Hey guys, this has been in my mind for a week or two, and I just can't get around to writing this down, but hopefully now at the time (and probably the worst) I'm wanting to write at what's going on with the game, what is wrong with the game, and why oh why are they releasing constant barrage of cosmetics when clearly they could at least add proper, replayable content in the game and maybe at least fix a few to make the game fun again, while almost tired and can hardly think, I'll write what I can before I expire, here I go

Firstly, what is going on with all the cosmetics you're showering with? As if the game wasn't drowning with all it has, it's stagnating because of the lack of CONTENT the game has, all it has is Vanaduke, daily prestiege missions, only 4 of them, and an occaisional trip to the arcade, and the only way you can get to these new cosmetics is grinding a ton to get at or simply pay out for them. Sure Valve does it but to me it's legit enough because of the replayability's supported itself to keep players distracted before the hat prices decrease, whereas in spiral knights it's more or less become a market and a lot is spent on cosmetics and best resources, and getting to them requires a lot of grinding, and that means a lot of trips to the vanaduke, over and over again, which you might as well pay out in order to get at it, shameless, it is.

Second, what is going on? these UVs are also driven with the constant drive for grinding, and even then as soon as they get maxed, it's pretty much over for other people, people who just got into lockdown (which I don't play, so may or not support me argument), needing to find out if they want to keep up, they're needing UVs too, especially attack speed increases, sure defense buffs are fine (like armour doesn't exist anyway), but if you're gonna rush in with max UVs, it'll mean that the person will have to grind on hours on end just to get the same buffs. At Tf2, all weapons are balanced without upgradable kinks to make them more stronger (okay maybe some, but it'll take some risk to get the ball going), I feel like Uvs are simply mandatory for high tier play and just isn't worth the fun getting to the end wasting so much of it all.

Third, ARMOUR. whenever I do spectate into lockdown, I see so many people run in using skolver/vog cub etc, and seem to be the superior class to use in lockdown, hardly do I see a pure bomber or gunner actually doing any effect vs melee strikers. they just seem to blitz and able to do everything the other two can, but better, sometimes even using all three at once and putting them to shame! from after what I've seen from gunner updates with the needle class, it was horrifying, I knew it was going to cause a stir, so why not have that speed buff apply to gunners? Yes, have it ridiculously slow for people who don't wear gunner armour and make it fast and flexible for people who exclusively wear armour so gunners can stand a chance vs melee users or make it a triangle with the striker>gunner>Demomen. Also the guardian armour is hardly ever because if they're supposed to be tanks, couldn't they at least have a damage reduction buff to compensate for their cumbersomeness? if they want to keep attention drawn to them, make them THE GUARDIAN, not a slow guy with only a powerful strike. for me I'd reccomend armour that are tailored to their specific class, and make them less effective on other forms of attack, like how Runescape's armour worked before the evolution of combat update. Make them proper classes with their strengths and shortcomings, changing their armour to suit their armour, take a bit of research on mobas, tanks, and maybe TF2 as well, so the Spiral knights doesn't end up being a hyper offensive generic skolver metagame.

Fourth, REPLAYABILITY. It's always fun to play more of the game, explore more of the clockworks and learn about it's lore, but when you get to vanguard, the fun stops there. You've got the prestiege missions, but after a few, your only way of income is knocking on Vanaduke's door and raid him. He's sad! He's depressed because you keep rummaging in his tomb, he's suffering because his empire fell and under the delusion his castle's under attack, but being constantly raided for the best income, he's suffered enough! can't there be some more missions or tasks that can match or if not beat that of Vanaduke's? maybe a trip down to the clockworks because a bunch of knights needs defending from waves of monsters, or fetch quests or crowns can be motivating and a fun change of pace from the constant raiding of the Firestorm Citadel. NOT COSMETICS, WE NEED MORE CONTENT, cosmetics are NOT content at this point, they are filler, sugar coating on a stagnating game because it does not have high replayability content beyond vanguard. give some knights to do that isn't just raiding the clockworks, give them some tasks to do, like minigames to kill their time and make their trips to the clockworks worth it!

that's all I can write for now, I'm off to bed, hopefully I can reiterate and maybe answer questions if I can, night guys.