Spiral Knights - Don't remove the bug where radiant fire crystals aren't dropping. Instead, here's TWO solutions!

Don't remove the bug where radiant fire crystals aren't dropping. Instead, here's TWO solutions!

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Sat, 10/19/2013 - 19:05

Skyguarder

1: Don't make radiant fire crystals drop. Instead, make players purchase the Radiant Fire Crystals and reduce the price.

Why? Well, since we use them to heat 5* gear, I think it's best to make players buy them from the depot for a reduced price. It gives the option for players to heat their 5* weapons to the max or just stick with a level-1 weapon / gear.

The reduced price could be:

Warm Fire Crystals: 50energy x100-crystals
Glowing Fire Crystals: 100energy x100-crystals
Shining Fire Crystals: 175energy x100-crystals
Radiant Fire Crystals: 250energy x100-crystals

It'll encourage players to purchase energy and buy 5* fire crystals from the depot instead of being bored and lazy and actually grind for energy. However, players would only care about the crowns / payout for missions like FSC, etc. So, here are TWO solutions.

1) Make monsters harder in Normal through Elite.
2) Nerf Level-1 5* gear down to 60%.

2: Let us combine lower star fire crystals into higher star fire crystals.

The ratio would be 3:1. That means that you would need 3 shinings for one Radiant Fire Crystal.

I know that this idea will receive lots of disagreements, but it's worth a try.

Sat, 10/19/2013 - 19:10

Forum-Toah

Agreed. Fire crystals are ridiculously overpriced.

Sat, 10/19/2013 - 19:13

Skyguarder

Wait, wrong subforum.

._.

Sat, 10/19/2013 - 19:14

Bitsbee

I like it! But...

Shouldn't this be in Suggestions?

(Please don't yell at me...)

EDIT: Sniped. ._.

Sat, 10/19/2013 - 19:15

Yveltal

Instead of grinding FSC for crystals...

they will grind FSC for crown instead. Still doesn't solve anything.

Sat, 10/19/2013 - 19:18

Bitsbee

But...

Didn't everyone grind FSC anyway?

I don't think anyone's going to ever stop grinding FSC as long as it has the highest Crown Payout.

Sat, 10/19/2013 - 19:23

Yveltal

The arcade will then suffer

Ppl will now play what gives them the most crown to buy crystals. And what's the most profitable place again?
Before we can have fun (play arcade) and get crystals. You change it to grinding for crystals.
Nope.

Sat, 10/19/2013 - 19:28

Skyguarder

I've added two new solutions to solve this. Yes, people only care about the crowns, but we could either buff monsters in Normal, Advanced and Elite so hitting the enemy would be longer or nerf level-1 gear / weapons and encourage players to buy 5* crystals in order to make their weapons / gear stronger.

I understand that these two situations are similar, but one of them could help.

Sat, 10/19/2013 - 20:09

Hearthstone

@Yveltal - Pokemon references, clear as day!

@OP - +1

Sun, 10/20/2013 - 11:03

Sandwich-Hero

Side comment

You know what I like about the bug?
It gives me shinings in Alone in the Dark and Elite Orbs of Alchemy in In Cold Blood.

Sun, 10/20/2013 - 11:07

#10

Sirius-Voltbreaker

Defenders have such a hard time trying to get to 5 star.

Sun, 10/20/2013 - 12:29

#11

Dibsville

With the update they should definitely reduce the price.
They're ridiculously overpriced anyway, should be reduced whether the crystals drop or not.

Mon, 10/21/2013 - 02:20

#12

Jendar-Nox

...

I still have a faint hope that one day all our troubles will be resolved by means of Forge Pass.

Tue, 10/22/2013 - 15:10

#13

Usevnsevnsixfivfor

Glowing should be 150ce per 100, Shining 225ce per 100, and Radiants 300ce per 100ce. Then I'll give you a +1.

And OOO, the OP's suggestion is NOWHERE close to being equal to "make crystals on sale more". This means PERMANENT.

Another idea is Radiants should be included in event boxes (Dangerous, Trinket, etc.) and both lockboxes. And still be kept in SLs.

Tue, 10/22/2013 - 17:22

#14

Klipik-Forum

ehhhhh

I would like it if they did this and left crystals to drop, but with radiants only dropping on D28. That way you could still farm radiants in the arcade if you wanted (but not FSC really, since vana doesn't have many boxes), or buy them. But I agree that the current prices are definitely high.

Fri, 10/25/2013 - 17:38

#15

Son-Of-Hades

Agreed. 700 CE for 50 radiant

Agreed. 700 CE for 50 radiant crystals is just crazy high. At this point, nobody will spend 700 CE to gain 1-3 levels of heat...

Sat, 10/26/2013 - 11:37

#16

Neko-Ultima

300 Energy for 100 radiants

300 Energy for 100 radiants is still quite pricey.... you need like 500? to get one equipment to level 10.

Sat, 10/26/2013 - 11:42

#17

Arkate

That's 3 energy per radiant. = 1500 energy for 10 levels. = 150 energy per level. = Some 7-10kcr per level = 70-100kcr per item. Yep, pricey. Make it a 2:1 exchange.

Sat, 10/26/2013 - 13:01

#18

Xtweeterx

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Don't remove the bug where radiant fire crystals aren't dropping. Instead, here's TWO solutions!