The fact you don't get boss tokens if you're dead when they're handed out. I've been denied a Crest of Almire. I could have gotten a better shield if someone revived me before touching the big token. No. They had to be greedy.

The servers aren't actually in California just because Three Rings is. The US server is hosted in Virginia.

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Eric
Thinks that aa in lockdown is the problem heehee! Cuz most endgame players look to lockdown or uvs and costumes or learning to merch but mostly lockdown

Lag is SO DAMN ANNOYING.
@Rezzler Hammer is our only salvation to keep this game going. Hammer bros forever <3

LAg, not a problem, I am in pacific region and it is always one bar here, I just kinda adapted to the lag.

Hammer, meh, I hate OP gears, I HATE THEM! >:(

My problem with the game is how little content it actually offers, it is a bit like Diablo III, the core of the game is good, is it fun? Yes, but only last for about a few month but where as Diablo II lasted for almost TEN years while still having a fan base. I still remebered how some fan believes that Diablo III will last for ten years worth of play time and guess how it turned out, the game is still great, but there is nothing there for Blizzard to really seal the deal, the expansion is comming but how long is that going to help the franchise last?

I guess the reason why SK have such a short enjoyment period is due to the free elevator, now with people blowing through the campain mission in a matter of week when back then taking me two months to get all the stuff needed for FSC, OOO essentailly butchered its mid game and made ppl leave after they see the ugliness of the end game.

Actually, I wouldn't say the radiants/forge. Provided that they have some plan to fix them eventually-- and I suspect they do-- then those aren't such an issue. If they don't plan to fix it, the game won't have much of a chance at greatness. Revealing that the radiant issue is temporary (if it is) would be a really, really, nice idea toward keeping player morale high.

The real issue is that OOO cannot produce content fast enough to keep a playerbase going.

You get to the end of the game, and no matter how much you love the game, you have to leave because there isn't anything to do. They tried to fix this with danger missions and the likes, but its just not enough- the content that people play never gets any better, or any different, and new content doesn't come quickly enough to save it.

The solution that I have in mind is a level editor of course. No matter how expensive it is to produce time wise, it alone would be the biggest contribution that the developers could make. It would let the devs focus on producing other content/removing the lag without having players running out constantly, and that is what the game needs.

If you look above my post, you'll see others confirming this notion-

Klipik- "The main problem with this game is that it's stuck in a catch-22 where it doesn't have enough players to necessitate and support regular content updates and a strong community interaction team"

Midnight-DJ- "My problem with the game is how little content it actually offers"

Rezzler- "Main problem is lack on endgame content. Once you get there, youre stuck. Only thing to do is troll the noobs in lockdown with a hammer"

Llan- "And dwindling end game content."

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The other big issues are lag and player-community interaction.

A while back after an update, many community members began discussing the new update prior to its release in general discussions. The support team did exactly what they were "supposed to"- they graveyarded all 20-30 threads. They had a good reason to graveyard them- several details of the update were missing from the players view and the threads were inaccurate+inflammatory, but the way they handled it was still incredibly poor. Players should never be punished for caring about and posting their views on the game.

Lag on the other hand is pretty self explanatory.

Lack of variety in setpieces, missed opportunities, too much removed content that could be substitute for additional levels.

Once you've gone through the Clockworks enough time, every major setpiece kind of blends together, removing the sense of unpredictability and adventure that was meant to be the allure of the game.

Lizard Lounge is a fun little level, it's a shame it's glossed over being a small part of the mission campaign. I wouldn't mind seeing more level gimmicks such as that. Blades of the Fallen shows OOO can make levels that break from the "floating island platforms in the skybox" norm driven by every single other level in the game. Why can't we get more unique level design after all this time?

Rest in Pieces, Jelly Green Giant.

The problem there would be that there aren't enough forum mods, and that the rules for moderating are pretty subjective.

I wonder how many would disagree with this logic.

The main problem with this game is that developers listen to the community. (OMG WHAT ARE YOU SAYING!?!?!!11oneone)

Listen.
People wanted a new fancy guild hall update-OOO wanted to make people happy so they gave them that.
People wanted a pet system or pets-OOO wanted to make people happy so they gave them that.
People wanted no cost for elevators and crafting-OOO wanted to make people happy so they gave them that.
People wanted new weapons and new boss/content-OOO wanted to make people happy so they gave them that(Apocrea,Grinchlin Assaulta and the soon to be Gunner update)
Considering that it takes around 6 months to make such things with a small dev team...
THIS IS WHAT IS WRONG. Instead of wanting to expand the game they constantly wanted to make,us,happy by giving us the things we wanted.
Why is this wrong? To found their project for such things they had to re skin/re color armor,weapons even costumes thus making quite a few bad chooses and making the same community unhappy by doing that. That is why they gave out ultra rare accessories for some energy and that is why we have [edited] mini updates. So they could make dead ends and make money while giving us updates.

Now,If they haven't done that we would get updates that are more game related(as far as the over all spiral knight's plot) instead of pets and guild halls that have nothing to do with game's progress.

Think about it,let it all sink in.

[Message from the Game Master: If a word is filtered in game, it should be filtered in the forums.]

I can see where you are coming you last two people. When I make games, I look at things and say, "Do I want more content at this stage, or just extras?" I havent really put out any games, so I am not entirely subjected to this. But from my small group of friends who test for me... I am always asked to add this, and that.

So I agree with you an that Ardent-Light and Dafunktothepunk

That person just summarized every problem I have with the forums into one post. You deserve my love.

No Dafunk, the problem is not that they listen to the community. The problem is that they listen to the wrong parts of the community.

Also this.

The game lags if your PC is terrible - FYI.

This has been a Public Seerus Announcement sponsored by Lanny.

It boils down to this simple sentence (only apply to end-game player)

Give me something WORTH chewing on and I will chew on it...

Rose Regalia re-relaunch? you got me!

Reskin of pre-existing weapons that I own with CTR High on it with at least 20 hours of grind ahead to get one? Heck no!

8 new 5* gun! (get me interested... A LOT) 3 new valiance, 1 new autogun, 2 new pulsar, 1 new magnus o.O (YOU GOT ME GOOD!!!) No radiant to use said guns! Heck I'm going back to insert X games here and school!

This is what's going to happen sadly...

The one ancient message that everyone forgets when on the wait for something:

"Patience is a virtue"

~Not me.

@Phantomhamachi

Not sure if hypocrite, or truth.

But either way I'm glad to see that someone else sees another major forum problem.

/shout GOOD VOG STOP MAKING ME AGREE WITH TROLLS!

Actually I think he meant people that complain about damage (insert sinful word here), lack of new content, the devs not listening to them, etc.

That is exactly what I thought the 4ish people that said that thought.

2 things about that that aren't reasonable.
1: Satire is detrimental towards actually getting things fixed (and therefore the clear reason is NOT to leave the game as you suggest - the clear thing is to not post satire). Ever hear of constructive criticism? Use it. Claiming nonsense such as "finding 3 completely new weapons" a day after developers release weapons that could be considered reskins - but have different properties tied to them does NOT make the developers happy. There are better methods to go about showing things that you don't like.
2: There is a difference between trying to scare away new players by saying things like "lulz the game is brokenz and the dev team does nothing about it" and "Acheron spamming makes the game boring for me because the damage is OP and makes other weapons pretty much useless."

The first one I see a toxic community member. The second one, I see someone that cares about having fun in the game and is trying to improve it.
Sure, the poster has more fun posting satire and things similar. It does, however, make negative effort towards resolving the current difference of viewpoints. Seeing an extremely toxic community does stop new players from playing games. I know a whole ton of people (myself included) that wont touch F2P games such as dota2 because of the horrors their community.

Did you know that a swiftstrike buckler has the same HP as a barbarous thorn shield and crest of almire at depth 15? If you are below depth 18 almost all shields are worthless compared to the two that give significant bonuses. Am I going to post a satire thread about it? No.

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That being said. I think shields are what is the most wrong with the game. They don't provide adequate resistances against attacks (they are approximately half of armor's reduction towards resisted, which pretty much already tapers off). Additionally, the scaling method for them is "all shields have the same hp unless you are using them in the stratum+1 of their star count [exception: Omega shell line].

If you want stat bonuses, there are 3 shields for that (hp, ASI, SDI).
If you want blocking power, there is 1 shield for that (Omega).
People just don't realize how little variety there actually is in shields. They are a forgotten aspect of the game.

Skepti, that problem is universal, and cannot be easily remedied by a single game company. That is, the community aspect. It's not just F2P games, ALL games have their share of rotten apples, and all you can do is i̶n̶c̶i̶n̶e̶r̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶m̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶h̶e̶a̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶m̶ ̶s̶c̶r̶e̶a̶m focus on the ones ripe for the picking.

And satire is fun. It's an especially effective method of conveying your points. Which sounds more convincing? Luguiru or some random forumer derp?

Guy 1: I feel that the Acheron needs to be balanced because of its current damage rates, which dwarf all others, even the CIV against its favorable enemy, Undead, despite being a Shadow-type weapon. In essence, the normal combo did not need a buff, as the status variants cannot inflict their status on normal strokes, thus making an Acheron combo that much more unbalanced. Supplementarily, I feel that the Acheron should also be converted into pure Shadow damage as opposed to a split Normal and Shadow; this would make it much less viable against Fiends and Undead, which of the latter currently outdamages a Cold Iron Vanquisher. The charge attack of the Acheron also neutralizes the supposed reach advantage of the Gran Faust; a sufficiently proficient user could, theoretically, outdamage the Gran Faust even against crowds despite the Sealed Sword Line's alleged advantage on masses of enemies. I propose that in order to fix the current issues with this sword, the Acheron should have its combo damage reduced to that of an ordinary Brandish, and lower the charge damage to higher than the current elemental variants but not as high as it stands incumbent.

Guy 2: Oh look, the Acheron is now a faster GF. That's TOTALLY going to help weapon balance now that it can beat the CIV on Undead.

I'm saying that satire is a very effective and not nearly as boring way to convey an idea. Did you honestly read through all of Guy 1's speech? He's like a politician.

It's kind of ironic how you satirically attack satire.

Calmly communicate ideas? Satire is plenty calm. If used right, that is. Luguiru used it right, and now he's disappeared and the forums are that much more boring.

I've still no idea who Luguiru is.

But Twitter, we linked you to his posts like 5 times, and you still...

I don't like averages. They're like compromises; they leave everyone feeling angry.

Now, Skepti, to be very frank, if I were a staff person, and I read #2, I would have laughed, and suggested the change, taking all the credit for it. Also, there is a very large difference between a Developer and a Game Master. I AM supporting satire over the Invasion of Boring Political Speeches, and am citing that it has its merits, among which are amusement and effectiveness.