Spiral Knights - Upgrading your starter pack items?

Upgrading your starter pack items?

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Sun, 11/10/2013 - 11:58

Navarchus

http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Static_Flash
http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Green_Ward

These two starter items should be upgradable into something better. Perhaps there could be an alchemy machine which allows you to upgrade items that can't be obtained like these?
Or perhaps they can come with recipes for upgrading them?

I mean, you use these for like 2 depths and then you never ever see them again.
And then again, it's very rare that a newbie ACTUALLY buys the starter pack, it's usually people who already have 2 or 3 star items and above who get 'em.
You sat there and designed them and balanced them, then implemented them into the game.
Surely you do not want these to go completely to waste? I mean they look really good but they're worthless the way they are now.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 12:01

Bitsbee

I doubt it will happen.

And Static Flash was a great Bomb in T1 Lockdown, up until the release of the Seerus Masks.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 12:06

Navarchus

I'm talking about PvE. The

I'm talking about PvE.
The starter pack is designed for starters and most starters don't do PvP right away.
They tend to do depths and missions to upgrade their gear. And if they get gear that is useful once but cannot be upgraded they'll probably not use it.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 12:12

Bitsbee

They probably won't get 5* Versions, due to there never being a 1* going to 5*(excluding Pre-Patch Haze Bomb).

But still, I don't see why they can't bump the Shield to 2*, include the 3, 4, & 5* Line Recipes in the Pack, & make it an Aegis with Poison Resistance. The Bomb, I'd like to keep at 1*.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 12:35

Navarchus

What you said sounds pretty

What you said sounds pretty good, turn it into a 2 star and let them recipes up to 5.
I mean, in all honesty, if they afford a starter pack right away they're not just going to buy a 1 star shield in advance for energy.
It's not that much of an advantage anyway, two stars.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 12:42

Corrosive-Paladin

Not a bad idea

I actually like the sound of this. You do have a solid point that starters don't really BUY the pack. Mostly because they are still trying the game out and aren't going to throw money at it right away. And by the time you've chosen to stay with the game or not, it's already handed you a full 2* cobalt set.

Making the Starter pack mostly pointless and more for show then anything else. Including recipes to atleast make them up to 3* gear would be fine to me atleast. Making it on par with the Frost and Ember gear sets. Though seeing 5* versions would be great, making the pack even more worth while.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 16:45

Navarchus

@CorruptPaladin And if they

@CorruptPaladin

And if they do the missions and buy the packs, they'll have bunch of 5 star items slightly quicker, or at least a larger variety of items that go up to 5 to choose from.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 21:05

Masterreeve

Good idea. currently i just

Good idea. currently i just use the Green ward and Static flash as part of my costume sets, but never really use them. I support Bitsbee's idea for the shield to be2*-5*, but also i'd like to see the bombs (Firecracker and Frostbomb included) got from 1*-3*. Basically status versions of blast bomb with less potency than the haze bombs.

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Upgrading your starter pack items?