literally GH: "I dont care"

Don't get me wrong, those suggestions are right in the place but fixing or any improvement of the game it's not in plans, probably cause they doesn't have any programmers .

The former lead designer, Nick Popovich, left the team in early 2014. The game has been on a steady decline ever since.
If I were to be elected as the lead designer/director of Spiral Knights, I would immediately start the work to bring about the following changes:

New Hardware
It's a high-time to ditch the piece of sh!t server(s) that's currently running the game and invest in a new state-of-the-art high-capacity, high-performance server stationed on each major continent. Net proceeds from Spiral Knights 2.0 will be used to invest in more servers as needed instead of paying the salaries of lazy butts who seem perfectly content to rehash the same tired old events (looking at you, GH).

Re-codified Source Code
Game designers no longer code in java. Java is so yesterday. Time to move on to a more modern platform that's capable of handling the rigors of today's gaming standards. Recodified from scratch to run lean and fast, smoothly with minimal lag, and bug-free. That means I'll need to hire experienced programmers who know what they're doing. Excellent salaries with good benefits & incentives to attract the best of the best.

Spiral Knights 2.0: Beyond the Core (BtC)
The current Rank-10 missions are complete trash, badly in need of an overhaul.
The existing Rank-10 missions will be replaced with 36+ missions, including 7 new and epic bosses.
The new missions will offer a cohesive & compelling story/plot.
The new missions will shed much-needed light on the background and history of Morai War.

Players will gradually uncover the true nature of Clockworks and how they came to be in the current predicament.
Rank 12+ mission will introduce a new team-play mechanic that will enable bonus treasures (inaccessible in solo-play)
With special consumables, farm special resources and capture special select enemies in Rank 12+ missions (see Guildhall 2.0)

Farm special materials for their weapon augmentations and armor upgrades in Rank 13+ missions (see Weapon Augmentations, UV Max+)
Rank 14+ boss missions will require a special access crystal (consumable) to unlock the boss room. Farm the crystals from SL (see Shadow Lair 2.0)
Players will have the option to launch RAID missions on Rank 14+ boss stages.

RAID missions can have up to 8 players in a party instead of the usual 4.
Superior-grade materials have a higher chance of dropping in a boss fight.
Special Attack skill scrolls are obtainable only from RAID missions (not a guaranteed drop).

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Guildhall 2.0

The current system of guildhall upgrades and facilities is mostly superficial and colossal money-sink... or at least it used to be when it was first implemented in late 2012. Although the upkeep was eventually greatly reduced in cost, most of the guildhall upgrades are still don't offer anything substantial.

Enter the Guildhall 2.0. Guildhall 2.0 will completely remove the annoying upkeep. Good riddance!

The cost of creating a new guild will be increased to 10k Energy units + 500k crowns. Creating a new guild should be a major commitment and not something to be done on a whim or as an afterthought. The change in cost reflects the new philosophy.

The installation cost of certain guildhall facilities will also be greatly increased. One such example is an Advanced Training Hall (ATH). Unlike the lackluster Training Hall in the current version, guildmasters will be able to build additional facilities within the ATH such as the Monster Arena, and/or reproduce the various subsections/substages of unlocked ranked missions.
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Monster Arena (MA)

Monsters captured from Ranked Missions can be added in MA (costs Energy units).
Once added, everyone in the same guild can fight that monster at any time for training purposes.
Once added, that monster is permanent and accessible to the guild members at any time.

Multiple monsters can be added to an MA. Players can select the type & the number of monsters to duel in the arena.
Arena Monsters have a very low chance to drop special loot.
Players can compete in the Monster Arena for weekly competitions and possibly win some prizes based on their weekly performance rankings.

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Sub-Stage Trials

Guildmasters who have completed a relevant mission stage have the option of adding Trials to their ATH.
Trials are very challenging subsections found in certain Ranked Missions, reproduced in ATH for the purpose of:
1. Allowing the guild members to practice and hone their skills at clearing the challenging subsections of relevant Ranked Missions from the safety, comfort, and convenience from within their ATH. The practice will also help with their Ranked Mission progression.
2. Allowing the guild members can compete for weekly prizes pending their Trials performance which are automatically tracked and compared against others on the same server every week in real-time.

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Shadow Lairs 2.0

Shadow Keys will have their price halved in an effort to render SLs more accessible.
SLs will serve as the farming ground for boss-stage access crystals in the Ranked Missions.

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Weapon Augmentations

Weapon Augmentation Materials (WAMs) are materials dropped in Rank 13+ missions.
WAMs are available in three grades: Low, Average, and Superior. Higher the grade, greater the magnitude of augments.
WAMs from common enemies will be Low-grade most of the time. Rarely, Average-grade WAMs can drop from common enemies.

Special treasure boxes from team-play has a low chance of dropping Average-grade WAMs
Superior-grade WAMs are most likely to be found from Rank
WAMs allow for further upgrades of player's gear.

Here are some of the examples of what WAMs can do:
Charged attacks from Voltedge, Combuster, Glacius, Obsidian Edge, etc. can be upgraded to have a longer and wider range.
Projectiles from Blitz Needle Gun, Spiral Soaker, etc. upgradeable to have a longer range and less spread (more concentrated firepower)
Vortex bombs upgradeable to Hyper-Vortex variant (greater radius, longer duration, shorter charge time, and slightly more damage)
Status bombs such as Shivermist Buster upgradeable to have a greater radius, longer duration, and considerably more damage.

The actual augmentations, both the type and the degree, will depend on the type of augmentation material (melee, gun, bomb) and its grade (low, average, superior).

Superior-grade mats are dropped by Rank 14+ bosses (very small chance). Players can boost this chance by participating in RAID missions.

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There's more to Spiral Knights 2.0, but I do not have the time nor inclinations to type them all out in details right here right now.

Of course, all of this is just a fantasy/fiction and nothing will materialize until I become the lead designer/director of this game.
But what are the chances of that happening? (Hint: It's not good.)

>>> Arcade adjustment

reworking arcade is too much work for GH (would be the better) but GH can just add the same amount of boxes you can find in clockworks in any levels so levels like toxic city or jigsaw axy wouldnt feel like a punishment when those lands on depths 27-28, and adjust the payment of arcade levels. like if a good arcade level gives 12 k cr due the clockworks and arenas on their depths in tier 3, then adjust any arcade level to give that same amount of CR not matter the level, sometimes when arcade spawn in tier 3 with those jigsaw valleys or those toxic cities on depths 26-28 you end with 7k cr the entire run and with less rarities it dont worth it.

that way people can choose to play freely and worth the time without waiting for a good gate in arcade.

>>> bring back health share revive.

there is not a good argument to justify the removal of a good gameplay mechanic of the game and the reason why the game got popular, they only it got removed was because SEGA greedy hands to make people spent on energy to get spark of lives, and people saying "Im FiNe ThEy GoT RiD oF hEaLtH sHaRe ReViVe, PeOpLe JuSt SuCkEd My LiFe ReViViNg ThEm" then just dont revive them as many people do not reviving others with spark of life, i revive players 1 time per run or 2 if they are totally new players but not going to keep them reviving, spark of life its a limited resource and also the mechanic to revive others its PLAIN BAD clicking on them and then revive (2 clicks) and also locks you in place until you finish is just bad.

also its lead players to believe they can revive much time as they can and they waste sparks on anything else while keeping them for areas they really will need them, once they die and dont have any of them they will wait for a revive or leave the party, on worst scenario people will kick them, and thats a pretty bad experience for them.

i wouldnt mind if emergency revive its removed in favor health share revival, if im able to carry a group then its my damn problem if i revive people with my health, if players keep dying then its simple DONT REVIVE IT like you do with sparks, prolly others will revive them with their health to get the heat simple as that.

Splitting Crystal Energy & bonus Crystal Energy from Prize Box sales was the first huge mistake that got made, and there's nothing anyone can say or do to prove that it wasn't a terrible decision to do so. There wasn't any reason to give in to demands from people whining & complaining about their hoarded CE barely having any value above 4,000 Crowns at all, just because the user-controlled CE market prevented them from gouging newer and/or free-to-play users for every Crown they had.

Thank you, i also agree removing energy from prize boxes was just a bad idea and dont feel like a promo anymore, prize boxes were pretty nice with energy packs, getting 14 boxes and only getting maidheadbands or worthless stuff dont feel anymore like a promo this the biggest reason why i stopped to buy promo and boy i really spent a lot in them im even afraid to look at my history of purchase in steam due the amount i spent.

tbh i'd love it if the entire game were functionally optimized (written in optimized cpp or something), without changing any of the aesthetics or adding new content.

there is absolutely no reason that this game should run worse than battlefield 4 on ultra graphics settings. function > form bb

with that said, i have accepted that the game is "as-is", and the only way for a player to continue enjoying the game after completing all of the content is to play the game in a creative way.

hoping for anything else is just setting yourself up for disappointment.

Where are people getting their information?

Look far back enough through the announcements, and you'll find it yourself. >_>

What it needs? A Switch and/or Playstation port (though Java might make this an issue). To put out advertisements. To make new content, namely weapons, including DLC. Just shiny new things in general. I wonder why Grey Havens keeps this game alive? It’s a fantastic game but what do they get out of it at this point? Is the money even THAT good especially considering their audience is mostly gone now?
I’m considering games like Ninjala and Splatoon on Switch, which are really popular, online games that share a similar art style already. Then you have the retro gamers who would eat it up for nostalgia. It’s a great game with a lot of potential but the passion isn’t there anymore for it. They need to advertise or give it something new to draw people in.