see? now I'm sure it'll create an epic flame war but I think it's a welcome addition in the SK community
triple 0 released a video of the new guildhall update
Thanks for posting this, Vbunny.
I'm going to go out on a limb and conjecture that this is the first step in a process, whose final step is player-designed levels for PvE and PvP.
0:31 - Guild Training Hall
Nice looking features but still needs more levels
- conference room with long table and trophies. Do the trophies do anything?
- Snarby room... is that a trophy or a pet?
- plaque at entrance of GH. Is that the Guild's emblem?
- beds in barracks. Can we sleep on them? (Please say yes.) Also, will there be double beds?
- kitchen is nice. Does that mean we can craft food soon? (Time to stock up on red shards.)
- garden is nice. Any limits on how big the garden could be? (I like a golf court!)
- how big can a GH be?
- doesn't look like there are any private quarters.
Well so far it lives up to expectations ( snarbolax, vendors, looks huge, conference rooms, ect.). Cool.
SO ADORABLE
It makes me think of animal crossing decorating for some reason.
We see a stuffed snarbolax. Does that mean I can get a stuffed Vana too? Actually it'll probably be just his scepter, but that's still a big room. Also, what about Shadow lair trophy rooms?
That's Bechamel next to the purple salon chairs right?
Clearly one cannot sit or use any appliance, therefore this is a scam and a giant waste of time. Thanks for making the lamest expansion ever OOO.
Can we display them too? My echo stones are feeling lonely. :(
You can use beds. If you can use them, why not other things?
@Aplauses
You know you don't have to get these things. >.>
@General People
Some people are saying this a bad idea and all, but this was suggested in one of the longest going suggestions threads ever, without necroing or spam. It was very complete, and there was a lot of people supporting it. It's what the community asked for. (I don't remember many hate posts, either. It's only now that people are saying they don't like it.)
This... is... epic! :O I hope Haven doesn't get abandoned when this is released because Bechamel and some other shop N.P.Cs will be purchasable to add to Guild Halls.
Oh and since they made this awesome preview trailer, does this mean OOO will be in contact with the community more through their YouTube channel? I hope so. I also hope they make a new trailer, the current one displays stuff which doesn't exist in the game. It can be improved with footage of the normal missions and Danger missions.
As long as it sinks Cr and makes the game more populated by making old players come back and whatnot it's fine by me.
Plus it'd be nice to have a little better decorated GH, the one we got now is pretty... lame.
they didnt say guild update would have minigames? well anyway i just hope the Guild training hall would be different frm the training hall of Haven... but why i have the feeling about the Guild training hall would be just a shortcut to the training hall of haven >_<??'
anyway i liked what i saw on the video.
I'm hoping that those trophies are tied to some sort of accomplishment in the game, rather than just being a purchasable item
Finally we can build a house to live an everyday life in our Spiral Sims.
On a serious note; I'm liking what I see, let's just hope the final product to have something more than cosmetic features.
If anyone didn't want it, maybe you should've looked at the thread with 1 negative post (at the beginning, before it was fleshed out) and 115 unique positive posts.
Seemed to me like the idea was hardly contested.
Make me proud, OOO! I'm looking forward to it.
~Sev
At this moment in time, the playerbase has no right to complain. OOO has not made any faults with guild halls that I can see in so far, although they have not been released or otherwise documented in any real way the update. Hopefully OOO won't let us down.
while u could say its purely cosmetic, i dont mind at all. i dont post much on the forums but within my guild im a severe critic of the accessories we are constantly spammed with, but this is different. i spend a decent section of my time in the guild hall to escape the crowds (and the spam that comes with them) to have a decent chat, so it would be nice if it didnt look like an empty warehouse. we also have lots of activities there too. it would also be a nice place to teach tactics instead of having to create a mission lobby just to have weapons out and some privacy.
my biggest hope is that the crown sink would balance out the cost of CE at the moment, because getting new gear now is ridiculously expensive.
Please tell me there are GM/Officer- only features. Ah wanna feel specheeuhll.
I have faith that this will be an exceptional update. With all the time they've spent polishing up the sitting animations (please please PLEASE) I'm sure we'll have plenty of fun stuff to do even if it is mostly decorating. The only thing that unnerves me at this point is the possibility of an upkeep cost that's proportional to the amount of stuff or space the hall uses up. I run a very small guild, so I hope it is fairly priced.
A nice cosmetic feature that makes you happy when you look at it, a perfect cover for OOO politics of discrimination of F2P players from kongregate and official site client not letting them to buy OCH with CE and making it buyable only with $$$ while on asian server every player can buy OCH expansion mission with CE.
Also the amount of bugs and refixes and updates after updates and the time it will take to download update will be mostly DAMN TOO HIGH.
that's it. Now I want to make my own guild and find the stuff myself. Now I just need to get funding (not asking for help, so don't help me unless you REALLY want to) and I will begin my quest to find all the furniture. (I already have a guild, but I want to start my own.)
I have been looking forward to this for a very long time now. Can't wait!
Asukalan, why are you so negative?
I don't think I've ever seen you be happy about an update...
Who is triple zero? And who is larry?
You really can't let that go, can ya? What happened to the old Asukalan who traversed the forums and helped crush dreams in Suggestions? Sometimes ya gotta just look in the scheme of things and move on.
Ironically, a recently returned player in my guild made a similar comment this morning after watching the GH preview video.
Personally, the ability to rearrange furniture could lead to some interesting avenues that are more than aesthetics. I think if people are creative enough, they can invent their own mini-games with their furniture.
Leave the guy alone, even if he seems to be grumpy even when things go right, it's good to have someone with enough patience to keep reminding OOO of it's mistakes. I for one already gave up on it, as they just ignore it anyway.
Did anyone see the relics from all the bosses? A fang from Snarby and some plating from the Twins?
Oh Larry... you know who you are. I wish you'd argue about something other than what we call things.
And I hate to break it to you Asukalan, but thats pretty much all the end game players do in Spiral Knights- Spend money to accessorize themselves and make costumes. Compensation is a wonderful revenue for profits if you ask me, I'd much rather OOO capitalize on that than on other things.
You didn't seem to complain much on my thread about it.
Y u so pessimistic?
~Sev
Hey there. again. Its seems like your Mister Popular here because you gave us your opinion yet we dont like it.
arent we a loving community?
Guys, remember, glass half empty, glass half full. If we have too many half fulls, we might drown and destroy the internet.
I actually lke Asuka's comment.
Adds nothing good to the game.
Waste of development time.
I guess OOO are trying to aim the game more towards 12yr olds.
Explain why others wanted this so badly.
It will add content involving guilds, and may repair some of the problems with OOO and players....
/e Headesks.
I don't have a clue why anyone would want this....
It was supposed to be an RPG fighting game (a rather casual one I admit).
It was never advertised as My Little Pony dress up, yet they keep adding pointless vanity crap.
Casual? You have to invest a lot of time and effort to beat vanaduke...not to mention the shadow lairs.
Hopefully it comes out sooner rather than later, the SK economy is in a lot of need of a significant crown sink right now and although I doubt it'll have a permanent effect it should cause a dip like UV rolling and Featured Auctions before it.
That being said though although I'm glad this is finally coming out, I seriously hope we get a real content update soon. As it stands this year has been pathetic overall compared to last year, it's almost entirely been rehashing existing content and the only legitimately new bit of content was stuck behind a paywall, which months on still isn't avaliable for f2p players despite being so on the Asian server. Honestly the quality of the updates has been progressively going down hill for a long time now, and although I am happy guilds are finally more than empty shells, I seriously hope this is the last major update that's primarily cosmetic and future updates actually aim to bring a lot more content into the game, and balance the content that is already there without ruining it.
I was about to make a thread :(