Spiral Knights - Dash and Bash Armors

Dash and Bash Armors - Concept Art Included!

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Sat, 05/25/2013 - 23:33

Cobalt

Hi!

I'm writing this up because I came up with an idea of two sets of armor that will help out the two new combat options that we just got. The monsters I decided to use for each type of maneuver greatly match up to said combat options, in my opinion. Those monsters would be the fast and fiendish Greaver, while the other one is the sleeping giant, the Tortodrone.

Let's start off with dash.

Armor Concept Art; http://mamamisho.deviantart.com/art/Fiendish-Fabrics-373481960

As stated in the link above, the Greavers are fast. This is perfect for an armor to reduce the cool-down time for using the dash. Instead of starting off at eight seconds to use, either start at five or six seconds. I'm not going to go into the defensive capabilities as I have zero idea on how to keep it balanced and whatnot.

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Last, but not least, the shield bash.

Armor Concept Art; http://mamamisho.deviantart.com/art/Tortodrone-Tectonics-373889629

The Tortodrone is the perfect candidate for something that affects shields. Heck, even in-game the Tortodrone had this move that he would literally charge at you. Wearing this armor would make the rate that your shield regenerates health increase. Once again, I won't start with the defensive stuff, it's best to leave that be in my case.

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What do you think?

Sun, 05/26/2013 - 00:53

Hexzyle

I hope these artworks are yours...

The Greaver one looks good (despite having already been done before, I hope you know that) but I'm not feeling the Tortodrone armor. Graphicwise, it looks good. But mechanics-wise, it doesn't bring anything new to the table. At least, nothing that Plate Mail doesn't deserve.

Sun, 05/26/2013 - 03:50

Cobalterian

Hey, keep this up!

I think this is awesome! Really awesome! Hope a designer or GM comes upon these :P

TOPOYOZADA WAS THE SECOND TO RESPOND! :D

Sun, 05/26/2013 - 08:01

Klipik-Forum

Cobalt? As in AiD's Cobalt?

I like the greaver, but maybe be Tortodrone could add to shield damage or shield strength or shield health or something.

Sun, 05/26/2013 - 09:03

Cobalt

That'd be me.

@Klipik-Forum;

That would work as well. I see the Tortodrone just having some sort of influence or bonus towards shields.

Sun, 05/26/2013 - 09:39

Canine-Vladmir

HEY GUESS WHAT?!

Your Awesome
+1

Sun, 05/26/2013 - 16:16

Cobalt

Don't die just yet, thread.

Sun, 05/26/2013 - 16:36

Sukhi

I quite like the idea of

I quite like the idea of having new armours focusing on the new combat options.
+1

Sun, 05/26/2013 - 17:05

Cobalt

@Sukhi I do too! It would be

@Sukhi

I do too!

It would be nice to see some type of gear that isn't focused towards damage or speed. It opens up a bit more into armors and what they could be doing with em.

Mon, 05/27/2013 - 06:53

Kirbecio

More armor options!

I like the idea, can be good to have something more than weapon damage/speed buffs. +1

Mon, 05/27/2013 - 16:32

#10

Njthug

+1 Highly support this idea

+1 Highly support this idea =0 it kinda gives a new armor series to the Dash n Bash which could be interesting for sure would suggest negative statuses to the armor line tho =0

Mon, 05/27/2013 - 16:48

#11

Narfle

Dig it.

Mon, 05/27/2013 - 16:58

#12

Cobalt

@Nj; Well of course. I'm not

@Nj;

Well of course. I'm not sure how it would play out though, I mean, look at the Chaos set for the two bonuses it gets.

It's still strong as hell with what I would call almost no drawbacks. (From the stand point I've been playing for nearly 3 years and it's easy to avoid certain things.)

Although I'm not saying to make these armors overly strong, if they are ever taken into consideration, they just need to be thought out very carefully.

Mon, 05/27/2013 - 20:32

#13

Xxpapaya

The papaya giggles

+1 gram of papayas
But seriously, when the papaya is OOO gonna re-implement the Tortodrones... 0_0

Mon, 05/27/2013 - 20:35

#14

Hexzyle

Tomorrow. And they won't be called Tortodrones, they'll be Papayadrones ^_^
If you try to eat them, they'll get mad at you and you'll have to fight them. They fire seeds out of their Papaya cannons, and they say "PAPAYA, SMASH!" whenever they're going to do their AoE attack.

Mon, 05/27/2013 - 20:44

#15

Xxpapaya

The papaya giggles

and they say "PAPAYA, SMASH!" whenever they're going to do their AoE attack.
I say that whenever I charge up my WRH :P

Tue, 05/28/2013 - 11:53

#16

Oboron

The next night is just a dream...

Nice! +1 In my opinion, this would add something a bit different to the game.

Dash armor - I think that since you don't take damage while dashing, the bar for shadow defence should be lower than the one for normal since it doesn't look like a armor built to tank or to dive head first into a pack of monsters. It looks more like a 'Swift kill' or 'Silent and deadly' type of armor. :P

I wouldn't suggest any status disadvantages since the wolfer coat line hasn't got any. I'd suggest shock resistance though... :P

Shield bash armor - Normal and elemental. Am I right or am I right? (Tortodrone is in the construct family).

I'd say the armor should be more bulky ,if you know what I mean, to make it look more a bit more tank-like. Elemental defence higher than normal? Resistance to shock?

It's all a matter of opinion

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 16:26

#17

Rating

+1 for cobby

Fri, 05/31/2013 - 18:42

#18

Xxpapaya

The papaya giggles

@Rating
cobby
First thing that came to my mind: Cobble
Second thing that came to my mind: Cobblestone
:P

Sat, 06/01/2013 - 00:27

#19

Fehzor

For the griever one- Instead of negative statuses, I'd kind of like to see them have no normal defense. This would make up close attacks deal much more damage to the player, rather than making it the next chaos. Status resists could even be possitive.

I'd say that the tortodrone armor could give you negative asi low, and then be 'heavy' or so. Theres a ton you could do with the stats of these things.

So +1 to the concept. Generally I like it.

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Dash and Bash Armors - Concept Art Included!