Spiral Knights - Does anyone actually use spark trinkets?

Does anyone actually use spark trinkets?

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Sat, 04/06/2013 - 20:16

Kalaina-Elderfall

Spark trinkets, i.e. trinkets gotten from Brinks by trading him sparks:

Royal Jelly Band
Radiant Crystal Pin
Dread Skelly Charm
Pure White Laurel
Soaking Wetstone Pendant
Sizzling Hearthstone Pendant
Wyrmwood Bracelet
Saintly Silver Amulet
Purrfect Katnip Pouch

Does anyone actually use them? If so, which ones and why do you prefer them over crafted trinkets? If not, what would it take for you to use them, and do you think they -should- be naturally inferior to crafted trinkets?

Personally, I never use any of them. The first three are basically never as good as Heart Pendants, and the status resist on the others isn't enough to warrant using up a slot, even when up against a particular status. I'd consider using them in certain situations if their effects were doubled - this would bring them more in line with Max UVs. But even then, I wouldn't use them particularly often. Triple their effects and I'd use them a lot, but probably because they'd be overpowered at that level. And I don't believe that spark trinkets should be inherently inferior gear simply because you don't have to use energy crafting them.

Sat, 04/06/2013 - 20:24

Shidara

Yeah, I do.

Once every double rainbow-framed blue moon.

Sat, 04/06/2013 - 20:38

Oatmonster

Lick Number 58425

Yes. Wyrmwood Bracelet + Mercurial set = Polaris shock immunity.

Sat, 04/06/2013 - 21:08

Goofio

Wetstone Pendant and White Laurel are good for achieving status immunity in Compound 42. 2*max+trinket makes you immune to most of the fire and poison.

Sat, 04/06/2013 - 22:20

Hexzyle

I think Heart Pendants are an abomination to game balance so I use all those trinkets you listed a lot.
I also have only one Combat Module so far so I usually have a slot free.

Sat, 04/06/2013 - 22:24

Randomzz

I do

Wetstone gets rid of negative fire resist in FSC if you have one piece of chaos/BKC

Sat, 04/06/2013 - 23:07

Father-Frost

Well I use brink's trinkets

Well I use brink's trinkets all the time it gives me as followed 2* 250cr 3* 1,200cr 4*3,500cr 5*10,000cr the 5* is the best deal but i rarely save up long enough to buy one :l

Sun, 04/07/2013 - 04:07

Snowdusk

Interesting...

So it seems that there are still some out there who invests in their defence carefully :)

Sun, 04/07/2013 - 05:09

Gwenyvier

I use a few of them with a

I use a few of them with a couple loadouts. It makes getting immunities to a few things much easier and allows me to use the sets I want still.

~Gwen

Sun, 04/07/2013 - 06:53

Klipik

I don't use these trinkets because of Heart Trinkets, because having up to 12 extra health is better than the added defense. Actually, even if there weren't heart trinkets I would still not use these, as this defense buff definitely isn't worth 300CE/month to me.

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Does anyone actually use spark trinkets?