Spiral Knights - I HAD GIVEN UP ON THIS GAME.

I HAD GIVEN UP ON THIS GAME.

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Fri, 04/18/2014 - 20:27

Fastdinoturtle

I'm not even going to try to even get OOO to stop these promo/event update spam Im tired seeing nothing but promo update and getting myself to play the game BECAUSE THERE NOTHING ELSE TO DO (when your vanguard) All I can do Is farm farm farm, lockdown lockdown lockdown , THAT'S IT. There's barely new updatS that has new content for the clockworks (only 1 the swarming swarm of annoying update) ( not counting events ) .
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(I wonder why that if they can make all those accessory and costumes and yet they can't make guns and gunner armour)

Fri, 04/18/2014 - 20:55

Addy

The art team and coding team

The art team and coding team are entirely different teams, and unfortunately they have more artists than coders at the moment. Accessories and costumes are much, much easier to implement because there's almost no coding that has to be done, so the artists can get promos finished up in much less time than it would take to:

write new recipes (including the code for the recipes themselves)
implement said new recipes
create new stats
create new models (because if it was just reskins people would be complaining just as much)
playtest, balance, and make sure the stats of the new items are correct AND working properly
and this isn't even including the work that the art team would have to do designing the gun and how it works!

and probably a lot more! I'm not a developer, but I know a fair bit about some of the surface-level production stuff.

Basically, we have a lot fewer people working on bigger projects, and a lot more people working on smaller projects. It's unfortunate but that's just how it is for the time being.

As a Vanguard, I like to make new equipment, design new costumes for myself, and help my guildies reach Vanguard status themselves. It helps break up the monotony. I just started working on a Venom Veiler today (it's already 4*!), and I will probably keep working on various weapons/armors until I have one of everything, cuz why not?

There's always something new to do. It may not be the most profitable thing, but trying a different run helps break up the monotony a lot. :D (I nearly fell asleep grinding Vanaduke earlier today, but after a Clockworks run, it was easier to stomach another one.)

Fri, 04/18/2014 - 20:53

Hrpb

May The Energy Be With You! ^_^

Oh Well :( You're gonna miss out on the Arcade Redux, Gunner Update (when it's ready) , new tier 3 boss, and many other things.

To each his own I guess :/

I wish you the best man, take care :) May the energy always be with you! ^_^

Fri, 04/18/2014 - 21:15

Midnight-Dj

It is time to sing that song again

Looking down into the clockwork,
Large cogs turned by,
Every monsters advancing together,
So willingly to sacrifice crowns,
Players accepted their fate of grinding,
Give up freewill, conform,
Individual pieces hurled together,
Becomes a full storm.

Looking down into the Great colony,
Grand Arsenal rise,
Even the developers with the greatest intentions,
Started to believe in their own lies,
They can always talk about the future,
But at the end, contents must be made,
The only way out of the clockworks,
Is to strike out and pave your own way!

We all play,
Our own knights,
Will you fuel the desire to grind?
Always struggle with the truth,
With all the games you might have played.
No matter how awesome this game is,
You will eventually leave,
Even when the Vana has fallen,
The grinding still raged with in!!!

Fri, 04/18/2014 - 23:18

Fangel

Also bugfixes can not be obvious things

Seeing as how we had an issue with Punch from introducing a promo, (and from personal experience) coding can prove to yield unexpected results, and intensive tests on every area might need to be checked for a simple update.

Sat, 04/19/2014 - 05:06

Paintool

Yes. You should stick around

Yes. You should stick around for the gunner update and arcade redux.
We've only been waiting 7+ months.

And don't forget that fabled Iron Slug Update!~

Sat, 04/19/2014 - 13:53

Ribbita

A good Point

Addy does have a good point, and is spot on.

I'm not in the development world, but I understand it just as Addy does, and I'm glad Addy wrote about it, because I totally forgot about that important part of creating new content.

Coding, testing, fixing bugs. That's big time consumer there, especially if there are very few coders available on the team. Now, of course it'd be a totally different story if there were enough coders, and they just lost interest in newer content, and getting it out on time. Obviously ^-^.

As Addy suggested, start making new gear or weapons. I have been doing that lately. I have the Dragon Scale set now, but I need to forge it to level 10, which hey, means I can run more Vana or T3 with some friends of mine (or solo).

I do have to admit though, I am so anxious for new stuff!! I wanna fight a new boss and explore new levels! But until then, make new stuff/roll on UVs :P

-Ribb

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 18:53

Poothis

Those Accessories and Costumes

Most of them are just reskins. Pretty much the exact same thing as all those other costumes but with a different color scheme. It's probably not very hard for the developers to just take the code for the other costumes and recolor them and call them something new. Boom, new promo. Just deal with them. It's not horribly bad.

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 19:03

Elrick

I have been waiting for a

I have been waiting for a significant content update for about 2 years. I am amazed that the game is still alive.

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 19:07

Vishno

video games

GRINDING HERE
I REALIZE
YOU WERE JUST LIKE ME
TRYING TO MAKE ENERGY

BUT WHO'S TO CODE
THE GUNS FROM SKINS
WHEN OUR SPARKS ARE DOWN
I THINK WE'LL BOTH AGREE

THAT GRINDING BREEDS GRINDING
BUT IN THE END IT HAS TO BE THIS WAAAAAY

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 21:23

#10

Autofire

You are experiencing a PICNIC ERROR!

Guys stop singing. You make my scroll bar smaller. :<

I agree. Hopefully they're going to release that new boss soon.

However, since I've been away for a long time, and I don't grind FSC every time I play, my recent serious return to playing has actually been a bit funner than I thought it would be. it's fun to get new gear and to get to make new combinations with my weapons. I recently added a BAB to my arsenal, and I have to say that it's received a lot of use!

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 21:40

#11

Midnight-Dj

@Vishno

HE PLAY HIS ARCADE I FOLLOWED MY RAGE,
MAYBE WE WERE BOTH THE SAME
THE UPDATE HAS DELAYED, NO NEW GUNS TO MAKE,
BUT NOBODY IS TO BLAME
AS I AM TEARING ACROSS THE BURNING CITADEL
I FEEL NEW KNIGHTS COULD BE BORN BENEATH THIS GUNNER UPDATE
BENEATH THIS GUNNER UPDATE

#MGR:Revengeance4life

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 22:38

#12

Vishno

someone get this hothead outta here

THE GRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND
HAS COME TO AN EEEEEEEEEEEEND

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

THIS IS WHAT THREE RINGS PLANNED

BEING TRACKED BY THOSE SODDING NOOBS
TRYING TO FSC WITH YOU

A PLAYER WHO NEVER PAID
CLOSE TO HIS LAST DAY

GETTING CLOSE TO HIS LAST DAAAAAY

RULES OF THREE RINGS

AND THEY GRIND WHEN THE SUN COMES UP
WITH THEIR KNIGHTS ON THE LINE
(ALIIIIIIIIIIIVE)
FOR A WHIIIIILE (NO CHOICE)
GOTTA FOLLOW THE LAWS OF THE GRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND
(ALIVE)
WITH THEIR KNIGHTS ON THE LINE
(NO CHOICE)
OUT HERE ONLY THE PAID SURVIVE

WHAT'S DONE IS DONE
SURVIVED TO SEE ANOTHER GRIND

THE GAME OF NICK, THE PLAYER AND THE AGILE DEVS
NO GUARANTEE
WHICH OF THEM WILL BE FIRST
CONTENT OR SKINS

VANAAAAAAAAAAA

RULES OF THREE RINGS

Sun, 04/20/2014 - 22:42

#13

Pandafishie

Gremmer cheeckz with Pander

You "had" given up on this game?
Had is in the past, so...
awkward

Mon, 04/21/2014 - 05:21

#14

Eugothy

This makes me sad After OOO

This makes me sad
After OOO making a lot of good updates that always helped you all
Removing energy cost for elevator
Making a real map
2 Daily missions for past events
New icons for pickups
Reskins that gone right
Improved gameplay
Less time to update
Battle Sprites
And then, incoming updates...
Gunner update
Arcade redux
New tier3 boss
New armors...

Mon, 04/21/2014 - 05:42

#15

Midnight-Dj

When there is light, there is always shadow...

After OOO making a lot of good updates that always helped you all
The new UI hurts my eyes, the rest are promos that help P2P only, the map is not useful unless you are lost in FSC depth 25
Removing energy cost for elevator
*coughs* Forge *coughs* Radiant drought *coughs*
Making a real map
Mount SoL sink you mean, that is not a map, it is a cheap excuse for a challenge
2 Daily missions for past events
For the total caketastrophe, yes, but with a more expensive prize box to compensate the the extra cake slices we earn. The ones for winterfest, is, well, you know... SoL sink
New icons for pickups
And how is that interesting? Or in anyway helpful? The items are still useless except for the good old pills and barriers for T2 and T1
Reskins that gone right
Everything other than apocrea sucked, the winterfest stuffs are garbbage, the ring is hardly worth it, the bomb reskings are just, meh.
Improved gameplay
Dash and bash? Could have done without them.
Less time to update
Hmmm, I don't see how faster update time makes anyone happy? Looking forward for another FSC grind or arcade?
Battle Sprites
Icing on the cake, I hate icings.

As for the upcomming updates
Gunner update
...Delay... delay and delay, and then, fire Polaris, the entire gun arsenal becomes obsolete
Arcade redux
Stop the minis from respawn or go home, nothing like a cheap death than respawning enemies
New tier3 boss
Okay, players, what do you want to fight? A T3 collector, a boss that will burn through your SoLs, or just a poison themed vanaduke?
New armors...
I can hear the cries demanding rebalance already... great... as if Chaos isn't everything you needed for SK...

Mon, 04/21/2014 - 06:51

#16

Seiran

Addy: The art team and coding team are entirely different teams

Please take my place whenever people make threads like this <3
I'm tired of explaining this point lol.

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I HAD GIVEN UP ON THIS GAME.