Spiral Knights - Almirian Crusader Set

Almirian Crusader Set

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Fri, 03/23/2012 - 10:36

Seregal

Let's talk about the Almirian Crusader set. What do you guys think of it? Underpowered? Overpowered? Personally, I think it's one of my favorite sets, but I really can't use it anywhere useful since it has that fire weakness. For something that's really hard to get, I think it should be a bit more useful. When I compare it to the Snarbolax set I can see that it really is lacking. Sure, it may have a bit more normal defense, but that's really it. They have the same shadow defense. However, Almirian has a weakness to fire and a minor resistance to curse. On the other hand, Snarbolax has both poison and freeze resistance, both outstripping Almirian's only curse resistance. Not to mention the Sword damage increase stuck on it. I don't understand why the set that is supposedly harder to get is so much weaker than the introductory shadow lair set.

I think to fix it, Almirian should have its fire weakness removed or make it a fire resistance. Lore-wise, I know Almire burned to the ground, but it really is too useless otherwise and story elements should be put aside to make armors useful. Besides, Crest of Almire has maximum fire resistance and it's an Almire arsenal piece.

Fri, 03/23/2012 - 10:52

Trying

1. Crest of Almire was

1. Crest of Almire was created separately from the armor set so it should not even be comparable
2. Almirian is part of the colbalt line and all of them have an overall 0 bonus (bonus as in statuses plus weapon bonuses).

Fri, 03/23/2012 - 11:07

Seregal

Just because it came from one

Just because it came from one line doesn't mean it should have the exact same stat distribution. Look at Divine set. It came from a line where it has 2 resistances, but when you upgrade from 4* to 5* it spontaneously gains 3. Almirian should not be held to the same standards as cobalt. If I did want a set with 0 resistances I would've just made Azure Guardian.

And also I'm talking about lore-wise since some people were saying that the fire weakness "fits" Almirian since its kingdom fell to fire. I used CoA as a counterexample.

Fri, 03/23/2012 - 11:10

Diamondshreddie

i agree +1

the Almirian crusader set ... Sure its an upgrade of a practically useless armour. Sure the kingdom of Almire fell .. but that dent give any good reason for the hardest Armor to acquire, to have sucky stats.

i agree on boosting the potential of the Almirian crusader armour by ALOT .

Fri, 03/23/2012 - 11:36

Seregal

Thanks Diamondshreddie :) I'm

Thanks Diamondshreddie :) I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels this way. Maybe we can raise awareness so they can buff it the next time they do armor balance.

Fri, 03/23/2012 - 12:58

Bluescreenofdeath

Almirian Crusader set = expensive costume

Fri, 03/23/2012 - 14:13

Seregal

@Bluescreenofdeath

That's exactly the problem. It's just used as a costume. Most, if not everybody, I see who has it only uses it as a costume. Isn't that a bit wrong? It needs to change.

Fri, 03/23/2012 - 20:42

Nova-Royal

Sat, 03/24/2012 - 05:35

Mysticbeam

I was going to get almirian, but

Skelly seems a much better choice now that its negative fire has been removed :l

Sat, 03/24/2012 - 10:12

Seregal

@Mysticbeam

I know... It's so sad. There are some armors that are so objectively better than other armors in this game. :(

Sat, 03/24/2012 - 16:40

#10

Juances

Conspiracy Kat

I bet 100 ecto drops that if this armor was good, we'd see some F2Ps and SL haters complaining about how they hide the good stuff under energy pay-walls and hard to obtain.

Sat, 03/24/2012 - 21:56

#11

Sillty

Meh, any complainers would

Meh, any complainers would already have come out from under the woodwork when the Snarbolax Armor came out, right?

Thu, 06/21/2012 - 08:52

#12

Lordrayko

Blackened Crest

Its weird that the blackened crest doesnt say anything about fire resistance but its 5* version has max fire resistance thats kinda weird.

Thu, 06/21/2012 - 09:01

#13

Juances

Read their description. The balckened crest is broken, cursed, not at its full potential.
What i find more weird is that they are both so visually different.

Thu, 06/21/2012 - 10:36

#14

Uuni

It's a costume armor. Wear

It's a costume armor. Wear your vog/snarby/skolver underneath it like rest of us

Sun, 10/07/2012 - 09:16

#15

Clockwick

Hum yes..

I agree that its a costume item only but i wish its stats where better.

Sun, 10/07/2012 - 09:41

#16

Fehzor

It doesn't have to be outstanding to be usable.

I'd like to see it stripped of most of its defenses and made into chaos cloak 2.0. Have it give some absurd bonus at the cost of being weak to lots of things.

We shouldn't care about haters- the seerus mask is more outrageous than this.

Sun, 10/07/2012 - 15:51

#17

Darkbrady

Aye, if haters are going to

Aye, if haters are going to whine about this set being buffed, then they should be whining about Snarby set, too. Most of whom wear that set.

And aye, just because it came from the Cobalt line doesn't mean it shouldn't be strict to its own lore. They could have just made it "scary death cobalt armour" and made it whatever they wanted, but they chose Almirian, which has a lore in the game, which has enemies and other gear shaped around it. ACs/slags are in no way weak to fire (not any more so than any regular monster) so why should the armour be?
Personally, I see the whole "burnt to ashes" thing as a reason why the crusaders should be fireproof; they survived the burning, just like vana and teh slag walkers. They're the ones that are strong around fire, same reason why CoA has fire resistance.

And honestly: "it's a costume piece" is just unfair and half-assed excuse. As Fehz said, there's no need for it to be OP but it could at least be worth getting for reasons other than fashion. Even if it is "armour behind a energy wall", people still did have to buy CE to get through teh SL and get that set, so they at least deserve something for their money, they at least deserve the set they make to actually be usable.

How would you like to pay 1,5k ce to craft a 5* weapon you've been after just for a message to pop up and go "Oh! Btw, this is just a costume weapon now, kthnxbai".

Mon, 10/08/2012 - 20:44

#18

Marazo

"I bet 100 ecto drops that if this armor was good, we'd see some F2Ps and SL haters complaining about how they hide the good stuff under energy pay-walls and hard to obtain."

The AC set should be a little bit OP (just a little) for all trouble that that you have to go through to get it, and besides, there is already 3 pieces of equipment hiding behind real money pay-walls. I just find it a little sad that the most difficult to obtain armor set is also one of the most useless...

Mon, 10/08/2012 - 22:23

#19

Derpules

LOL @ "energy pay-walls".

The whole of T3 is behind an energy pay-wall, Juances. Hello?

Wed, 10/10/2012 - 07:55

#20

Xplor

They need to fix this seriously

Take a good long look down the list of 5* armor and you can see there is something very wrong with the Almirian Crusader Armor.

If we talk about and compare the only positive trait of curse resist it is the lowest. Only 2 blocks while at the mimimum for the rest of the armors are AT LEAST 2.5 blocks of resistance. (minus mad bomber) Not to mention the armor carries a negative fire resist trait and has no bonuses either. If we are talking lore and terminology when one thinks of the word crusader you would think holy and high in defense. However the armor provides a pitiful amount of defense but I'll give you the curse resistance as "holy". However the lack of the bonuses is weird considering that based on lore Almire was powerful and this was the BEST armor the country could provide to its elite soldiers. Neither of this is reflected in the stats. Also I agree with Darkbrady. If your boss becomes a fire monster you'd think that you'd best get armor that was fireproof. Not to mention this armor is an echo of the armor Lord Vanaduke is wearing, note the fur and the shoulder spikes.

Thu, 08/07/2014 - 16:56

#21

The-Pecan

Bump

Thu, 08/07/2014 - 19:41

#22

Holy-Nightmare

Die NECROMANCER!

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