Personally, I'm getting tired of this game.
Cocosnake can do what he likes with his money, though I do think 9K is a bit much for a game like SK. It's his cash, though.
I'm just really disappointed with OOO with the lack of content. Go on, say it, "They're team is really small".
That isn't exactly a reason. They could have put some content in, and made some money.
I'm not going to quit, but I'm not going to be spending any more money and a ton more time on this game.
I mean, seriously, OOO is just putting cosmetic update after cosmetic update over and over.
AKA, money-grab, money-grab, over and over.
I do think this had a great opportunity to be a really good game, as Exiled said, but it doesn't look like it's taking that way.
I'm not mad about the UV locking, but..the last content was the DLC. And that was one set of levels, which costed money to buy.
:/
I'm not quitting, but OOO is losing 22$ I was planning to spend on the game, and a good amount of my time.
Hell, I didn't even log in to see the cool accessories today. Oh wait, they're probably 50K.
I'm not really super hyped up about this game anymore.
Hey, it was a good thing to quit for a few weeks, even though I came crawling back.
Tsk tsk, I'll never get that 20$ I spent a few weeks back though.
Meh.

Next things on Featured Auctions will probably be Groundbreaker.

Glad I didn't end up throwing 28$ (counting the activation fee with the prepaid credit cards) away, whew, that was close.

TL;DR: Content is the problem with this game. That's why my playing time is going downhill.
Yeah, sorry, but having fun in a game which has new content every two months is hard.

Edit: Just checked, monster pockets are roughly 175K. Cool.

The game makes my previous money spent for no reason, anyway it just a game, i cannot let it work in my way, and I will never spend a penny on this game in the future.

It was once a good game, just don't know why developer messed everything up by doing these stupid pitch.

Recently the market is not in a good condition and non of my stuff got sold. (which would never happened b4) I guess many P2P already leave, and i wish OOO good luck.

"It just sucks. It's bogus. Bait&switch." -- Pawn

I can sympathize with how you feel. A few weeks ago, i caught a lot of flack for saying:

"I must say, i feel like the victim of a bait-and-switch...After spending months looking for a Max Poison UV Gunslinger and Hat , i was finally able to craft a Shadowsun Set that wasn't completely hampered by it's deficiencies...It took me a while, but i finally had a set with pierce defense that i was very fond of. Now that's all out the window...And i'm left without a pierce armor and forced to buy a different set."

I've since come to terms with the fact that Spiral Knights isn't going to be the game i hoped it would be.

When i first started playing Spiral Knights, i decided that it felt very much like an upgraded version of Yahoo Chat circa 1996. And it still does. But instead of playing poker or chess in between chatting, we're playing a hack-and-slash action-rpg. And that isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Most of the enjoyment i derive from this game is while i'm online chatting with friends or guildmates and since this game doesn't require my complete attention, I can be online shopping or watching a basketball game or on the phone with a friend. Hell, sometimes i'm even on when i have company here. It's a very relaxed gaming experience.

I don't think it was ever meant to be a very serious game. I'm glad i never spent more than 12 dollars on this game. But at the same time, i'm glad i still log on. Maybe it isn't an open world Legend of Zelda, but it's a hell of a lot nicer than Yahoo Chat circa 1996 and the people are just as nice if not nicer.

Well first, /salute Cocosnake

I've seen you around in Haven; never really talked to you but I do know the Laverna reference, and comparing you to Laverna, I do agree that it would be sad to see you go. Good luck wherever your travels may take you (and enjoy D3).

@Person above me, you might wanna censor your ah, phallic language before Eury does.

One thing I don't get: aren't all your weapons *single* VH ASI/CTR? You haven't, I think, been spamming triple rolls like Rommil and Pawn. Am I mistaken in my impression?

@Paweu
+1000

Can I have your stuff? :)

what the hell is this guy talking about?

I'm guessing this is about the UV thing, in which case I have to say:

You spent $9K rolling for perfect UVs on everything and you're getting angry at OOO? I'm sorry, but wasn't the decision to spend that money to roll for those UVs your decision? YOU took the risks, knowing the odds and whatever else involved, to roll for perfect UVs, and what, because OOO makes it easier, you expect to be compensated?

I seriously cannot fathom this, possibly other than taking into account that you don't want to take responsibility for your own actions because you realized how stupid it was, so now you're projecting your anger onto someone else.

Please, go have an alka-seltzer and choke on it. People like you make me sick.

but seriously this time OOO

with this patch

you've [screwed] everything

oh what do you know
reading does help
fall down a well, guy, and don't come back

"and @ Gell

OOO has broke the camel's back too many times , uncountable"

oh what do you know
reading does help
fall down a well, guy, and don't come back

This is just the patch that upset him the most, which it should because it's like spending 9k on an item and having it drop over 100% value the next day. He never asked for compensation.

OOO has broke the camel's back too many times , uncountable",
How is that directly connected to what he was saying? Those mistakes, while serious, were tolerable, otherwise, he'd have left already.

This is just the patch that upset him the most, which it should because it's like spending 9k on an item and having it drop over 100% value the next day.
So... what, he wanted to sell them or something? If he's using those equips, then he should just shut the hell up. It's utterly idiotic saying OH NOES MY MUNNY after spending it to improve your stuff.

He never asked for compensation.
Gee, thanks. I obviously wasn't being sarcastic and whatever, especially taking into account that he spent that much so that he could "have a voice".

Oh, and if you're going to try to recycle my own lines against me, do it right, you tool.

This is me, when someone posts a positive comment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8JCX9E0bEI

This is me, when someone is crying like a baby:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAlTOfl9F2w

Now please. Quit crying and get out.

I'm not trying to recycle anything against you.
oh ur just trollan!

I absolutely love how all you do is use personal attacks like "do it right, you tool" and "fall down a well, guy, and don't come back." Oh, and "Please, go have an alka-seltzer and choke on it. People like you make me sick." Looks like you're the only joke here.
because that totally invalidates all the other things I've said. You're probably one of those kooks who shout "AD HUMMINUS" when someone adds "you idiot" to the end of their argument.

If you knew how to comprehend that statement, you would know that it means he's been bothered by every update leading up to this one.
They don't "lead up to" this update, wait, oh yes, OOO's ultimate goal was to implement a system to lock your desired UVs while rolling for new ones.

But then again, you probably don't have an MMO background or you wouldn't be playing Spiral Knights.
u dun kno wut ur talking about IM MOAR PRO THEN UUU!!!!!((8yiujasf

Holy [poop] man. If you spent 9kUS Dollars on ce and kept buying 20kce packages for around $60 dollars each then you should have around 3mil ce (around 200mil cr) thus making you the richest player in the game!

What comes around goes around.

Their goal on this update is irrelevant. I told you that Cocosnake was bothered by every update leading up to this one, and you proceed to say that the updates before this did not, in fact, lead up to our current update. It seems you're a little confused. Do you need me to start quoting you? This will be Cocosnake's final patch, meaning everything he's experienced lead up to this patch. It's not hard to understand.

It doesn't invalidate anything I said. It seems you're not accustomed to the golden rule "Treat others how you wish to be treated." I simply treated you how you were treating Cocosnake and myself by using your exact quotes.

It may seem stupid to you. But it's not stupid to others. People have different opinions than you and screw them for having those opinions!

Edit: Just in case, that last part was sarcasm.

You edited your post, so I'll retract mine.

http://i.imgur.com/s6wDV.jpg

^Kon-Ron's post.

Really, this patch didn't "bless" anybody. From what I glean people are upset cause now others can have the same UV as them. That's it? People are now on their level? That's hardly an argument.

The OP is likely lurking on this thread right now laughing and slapping his knee at all of the angry people and will likely be back to playing the game as soon as this thread dies and is forgotten.

I don't get why PvP has become such a priority for people that every game update has to break it for you somehow. When did it matter so much?

I don't think there's any MMO or any video game out there where you can get what I think you want to get, which is a lasting legacy.

Take a look at Guild Wars and WoW. People spend money and time on those, they have a lot of fun, and then they quit without anyone ever knowing they existed. That save you have where you min-maxed all your FFTactics characters to broken levels - other people have done that too. Proud that you topped the local arcade's pacman score? Eventually, someone will displace you Even tournament fighting games change over time and characters players have slaved thousands of hours over have been nerfed or storyline died for the sequels.

This isn't Three Rings' fault, it's just the nature of video games. Video games are designed to fulfill a fast joy of mastery because they are programmed by people whose main purpose is to bring entertainment. No successful video game has you crawling 10,000 hours in the mud just to make a name for yourself, because that's not the purpose of games. They exist for your enjoyment, not as a trophy to wave around showing your superiority to others, and if you look around you'll see that they're better than most activities in getting the most people possible to a skill and accomplishment level to satisfy their investment. You don't see that many success stories with pianos and guitars and cooking and figure skating.

The price games pay for this is that because they're good at getting most people to a level of mastery, the people who reach the top are not as unique as those with more masochistic talents. You can indeed be the best player in a game one week, and dethroned in the next week by a close successor. You share your title with hundreds, and later, thousands as the life of the game goes on and the cycle continues.

If you're looking for a reward for your commitment that will last forever, you won't really find that in a video game. Sure, you could argue that building a colossal structure in Minecraft or designing Little Big Planet or Hammer levels is a way to etch your name into legend, but you aren't really exercising the skills the game employs at that point - you are utilizing your own creativity to make something to show others using the game as only a framework. You aren't really playing the game, which is at that point more of a tool.

Therefore, the only real reason you should have for playing a game is for your own enjoyment, because that was what it was designed for. This is good advice for people who really need to prioritize how much time and effort they spend on video games or any real hobby. If you enjoy playing the game, and you believe your time is well spent playing it, then by all means utilize whatever resources you feel comfortable allocating in order to maximize your entertainment. But if you actually want to create a legacy, or find uniqueness through the game, then you've got to carefully consider the limitations of the framework before you commit - and think hard about what kind of message you actually want to achieve.

Cocosnake has achieved a reasonable return on his investment into this game: he's had the pleasure of spending an impressive amount of money affecting the game's economy, and I'm sure his collection of statistically improbable equipment is commendable. But the limitations of the framework of this game make his feat easily repeatable - in fact, you can bet that another person will follow in his footsteps. He will have the knowledge that he is one of the first to achieve what he has achieved, and really, that's the most you can take away from any MMO.

But as a cautionary tale, please remember the main danger of a microtransaction-based MMO: being able to buy your way into the top tier without really experiencing the game deprives you both of entertainment and uniqueness, and that, not the exodus of old players (which happens every day) is what kills an MMO community. Think hard about how you spend your money and what you're really getting out of your investment. I'm sure both the devs and the future you will consider this good advice, since a person who makes good investment decisions is much more likely to have more resources in the future to spend more ambitiously and effectively on entertainment and everything else. I'm sure it will be less of a burden on both your consciences as well.

Think about the value of your time and money very hard, and be honest about how they will be of best use to you. That is, I think, the best message that can come out of this thread.

ALL of this is sad.

You know what is most disappointing to me about this thread? The fact that a customer spends $9,000 with a company, posts that he is unhappy about the recent patch, and the ONLY reply we get from anyone on OOO Staff is about "keeping the discussion clean and not swearing."

Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic customer service... and it highlights how young and inexperienced OOO is as a business.

I will see you on Diablo 3--you know, the game that is only charging $60 for all in-game content, and not additional $ per run to try and fight the most challenging bosses in the game.

Oh, I am also a P2P player (if that establishes any credibility with the OOO readers... and it should since that's how your company generates revenue).