Spiral Knights - Energy bank

Energy bank

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Tue, 05/29/2012 - 17:41

Necrolance

I've been thinking about this for a little while now... Wouldn't it be at least a little bit helpful for those of us who don't like having to pay immense amounts of crowns to get CE when we don't like paying real money if we had another way to at least store energy, have more than 100 mist at a time in a way?

My idea is this: An energy bank. You pay a crown fee, and deposit some or all of your mist into the bank. No CE, just mist. It cannot be done mid-clockworks or mission, and cannot be drawn from in the middle of a run, and when you withdraw it, it could either stay as mist or become CE(at a certain ratio, having become compressed. Maybe 1 CE per 100 mist, or 1 CE per 500 mist? Up to three rings on that one. What this could be used for, you might wonder... Well, it could be used for guild runs, maybe have a guild mist bank and you use it to prepare for big guild clockworks runs or boss runs? Or, for the CE conversion, it could be used to gradually and cheaply get enough energy to craft gear? It would have drawbacks, and would not be a permanent replacement to the CE market, but it would be useful if you want to preserve energy for crafting or extra runs. It would just take more time.

Add onto this idea as you will, I'd prefer if you didn't say anything negative though. It's a good idea, just needs some refinement. This game relies on energy too heavily, and there needs to be alternatives of getting it, or at least having more of it stocked up over time.

Tue, 05/29/2012 - 17:58

Luguiru

Hurr

This has been discussed many times in the past and defeated because it essentially means getting crystal out of mist. CE is supposed to either come from Three Rings by purchase or other players who purchased it, not generated by the community; do you want more inflation?

"we don't like paying real money"

Either buy it from other players or not have it at all.

"have more than 100 mist at a time"

This is what almost all of the trolling responses you will get are going to be based on.

"I'd prefer if you didn't say anything negative though"

Do not post in this forum if you even think of asking this.

"It's a good idea"

No, it is selfish and makes Three Rings lose money so players can get CE from their free mist without doing anything; the point is to either play the Clockworks or craft, not get free money out of it for nothing.

Tue, 05/29/2012 - 18:40

Schattentag

Well...

I'll tell you that I'm grateful for the consideration you've put into this concept. Similar ideas have come up before and most of the time they're suggested in a relatively immature or selfish manner, but your intentions seem fairly reasoned and good.

Unfortunately, the way many (including me) see it is this: producing energy in-game is taking away from potential real-money energy sales. Since this idea directly reduces the amount of profit gained by OOO, it would be illogical for OOO to implement the idea.

Tue, 05/29/2012 - 18:48

Necrolance

I never said the CE

Luguiru: I never said the CE conversion HAD to be a part of it. That's just what you're seeing. If it were just a mist storage, it would allow for people to have more than just their normal mist tank, without being able to craft with it unless they buy CE. Heck, they could even make it so that you'd have to pay some CE to use it, or would have to be an active buyer. People will still need CE to craft, and so inflation wouldn't be sped up. Thanks for just shooting my idea down, instead of thinking about how it could be improved. And how was I supposed to know people suggested this before, either? It's not likely to come up named the same way, and I don't want to sort through pages and pages of suggestions just to see if one suggestion has been made already.

It's not selfish. I gave more than one choice for how it would work, and it would benefit more than just myself. I know three rings wouldn't do it if it took money away from them. That's why, if it were a conversion thing, it would be so slow that it would have to be really long-term, and unless you're patient you won't bother too much for it with 5-star gear. As mist storage, it wouldn't allow people to use it for crafting, just more runs per day. You'd still have to buy CE with either crowns or real money, and that might drive inflation up, yes, but it could be changed if you had to buy CE to get a pass to use it for a limited time.

If that's STILL selfish, with me being someone who DOESN'T pay money for energy every month, or very much at all, then you're just a jerk.

Wed, 05/30/2012 - 00:58

Dziurka

This idea directly leads to people having multiple accounts farming CE for them. And, bedsides, nopony would buy CE then. sorry op - we have to do it the hard way.

Wed, 05/30/2012 - 02:20

Necrolance

Again, you people are NOT

Again, you people are NOT reading. The CE thing? OPTIONAL. IT could just be a mist storage method. No CE involved, except maybe to actually access it by getting a 'bank pass'. Please, READ the entire thing and all of my posts first.

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