Spiral Knights - Doom's Nifty Suggestion Thread (Feedback Appreciated)

Doom's Nifty Suggestion Thread (Feedback Appreciated)

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Wed, 07/17/2013 - 11:35

Doom-Dude

Greetings,
This is a thread designed for collaboration and constructive criticism. A few of my suggestions are listed below and I hope to hear some of yours.

Suggestion Format:
Idea
Reason: Why it should be implemented.
Drawbacks: Why it shouldn't be implemented.
Rating: Number of people in game and on the forums that liked/disliked the idea.

Portable Auction House
A 30-Day usable that sports a sleek and portable Mini-AH. From it you may place buy and sell items as you please anywhere you like.
Reason: Don't you just hate it when you want to delve but the auction you are bidding on is close to ending. Well fear no more because with the Portable AH you can delve while bidding/buying as you please. This is perfect for all you Hardcore Auctioners. This is also great for people who want to raise some quick cash while bidding.
Drawbacks: Might ruin the purpose/popularity of the main AH.
Rating: +1

Wed, 07/17/2013 - 11:52

Levenzaa

Portable Auction House - We got guilds.

Revived Icon - Soon OOO are removing health revives.

Mobility Trinkets - Sure, why not.

-Potato

Thu, 07/18/2013 - 06:22

Doom-Dude

@Levenza

Portable Auction House - I was thinking about that but Guild Hall Auction Houses aren't exactly portable. I'm talking about an AH that can be accessed on runs. If you're talking about someone in your guild checking the AH for you that's a good point. However, not everyone is kind enough to bid/buy it for you while you are on a run.

Revived Icon - Good point, will remove that suggestion

Mobility Trinkets - I take that as a +1

Thanks for the feedback
~Doom-Dude

Wed, 07/17/2013 - 12:40

Inferno-Forum

Derpuraptor strikes back

-1 to Portable AH and AH apps even tough they weren't suggested here. I like how when people go to Clockworks at Very Short time thinking they won it already and then Poof! I won it. Also why does it say +3 to portable AH if no one 1+'d it?

+1 to mobility trinkets, simply because it won't have much of an effect. Besides, retarded MSI (Source: GM accidentally running into a fire in a Glitched Vanaduke battle) can kill you so OOO might profit from this.

Wed, 07/17/2013 - 13:58

Doom-Dude

@Inferno-Forum

@Inferno-Forum
Thanks for the feedback. The ratings include peoples feedback in game.

Thu, 07/18/2013 - 00:16

Coelydragon

Nice idea

Customizable UI
Reasons: Illusia, another game, allows me to drag around, change transparency, and change the size of the D-pad, attack button, etc. in customize UI mode. This lets me see through the "belt" of items while in battle, while also giving me the largest possible attack button for maximum spammability and the smallest "belt" item button for minimum screen blockage. In SK, the portrait blocks much, and I'd like to move the various bars and map around sometimes.
Drawbacks: Difficult to implement on the devs' side

Separate Battle Mode
Description: Battle mode would prevent you from opening any windows (trade, arsenal, recipes, etc.) and buying anything (stupid energy gate) while also making the HUD semi-transparent.
Reasons: I just wasted 3 energy on an energy gate while battling a slime.
Drawbacks: If someone wants to open the energy gate mid-battle?

Quick Chat
Description: You know how you hit one button and the little Help! diamond pops up? Quick chat would allow you to set messages and lock them to buttons.
Reasons: So I can say "thank you for the revive" without having to hang around a while to type it after they revived me. And to say "you're welcome" without having to stop and die.
Drawbacks: Easier to spam the chat.

Also, I like the movement speed trinket idea. I'm neutral on the portable AH because I don't really bother with the AH.

Thu, 07/18/2013 - 02:52

Thunder-The-Bright

wasn't there a collaborative list of small suggestions here somewhere?

Thu, 07/18/2013 - 03:28

Hexzyle

@Thunder-The-Bright

Yes, and I've already absolved the majority of the ideas from this thread into it.

Thu, 07/18/2013 - 06:11

Doom-Dude

@Hexzyle @Thunder-The-Bright

Sorry, didn't check out the threads beforehand for something similar. Hope you can forgive me as I continue to list more suggestions here.

Thu, 07/18/2013 - 06:21

Doom-Dude

@Coelydragon

@Customizable UI
Seems like a cool concept. I was thinking of something simpler that can still reduce clutter on the screen. Perhaps a mode that hides some (if not most) of the menus? Or continue to add the hide menu feature.

@Separate Battle Mode
Sounds good. Maybe you could put the icon that enables this feature next to the Lock Button on the minimap.

@Quick Chat
This one is my favorite. I like the idea of keybindings for chat. The keybindings wouldn't be simple (so as not to accidentally press it) and they wouldn't be complex either (so can you do it easily). As for the spamming I think OOO's Anti-Spam system could handle it (Your voice is hoarse now).

Thanks for all the great ideas and feedback, I hope to hear more.

Thu, 07/18/2013 - 07:57

#10

Shamanalah

my 2 cents

Reasons: I just wasted 3 energy on an energy gate while battling a slime.

Wait what? How did you manage to do that?

I don't get it...

-1 to portable AH, AH is not portable, it's center-base, you want something, you go there, it's not an ice-cream truck.

-1 to everything. Custom UI is old suggestion, was suggested over thousands of times. I don't even bother to +1 it because it's useless so -1 to everything.

Get dat Mercurial Demo Set, it has elemental defense.

We have sprites coming that grant MSI perks anyway, adding Trinket would only make us go at GM speed. As much as I like the idea, it would be broken

Thu, 07/18/2013 - 14:32

#11

Coelydragon

@Shamanala

I was helping some kid do Rise or Fall and there's a small room with two energy gates. Got bumped into one and clicked attack to attack the slime but I was too close to the gate.

Thu, 07/18/2013 - 19:01

#12

Autofire

You are experiencing a PICNIC ERROR!

Need to say a few things:

MSI med is being given by sprites as a perk.

Would these trinkets be 5* and give MSI low?

+1 to porta AH assuming the pricing is good.

Thu, 07/18/2013 - 21:16

#13

Hexzyle

@Doom-Dude

No biggy. My thread's supposed to be a summary of all the small ideas. Not "the only place where small ideas may be suggested".

Sat, 07/20/2013 - 04:24

#14

Doom-Dude

@Autofire
Didn't know that. I was assuming that these Trinkets could be 5* and give MSI Low/Med because I didn't account for upcoming Sprites.

@Hexzyle
Thanks for being considerate.

@Shamanala
Allright, thanks for all the feedback/information. I decided to remove Mobility Trinkets after some thought.

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