alright, this idea came to me in the shower bear in mind that this is probably gonna sound half baked but this should help quell the fury and fire about lockboxes and shadow keys:

The dilemma players face at this time is the costs for keys to unlock lockboxes. Paying around 700 something CE if I am correct so players need to buy large amounts of energy to gain these keys just to have a chance to open them. Here is my solution that should also help our dying market system. Keep thatbut add another way to gain keys. Make them bonuses with every purchase of energy that comes their way. Not the trade off from crowns to crystals but actual purchases. For example, you purchase our smallest package, you get one key. The next up you get two and so on and so forth until you reach the highest purchase size of energy where you get no silver keys but instead a shadow key. This will be a true sign of appreciation for players who help keep this game running and spiral knights continues to sell out energy to the masses while still keeping shadow keys within reach of the non paying by the auction house and lockboxes. I hope others like my idea.