So, the gates are built by the minerals and whatnot.
There's something I still don't understand though, and I couldn't find any reference to it on the wiki. When you select a gate to join/start a party, you can see the potential levels you might get on each depth, but is there some way of knowing what level you'll get when? (aside from the random graveyard/treasure levels). There's some cryptic arrowheads, what do these mean? If it shows A->B->C-> does that mean that the next group to go through will get A, and then the group after B? Or does it change at a set time?

So.. Loot.. Is it distributed equally or to the person who first picks it up? Does how many people that are in your party affect how much loot drops?

Thanks in advance

Back in Beta, I recall seeing something suggesting that players get paid a tax on gates they contributed minerals to, probably with the intent of encouraging players to build gates other players will want to explore. This was different from the crowns you get for depositing minerals.

I've dug through the wiki and I can't find any reference to this. Am I imagining this, was this a feature that was cut prior to release, or does this still exist?

So Ive been all around the forum and Ive seen people selling items with UV's or unique variants. I was just wondering how
you would get a UV in an item? Is it random or do you upgrade… if its random how rare is it to get an item with a UV?

Say I'm looking for specific 2 star gear making recipes (like the magic set, the wolvar set, etc). Last several terminals I've been through, only had 1 star recipes. The moorcraft manor vendor seems to match the town vendor.

Is there a trick to get the terminal vendors to shuffle? (I was running the same gateway/portal thingie.) Or is it more of a refresh time, and hitting after that time arrives equals better chance at seeing the higher demand recipes?

I have a pretty good lan setup and have frequent visitors, my friend made his account and he gets the error 100% of the time - You can not create more than one account etc when trying to login. His account name is Razarek, if you need his ip or comp info to prove it, when he gets back home he can login.

I can see you'd limit it because of bots, but what about the legit situations? I've already introduced 10 people to the game, I'd like it if they came over they could play. :P

I don't want to let him log in on my comp because I'm afraid of that error. Also, I wanna play! :)

so i have a question...i made a guild, and i went to the guildhall, but i don't see any shops. specifically where im supposed to be able to buy trinkets and such. why not?
i don't have any members right yet, does this have something to do with it? my guildhall is basically just empty except it has an alchemy station. do guilds have like certain levels or something, and you only get the shops at a higher level or something?

Is there any way to save a message so I don't have to type it out everytime? Mostly thinking of selling items in town.

Should I stick with crafting the quartermaster goodies until later (like t3), or find a crafter to make the other pieces? I can do a fair bit of soloing so mats haven't been an issue, but I have no idea how to get the other recipes at a decent price if at all.

Also, is it better to get gear with rounded stats, or just take whatever has high stats (ie specialized sets are or aren't a liability if I can't do the former)?

I know that there was a brief introduction about the clockwork world, how "you" as the knight landed in this clockwork world and it is up to you to kick some butt. But really, is there more to that? Like story progression? I really enjoy the "bionic steam-punk" like fantasy theme in the game! That is why I am interested to know more about the back story of Spiral Knights. ;)