Spiral Knights - Multiple Account and Mist Tank - are they supposed to work this way?

Multiple Account and Mist Tank - are they supposed to work this way?

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Sat, 04/07/2012 - 07:23

Evilnut

I usually run FSC up to d26 solo, and do it three times a day. FSC runs take quite a bit of time though, even if it's not a complete one. I read before in the forum, that OOO is not object to us running multiple clients on the same computer.

I decided to create another account (I know it will share my first account's mist). I will take this new account to Haven, and then invite it to FSC with my first account. I will be using mist twice as fast, but I will also gain crown and heat twice as fast.

Instead of doing 3 FSC runs on 100 mist, I can instead do 1 solo FSC and 1 FSC with my second account. Same energy used, same crown gain, a little more heat, and less time used.

::: First question :::

I made the second account, and spent the energy to take it to Haven. And it gets a mist tank. Before this I never thought about it.

So with my main account's mist depleted, I opened both clients:
Main - 0 mist
Alt - 0 mist

I had the Alt use the tank. I thought I'd get 100 mist displayed on both sides, since the mist meters are shared. But it was not the case:
Main - 0 mist
Alt - 100 mist

Regardless of that, I decided to just invite my Alt, and have it tab my Main. Same energy used right?

I left my Alt dead at the start of the bridge, and went ahead. But the game timed out my Alt due to inactivity. I log back in with my Alt, and found out it has same mist as my Main now. The mist tank's mist disappeared. I went on with the run with my main's CE.

Is it supposed to work that way? The mist tank is my second account's reward for reaching a milestone (which takes energy to do so). Why is it not shared with my main? If it is designed to not to be shared with another account, why is it overwritten?

If I do spent energy to reach Tier 2 with my Alt, wouldn't it be unfair to wipe its mist tank out?

::: Second question :::

Ignoring the mist tank (I didn't even remember until it was mailed to my Alt), what is the time limit before the game automatically logs you out? Assuming OOO is still okay with this kind of multi-clienting.

Sat, 04/07/2012 - 07:54

Asukalan

15 minutes - its the time

15 minutes - its the time after which game will auto log you off (but only when you are idle)

Sat, 04/07/2012 - 08:26

Sirenblue

What I think happened here is that the server matched your alt to the one with the lowest mist (which is 0, your main.) when it disconnected.

Fair is fair; it seems that your accounts are mist-linked.

Sat, 04/07/2012 - 15:55

Shion-Sinx

no, its not fair LOL

he should still have same mist he had before d/c. this is probly a bug they never looked into cuz of the lack of some1 to try it out.

if you ever trying this again, i suggest using a laptop in the second acc, so you can easily press any key (like tab) to keep it active. this way you can run more times (as the mist from the alt will not share with main acc)

Sat, 04/07/2012 - 16:34

Ufana

Two connected free accounts

Two connected free accounts will always share mist. In cases where their ME differ, they will sync to the one with less ME. It's not a bug, it's explained in the account FAQ. And it's part of the set of features that makes it possible to have multiple (free!) accounts allowed in this game instead of just one.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 04:02

Sirenblue

-snip-

Misread. Sorry, shion.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 06:22

Juances

Both clients were open. When you do that, the server consider them as separated entities. The energy doesnt sync for both accounts in real time.

Maybe a glitch, maybe something developers didnt notice. It can be abused to ragecraft using free accounts - But please dont do it :p

Wed, 04/11/2012 - 20:08

Evilnut

@Juances

In my case it's because of the mist tank that the mist got desync'ed.

But wait, does that mean if I keep the alt logged in, but only use my first account to play, the alt will get to keep his mist at 100 until he logs off?

Then that's not right, not for OOO. I won't do it, since as my first post stated, my goal is simply to spend mist twice as fast to save time, not having more mist. Maybe OOO will fix this loophole, and other people will get to keep their mist tanks on alternate accounts.

Sun, 09/23/2012 - 17:49

First-Strike

OMG the exact same thing

OMG the exact same thing happened to me!

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Multiple Account and Mist Tank - are they supposed to work this way?