Difference between revisions of "User:Novaster"

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Spiral Knight ID

Name: Novaster

Date of Crash: 06 April 2012

Rank:

Vanguard

Guild: <Of Draco Dusk>

Profession: Bomber, Guild Master, Explorer, Wiki Editor

Motto: You can find that information on the Wiki.

About

Modifiers:

Clockworks Favorites:

Reality:

I'm just a person who likes playing games. I'm over 21, I love dragons a lot, my time zone is EST, and I have too much spare time.

Other games I play (and would love to play with you!):

Homeworld

Magic TCG

Minecraft

Pokemon

Spore

Starcraft

Warframe

My Knight's Story:

Novaster crash-landed on Cradle 06 April 2012, and was immediately attacked by creep cakes. Desiring to find destiny on Cradle, Novaster kept playing, exploring, crafting, and making new, lasting friends.

One day, Novaster was exploring a lichen lair at the mouth of a sewer stash. There, a virulisk suit popped out of a box. Novaster loved the tail, the claws...and wanted to know what to make of this glorious find. Looking through owlite records (not really, just this wiki), Novaster discovered the Arcane Salamander set, and endeavored to wear it. It became Novaster's second 5* set, after vog cub.

Novaster thought that all the lizard outfits were awesome, especially with the variety that personal colors added. So Novaster set out to make a dragon guild, in order for dragon enthusiasts to gather together. But, Novaster thought, for the guild to last, we must let in the kind, the civil, and the fun-loving.

While the guild was stabilizing, Novaster thought to expand skill sets and defenses...

How I Raised My Drakon:

I chose the drakon. I love dragons. So. Much. Reached level 100: 02 August 2013. What I chose as ultimates: concussive firebolt, backfire barrier, and explosive firestorm. This gives a nose horn, neck spikes, and wings, respectively.

You get ultimates for your skills at 90, 95, and 100, for 1, 2, and 3. Each skill/move or whatever you want to call it has TWO ultimate forms that you PICK from, and can change with a Reset Star. You qualify for an ultimate skill if the skill has maxed out skill points (yes, you eventually get enough skill points for everything), and on the level-up using an Ultimate Evo Catalyst, which you need to level up to 90, 95, and 100.

Vanguards: you already have catalysts you need, and one ult catalyst. You need 3 ultimate catalysts total. So buy two from the supply depot. Your pet will change forms at 15 and 50. The ultimates add things to the 50 form. Like accessories really. Your pet will change material preference at (assuming I remember correctly) 15, 30, 50, and 75. ( 1* till 14, 2* till 30, 3* till 49, 4* till 75, and 5* until 100). This is rough, since for some changes in preference a catalyst is used - at 15 and 30 - so material isn't needed for that. But for the other preference changes they are - so you'll probably mess up your math. Crafting in sets of 10 doesn't hurt - you can always trade to someone that needs it.

How I fed my Battle Sprite:

Fed it 5* materials, raw, like flame souls and reaper ribs, until I reached 50 - using 4* peppers or 3* torchstones to top it off whenever possible. After reaching 50, I fed it the preferred material for general feeding - these are orbs and stars. You don't need to spam craft motes, dust, or stones for yourself.

Doing jelly king elite is a great way to get your pet hungry efficiently. Arcades and non-boss missions are good too, since they have arsenal stations to feed at, whereas boss missions do not - so you have to leave to feed if you're doing FSC and want to be efficient with heating/forging something else.

Yes, battle sprites take heat, but it's a very small amount. It contributes to their appetite far more, and when fed, the heat-to-level bar goes up. More efficiently with higher star items, or preferred items. Don't feed preferred items for general feeding - only to level up - until after 50. No, the rarity of the item (drop tables) does not factor into how much the pet is fed - so don't go feeding it shadow lair materials, or joke about feeding it a book of dark rituals.

I did not track how many orbs and stars I used. But it is a large number, ~75 or more for each. Probably a lot more than that. Like I said, craft in sets of 10. Can't go wrong with that. Find someone that chose a different sprite than you, and establish a 1:1 trade for the materials you both need. Very few people have enough minerals to take care of themselves. Find older players that didn't arcade-dump their minerals. I'm reserving my minerals for my friends and guildies at discount/1:1 trades, so I probably won't be selling to strangers (not the NPCs lol) much - unless my prices are met: 1500 for 1*, 3000 for 2*, 4000 for 3*, 5000 for 4*, and the market is in flux for 5* atm. I have been selling stars at 10k each. No, I will not negotiate these prices, and NO, I WILL NOT GIVE THEM FOR FREE TO BEGGARS. GO AWAY. Respect my months of carrying heavy minerals on my poor back all around the clockworks >:(.

Perks: you get them as you level. Pick one to represent at a time. No, they do not affect the entire squad, just you. Think of it as a permanent trinket slot. Skill points: get them as you level. You eventually get enough to max out all your skills. Feel free to conserve them for a specific skill, even though you get them all eventually. Harness: get at the lab. Don't buy one your pet can't use. You can buy the next level as soon as you buy the previous level. These change a Battle Sprite's attack type.

Be patient. Love your battle sprite. I was on vacation when I leveled my lovely drakon, named Seeker, so I had tons of time to do it. Hence, my sprite is finished early - due to lots of time right after they were introduced, as well as being a shiny-hoarding person that rarely NPC trashed materials or arcade dumped minerals.

Something fun to do: wear mercurial jelly or demo, and have your sprite's perk be Swift Steps II. It is very fun >:3.

Hobbies:

When not working on a specific goal, Novaster focuses on helping with funding the furnishing and upkeep of the <Of Draco Dusk> guild hall, recruits for the guild, and likes to talk about game mechanics.

Almost always obsessed with wiki. Like unhealthy.

I love helping new people and giving gameplay advice. Just ask! Or don't, I'll educate you anyway >:3

Pet Peeves:

Begging, asking for "help" when you really just want to be carried/are begging, being rude, accusing someone of something they didn't do ("scamming" is a major one that plagues many good, decent merchants in this game, sadly), asking the same questions over and over, and lastly, improper grammar.

Also why does the prestige "Arms Appropriation" exist. Just noe. NOEEEEEE. WHY OOO WHY.

Social

Contact:

Mail "Novaster" in-game, or leave a message on my Talk Page.

Forums:

My forum name is: Dracora-Speaking

I maintain the following threads on the foums:

My Suggestions

My Shop

Gameplay:

I love playing spiral knights! I hang out in my Guild Hall but often visit the Haven Town Square when I'm not bashing beasties. If you need help with a level, or just want to have some fun and teach monsters why you shouldn't mess with Knights, give me a shout! Keep in mind though: I'm usually very busy.

Friends:

- Anyone who is honorable and likes what I like. You can be honorable and not like what I like, that's fine too.

- All Guildies are my friends. I have lots of contacts and like to keep them organized. If you're in the guild list, you're basically on my friends list!

- Anyone who helps the wiki.

-In particular, I'd like to thank:

Bopp: for consistency, useful forum advice, and patience.

Cheshireccat: for intelligent feedback, enthusiasm, and good gaming.

Deliciousness: for helping the wiki and coding talent. Especially this one.

Glacies: for lots of wikiwork and being innovative yet consistent.

Flowchart: for lots of wikiwork, icons, and coding talent.

Skepticraven: for field data and wiki coding talent.

Sir-Onox: for monster pics and one-on-one improvement talks.

And anyone else who I've not spoken with personally, but who does good things for the game and community.

Arsenal

General Strategy:

I usually don't use trinket slots, relying instead on a good internet connection and agility. I use movement speed buffs whenever possible.

My Main Outfit:

Wyvern Scale Helm:

Arcane Halo

none

Prismatic Glow-Eyes

Arcane Salamander Suit:

Dusky Bomb Bandolier

Cool Dragon Wings

Ghostly Aura

none

Dread Skelly Shield Cold Iron Vanquisher Neutralizer

9-3 Rank Mission "King of Ashes":

Vog Cub Cap:

Increased Shadow Defense: Maximum!

Poison Resistance: Low

Chaos Cloak:

Increased Normal Defense: Low

Increased Piercing Defense: Low

Increased Shadow Defense: Maximum!

Dread Skelly Shield

Increased Piercing Defense: Low

Increased Elemental Defense: Low

Increased Fire Resistance: Low

Voltedge

Charge Time Reduction: Low

Damage Bonus vs Construct: Low

Damage Bonus vs Undead: Very High

Blitz Needle

Charge Time Reduction: High

Speed Running:

Either Merc Demo set, Merc (jelly) set, or Black Kat, and a sword, depending on the environment.

Always:

Overcharged Mixmaster

Attack Speed Increased: Very High

Damage Bonus vs Construct: Medium

Swiftstrike Buckler

The "Swift Steps" Battle Sprite Perk.

Arena:

Defenses are of course variable and tend to have bomb CTR and DMG boosts. For offense, I will wield a sword, and one of the following bombs:

Shocking Salt Bomb

Damage Bonus vs Construct: Very High

Venom Veiler

Charge Time Reduction: High

If it's not a poison arena, I'll use the Venom Veiler.

Projects

My Sandbox

My Contributions

Wiki: My Major Edits and Projects

Yeah, you can see my edits in contribs - but this is more organized.

"Of Draco Dusk" Guild Page.
Themes and Environments - general page and pics.
Furniture - pics and table templates.
Many "better" versions of images for accessories and costumes in the unattached preview window - due to the UI update. Yay blueprint backgrounds! Thanks to User:Lithium31337 for most of the others.
Many accessory animations - especially the "overworld" of Auras.
Accessory individual page format - forum discussion about "Trivia+Junk" vs. "Notes."
Costume and related pages - forum discussion.
Color Style, individual color style pages (thanks to User:Trillium for the wonderful color style template, and User:Icytea for many of the color codes), and Themed Category Pages like this One - revamped.
Many scenario/puzzle pics for Shroud of the Apocrea, and many other scenario rooms.
Confetti
Prize Box - general edits. Thanks to User: Acies for cementing the idea across the wiki with links on pages and in templates.
Lockbox

Thanks to everyone else who does amazing work on the wiki. Volunteers rock!

Wiki: Image Dimensions/Frames

I use the following frame (dimensional) parameters to consistently crop things for the wiki:

For any of the rotating images, the field stands out on its own from interference just fine, so it doesn't need a frame to help isolate the target area for cropping.

File:NovastersImages Frame inspectwindow.png - For Inspect Window shots
File:NovastersImages Frame inspectwindow body.png - for JUST the full body in the inspect window. This keeps dimensions consistent - place one pixel above the rank info text in the inspect window, doing your best to center it around the set itself. Remember, don't have sword/sprite/shield/gun equipped when taking a pic of a costume set (have shield for other sets?).

File:NovastersImages Frame overworld.png - For Overworld full body shots (these fit into the below image in a row of 3)
File:NovastersImages Frame overworldandinspectwindow.png - For Overworld+Inspect visualization

File:NovastersImages Frame Furniturelist.png - for taking pics of smaller furnitures

Remember to keep it floating, fellow image croppers~!

REMOVE THE FRAME for most wiki images, as the frame isn't part of the game. It just keeps dimensions consistent.

Wiki: APNGtest

(left: gif, right: APNG)
(left: captured w/ Bandicam, right: with FRAPS, both APNG).

These should look worse on the left, better on the right. Size is not a factor in quality comparison here.

Wiki: Images: Wayward

These images amuse and appear useful to me, but don't really have a formal/official place on the wiki as of yet.

Many players make earmuffs or headphones using the headband and helm guards.
The headband can make the Com Unit look like a more complex piece of equipment.
This looks a bit like a Shogun Helmet, or a Storm Warrior Helm.
If a helmet doens't have eyes, the gameface might be able to give that helm some personality.
Image by: DemiDagaz
These seem to fit together! (Regal Vented Visor + Regal Helm Guards).
Players can put plumes on Tailed Helms, leading to something like this...
Sometimes ribbons can look like leaves.

Wiki: Images: Icons

Gallery

Click images to see larger versions of them.

My old profile image.

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 -In particular, I'd like to thank:
 :[[User:Jdavis|Bopp]]: for consistency, useful forum advice, and patience.
-:[[User talk:SPOOOONN|Cheshireccat]]: for intelligent feedback, wiki enthusiasm, and good gameplay.
+:[[User talk:SPOOOONN|Cheshireccat]]: for intelligent feedback, enthusiasm, and good gaming.
 :[[User:Trillium|Deliciousness]]: for helping the wiki and coding talent. [[Template:Colorstyle|Especially this one]].
 :[[User:Acies|Glacies]]: for lots of wikiwork and being innovative yet consistent.
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-SHINY THINGS
+----
+General Strategy:
+:I usually don't use trinket slots, relying instead on a good internet connection and agility. I use movement speed buffs whenever possible.
+----
+'''My Main Outfit''':
+[[File:Equipment-Wyvern Scale Helm icon.png|36px]] [[Wyvern Scale Helm]]:
+:[[Image:Icon-accessory-helmet_top.png|16px]] [[Arcane Halo]]
+:[[Image:Icon-accessory-helmet_side.png|16px]] none
+:[[Image:Icon-accessory-helmet_back.png|16px]] none
+:[[Image:Icon-accessory-helmet_front.png|16px]] [[Prismatic Glow-Eyes]]
+[[File:Equipment-Arcane Salamander Suit icon.png|36px]] [[Arcane Salamander Suit]]:
+:[[Image:Icon-accessory-armor_front.png|16px]] [[Bandolier|Dusky Bomb Bandolier]]
+:[[Image:Icon-accessory-armor_back.png|16px]] [[Dragon Wings|Cool Dragon Wings]]
+:[[Image:Icon-accessory-armor_aura.png|16px]] [[Ghostly Aura]]
+:[[Image:Icon-accessory-armor_rear.png|16px]] none
+[[File:Equipment-Dread Skelly Shield icon.png|36px]] [[Dread Skelly Shield]]
+[[File:Equipment-Cold Iron Vanquisher icon.png|36px]] [[Cold Iron Vanquisher]]
+[[File:Equipment-Neutralizer icon.png|36px]] [[Neutralizer]]
+----
+'''9-3 Rank Mission "King of Ashes"''':
+[[File:Equipment-Vog Cub Cap icon.png|36px]] [[Vog Cub Cap]]:
+:[[File:Unique variant icon.png|16px|link=Unique Variant]] Increased Shadow Defense: Maximum!
+:[[File:Unique variant icon.png|16px|link=Unique Variant]] Poison Resistance: Low
+[[File:Equipment-Chaos Cloak icon.png|36px]] [[Chaos Cloak]]:
+:[[File:Unique variant icon.png|16px|link=Unique Variant]] Increased Normal Defense: Low
+:[[File:Unique variant icon.png|16px|link=Unique Variant]] Increased Piercing Defense: Low
+:[[File:Unique variant icon.png|16px|link=Unique Variant]] Increased Shadow Defense: Maximum!
+[[File:Equipment-Dread Skelly Shield icon.png|36px]] [[Dread Skelly Shield]]
+:[[File:Unique variant icon.png|16px|link=Unique Variant]] Increased Piercing Defense: Low
+:[[File:Unique variant icon.png|16px|link=Unique Variant]] Increased Elemental Defense: Low
+:[[File:Unique variant icon.png|16px|link=Unique Variant]] Increased Fire Resistance: Low
+[[File:Equipment-Voltedge icon.png|36px]] [[Voltedge]]
+:[[File:Unique variant icon.png|16px|link=Unique Variant]] Charge Time Reduction: Low
+:[[File:Unique variant icon.png|16px|link=Unique Variant]] Damage Bonus vs Construct: Low
+:[[File:Unique variant icon.png|16px|link=Unique Variant]] Damage Bonus vs Undead: Very High
+[[File:Equipment-Blitz Needle icon.png|36px]] [[Blitz Needle]]
+:[[File:Unique variant icon.png|16px|link=Unique Variant]] Charge Time Reduction: High
+----
+'''Speed Running''':
+Either [[Mercurial Demo Helm|Merc Demo set]], [[Mercurial Helm|Merc (jelly) set]], or [[Black Kat Cowl|Black Kat]], and a sword, depending on the environment.
+Always:
+[[File:Equipment-Overcharged Mixmaster icon.png|36px]] [[Overcharged Mixmaster]]
+:[[File:Unique variant icon.png|16px|link=Unique Variant]] Attack Speed Increased: Very High
+:[[File:Unique variant icon.png|16px|link=Unique Variant]] Damage Bonus vs Construct: Medium
+[[File:Equipment-Swiftstrike Buckler icon.png|36px]] [[Swiftstrike Buckler]]
+[[File:Swift Steps.png|36px|Swift Steps II]] The "Swift Steps" Battle Sprite [[Perk]].
+----
+'''Arena''':
+Defenses are of course variable and tend to have bomb CTR and DMG boosts. For offense, I will wield a sword, and one of the following bombs:
+[[File:Equipment-Shocking Salt Bomb icon.png|36px]] [[Shocking Salt Bomb]]
+:[[File:Unique variant icon.png|16px|link=Unique Variant]] Damage Bonus vs Construct: Very High
+[[File:Equipment-Venom Veiler icon.png|36px]] [[Venom Veiler]]
+:[[File:Unique variant icon.png|16px|link=Unique Variant]] Charge Time Reduction: High
+If it's not a poison arena, I'll use the Venom Veiler.
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