The Accessory update was most probably one of the most exciting updates (though some people may think differently). I'm pretty sure a lot of you can remember the time when Accessories did not exist (well, in Spiral Knights). Not too much variation eh? Now most people (or should I say Knights) are eager to get their hands on things like Auras, Wings, Valkyrie Wings *drools*,etc,etc,etc. But what has really been bugging me is that.........wait no, that won't make any sense. Okay, I'll just get to the point. It would be nice if they could add some more animations of sort to the different type of Accessories. For an example: When outside of Haven (basically in the clockworks or lockdown/blast network) the wings don't just flap every now and then. But do so constantly, which lifts the player off the ground slightly (but doesn't have any stat changes of any sort). Another suggestion is to add another emote which would be /taunt. Depending on your armor/weapon/accessories you would do a different type of taunt each time. Lets use Valkyrie Wings as an example.......When you type in /taunt (not to mention hit the enter key as well). A beam of light shoots down from the heavens (AKA the virtual sky)and surrounds you. Depending on the aura will be the same as the wings color. There are a bunch of other suggestions and thoughts I have about other Accessories but this thread is starting to get way too long (and typing these letters isn't helping.........and I'm still typing).
Thoughts?
Accessory Animations and Taunt Emotes
Well it's just like standing on an invisible box. The wings still act pretty much the same..........Just a bit more constant. To be honest, I have no clue about these things :D
- Lag
- Inflated egos
I like the idea of emotes, now we have just a few emotes (sit,clap,shout,poke,laugh). But it would be cooler if you had more. but a beam of light? Thats a little bit TOO much in my opinion, but emotes like /flap, /jump, /blowkiss, or even a trick with your sword would be very very cool.
They were one of the worst. All they do it make new players waste cash that should be used progressing through the game. The most exciting in my time of playing was the introducing of new content; missions.
Anyway...i agree with the above. A simple throw of the sword would be nice. Or a stab in the ground. Maybe a trick shot into the air that makes a little light. A bomb throw! (Emote only) That would be good. And also, everybody who didn't have one would be annoyed, and a riot would break out! Yay, fun! Not.
P.S. That's a very short thread compared to some.
Ok, emotes. I agree with Tjaktjak (no idea how to pronounce that), a simple /flap (wings required) would be nice. And it wouldn't create too much lag like Aureate and Luguiru mentioned. Yay :D
the emotes dont have to be paid with crowns or energy, they can be unlocked by achievements. we currently have achievements, but they are useless, so now, for example: you achieve master swordsman (amass 10 swords in your inventory), you get the emote sword showoff, you type /showsword. you pull out your sword and lift in into the air. just like you use a health capsule, but now with a sword in your hand.
FYI this is still me :D I couldn't log in through steam so I'm logging in through Spiralknights.com itself. Here are some more ideas contributing to what Tjaktjak said. For the achievement Bombardier (Have 3 bombs in your arsenal) you will unlock the taunt /bombthrow . Basically the player/knight takes out the bomb they have equipped, throws it up into the air and catches it. As you get the "upgraded" versions of the achievement (expert bombardier, master bombardier) the taunt looks better and does more stuff which I haven't decided yet =). Maybe for Master Bombardier the player/knight will throw the bomb which explodes after a few seconds (Like Angelic-Tear mentioned above)
More thoughts?
achievement rewards could be emote related, like son of a nutcraker achievment could be throwing a snow ball just for animation purposes. i would like that.
I like the idea of more and better animations coz my dragon and valkyrie wings would look better if they moved more often. but the taunt thing maybe not. not to mention spamming a flame aura, divine valk wings and a bomb bandolier be EXTEREMELY annoying. coz if everyone was making explosions, beams, ect. haven wouldnt exactly be a haven
it be very hard to script and pointless to do the /taunt
Hmmmmm, if the scripting is hard then we (or should I say they?) could make it so that every time you get an acheivment which unlocks a taunt if would be something like /sword (for the sword throwing/stabbing), or /snowball (maybe even nutcracker). As for the thought of the explosions/beams blowing Haven to bits I have 2 solutions/thoughts. Maybe for the more destructive taunts they could design it so that when you try to use it in Haven, you receive a message in blue text (like the "Your voice is hoarse" one, speaking of that, how can you voice get hoarse by waving? Anybody tried that?), saying something like "Not a good idea to use that here". As for spamming taunts, they could also make it so that you can only taunt a number of times before taunting again (like talking).
Dagunner, as you might've seen from the posts above.........It seems that the idea of dragon/valkyrie wings lifting you off the ground (or flying) will lag the game. Not sure Sega and Three Rings would want that to happen (unless they are evil *gasp*, or infected by the swarm *double gasp*). But maybe they could design it so that the wings will flap once when you type in /, thus lifting you off the ground.
Thoughts?
*mutters under breath* it would be nice if they added an animation for the normal wings too -_-
Can you imagine the lag that a party of four with rapidly fluttering wings would incur?