K guys, since Spiral Knights said at one point they would make new battle sprites, why not Maskwell sell special sprites that can only be bought during the events. Also, do it with Winterfest, Anniversary, and maybe even for the black kat event also.
If you don't like this idea explain why and try to help improve this idea.
GOD NO. Holiday sprites? Oh please god no. No. No. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Yeah, let's have something that can radically change your game experience only offered at certain times of year. Mmm. That sounds fun.
I'd rather buy me the permanent Phantom Mask and Spookat mask that I was brutally cheated out of by my previous internet provider back in 2012. (Or as I call it the great suspension of October-November 2012), then buy buttloads of prize boxes.
EDIT (In Nick's words): Typos vanquished.
Amen to that. I was cheated out of last year's DHF loot because I hadn't even heard of this game yet :D but now that I have, I'm DEFINITELY going to be on a 6-hour schedule for the duration of the DHF & Winterfest so I can get me that Authentic Spookat Mask, some prize boxes, & a Frosty Scarf which I have been frantically searching for the past month.
We shouldn't be missing out on completely new items that add to the knight's offensive/defensive arsenal. Costumes? Sure. Reskins? Oh well. BKC? I can buy a book, and the event comes TWICE a year, and pages are not burned in creameries or eaten by lizards. Special Sprites which may never return again? *insert Khamsin's post* Perhaps Dark Harnesses could receive a spooky look for a short time, but I won't want to miss out on 100% brand new and most likely not returning event items, and some people have schedueles.
-1 for new sprite or nonreskin items, +1 on anything else.
No,no,no the sprites can come back yearly with the events and what if someone has the masks and doesn't want worthless halloween stuff?
"Worthless"
"worthless"
"WORTHLESS"!?!?!?!?!
Though the hallow costum armors sell for around 5k-10K, a lot of those can make some seerus cash. Especially cool/rare accessories.
I'm just clarifying things.
When you explicitly asked for explanation and help, was that an empty rhetorical gesture that you did not mean sincerely? OOO is still adding gameplay-relevant content, and there's darn good reason it's being made more reliably available than the holiday promos. As others have said, yearly is too seldom for an awful lot of players, especially since getting the promo items requires a heavier time investment than a lot of players can afford. Also mentioned by other people, if your internet connection is flaky, even if you do have several hours a day it can still easily be insufficient- to say nothing of the frustrating, less-than-fun nature of that particular source of added difficulty! Those are only part of the "why" which you asked for, but still plenty enough. As such, since your answer is "No, no, no," I'd like to ask for YOUR "why," which apparently outweighs the negative utility of giving some players a slap in the face for having too much of a life outside SK, or for daring to live somewhere with poor internet connection options.
Take your "let them have cake" attitude and ...er, eat it too. Yes, that's what I was going to say. If you don't want "worthless" promo stuff, don't worry about getting the promo stuff. I've enjoyed getting to see the Gourdlings, Creek Cakes and the sick, sick joke about the consequences of our Gremlin-slaying adventures, and I look forward to the seasonal cheer again, as well as seeing how OOO augments it further this year. The loot is just icing, not the point of the promo event. If that's not your cup of tea, just ignore it until it blows over.
As far as real loot is concerned, I'm trying to save up for the content addition whose current ETA is November, (right in the middle of the holiday season!) because I'm expecting at least one new gun in at least two variants and some changes that will have me wanting to craft an armor set- either a re-arrangement of stats for gunner armor so that I'll want some of it, or a new set that I'll be coveting. That's just my minimum estimate, too; it could also possibly be half a dozen new guns I'll want!
I said no no no because I'm trying to make things clear.
...Even if they come back every year, that is still once a year. Your logic fails.
http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Jack_o%27_Bombhead_Mask
Wow that's odd, that only come out once per year.
"No,no,no the sprites can come back yearly with the events and what if someone has the masks and doesn't want worthless halloween stuff?"
Then don't do the event?
And you linked a costume item. Those kat hoods are the only game-changers only offered at certain times of the year, and they're regarded by many as a mistake by 000.
Sorta, I think you should just make sprite accessories.
I could get behind costumes for the sprites ( i.e. little Santa hats, scarves) As long as they don't change gameplay in any way, I feel that they could be fun little treats to farm/ open boxes for.
Who's Maskwell? ._.