Spiral Knights - Bring back old monsters

Bring back old monsters

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Sun, 09/25/2011 - 15:12

Benb

A long time ago, I had a relatively popular thread about rare or "retired" monsters. After the thread had run its course and eventually perished under the mass of unmerciful Rose Regalia posts, I realized how much I, as a non-beta player, would really like to see some of those monsters, especially the mini-boss types. Jelly Green Giant, Tortodrone, and Sloombargo seem like they would be some of the most popular enemies in the game if they were brought back, especially because Spiral Knights could really use some mini bosses to make things more interesting. But there are so many more monsters that most people haven't even heard of (including some of the ones above). A lot of people complain about how there's not enough variety with the monsters in the game, and I'll bet this would really help.

Here's my previous post, for anyone who wants to see all the monsters: http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/23526

So yeah, here's to all the old monsters! Hope the devs read this.

Sun, 09/25/2011 - 17:56

Juances

I agree: If not as regular

I agree: If not as regular enemies, at least they should appear in arenas or danger rooms as special sub-boss.

Sun, 09/25/2011 - 19:38

Benb

Yeah, that's what I think

Yeah, that's what I think would be great. And hey, don't forget danger rooms.

Sun, 09/25/2011 - 19:50

Heavy-Duty

Agree

I really want to see a tortodrone in action. +1

Sun, 09/25/2011 - 20:18

Benb

Yeah, Tortodrones do seem to

Yeah, Tortodrones do seem to be everyone's favorite. They really can own you with all of their attacks, so they may have been taken out for a debuff (as well as eliminating shield drops).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnIgFnz6Y1U -Tortodrones destroying stuff.

Sun, 09/25/2011 - 22:05

Quotefanboy

Shut up and take my support.

This. This. All of this. All of this everywhere.

Mon, 09/26/2011 - 02:13

Frederick

agree! and im a beta player

Mon, 09/26/2011 - 02:13

Frederick

agree! and im a beta player

Mon, 09/26/2011 - 12:28

Benb

Glad to hear it! :D

Mon, 09/26/2011 - 14:52

Oakgear

It's ridiculous

The promo video has a tortodrone and then they suddenly remove it >_<
WTH!

+1 by the way

Mon, 09/26/2011 - 16:58

#10

Grenze

I swear I wish it were

I swear I wish it were possible to fight some of these, and the Shrine of Slumber where Sloombargos used to be sounds cool. Also I want to see some of these enemies that are listed or seen in promos as well like Vog Cubs and stuff.

Mon, 09/26/2011 - 23:07

#11

Quotefanboy

Hmm...

Looking at the promotional video there seemed to be some boss stages, ones with actual difficulty, an actually challenging room that's not hard because of nonsensical nonsense. instead of artificial difficulty, compact room with a spam amount of monsters with spikes limiting space even more.

Then those boss things like vog cub and golden monsters. Not to mention the boss turtle of justice.

Tue, 09/27/2011 - 14:14

#12

Benb

To my knowledge, Vog Cubs

To my knowledge, Vog Cubs were never actually monsters, that or they were only in the first beta. Having never been in either beta, I can only guess that they were really buffed-up Ash Tails, or perhaps just a different kind of Alpha Ash Tail.

Also, thanks for all the support! Keep it up--I'm fairly sure this kind of thing is exactly what influences the Devs.

Wed, 09/28/2011 - 13:50

#13

Benb

Everything goes silent.

Bump.

Wed, 09/28/2011 - 17:36

#14

Quotefanboy

Well I saw cubs that looked

Well I saw cubs that looked like they were made of molten cracks, and they were much larger then normal wolvers, so I could see it.

Thu, 09/29/2011 - 07:34

#15

Benb

Bump.

Thu, 09/29/2011 - 09:03

#16

Renpartycat

I support this.

I totally agree with OP.

I'd love to have a standoff with the legendary Tortodrone.

Thu, 09/29/2011 - 09:42

#17

Jalok

Yeah, I also think the

Yeah, I also think the monsters are too easy. Remember how the Fire Puppies were over-powered back then? I want them to be OP again. Bring back the old difficulty and the old monsters back.

Thu, 09/29/2011 - 17:09

#18

Benb

Jalok brings up a good point.

Jalok brings up a good point. Right now there aren't many over-powered monsters, so Three Rings has to compensate by throwing giant crowds of them at us in each fight. Mini-bosses would fix this. I hadn't actually thought of that (though of course, who doesn't want Tortodrones and those other guys anyway?).

Fri, 09/30/2011 - 11:24

#19

Quotefanboy

Well...

I agree, there aren't any super overpowered monsters, but the ones that were OP were REALLY op. I'm talking about the old school Oilers and Quicksilvers. Those things were stupid crazy hard.

Yet yeah I agree. There needs to be some sort of monster that, when it spawns, you go "Aw heck, but hey at least this will/might be rewarding."

Mini bosses would take away the artificial difficulty this game is trying to create. Instead of having, you know, 20 of "x" spawning it could be like 5, and 1 monster that's hard and fun to fight that's worth it when you kill it. I couldn't vouch for that thing any more then I could already.

Fri, 09/30/2011 - 12:57

#20

Benb

Quicksilvers and Oilers were

Quicksilvers and Oilers were once actually difficult? Tell me more.

Fri, 09/30/2011 - 18:28

#21

Varja

+1 for miniboss idea

minibosses would be fun in arenas or open spaces

my ideas for minibosses:

-buffed up trojan (why not?)
-less harmful tortodrone (yea, yea. i know what your thinking)
-power-suit gremlin (cool)
-large kats (like in beta)
-stationary lichen spawn colony (queen-lichen?)
-alpha chromalisk (mutated)

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 13:08

#22

Benb

That's cool, but I'm mostly

That's cool, but I'm mostly talking about bringing back old enemies.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 17:58

#23

Mysticbeam

i want the tortodrone and the jelly green giant back! not sure about sloombargo tho lol

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 18:24

#24

Benb

Everyone knows about

Everyone knows about Tortodrones, but surprisingly few people really know about the Jelly Green Giant. Here's a thread that explains a little. http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/1006

Sun, 10/02/2011 - 08:11

#25

Michaelb

Sun, 10/02/2011 - 08:38

#26

Vanillateddy

I like twurtles

Tortodone and giant green jellies need come back maby with some extra bite too, i like twurtles <3

Sun, 10/02/2011 - 18:12

#27

Benb

Bump. Really want the devs to

Bump. Really want the devs to read this.

Mon, 10/03/2011 - 13:13

#28

Benb

U
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Mon, 10/03/2011 - 19:05

#29

Benb

What subject box?

Bump!!

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