Hi all! I am a vanguard who have been playing spiral knights for around 4 years (with short breaks in between), and I would like to propose some ideas about the friend list which might make the game better!
1. show your friend's rank (Vanguard, Recruit, Defender, etc.) - this will allow people to invite friends with a suitable gears to join difficult runs. Lets say you are doing a FSC run, you would want to invite someone who is a vanguard to join your expedition, not some T1 player. I believe everyone has a lot of friends in their friend list and you cannot remember all of them, so this would help make it easier for them in choosing a team.
2. Friend Groups - friend groups would help people organize their friend list. They can put people who are from school or real life in a category together, or people who have shiv, etc. Having an organized friend list would help knights be able to invite the right people to join runs, to set priorities in inviting, or to find the right people to ask advice.
I believe these additions will be great for the game. Hope you life my idea!
Soloforze
" I am a vanguard who have been playing spiral knights for around 4 years "
Plays 4 years a game, what have 2 years. Seems legit.