Spiral Knights - I quit, here's why...

I quit, here's why...

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Fri, 12/21/2012 - 08:27

Insane-Firebat

Recent updates are boring me. All cosmetics... I was hoping the Danger Missions would continue to flow, but instead they got easier and now they're not being released. I crafted and rolled all this nice gear and I can't even find an interesting mission to use it. This costume crap coming out makes this feel less of a game and more social network. But this is just fuel for the real fire...

I've been disconnected because of the server's timeout counter at least 1000 solid times when I was NOT IDLE. I can't even sit in the ready room and read patch notes without being disconnected halfway through. Forget about sending a long mail to someone if you are standing in a quiet mission lobby, ready room, or your guild hall. Three times in a row I was just disconnected while trying to send the same mail. Have to start over each time. I've sent in multiple support emails about this over the 6 months I played. It's really inexcusable, and I'm sick of it.

So.... to end my good behavior and manners over the last half a year in this community, I now have one last thing to say to whoever's idea it was to impose this ridiculous "disconnect timer" and anyone in the development team who supported it. You earned it...

[LOVE] YOU

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 08:34

Dialgia

No need to be so rude...

Even if you dislike the game now and you are quitting,
no need to be so rude.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 08:37

Laraso

kkthxbye

Cool story bro. AFK kick systems are in virtually every online game nowadays'.

I don't know what your problem is, but goodbye! I'll still be here enjoying this game if you decide to come back.

Oh, by the way, nice use of buckets in your OP.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 08:53

Lanieu

The complaint about "all

The complaint about "all cosmetic updates" is 95% accurate and I think most of us agree with that.

/derp

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 08:58

Severage

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It takes around 10 minutes of being idle to disconnect....

You're a slow reader.

~Sev

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 09:03

Eltia

Cooperstown, ND

The "F" word in my SK forum? NO WAY! (Eury readies ban stick...)

But aside from that, what OP said is an accurate reflection of what many people I know feel also. Danger missions are good starts but why did they stop getting released? Idle timer. Why are we not able to adjust the duration of this timer?

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 09:07

Irthan

Awesome. Can I have your

Awesome. Can I have your stuff?

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 09:19

Severage

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You guys must think the Devs are all on speed if you think they can continue to release Danger Missions along with Halloween Events and Christmas Events - not to mention the quite large Guild Hall Updates.

Look up just how many developers there are working on this game, and then you'll understand why production is "slow".

For the idle timer....the whole point in the idle timer is not to be able to adjust it, I believe?

~Sev

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 09:13

Grittle

Man, That guy is INSANE

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 09:13

Xconvoy

Granted the game's updates

Granted the game's updates aren't as good as they were, i think its all your computer with the lagging and stuff like that. And remember, this game isn't really that big. I agree with Severage, it takes alot of time for a game to be developed. And hey, at least we have it, and at least its a good game.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 09:55

#10

Erridunno

To be honest, no one actually

To be honest, no one actually cares why you quit if you're just going to rage xxx

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 10:41

#11

Thimol

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OP must be in remedial English.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 10:56

#12

Ubernerd

Because we totally care...

Um... who are you again?

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 11:05

#13

Orangeo

For christ sake, I quit for a

For christ sake, I quit for a few months, I didn't leave a rant behind. Rant while you're actually playing the game, once you leave noone cares.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 11:17

#14

Sir-Didymus

I may have a new alt....

Can you send me a message if you decide to delete your account. Been looking for another alt name and am not feeling creative. Don't post here, don't want to have to compete with Trying.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 12:01

#15

Insane-Firebat

Its not a rage post. Its a list of my valid complaints which I feel the developers should be aware of. I wasn't raging at all when I wrote that post. I'm actually more of a passive aggressive type. I actually had my outburst in the proofreading process. And I'm from the South (US), my English is my own. The idle timer kicks me after about 30 seconds if I'm in the ready room, every time unless I have the party finder active. Also, we don't need more things to spend money on. We need GAMEPLAY. Its why I PLAY GAMES.

But thanks for the comments.

PS You can buy my stuff at http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/70812. And no, you cannot have my name unless GMs delete it from my steam account. In which case, I will not be contacting the community.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 12:29

#16

Severage

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lol 30 seconds. Then your internet is kicking on and off - it takes 10 minutes.

Anyway, don't list your "valid" complaints to the community - if they're actually "valid" we already know about them. This isn't your diary nor is this Facebook. List your "valid" complaints to OOO - the community isn't going to program the game.

~Sev

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 12:30

#17

Thimol

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And I'm from the South (US)

Ergo, remedial English.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 12:33

#18

Severage

@Thimol:

I'm from about as south US as you can get...other than the tip of Florida.

~Sev

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 12:38

#19

Thimol

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You've already shown that you can read and write and do almost anything a human should be able to do.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 12:48

#20

Insane-Firebat

Its actually amusing to see

Its actually amusing to see all the insults fly from this... its so off-topic it makes some of you look like professional forum trolls.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 12:54

#21

Thimol

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Says the one who claims to have been booted from the game because the idle timer went off at thirty seconds.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 12:56

#22

Xconvoy

So, question why did you make

So, question why did you make a thread about this?

Honestly no one cares

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 13:01

#23

Severage

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Did I insult you? Touchy, touchy, no wonder you're quitting the game.

Just saying, you're doing 1 of 2 things by posting this publicly...or both:

1: Preaching to the choir.
2: Addressing the wrong people.

Just looks like you want everyone and their mother to know about how you're leaving this game. Like I said it's not facebook.

~Sev

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 13:26

#24

Psychodestroyer

"Its not a rage post. Its a list of my valid complaints which I feel the developers should be aware of."

Riiiiiiiight...

"It's really inexcusable, and I'm sick of it.

[LOVE] YOU"

Coolstorybrah. Legit whining or not, a rage post be a rage post. FYI, you're throwing around said insults first, so don't try and make yourself look innocent, because at this point, that's just silly.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 13:27

#25

Sir-Wuddle

lolsev

If you didn't insult him then he isn't addressing you, there are some pretty entertaining insults here though c:

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 14:11

#26

Wodanct

Actually, Spiral Knights doesn't even use its own idle timer (from what my testing results have shown). It uses your computers time clock. If you computer gets a mind of its own or you turn your own computer clock ahead.. lets say 1 hour for daylights sake - the game will instantly boot you for being "idle". Your 30 seconds idle kicks could simply just be your PC changing clock times.. had my PC change my clock an hour ahead or behind randomly sometimes because it decides it doesn't want to remember which timezone I live in.

Either way there is a few possible reasons why this is happening. Your computer, something wrong with the game, or you're just lying. But it is always interesting to read other people that think they know the game like the back of their hand...

On a side note, I do agree with the complaint about all these cosmetics though sadly as long as people keep eating it up they will have a reason to keep making it. It was sad to see that the humbag hat wasn't even black...

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 14:51

#27

Insane-Firebat

If insults aren't directed at

If insults aren't directed at you, then why do you feel the need to throw them around as well? I know this is an easy target, but please troll for attention elsewhere. I'm not looking for your attention, I directed my comments at developers, and I obviously got their attention judging by the warning I received in-game. However, if you feel it is your duty, I'll continue to read these hilarious comebacks.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 14:51

#28

Gwenyvier

"The idle timer kicks me

"The idle timer kicks me after about 30 seconds "

The idle timer, as said by several people already, takes 10 minutes to kick you. It is not the game that is messing up with that one, its your computer. I'd listen to Wodanct on that one actually, he sounds like he know what he's talking about on that issue.

As for the all costume updates. SK has an amazing, gigantic, BREATHTAKINGLY large dev team offfffffffff... 8 people. http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Developers You can not expect them to be working on multiple large updates at once and be able to crank them out in anywhere near a reasonable amount of time. And we have had several large updates recently: Halloween, Guild Hall, Winterfest, and a second Guild Hall update. Before that we were getting a new Danger Mission once every 3 weeks or so, not bad at all for having to develop entirely new maps and enemies.

~Gwen

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 14:52

#29

Acid-Snow

You're quitting?

G'bye, then! =)

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 15:00

#30

Zaderules

Welcome to SIMS 3! Spiral Knights Style!

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 15:03

#31

Thimol

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but please troll for attention elsewhere.

LOL LOL LOL

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 15:06

#32

Psychodestroyer

"I'll continue to read these hilarious comebacks."
"please troll for attention elsewhere. "

This coming from the GM-attention-seeker. It's amusing to read how self-important you're being about this whole thing, considering it's not even an issue with the game's programming. More like a client-side issue. Faulty install or whatever.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 15:27

#33

Heron

I agreed that 000's are

I agreed that 000's are banking on the accessories and creating one of a kind (2% accessories-recolored-rehashed) exclusives and driving everyone to throw their money at buying ce; is somewhat turning this game from playing into nothing more than games like the SIMS.

Where's the core? New weapons and bosses, the real game content .. it's a dress up game now it seems.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 15:45

#34

Flowchart

Add new content -> "Why is CE so high"
Make new promos -> "Where's my new content"

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 15:49

#35

Canozo

"Spiral Knights"? More like "Accessory Knights"

Like Heron said, whats up with the core? Are we getting new weapons? New bosses? Something else that we can farm other than Vanaduke? Challenging stuff? 1v1 Lockdown mode? Lockdown lobbies? Actual game content? Something new?

This game seems like Hat Fortress 2 now, with all the fancy cosmetic stuff on it.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 17:30

#36

Clown-Nine

kool story bro

gimme your stuff rage quitter

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 18:02

#37

Hexzyle

Add new content -> "Why is CE so high"
Make new promos -> "Where's my new content"

So true. And Severage, the AFK timer is 15 minutes.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 21:03

#38

Insane-Firebat

3 tests on 2 computers each

3 tests on 2 computers each show these results from being in the guild hall, ready room, and a mission lobby. Sorry, I forgot to write down which time went with which location. Not quite 30 seconds, but it still makes a point.

1:14
0:54
1:58

4:28
2:24
1:33

Is 4 and a half minutes the most you can spare for me while read this mail and type up a two paragraph response? And I assume those 4 minutes were caused by guild chat going on at the time.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 21:11

#39

Zaffy-Laffy

Zaffy is Laffy

Content-wise

5 artists, 1 composer, 4 designers, 7 engineers.

Normal MMOs you see out there have like over 20 artists, 5 composers, 10 designers, 15 engineers.

Sure, while engineers are experimenting on new ways to improve the battle system and what so what, artists have nothing else to do than to create new cosmetics and designs for players.

Disconnection-wise

I don't see how you can get disconnected in such a short time if it was OOO to blame, or the servers to blame, but most likely you might be having problems with your router or modem in such a way it is causing failed requests or packet losses and therefore disconnection.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 21:18

#40

Shamanalah

are we playing the same game?

IDK about you but this game as lots of new content.

Yes to you accessories are granted, they are a living part of SK economy thanks to all those people who opened their lockboxes. There was a time where you had 0 ***ing cosmetic. Just your *** color and your gear. (which everbody else wears)

Having lots and lots of different and nice accessory is what make a game awesome. The core is great, the gameplay is awesome, new content are put in pretty constantly.

I left on January this year and came back in November. 10 months away... New mission system. New Danger Mission. Prestige. Hallow costume/accessory and the same for Winter... + new stuff they keep adding. (Guild Hall? It's like a month old... Or even the Hunter Lodge?)... But that just cosmetic right?

All and all OOO is doing a pretty decent job in putting new stuff. Too many gear and it would simply be overwhelming (as it is not already overwhelming o.O)

Edit: But I do agree they need to bring in more Danger Mission... Rotation of 4 in a circle is boring... Having 6 randomized could be nice... I want a Beasty Danger Prestige. Wolver, Beast, Trees and Lizards everywhere of everykind!

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 21:23

#41

Thunderbog

so much contradictions

"I've been disconnected because of the server's timeout counter at least 1000 solid times when I was NOT IDLE. I can't even sit in the ready room and read patch notes without being disconnected halfway through. Forget about sending a long mail to someone if you are standing in a quiet mission lobby, ready room, or your guild hall. Three times in a row I was just disconnected while trying to send the same mail. Have to start over each time. I've sent in multiple support emails about this over the 6 months I played. It's really inexcusable, and I'm sick of it."

"You were disconnected due to idleness" -> "You were disconnected from the server."

fork logick

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 21:41

#42

Msaad

@Person who's whining about the game

You're quitting?
Cool.
May i have your stuff?

It takes 15 minutes actually, to be disconnect of idleness, and i see nothing wrong in that.
For example, One of the members in your party has been idle, and you are waiting at the button.
After 30 minutes, He still stands there, without moving!
Would you like that?

(P.S Don't give Irthan your stuff because he's too mainstream. Just give it to 'Msaad'.)

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 21:44

#43

Hexzyle

/derp

but most likely you might be having problems with your router or modem in such a way it is causing failed requests or packet losses and therefore disconnection.

This.

Logic'd.

Fri, 12/21/2012 - 21:50

#44

Bluebrawlerneo

that escalated quickly

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