Well, after much talk of unavailable achievements, i decided to see if i had any left to complete/finish. I had the following to do:
Silver Survivor: Complete a Tier 2 expedition without having to revive.
Gold Survivor: Complete a Tier 3 expedition without having to revive.
Cradle and All: Travel the entire Clockworks from depth 0 to depth 29 in a single expedition.
Dauntless Delver: Travel the entire Clockworks from depth 0 to depth 29 in a single expedition without having to revive.
Now, i know what your thinking, "Canine! You never completed a T2 run without dying? you noob!" but let me explain. About a year ago, I had some account issues and the awesome Cronus came to my rescue and switched accounts, so most of the achievements i had were gone. Including Silver Survivor. (fun fact: when i logged in my account for the first time, i had about 20+ achievements unlocked at the same time! LOL) And I never thought of doing a T2 expedition again, because finally I had T3 clearance and could do as much T3 as i wanted. And factoring in the Missions, there was no need to do an entire tier. Fast Forward a year later, after talk of achievements, i decide to do all 4 remaining achievements.
I probably chose the wrong gate. in T3 i was so scared of dying and had to resort to my old noob ways of spamming my voltedge. I chose Shock + Fiends. Had about 6 levels of Fiends I had to play through. -_- And I also thought today was Dark Harvest and was looking forward to doing all achievements PLUS finding Candy! (theres no DH today! D:)
Things I found out today:
-Tier 1 Gremlin Menders are cute!
-Tier 1 Trojans have an awesome design on their shields.
-I think all TV levels have an amazing soundtrack
-Moorcraft Manor comes before Emberlight (i never knew! LOL)
-Destruction Zones are the easiest to finish. Just find the exit and get on.
-Compounds sucks
-Gorgos also suck
-Artillery Strikes are hard to find
-The Dark City Stygians Steed Icons reminds me of a Dinosaur! Rawr! http://media.spiralknights.com/wiki-images/8/80/Icon_Map_Miniboss.png
-The Core is laggy
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But really, it was truly fun playing Spiral Knights today, most of time is Grind Grind Grind! and we forget how fun its to complete levels for the heck of it.
Arcade for life, yo. Missions were a twinkle in a Stranger's eye when I joined, and the randomness is a big reason I pressed on to play at all. If you're just playing to farm, you're doing it wrong.
Also, I got 60/60 from Master Miner just a week before that one slipped off the radar. Dauntless Delver took me several tries--good on you for doing it in one day. And Stygian Steeds is fun (though it didn't have enough Trojans, I don't think).