Sometimes when players encounter a map they don't want and there is one they like better, they can wait for it to change.
Now my suggestion is to have a little energy payment thing at the end elevator (except if the next map is "?" and Terminals of course (well it could be there but disabled, if that's more easy)) that lets the player spend like 3 E to spin to the next map instead of waiting for the clockworks to rotate it in. Basically a clockwork boost.

FoV is my favorite sword to use. It's a really comfortable weapon. I love its charge attack and feel like it consistently hits harder than brandish charges on account of just more of the hitboxes landing consistently (both charges are otherwise about the same in power). I ESPECIALLY love that it has like a half tile of extra range on its swings. But WHY is its base attack damage lower than brandish?

I think FoV damage should at least be on par with brandishes for its normal swings. I'll quickly go over the pros and cons of this thing in comparison to a brandish.

Pros:

There are already keybind options for commands such as:
/wait, /ready, /helpme etc,
Commands that have a little graphic above the player.

I think it could be nice for players to have the option to bind other commands such as /wave or /greet aswell.

Maybe a webcomic series of Spiral Knights can help promote the game.

I really like most of the designs for the new Wizard promo gear, but I do have a few concerns that I'd like to share.

I, like many players from years past, have been with this game from the first year. Through much effort, and twice as much difficulty, I have managed to collect nearly every achievement in the game, including the ones that are no longer obtainable due to certain changes made in the game.

Instead of completely "removing" them so that no one else could get them, I would suggest changing their requirements so that they're still obtainable for everyone.

Minor Miner: Collect 500 minerals of any type.

Moderate Miner: Collect 1,000 minerals of any type.

It'd be pretty nice if we could expand on the Sprite Alchemy Machines, to also enable us to craft food using Moonstone/Valestone minerals. They could essentially just act as "neutral" food, which of course wouldn't be the favourite of any pet, but could still just give a nice little boost nonetheless, slightly more so than materials.

I think a small change like that could easily encourage people to start picking up these minerals again, and of course, use them for a bit more than just a prestige mission. Would be great if we could feed our hungry sprites with them too!

With the assets already in Spiral Knights they can create a Vampire Survivors mode.

The permanent upgrades outside of the game loop is gear, and the in-game bonuses can be anything from powerups to just stat increases.

They already have the engine to support many enemies on the screen, and 4 player co-op. This could be a high return on investment business decision. It can even be a separate game called: Spiral Knights: Survivor, or something.

It's been over a decade since this game launched, and in the time since there have been many events and promotions. It's a bit hard to compile all the promos and events that have happened over the last few years, since the only real way to do that is to scour the announcements forum. But, in 2023 there were 20 events announced on the forums. A lot of these were regularly occurring, such as holidays like Winterfest, gameplay events like Apocrypha, and promotions like the Solstice and Equinox. A few were semi-randomly occurring promotions, such as Raiders and Late Harvest.

Heihoo!!

I really love the equinox theme and i saw that you were adding new costumes each year +- so... I just want to suggest to create equinox battle sprites (at least the drakon) and add it to equinox boxes!