Honor Guard Swords+Shields Recipes, ETC. :P
So...We all know that once we got the Honor Guard swords and shields there's no way of crafting them into the above upgrades. There have been a bit of whining about this, and to some extent I agree in that there should be recipes for the upgrades. I have a 4* Honor Guard set and I really hoped that I could get them to 5*. I've read a few other forum threads about this topic, and I have to say that I agree with having recipes for the upgrades.

http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Defender#Alchemy_Path
http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Calibur#Alchemy_Path
The Honor Series is literally just a re-skin of the Defender line and the Calibur line. It's supposed to be a special homecoming to knights who entered the period during the update to show that "You were here when [Content] was released!". The upgrade shows that you were 5* before the update was released, same applies to the other star-variants.
It's the same thing as the Groundbreaker Set, it was awarded to players who joined during the Preview Event. It pretty much says "Look at the shiny armor I got for being here before you!".

just consider it as a punishment for ranking up slow should make you feel better :/
I personally like the skin of the Honor Guard set more than the original set. But anyways, I understand why they wouldn't add the recipes. And next time something like this happens, I'll be ready >:U

NO! I want to show off my honor guard and blade to those who don't have it. So they can feel bad and I can taunt them. =D

This should be in the Arsenal and Aegis looks way better.

"This should be in the Arsenal"
The Arsenal is for discussing weapons and armour. That is not the purpose of this thread. If anywhere, it should be in Suggestions.

I think you're right,to Suggestions then.

aegis doesn't look way better. It looks way worse.

I think that BLUE colour just doesn't suit the honour shield.

I kinda like the blue colour actually. It matches some of the harder to match armors.

Why didn't they just give us all the stuff reskinned? honor valiance, honor azure guardian, honor nitronome.

Whats the point of receiving special prizes if everyone else can get them too.

@Generic-Bush, Because OOO only cares about swordsmen.

Should have got lionheart honor BOMB :P

Do you guys honestly want each and every player to receive a free nitronome?
A re-skinned valiance would have been alright, though swords are kind of symbolic to Spiral Knights in a way.

How about just the ability to craft the Honor Blades/shields into their higher tier versions, but through the normal recipes? Ex. if you have an Honor Blade and you want a Lionheart, you have to buy the Calibur line recipes.
And I wanted Honor Armor, too. Oh well :(

Isn't the point of the weapons to mark where you were in the game when guild halls came out?

I think of it as just to make that you were there, not how good you were. What's the point if you got a 3* sword and got to 4* the week after(me)? Then you have a useless sword that will never be used again or even heated. I think it's better for everyone to be able to get the 5* versions, so that if you are still playing a year from now people will say, "Wow, what's that cool sword you have? Never seen that before" instead of nothing, because you'll never show them a 3* sword you'll never use. When you're 5*, you'll probably look back on it almost like an insult from OOO, saying "nyeh, you have this as a reminder of how bad you were back then. Even though you're better now, we won't give you a better one because :P."
I still think Honor Guard Shields look better lol(plus it fits my costume). :P But I can't help it if this is the way things are...
I think an Honor Guard handgun might be OK, but I'd say leave the bombs out. Sword+shield is a little bit more fitting for this kind of thing. Also, I would have liked to see what they would've come up with if they made an Honor Guard armor set xD Would've been cool.
EDIT: Fine, Guns+Swords+BOMBS+Everything else O_o'

"I think an Honor Guard handgun might be OK, but I'd say leave the bombs out."
You disgust me.

@Fehzor, If I had my way, everyone would not have gotten a shield, and would have gotten the ability to pick which one of the three weapon classes they would like to have, and then gotten that one item, soul bound, of the appropriate tier level, un upgradeable. But then, in addition to the "wai is fwee prsint not upgrade" threads, there would also be "y i no have threeeeeeeee" threads.

The swords are meant to be ceremonial, not necessarily practical. Unless you can dig up some medieval ceremonies that involved high explosives (beyond the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch), I dont see how a Nitro would of been fitting at all. Guns are kinda pushing it, but there is the 21 Gun Salute.

If a 21 gun salute is enough reason for a ceremonial valliance, then fireworks and cannon fire salutes should be enough for a ceremonial nitro. Just make the mini explosion animations extra sparkley.

@Oatmonster: Well... Do you have a ceremonial Valiance? No? Thus 21 Gun Salute isn't enough reason for a ceremonial Valiance. Following the logic of your post, then there isn't enough reason for fireworks and cannons and such.
I'm sorry for sounding like a kill-joy.

The shield may not be cooler than Aegis
But we can all agree that Honor Blade trump Levi or Scissor Blade...

And I'm really starting to hate how we can never have a discussion about something that is worth talking about without it devolving into a insult-fest.
Get Aegis it looks a way more [awesome]