Veno, the Mysterious Merchant

Veno is a stranger who has recently moved into Haven. Compared to other Strangers in Haven, he has no visible eyes as they are covered. He speaks in a slightly deeper voice too. Oddly enough, no snipes appear around him which is quite strange for a stranger.

He has very rare equipment and other things for sale but will only trade them if the Knight has gained enough of a reputation to purchase said items. Items can range from rare Handguns that are akin to Winmillion and a Sword of the Stars. (Hinthint)

Why?

Because having the random status effects isn't very tantalizing when the non-status variants kill things much faster. It's like you've almost crafted a final flourish, but instead randomly deal status and have less damage. But we don't want more damage, because that's already in the game as final flourish.

Hey guys, I have been thinking about this. Since there are normal, fire, and stun versions of the Flourish, why can't we get freeze and shock too? I think having a variant of the Flourish that can freeze or shock would be nice! We already have different weapon types that can each do a different kind of damage, and some are just normal items given additional attributes. So I figured that if we have weapons that has different paths to have a different damage type or status inflict, then why can't we expand it? I think that would be a nice idea.

A suggestion for a PROMO? Madness, I say. Though I have learned to appreciate them a bit, they add a bit of variety.

So I was thinking, we have Wolver tails, Gremlin armors, Slime armors, even that strange crystal in the back of trojans. While OOO is at it, I want to see something along the Devilite range of items. Who doesn't want to do a little overtime, right? So I was in the shower and thinking, and this is what I came up with:

Pit Boss Glasses; the opaque full-framed glasses as an accessory would be interesting.

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For the waiting screen before a lockdown game, why not put in photos of the map that is going to be played on?
Here are some pictures that I think could go with their maps in this way (these aren’t all of the maps, but they were the only ones I could find…):

Stadium: https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/t31.0-8/413686_47404361...
Mines: https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t31.0-8/457139_47...

this is my first forum thing so I'm probably going to mess it up
here goes nothing
the mercurial set is rather bad compared to anything else so I suggest adding ASI universal low (speed, get it?) and either buff msi as a whole, or put msi med on it. that seems fair for a boss item, now what would SK be without paywalls? lets hav it as msi low at lvl 1, at lvl 5 add the ASI low, and at lvl 10 put msi med. the 4* will get asi low at 10, possibly evening it out a bit?

if ur sick of radiants ignore this

What if you will make DLCs with new costumes or maybe boxes? For example, there are few dlcs in borderlands 2, one map with unique monsters and mask as reward, just $3 for that. So you can can make something like danger mission with unique rewards, it can be part of the box, material for craft or recipe.
Your last promo box was terrible. It's bad form to sell it. I already said about that issue http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/104244

Well it's pretty obvious that new players now get fitted out with a variety of gear so that they can be more wide-spread with what they use, allowing them access to some great stuff early on to consider upgrading (entire Cobalt set, a Brandish, Skelly armor, etc.) So here's two new items that could be given out to them:

Lockdown specialist shields

This allows players to choose between 3 of each types of each class shield, one is the stock shield and the other two capitalize on other things. Much like in other RPGs where you can choose between similar classes that are different enough to warrant their own playstyles.
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Recon Reaper shield (shield gains spikes on lower half) has sword ASI and DMG low, universal CTR low (no natural bomb CTR like stock). The Deathmark radar on the shield rotates twice as fast and Deathmark lasts longer.

Suggestion:
Sell Mixmaster and Celestial Saber in the Energy store. Same price, $100 per piece, and it comes bound to your account.

I'm sure a lot of people will rush to buy it! All 5 of them!

Oh, wait, they already have those...