Hi,

I think there should be more random mini or side missions to keep the game interesting and fresh. For instance in Gaia online or Diablo they have non-player characters or NPCs in the towns give mini or side missions to find certain items or kill a certain foe(s) like a special mushroom deep in the catacombs or rescue 6 kitties in the green fields and than after completing the mission there would be a reward by the NPC. I think it would be cool if Spiral Knights had mini or side missions based on tiers so players have a reason to explore Haven since NPCs should be random or rotated each week. Kind of like the Candyman event where we have to go to passageway levels to fight him or the mother sprite asking to find 6 baby sprites.

Here are some examples of missions which are given by NPCs and are found in selected areas
*Find or collect a certain amount of a certain items
*Escort/protect a NPC walking through a level or levels mission
*Destroy a certain amount of a certain type of foe
*Find a special enemy in a selected area that may or may not be there
*Last stand to defend hurt knights or downed spacecrafts as wave after wave of monsters come to destroy or kidnap them
*Escape to the end of a level before the time runs out
*Sneaking mission to kill a certain boss in his sleep without alerting/attacking the guards (use sleep flask or walk around)
*Run from a monster that is gobbling up the entire level
*Beat several levels without using certain weapons
*Solve complex puzzles like in Zelda http://zeldawiki.org/Puzzle
*A combination of two or three types of missions in one