Spiral Knights - Lower the energy cost on (almost) all cobalt gear.

Lower the energy cost on (almost) all cobalt gear.

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Wed, 02/27/2013 - 14:22

Autofire

In an add somewhere it said no grinding. This isn't really true anymore, particularly for players seeking T3. To fix this, why not make the Cobalt line gear be cheaper to craft? This means all of the items that come from the 2* stuff given to you in the missions. Previously, the energy costs on items were lower, with 3* being 100 energy, 4* being 200, and 5* being 400. If this was reset for the cobalt gear, then it would take less grinding for players to progress. This might sound bad, but the thing is, cobalt in itself isn't popular right now, nor is it considered powerful. The goal of this is to help players hit T3 sooner so they keep playing and then will feel impelled to widen their arsenal from there.

Note that this would effect the CiV, BAB, Heater Shield, and the other spin-offs, as well. The only exception would be the Almarian Crusader set, which is something that I would call completely end-game.

Go ahead and tell me if this doesn't sound balanced...it's just that a lot of players seem to have a hard time getting past T2.

EDIT: Or atleast some whole set of equipment: Helmet, Armor, Shield, Sword, Gun, and Bomb should all have their energy costs reduced, at the price of not being so powerful compared to the other weapons of their tier. (Not much worse, but still a bit worse in compairison. I.e. caliburs aren't bad swords, but most prefer something a bit more powerful in comparison.

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 14:28

Klipik

Then it would have to all be worse.

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 14:31

Autofire

According to a lot of players...

Isn't that the case?

(I mean, who'd chose a calibur over a brandish or a flourish? Blaster over antigua or an alchemer? Blast Bomb over....wait....that's a different case, I guess...)

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 15:18

Aureate

I quite like my Valiance, thanks.

But I do have to agree that the grinding is excessively discouraging to new players who're just starting out. 3* is not terrible because you can earn that much in a few RJP runs without feeling excessively disheartened, but beyond that and things start to look like overkill...

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 15:37

Zeddy

There is nothing underpowered about Nitronome.

The weapons are fine, but this seems reasonable on the armour. Especially Almirian Crusader, perhaps the most rubbish of all armour. Say what you want about Azure, but at least it doesn't give negative fire in return for a mostly useless resist.

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 15:56

Softhead

Agree except weapons.

Cobalt gear should have 5* lowered by 200.

Thu, 02/28/2013 - 01:48

Chaolin-Drake

Drake is a scale guardian

I agree that the cobalt lines and most of it's alts lines need to have a lower energy cost, It will indeed help new player get 5* faster and give the lines some love so this is a nice idea I have think of something like this before but I was to lazy to post it.

Thu, 02/28/2013 - 11:24

Autofire

Updated

Thanks for the feedback! I'll keep on watching this thread.

Fri, 03/01/2013 - 05:26

Hexzyle

-1

I disagree. The crafting costs of Cobalt are already reduced because of the free recipes (5* Cobalt gear is only 1100CE to craft per piece, compared to other equipment's 1800CE, assuming full mist for each craft and not factoring in materials)

Cobalt Armor just needs a buff. Easier access to 5* just means more people will be running tier 3 and KoA, which means energy prices go up.

Fri, 03/01/2013 - 15:09

Klipik

ooh good point

+1 to hex

Sat, 03/02/2013 - 12:49

#10

Mikeyye

How about nerfing the stats of almost all cobalt gear and then lowering the prices for the cobalt gear? Just an idea to make it harder for cobalters to spam KoA.

Sat, 03/02/2013 - 12:58

#11

Thunder-The-Bright

why?

you go on KoA with cobalt armor? seerusly?

Sat, 03/02/2013 - 13:07

#12

Mikeyye

Exactly. Look at the OP.

Sun, 03/03/2013 - 23:33

#13

Hexzyle

@Thunder-The-Bright

you go on KoA with cobalt armor? seerusly?

A lot of people do. Your telling me you've never seen a T3 player fresh out of T2 in Mighty Cobalt/Azure Guardian doing FSC and not wanted to slap them in the face? :P
Making Azure cheaper will just make this occurance more frequent ^^

Mon, 03/04/2013 - 09:33

#14

Thunder-The-Bright

nope. never seen one.

if I do I'll haunt them untill I die. or just jell them "go get a shadow and elemental armors, you ..."
in this case I agree on the nerf if the price will be lowered.

Mon, 03/04/2013 - 09:41

#15

Captainshockwave

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Well, that does seem reasonable considering most other 5* gear is better than cobalt and cobalt seems like it's more stylish than some other suits.
I agree with you, Autofire

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Lower the energy cost on (almost) all cobalt gear.