Hello fellow Spiral Knights! The Battle Sprite update has been here for a while and some of you may be hearing about it for the first time, returning to the game because of it, or maybe you're a new player who understands the basics but are confused about the new systems in place with the patch. I am here to try to help! I made a video that many folks have found useful going over the new patch, note by note where possible, to try to explain the new features and give my opinions on how they have changed the game!

You'll find the video here!

As I made this on the first day the update was launched I would like to add some more information/give more informed opinions on it:
1) When feeding your pet I show myself using the pet specific food to level up the heat of the pet, this is inefficient. Especially at low levels one should simply feed their pet regular materials of high star rank (3, 4, or 5) to level up their pet more efficiently while keeping the pet materials for straight up level ups.
2) The Forge. I have changed my opinion on the Forge since this video. I was experiencing the Forge in a vacuum, as a max star level character with Heat level 6+ gear, also before they added 10% success rate to the Forge. As such I was only experiencing it at its' most difficult and have since tried it with lower level characters and making new equipment using the system and have found it to be a very fair system that is not a burden to the player while still allowing for a game like Spiral Knights, a free to play game, have a potential "resource sink" that is necessary for such a game to survive and succeed as a business as well as a game.

So with all of that out of the way I hope you find my video useful for explaining the new patch and I'd love to answer any questions you folks may have! Have fun storming the clockworks!