I really think that the mist tank should come back and add the 10 energy fee on the elevators, here is my reason:
-People get easily bored if they can do levels again and again, thus, finishing the excitement and fun everytime you enter the clockworks
-Will promote people to buy elevator passes, and if the elevator passes are made tradeable, the pay2players will buy multiple passes and sell them to free2players giving more profit to OOO while keeping players happy and satisfied and getting profit even from free2players
-Will promote players to buy more CE with real money when they want to play more levels
Well, these are my reasons which will make the clockworks a place full of unexpected surprises and bring higher profits to the developers so that they may make the game more exciting.
Mist energy and energy on the elevators
but that limited time encouraged players to buy ce and wouldnt make the game boring quickly.
Check the general discussion, you will find many people saying that they are bored and ask what they can do and start complaining.
Before the sprite update, such threads were rare
Players complaining about progress walls and a lack of things to do do not need additional things to complain about. Progress through mission systems need to be slowed, not the entire clockworks.
Cosmetics need to be behind a paywall. Gear needs to be behind a time-investment. Playing the game should be free. The storyline should be paced, which is the last thing that's needed for Spiral Knights. Don't make the player speed through the storyline only to be angry at the hall of heroes and quit - instead get them in the habit of running the clockworks/arcade in-between missions. This way, the player will know what to do when they do hit the hall of heroes, and won't be so put off by the sudden need to level up gear.
yes, before the sprite update all those threads about boredom were threads about removing mist energy. what a great change of pace.
If Mist was added back it would pretty much totally bar players from continuing in the current game due to the current progression blockade known as ORBS and RADIANTS.
Back during the Mist days I played a bit each day (maybe an hour) but when it ran out I would head over to my (at the time) favorite F2P game TF2 and spend hours there. If mist was added back it would drive off players.
In fact many old SK reviews heavily complained about the Mist energy.
MY gahd. Mist.
I'd say, if mist was added back into the game, Spiral Knights would have 80% less players by the end of the day. GAURANTEED. Id bet all my orbs and fire crystals on it.
oh I see the rage coming.
oh it's going to be glorious.
anyway, the mist system limited your gameplay in a very restrictive way, nobody liked it and that's why they removed it.