Spiral Knights - Turning the 'nearly limited' number into unlimited

Turning the 'nearly limited' number into unlimited

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Sat, 08/03/2013 - 06:10

Pixlator

"Yay, new update!" I believe that's what most of the people said, well nope, I don't really like the new update. I like mists and OOO removed it. Mist is the thing that makes everything unlimited. Now, u gotta use spark of life to revive and alchemy orbs to craft. In the old version, u only use unlimited mist to revive and craft. Now, spark of life and alchemy orbs are nearly limited (hard to get) and it is so expensive in AH, so does alchemy orbs. Exploring endlessly is really fun, but wasting spark of life is the thing I worried. So why not ending the disaster?

1 spark of life will cost 150 CE in Supply Depot, or make spark of life is easier to get by getting it from green/red boxes (chance rate is below fire crystal) and make alchemy orbs craft-able or maybe get alchemy orbs too from green/red boxes, because AH is too expensive!

1* alchemy orb only need 10 red, green, blue, yellow, and purple shards.
2* alchemy orb only need 20 dark matter, luminite, crimsonite, valestone, and moonstone
3* alchemy orb only need 30 dark matter, luminite, crimsonite, valestone, moonstone, and small supply box
4* alchemy orb only need 30 dark matter, luminite, crimsonite, valestone, moonstone, and large supply box
5* alchemy orb only need 30 red, green, blue, yellow, and purple shards, 30 dark matter, luminite, crimsonite, valestone, and
moonstone, small supply box, and large supply box.

Sat, 08/03/2013 - 06:49

Juances

lol what? are you blind? trolling?

sparks of life are 20ce per unit at supply depot (come in pack of 10 for 200CE)

Sat, 08/03/2013 - 07:34

Skyguarder

Really?

1 spark of life for 150 CE? Sorry, I'd rather buy 10 sparks of life for 200 energy than buying 1 for 150 energy.

As for the crafting process, -1.

Sat, 08/03/2013 - 07:42

Pixlator

What about alchemy orbs?

It's expensive as hell!

Sat, 08/03/2013 - 07:43

Pixlator

Whoops, double post!

Sat, 08/03/2013 - 08:51

Dibsville

Okay, -a lot.

First of all, it's a GOOD thing that Sparks are rare. Coming from a Vanguard when the update came out, I got 54 Sparks of Life right away from Rank Rewards. I have YET to go under 50 since then, in fact, I got 60+ and only went under 60 ONE TIME, and that was in a Tier 3 Elite Danger mission. Sparks of Life are rare for a reason, they're insanely good. Stun enemies, small invincibility time, and HUGE attack increase per Spark used. Either way, these NEED to be rare. Even newer players shouldn't have trouble with Sparks, they'll learn the importance of them when they run out, and they'll start being more defensive until they build up a stash of Sparks.

On to crafting orbs... NO. I came back two weeks ago, and I never deposited my minerals. And whadd'ya know, the patch comes out and I have 1k in each mineral. I still have tons left and my pet is only Level 40. With that crafting orbs system, I could LITERALLY craft anything I would ever need to play the game. Also, the Orbs are already AMAZING. You can get 3 orbs (The requirement to craft a new item) for the old price in the Supply Depot, so in a sense the Orbs are basically free upgrades. They need to be rare, in fact I honestly think they should still be slightly rarer than they currently are (I can grab an Orb every 3 runs or so, which goes by extremely quickly).

In my opinion, everything in this update is done right except ONE item, that being Shining Heat Crystals. The lower-star Crystals don't take very much, and are easily farmed. Radiant Crystals can also be easily farmed... but then there's Shining Crystals, which for one are limited to two-and-a-half depths if you start at Depth 18, making them extremely hard to get. On top of that, unlike the previous Crystals, you need TONS to upgrade with Shining. So, other than the Shining Crystals, I think everything in this update was done very well. We don't need any changes, especially not ones that make the game a literal slice of cake. I play Spiral Knights because I can strive for better gear while still having a good time... I can just buy the gear I want with this system, which ruins the whole purpose of the game.

Lovingly yours,
Me.

Sat, 08/03/2013 - 09:11

Zeddy

Sparks are rare?

I've picked up at least fifty since the update.

Sat, 08/03/2013 - 09:13

Defest

Alchemy orbs expensive? -.-

Spoiled. -1

Sat, 08/03/2013 - 10:17

Skyguarder

Alchemy orbs aren't expensive. They're the same price as the old crafting process.

Sat, 08/03/2013 - 10:21

Fehzor

Lol, crafting is free now. Why you angsty?

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