TheRob077800 on YouTube
Hello everybody this is Roberto077 a.k.a. Thesnipinggod here with an announcement.
Over the past year I've been playing spiral knights and recording videos on my channel. I've set my focus of videos on spiral knights and was hoping that you guys, the SK community, could tell me how I'm doing. Some people may even see themselves in one of my many lockdown videos, and others may learn more about fighting and earning crowns. The link to my channel will be at the bottom of the post and I hope to see your reviews and comments. Thank you for reading! -Thesnipinggod
Channel link: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRob077800
Lockdown Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL465416688212AF83&feature=plcp
1.I'm planning on getting PvE gear but I'm saving my money for a whole set. Planning to get it when I reach 100k crowns (idk what armor but I have a few guns for LoA. I might make a shockburst brandish for the 4* version).
2. I agree completely. I usually get stuck with parties that have no organization. Thats why I solo a lot, but if its a harder mission such as The Ironclaw Munitions Factory I will talk to my team about strategy.

I don't have time to watch the videos, I'll post again if I do later. But just from reading rawr's post, are you using T2 weapons? You don't, and shouldn't, wait to craft weapons to carry you. Getting it all at once is simply delaying the usefulness of each individual pieces, there's no set bonus involved.
I have teir 3 weapons. My teir 3 sword isn't good at LoA and my silversix doesn't give knockback, electric damage, and does lower damage. Im gunna get teir 3 pve armor soon( i need elemental weapons first), I'm just getting money first and trying to find the best pve amor to make. I'm all about getting gear right now, but sadly it takes a long time to earn enough crowns.

Well, you could always go shadowsun/deadshot for the shadow defence that also gives you either gun damage med or undead damage bonus to all weapons. Or the classic divine veil + skolver coat for all damage types, with some resist to the scarier status ingame.
1. I suggest getting gear for PvE (specifically LoA in this case) instead of going in there with T2 LD gear.
2. Without organization, a 2 player party is going to have a much harder time than you soloing. That's just how this game works. With organization, however, a 2 player party is much better.