Spiiiiraaaall Kniiiiights

[Balrog]

In other words, I enjoy the new system of everything being free, and actually preferring the old Mist Energy system makes you just sound resilient to change. Really, you've managed to make a flaw for nearly every new feature in the megapatch, and you can't even keep them straight half the time. ("Stop playing on disabled orangutan mode"? Real funny once you get your ass handed to you in a freaking Deconstruction Zone of all things.)

Actually, I like mist removal. I just think that Three Rings got the balance on the replacement features wayyyy off, and that their crackdown on altdragging negatively impacted legitimate gameplay to an unacceptable degree. My hatred of the Forge was rather premature, however; I'm not having too much trouble heating my gear. The "mentally disabled orangutan" thing is partly a joke and partly my bafflement at why you would play on "Normal" when Advanced is both the standard difficulty and more profitable.

He doesn't even have a battle sprite.

I suppose he has a love/hate relationship with the mist removal.

I'm actually thinking of getting a Maskeraith. This post is what won me over.

[Thunderono]

Ok your elite superiority complex drives me nuts for a single reason.

Normal is named normal because that was the only difficulty.  Advanced and elite were added, not normal and elite.

In addition, why the hell do you care?  Why can't I play on a difficulty I feel like playing on?  Do I need to morph my playstyle to match yours?

Sorry for the outburst but Jesus fucking Christ you're driving me insane

[Balrog]

Ok your elite superiority complex drives me nuts for a single reason.

Normal is named normal because that was the only difficulty.  Advanced and elite were added, not normal and elite.

In addition, why the hell do you care?  Why can't I play on a difficulty I feel like playing on?  Do I need to morph my playstyle to match yours?

Sorry for the outburst but Jesus fucking Christ you're driving me insane

Actually, the patch notes (http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/84873) specifically refer to Advanced as the "normal" difficulty, equivalent to the game's difficulty prior to the patch. Also, your confusion above is exactly why I care. Normal has a reduced payout, and this game is all about the grind, so it's in your best interest to play on the most profitable difficulty you can stomach. If you can't stomach Advanced, then it's perfectly acceptable for you to play on Normal. I for one find Elite to be infuriating at times.

I care because I don't think people should grind their balls off if there's a better way.

[The Rush]

Ok, so I used to play this game back when your credit card got more upgrades than your character. I hear that things have changed and I'm going to attempt to jump back into the swing of things, albeit rather poorly. I'm not familiar with the hub or the interface anymore but I'll learn, in the meanwhile if there is some sort of friend roster you can add me @Saltopus.
Any tips are greatly welcome, current ranking is 3 I believe, not that far.

[Ceridran]

Normal is named normal because that was the only difficulty.  Advanced and elite were added, not normal and elite.

If normal was the only one that existed to begin with, we probably wouldn't be crying as much.

And you're incorrect, Normal and Elite were added in. The game actually does say the Advanced is pretty much what older players are used to, while normal mode says it's easier than what older players are used to. I'm trying to get over my disliking for it, but I try to avoid it in general.

[Balrog]

I found this drop chart on the forums. Until drop rates get fixed, this should tell you where you should be grinding all day erry day for Rarities.

[Balrog]

So me and Zerokk were playing Arena>Graveyard, and... this happened.

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Zerokken: 7
Zerokken: 7
Zerokken: 7
Zerokken: 7
Zerokken: 7
Zerokken: 7
Warp-Master: hello
Zerokken: 7
Zerokken: 7
Warp-Master: guys
Zerokken: 7
Zerokken: 7
Zerokken: what
Warp-Master: i think we broke zerokk
Zerokken: 6
Zerokken: 6
Zerokken: 3
Zerokken: 4
Zerokken: bonkadoodle
Spikeboy-Vi: he was already on the edge
Zerokken: cupcakes and galloncakes
Zerokken: munch munch
Warp-Master: how do i log this conversation
Zerokken: you don't
Zerokken: You just
Zerokken: do a thing like
Zerokken: ignore it
Zerokken: I'm not broken
Zerokken: I'm always like this
Warp-Master: brb notepadding
Warp-Master: or not
Zerokken: What no
Zerokken: The square root of nothing curves twice
Zerokken: Bill's favorite is stairs
Warp-Master: totally posting this
Zerokken: aapples
Zerokken: an apple a day keeps the doctor away
Zerokken: if you hit him hard enough with it
Zerokken: Sing the national anthem while balancing a quarter over your forehead and riding a unicycle on a tight rope over the grand canyon
Zerokken: +100 experience for that much
Zerokken: hat's so little.
Zerokken: but wait it's an average mission
Zerokken: The one that's harder is staring at a kitten without going squee
Zerokken: +1500 exp
Zerokken: no wait I forgot a 0
Zerokken: three in fact
Zerokken: applejack is the best pony and I can confirm that without watching MLP
Warp-Master: I thought graveyards are supposed to be hard
Zerokken: are you wooding this conversation or branching it
Zerokken: twigging it
Zerokken: logging is boring
Warp-Master: brb posting
Warp-Master: /sit /sleep
*Phantoms start killing us*
Zerokken: Phantom, or phantom dancer?
Zerokken: ELEVATOOOR of my goodness these phantokens are annoying"
Zerokken: So annoying I'l threaten to put them in an arcade machine
Zerokken: which is house of the dead
Zerokken: doot doot
Zerokken: Get on the levelator elevator melevator jellonator
Warp-Master: still posting
Zerokken: of next-depthness
Zerokken: get on it so you can post in not death
*Manibogi and Spikeboy-Vi join the party at the elevator*
Zerokken: Maniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Zerokken: eeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Warp-Master: uh
Zerokken: Captain spoooooock
Warp-Master: wait i'm loggin
Zerokken: guys get on the elevator so Balrog can psot without dying
Zerokken: balrog get on the elevator of pleasure and not pleasure at all
Manibogi: gj
Zerokken: for there are adventure benches
Zerokken: where you sit
Zerokken: d f
Zerokken: and you fly
Zerokken: into the sky and you ask "why"
Zerokken: Mecha-Knights can shock you."
Zerokken: doot doot
Zerokken: I need more witty sentences to pull out of midair.. I need to rhyme on a dime.
Warp-Master: uh no
Warp-Master: don't do that
Zerokken: get on the elevator you face
Manibogi: then get the !%&! on
Zerokken: get on the elevator
Zerokken: Log as much as you can I think
Zerokken: but
Zerokken: GET ON
Zerokken: so you can log
Zerokken: WITHOUT these guys
Zerokken: that are red
Zerokken: and dance
Zerokken: and remind me of an LoL item
Manibogi: you &%#!
Zerokken: twig as much as you can Blalbog
Zerokken: for great just ice
Zerokken: moonstone is the way to go for deposit boxes
Warp-Master: wait i can post after we're out of Death City
Zerokken: because stay frosty
Zerokken: Exactly
*Elevator*
Spikeboy-Vi: bzzt
Spikeboy-Vi: /sleep
Manibogi: well isn't this the bestest of parties
Spikeboy-Vi: i'll bring a shovel

Aaand then I died of AFKing.

Zerokken: Balrog is twigging what I have said
Zerokken: Logging is dumb I tell you
Zerokken: I'l use my black hole bomb to get him out of the spawnevator
Manibogi: yeah right
Zerokken: It's no use friendly fire is on
Zerokken: It's always on
Warp-Master: and i got kicked
Warp-Master: bawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Ceridran]

So me and Zerokk were playing Arena>Graveyard, and... this happened.

(click to show/hide)

Zerokken: 7
Zerokken: 7
Zerokken: 7
Zerokken: 7
Zerokken: 7
Zerokken: 7
Warp-Master: hello
Zerokken: 7
Zerokken: 7
Warp-Master: guys
Zerokken: 7
Zerokken: 7
Zerokken: what
Warp-Master: i think we broke zerokk
Zerokken: 6
Zerokken: 6
Zerokken: 3
Zerokken: 4
Zerokken: bonkadoodle
Spikeboy-Vi: he was already on the edge
Zerokken: cupcakes and galloncakes
Zerokken: munch munch
Warp-Master: how do i log this conversation
Zerokken: you don't
Zerokken: You just
Zerokken: do a thing like
Zerokken: ignore it
Zerokken: I'm not broken
Zerokken: I'm always like this
Warp-Master: brb notepadding
Warp-Master: or not
Zerokken: What no
Zerokken: The square root of nothing curves twice
Zerokken: Bill's favorite is stairs
Warp-Master: totally posting this
Zerokken: aapples
Zerokken: an apple a day keeps the doctor away
Zerokken: if you hit him hard enough with it
Zerokken: Sing the national anthem while balancing a quarter over your forehead and riding a unicycle on a tight rope over the grand canyon
Zerokken: +100 experience for that much
Zerokken: hat's so little.
Zerokken: but wait it's an average mission
Zerokken: The one that's harder is staring at a kitten without going squee
Zerokken: +1500 exp
Zerokken: no wait I forgot a 0
Zerokken: three in fact
Zerokken: applejack is the best pony and I can confirm that without watching MLP
Warp-Master: I thought graveyards are supposed to be hard
Zerokken: are you wooding this conversation or branching it
Zerokken: twigging it
Zerokken: logging is boring
Warp-Master: brb posting
Warp-Master: /sit /sleep
*Phantoms start killing us*
Zerokken: Phantom, or phantom dancer?
Zerokken: ELEVATOOOR of my goodness these phantokens are annoying"
Zerokken: So annoying I'l threaten to put them in an arcade machine
Zerokken: which is house of the dead
Zerokken: doot doot
Zerokken: Get on the levelator elevator melevator jellonator
Warp-Master: still posting
Zerokken: of next-depthness
Zerokken: get on it so you can post in not death
*Manibogi and Spikeboy-Vi join the party at the elevator*
Zerokken: Maniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Zerokken: eeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Warp-Master: uh
Zerokken: Captain spoooooock
Warp-Master: wait i'm loggin
Zerokken: guys get on the elevator so Balrog can psot without dying
Zerokken: balrog get on the elevator of pleasure and not pleasure at all
Manibogi: gj
Zerokken: for there are adventure benches
Zerokken: where you sit
Zerokken: d f
Zerokken: and you fly
Zerokken: into the sky and you ask "why"
Zerokken: Mecha-Knights can shock you."
Zerokken: doot doot
Zerokken: I need more witty sentences to pull out of midair.. I need to rhyme on a dime.
Warp-Master: uh no
Warp-Master: don't do that
Zerokken: get on the elevator you face
Manibogi: then get the !%&! on
Zerokken: get on the elevator
Zerokken: Log as much as you can I think
Zerokken: but
Zerokken: GET ON
Zerokken: so you can log
Zerokken: WITHOUT these guys
Zerokken: that are red
Zerokken: and dance
Zerokken: and remind me of an LoL item
Manibogi: you &%#!
Zerokken: twig as much as you can Blalbog
Zerokken: for great just ice
Zerokken: moonstone is the way to go for deposit boxes
Warp-Master: wait i can post after we're out of Death City
Zerokken: because stay frosty
Zerokken: Exactly
*Elevator*
Spikeboy-Vi: bzzt
Spikeboy-Vi: /sleep
Manibogi: well isn't this the bestest of parties
Spikeboy-Vi: i'll bring a shovel

Aaand then I died of AFKing.

Zerokken: Balrog is twigging what I have said
Zerokken: Logging is dumb I tell you
Zerokken: I'l use my black hole bomb to get him out of the spawnevator
Manibogi: yeah right
Zerokken: It's no use friendly fire is on
Zerokken: It's always on
Warp-Master: and i got kicked
Warp-Master: bawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Adventure Bench is the watered down equivalent of a Rocket Lawnchair.

[Jman]

Seems zerokk powdered his cockatiel for the ribcage slaughter

[Ceridran]

What a wonderful place to go AFK~

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In the range of Spinny Death Thing, why not?

[Balrog]

It seems someone else has happened upon THE SEVENSPIRACY:

http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/87168

Also, #Tortodrone2013.

[Balrog]

http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/87401

They're heeeeere.

[Ceridran]

I don't think I have anything to use this 1 variant ticket on that I got from a forge prize box.

If I toss it on a Blackhawk, it will be so inconsistent with my future Silversix. Oh, and I have a 2/6 chance of it giving me a Family Bonus that will do the Blackhawk any good. Yip.

[Balrog]

Chuck it on your armor or something then, can't lose there unless you get a bomb UV and aren't a bomber. Or save it until you feel like you have something worth minmaxing.

[MusashiAA]

Someone should totally gather some people and stream a Spiral Knights session