Spiral Knights - When was the last time a heart trinket dropped?

When was the last time a heart trinket dropped?

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Sun, 12/11/2011 - 02:01

Nicoya-Kitty

So I know that love puppies are rare, and heart trinkets are rare stacked on top of rare, but it occurred to me that (as far as I've heard, at least) love puppies are the only monster that has a chance to drop a piece of equipment, and being a programmer myself I know that these sorts of one-off things with rare activations have a tendency to "silently fall into disrepair" as changes and updates happen elsewhere in the codebase.

Thus, I'm wondering if anyone can report when they last heard of a heart trinket dropping from a love puppy.

Not that I don't trust Nick to keep the code in tip-top shape...

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 02:11

Nick

Developer

They absolutely still drop

They absolutely still drop from Love Puppies, though as that's not the most ideal way to distribute a fairly handy trinket, a future update will have Heart Pendants and their upgrades available via another means. However, True Love Lockets will remain exclusively the property of a Love Puppy's BFF.

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 02:13

Tuhui

How does one become a Love

How does one become a Love Puppy's BFF?

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 02:56

Metagenic

Heart pendants available through another means…?

This means…

get ready for an upcoming featured auction

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 03:19

Memento

I have no idea

but I know the odds are real few.
I must have killed something like une hundred of them, got nothing

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 03:28

Psychodestroyer

Herro? BFFs?

Don't kill em, :D Kill your friends they're not your friends anymore, Amirite?

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 04:24

Theonz

The real question is, has an

The real question is, has an True-Love locket ever dropped?:S

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 05:23

Rubyeclipse

There are a few True Love

There are a few True Love Lockets out there, so they do exist, but are certainly quite rare.

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 05:24

Ivorise

@Nick

Glad to know trinkets will soon be available in other ways. Then I can save the 30kce otherwise paid for a tetra heart trinket.

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 05:28

Ivorise

@Maggotlaggot

Yes, the only player I've seen equipped with 2 True Love Lockets is a player named Levis. He's the leader of the guild Edwin. Probably one of the few players in this game with equal financial power as Rubyeclipse, if not more.

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 05:47

#10

Tantarian

Yay

I can now stop whining about how imbalanced those trinkets are in LD.
Thanks Nick~

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 06:08

#11

Xombie

WERD

I love this disscussion. Thanks for chiming in on this one Nick!

True Love Lockets will remain exclusively the property of a Love Puppy's BFF.-Nick

btw I tried to ^cite^ (less one s and replace with C or ye can not see), did not work out well. I digress.

Most likely the best of the pendents fall from T3 Pups. Just meh hpothesis.

That is not all.

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 09:10

#12

Rustork

Killed 4 or 5 in T2. No

Killed 4 or 5 in T2. No luck... Maybe make it more rare, but with 100% guarantee of drop? Even +1, but drop.

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 09:14

#13

Njthug

And you guys say the Dev's

And you guys say the Dev's don't fix problems....they do better work than the UN =0

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 15:29

#14

Psychodestroyer

.....

I haz only ever seen ONE lovepuppy. It was in a group in JK palace, where someone killed it on sight.

And nowI usually solo.

It can get kinda lonely......

Y I NO C LOVEPUPPY!?!

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 15:33

#15

Shidara

Hmm...

I wonder if I should put my luck (wait, what luck?) to the test and farm puppy-spam levels.
I also want to become the Love Puppy's BFF. :(

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 15:41

#16

Myllakka

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Psycho: If it helps, I've seen ~10 love puppies and I've never seen them drop a trinket. At least all you're missing is the companionship of something that truly loves your. ;)

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 16:48

#17

Psychodestroyer

No, does not help.

WHAAAAAAAAA....

No creature loves me (Richard III, Act 5)

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 17:11

#18

Heatsurge

I wouldn't be surprised if a

I wouldn't be surprised if a few appear in featured auctions in a couple of days...

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 17:23

#19

Sawkush

What do you mean by upgrades?

You will be able to craft it up to 4 star? and by other means do you mean featured auctions, that might be unfair to the less fortunate knights.....

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 17:44

#20

Nicoya-Kitty

@Nick Thanks for the

@Nick Thanks for the confirmation. I was starting to feel bad about killing them after never seeing them drop anything but a few coins, some heat, and maybe a scrap metal.

But now that I know I can still eat their hearts to gain their courage, my sword will remain swift and merciless.

Sun, 12/11/2011 - 21:29

#21

Windsickle

You may become a Love Puppy's

You may become a Love Puppy's BFF by allowing it to kiss you. They are actually madly in love with knights and do not care if they get ripped apart by their love's weapons. That is actually the greatest honor one can bestow upon a Love Puppy. It explodes their hearts with joy allowing them to create certain Trinkets (much like how a clam makes a pearl), one of the few things it knows will make its lover happy.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 04:35

#22

Stavrosg

-.-

I've seen more than 10 love puppies (maybe averaging 1 per week) but not one of them dropped anything :(

Fun fact (or TMI?) i DREAMED last night that I got a true love locket from a drop x_x

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 06:12

#23

Rawmarius

~_~

I met 27 times love puppy and it never drops trinket.
This's absolutely unfair. Meet them so rare and drop chance even rare, so we got 0.00001% to drop that trinket from puppy.
Thanks devs, that's so fair.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 06:44

#24

Ginungagap

It's not unfair

It's not unfair, it's unlucky. If everyone had heart trinkets, then where would their value be? It would be basically pointless, and not give you an advantage, especially in LD where it makes a MASSIVE difference. If everyone had them, then it would become a known quantity. I have never even seen a love puppy at ALL Raw, so count yourself lucky you've even gotten to see one. As of yet, in my maybe 3 months playing this game, I have had a 0% chance of having a heart trinket drop for me. But that's ok! Maybe one day....

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 12:11

#25

West-Tex-Mex

Hmmm

I've been seeing them a lot lately. I've seen 4 of them within a 5 day period. But yeah, no trinket so far. It's rare to find a Love Puppy, but even rarer for it to drop a trinket. What's even worse is that if it does drop a trinket, there is a 1/4 chance (if you are in a party of 4), 1/3 chance (if in a party of 3), and a 50/50 chance (if it's you and another) of you getting that trinket.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 14:20

#26

Jaroche

- Heart Pendant, Dual Heart

- Heart Pendant, Dual Heart Pendant, Tri-Heart Pendant, Tetra-Heart Pendant and Penta-Heart Pendant added to Krogmo's Alchemy Machine

So today's update is going to make pendants available to everyone, i guess they will take a quite bit of coins to be crafted. And what about the penta-heart pendant (+6 hp?) and the true love locket (+??? hp) ?

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 14:24

#27

Nick

Developer

The Penta-Heart Pendant is a

The Penta-Heart Pendant is a stat-equivalent to the True Love Locket. The TLL however, has a unique name, description and can only be obtained as a rare drop from a Love Puppy.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 02:52

#28

Silphius

Why not at least make them +7?

That's an awesome number by itself, and some of your wealthiest customers (Levis, Ruby, Mbcscp, etc) will still feel acknowledged in their costly effort to attain true love (perhaps even twice).

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 15:56

#29