Spiral Knights - [GM response] Why Emergency Revive doesn't have an Energy Surge

[GM response] Why Emergency Revive doesn't have an Energy Surge

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Mon, 08/05/2013 - 11:31

Warp-Master

I've been having a very odd bug recently where I've been getting stuck running in the same direction with no input response and major laggage despite a relatively stable connection. I most recently called a GM about this to get unstuck, and since I had died while stuck I asked if I could get a free ER. Hyperion was nice enough to give me a Spark of Life instead, and at this point I asked him why emergency revives didn't trigger an energy surge. I got this response via the support system:

"Thanks for the bug report! In answer to the question you asked, the emergency revive doesn't apply an energy surge because no energy is involved in it; it works the same way in that respect as reviving with health did."

So, there you have it. Emergency Revive is a replacement for having your friends help you. It's a terrible replacement, in my mind, and I have no idea why it was implemented since Sparks of Life are still rare outside of the folks who retroactively got zillions from mission rewards.

Mon, 08/05/2013 - 11:43

Paweu

Doesn't matter if folks got

Doesn't matter if folks got "zillions from mission rewards" what matters is that they all doubled them from running (myself went from the 50ish from rewards to a total of 103 as of now and I run strictly Elite) so in the end if you can't handle the current difficulty setting, turn it down.

Mon, 08/05/2013 - 11:47

King-Tinkinzar

You can still earn those

You can still earn those Sparks of Lifes from missions; so do them!

Mon, 08/05/2013 - 11:49

Warp-Master

@King-Tinkinzar

Wait, are you talking about getting the mission rewards multiple times?

Also, I'd gladly accept a reduced Spark drop rate if team revives were to come back. Maybe make ERs solo-only or something.

Mon, 08/05/2013 - 11:52

Juances

'Normal' difficulty + sprites + dash + instanced pills = How the hell are people still dying?

As for sparks, I found 2 together on a lichen lair :P

Mon, 08/05/2013 - 11:55

No-Thanks

weird post

sparks of life are very common from my gameplay experience
i have a free revive EVERY depth and even while soloing
that is alot better than partys sharing health unless you always have a party to play with, in which case party reviving is an interesting thing, but also shows people's Mount Egorests

imo the post is very questionable

u lag alot and decide to keep playing?

ur asking a gm for a single revive?

gm giving u a single spark of life?

gm response is in formal email style? so he sent u the single spark of life via mail? its perfectly okay to ask for tiny things, but sparks of life really arent as rare as u make them out to be

my bad on retroactively still learning

Mon, 08/05/2013 - 11:53

Misty-Wellington

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On the contrary I get Sparks of Life quite frequently. I started out with 70-something? I have 90 of them now and that's with using quite a few.

Mon, 08/05/2013 - 12:05

Warp-Master

@people

You must be playing on T3 Elite then, since I barely get any on T2 advanced. I've seen about five of them since the August 1 update.

@No-Thanks:
No, not lying. My instance was acting like it was lagging, probably due to a bug. Stuff like my chat room (I was using /g to chat with my friends) was working just fine, no lag at all. The reason I asked for a revive (not a revive, actually, just my "knight hasn't used ER this floor" flag reset) was because I had died once before the GM showed up. In response Hyperion basically said "I can't do that, but I can send you a Spark of Life." And yes, GMs talk like that all the time, even in-game. (The quoted line was from the support interface, if that counts for anything.)

Mon, 08/05/2013 - 11:59

Misty-Wellington

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I don't know what factors affect SoL drops, but try doing T3 Advanced Arcade Runs when you unlock it. T3 has better loot than T1 + 2.

Mon, 08/05/2013 - 12:04

Mega-Jerk

Well I play solo most of the

Well I play solo most of the time so I really like the ER. I don't mind if it will be restricted to solo,I actually like your suggestion.

Mon, 08/05/2013 - 12:08

#10

Thunder-The-Bright

warp, just do T1 elite then best done with snarby gate.

Mon, 08/05/2013 - 12:20

#11

No-Thanks

lol

ah ok well that explains the mess u got into
the way u explained it really made me think ur using google translate or something and the whole context sounded confusing

correct me if im wrong, since im not a native english, but the tense in the 1st sentence suggests, that u had to face the issue more than once and that ur somewhat accustomed to it
the 2nd sentence looks like theres a typo(to get stuck = in order to get stuck = lolwtf)

other than that really confusing part, which makes the whole thing incoherent, absolutely everything in ur posts sounds pretty excellent to me

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[GM response] Why Emergency Revive doesn't have an Energy Surge