond Tier 1. Enemies deal a LOT more damage than you'd expect, and T2 versions of enemies are pretty fun to fight.

- Only 3 main maps?

Why would you want more sections of the town? It's meant to be simple and easy to understand, not giant worlds like in Runescape or something.

- MMO with no leveling system?

As proven by Halo Reach, Call of Duty MW3, and a ton of other rank-oriented multiplayer games, an EXP-based leveling system means absolutely nothing at all, besides how addicted to the game you are.

- MMO without tons of quests?

I agree that Spiral Knights needs a wider variety of levels, but again, quests would ruin the game's innate simplicity. Try playing on the boss stratums instead.

- Too boring because only 4 attacks (bomb, crossbow, gun, sword)?

Spiral Knights is all about the weapons and items, not the stats of your avatar or special abilities like in other MMORPGs. You work to accumulate a wide variety of gear and learn each individual weapon. Oh, and there isn't a crossbow in the game.

- So I tried to PVP, people oneshot me whatever I use?

I recommend you go buy some 3 star weapons and equip those into PVP-marked loadouts instead of your current weapons because Tier 3 Lockdown is way too imbalanced. You either kick ass or you get your ass kicked badly.

/whoosh

Skill, eg. Backstab, Fireball, Heal, etc.

Not needed.

OP would've been better off buying two good 2 star weapons and a shield and earning everything else himself.

There is so much wrong with the OP I don't know where to start.

I will say that the lack of leveling system is part of what makes this game good / unique, though.

Although I feel like the unbinding fees kind of ruin that, but that's an argument for a different thread.

Also, playing the game for a mere 8 hours, purchasing end-game equips right off the bat and then thinking you can give an opinion on the entire game? That is a whole new kind of stupid I did not know existed.

That's as much as I'm going to touch this thread. Any more and my brain might melt.

dont buy 5* items in ah they are owerpriced, instead craft your own items, while u do that, maybe u get some skill, which is importnant too;)

I got money, I can buy whatever 5* i want.! PROBLEM?

Yes, the problem is that it's like buying a game, hacking your way to to the final boss, and then writing a review for it and giving it a bad rating.

Your opinion is worthless because you don't know the game; You just have good gear.

Basically this entire thread is pointless because you don't know what you're talking about.

The OP's opinion is not worthless or wrong, its simply an opinion. Now, that being said, the opinion is not based on thorough game play.

First lets assume Gamerism is not a troll (the crossbow comment kinda makes me think differently, but I will entertain him anyway).

Secondly, Gamerism, may I ask if you ran Gloaming Wildwoods to fight Snarbolax in the T1 dungeon for all your entry level boss tokens.

Here is a link from the wiki: http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Snarbolax

That boss (snarby) is doable in proto gear and once you kill him about a dozen times you will have a new sword and shield (and bomb if you kill him a bit more than that). The boss drops tokens which one turns in at a vendor in Haven for gear. By the time you obtain those items, you will have a better understanding of how this game works.

As to simply buying your 5* stuff: You can do that. It is YOUR money after all. But your missing out on half the game. Much like almost any other fantasy MMO, crafting is part of the game. Personally, I like to research gear on the wiki, find the patterns myself, and craft and level the gear. It's almost half the game.

And THAT is my opinion.

That is all.

It's a casual game. It's not meant to be hardcore. It could be, but it's not. There are nuances to it that allow for a player to become more skilled at the game though, but you probably won't learn all of them with just 8 hours of gameplay and a limited range of arsenal. Play for an hour or so a day over a period of time and you should be good.

"That boss (snarby) is doable in proto gear and once you kill him about a dozen times ..."-Xombie

If someone is new to the game the last thing they should do is start grinding. Spiral Knights is a lot more fun without that feeling :) -Kwizzy

I will have to debate this, Kwizzy. A friendly debate to be sure.

4 bosses is all we have in this game (with SL being same bosses, just more difficult). Fighting the bosses in each tier one plays is more rewarding and profitable than running simple clockworks, though that can be fun as well.

Snarby is not really a grind. It's the most rewarding T1 dungeon in the game. I find the mechanics of the Snarby fight to be one of the most enjoyable and the rate of monster bone drops in that dungeon is awesome. Additionally, the three items one gets from Gloaming Wildwood tokens end up making some really great 5* gear.

Granted (like all bosses) one has to do it a bit to purchase the token items, but I think the Snarloblax is only 15 tokens for an item. 30 tokens for sword and shield at an average of 2 tokens per run is only 15 runs. More than likely a player will yield more tokens than that in a run.

My point being, after running that dungeon a dozen times or so, the OP (or any new player) will have a better understanding of how to move, how to dodge, they will more than likely figure out how to shield bump and shield cancel amongst other good skills. All of which are exceedingly important for T2 and beyond.

*edit: the snarby token items are only 10 Frumious Fang tokens each. http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Frumious_Fang

Just need to point something out here.

MMO =/= MMORPG

MMORPGS are a subset of MMOs. Not the entirety of them. Any FPS with only multiplayer (TF2, CS:S) can be considered an MMOFPS, for example.

Spiral Knights, for all its beauty, is closer to a MMO Hack & Slash (Or whatever Diablo-esque games are called). It's very sparse on traditional RPG elements, but chock fulla gear and timing/prediction-based skill, two things that almost all dungeon crawlers have.

On topic, I'm completely unsure whether or not the OP is actually a root vegetable wired to a modem, thinks he/she's playing a WoWclone, or is trollin' hard.

"MMO game without leveling system"
This is one of the things that makes it unique. Similar to the diablo series, its all about the gear rather than level.

"MMO game without tons of quests"
Its true that the "quests" in this game are only introductory quests. But without a leveling system or quests, there's just exploring levels for loot and upgrading your gear.

"MMO game without skill?"
Not sure what you meant here because EVERY single problem you have playing this game is because you are new and haven't upgraded your general knowledge of the game.

For example...
"So, I tried to PvP, People 1 shot me whatever I use.
I charged about 11k Crystal energies.
Bought 5 star gun 450k , Owl shield 250k , chief hat 20k , Gunsliger sash armor 60k"

This is what I call an uninformed, unskilled, newbie waste of money. It's an unfortunate tragedy when someone does this.

You are supposed to buy 2 star armor and weapons from AH because its SUPER cheap. Its super cheap because people craft tons of them to get random item attributes. You then spend a very small amount of CE (in relation to how you blew yours) upgrading those 2 star pieces to 5 star pieces spending less than 11,000 CE to do it.

If you have to buy CE, the starter pack is your best bet because you get teh bonus weapon and trinket slot items and mist tanks to go with it.

Wouldn't really buy beyond that.

As for PvP, you were using basically nothing for armor. First of all your 250k shield you bought (ripped off), cannot be used in PvP because its' replaced by your 'class' shield in lockdown. Next of all you were using EXTREMELY weak armor, which is why you were getting one shotted.

And you bought one 5 star gun for 450k (ripped off), gl killing people with just one 5 star gun and 3 star armor in tier 3 PvP. This is the equivalent of buying a level 85 boe weapon, a level 60 boe armor, and 2 level 40 boe armor items in WoW and then crying that everyone one shots you in level 85 PvP.

TLDR - People like this are the reason why "Pay to Win" is really just "Noobs losing money and gaining nothing".

People like the OP make me more confident about making money off dumb people in Diablo 3

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