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[2020] Crusaders Community Q&A #212 with host Erika


about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Good morning!

Before we begin today, I hope you are safe wherever you are, and that you are in a position to take care of yourselves during this time of change.

 

For those of you who are joining us for the first time, I'm Erika, the Live Services Manager for Crusaders of the Lost Idols and Community Manager for Codename Entertainment, and I will do my best to answer your Crusaders questions. This Q&A is so you know where to find one of the team to chat Crusaders weekly.

I will be answering questions live for the first hour and then checking back throughout the week.

 

The previous Q&A: Number 211!

Community Activity!

Lots of sparkly entries for the colouring sheet challenge this week, but 12 sheets shy of the goal of 50. We'll be rolling them forward to count with this week's activity.

We'll be releasing a new colouring sheet later today, so stay tuned!

Updates:

  • The Tier 5 version of Sasha's Schoolhouse Scourge ends today, Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 at Noon PDT.

  • Season 1 of the Dungeons will be ending Thursday, September 17th, 2020. We are planning on a break before starting season 2. You can now choose when to claim all your outstanding rewards, once the season is over. You will have to claim all the rewards at once when you choose to claim them.

  • The recipes for the the Sasha's Schoolhouse Scourge Crusaders will be available Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 at Noon Pacific Time (UTC -7).

  • The Tier 6 event season starts with Carnival of Sorrows around Thursday, October 1st, 2020.

  • In case you missed it, we're doing Q&A streams for Crusaders on the CNE Games twitch channel now! The streams are at Thursdays at 10am Pacific Time (UTC-7).

  • We're currently working on getting Season 2 of the Dungeons ready, and Tier 6 events.

  • Note: Start saving your rubies. They'll be useful for a new upcoming feature.

End of Life in Flash in Browsers

Crusaders will remain available to play through the version on Steam, and through a downloadable launcher on our Codename Games website (coming soon!)

You can currently link your accounts to those platforms, using the in-game Linked Account option. Generate the code in the game you want to keep and paste it into the game on Steam or CNEGames. The Linked Account option is available as soon as you complete the tutorial in the new version of the game.

 

Please put in a support ticket if you've found a bug with the game. How to submit support tickets: Click here for the instructions.

 

Have a treat! NOOP-ISOS-ORDO-GARE awards 2 Tier 5 Educational Jeweled chests: Expires Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 at 9:59 am Pacific Time (UTC-7).

 

Next Q&A: The next Crusaders Q&A will be on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 at 10am Pacific Time (UTC -7.)

 

Edit: Thank you for all the questions during the live hour. I'll be checking back throughout the week. :)

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about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Croq360

Hi Erika,

I hope you are having a good week!

A couple of questions (okay, five questions) regarding Dungeons, end of season, and the break.

  1. If we are running a dungeon when the season ends, will we be able to complete that run and get any bonuses (idols, points, coins) applied when the run is over?

  2. During the break, will we be able to buy dungeons with coins and still run them?

  3. For those that want to buy the idol buff during the break, will the dungeon shop be available? And if the answer to #2 is "No", then please be sure to disable the dungeon run item.

  4. Have you got an estimate on how long the "break" will last?

  5. For achievements related to dungeons, where you need to reach a particular area on 10 runs, will those carry over and be completable in the next season? Same question on the "earn X points" and "spend X points" ones.

Hi Croq360,

Week is going well so far, thank you for asking. :)

1) You will be able to complete the final run as normal, and the points will be applied to the Season 1 progress and gain the rewards.

2) The dungeons will be totally turned off, and the extra run instance will be disabled from purchase.

3) The dungeon store will still be accessible from its tab on the other stores, for players who want the Idol buff.

4) As long as it takes to get our ducks in a row.

5) The only dungeon achievement tied to season 1 is the complete season 1 achievement. The other achievements will be able to be earned with future seasons.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by billyjoe99

Hi Erika

Thanks for the code, a few questions and points:

1) Are you able to give an idea as to when season 2 will start

2) Please can you increase the levels that rewards are given in the dungeon from 10000, we're able to push further and new crusaders will increase things further.

3) Please can you also not make season 2 easier, it's meant to be difficult, one run a day to 10000 gets you close to 300000 points, way beyond the current requirements. Maybe you could add extra reward levels after the current 25.

4) There are people suggesting that we should be saving rubies and JCs, is there anything in the pipeline that will require this, if so can you say when and give an idea as to the number we might want to keep back.

5) Please kill bruno before he ruins the game for good.

6) For the codes you dish out here, could you consider making them all tier, rather than tier 5 so that those just starting could benefit.

many thanks

Hi billyjoe99,

You're welcome for the code.

1) As soon as we can, but no concrete ETA.

2) Unlikely at this time, but we'll review.

3) I'll keep the request in mind.

4) Yes, as noted above, you'll definitely want to save rubies. Jeweled chests might not be as urgent to hoard, since players have Ana. It's tied to the new system debuting with Season 2. Lots of rubies is the amount to hoard.

5) We'll be capping Bruno once the season is over. I wanted to give players a fair chance to use him for progress this season before capping his ability.

6) For the first week of the event, I give out All Tier codes here and from the stream. For the second week of the event, I give out chests for the new event Crusader.

Cheers!

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Made_In_The_80s

Hello Erika

thanks for the code

i have a suggestion for the play history

filters

i dont know if it has been suggested before

i just searched the play history for the data of my last reset, more than 6k areas ago... it was pretty frustrating...

the time in play history is totaly different from my time zone.

and all the silver chest and BI entries... most of the data in the play history is pretty useless. who is interested in silver chests? 1k silver chests entries for a single run seems to be unnecessary.

and the limited entries per site... i found what i searched on page ~20

it would be great if it were possible to filter the data in play history. resets, redeemed codes, missions, opened chests, maybe jeweled chests.

or just an option to hide all the silver chest and bonus idol entries? it would be so much easier to find the information that you are looking for.

im not a tech guru, i dont know if it would be a lot of work for you guys. just a suggestion...

it doesnt happen often, that you search for an entry 6k areas ago. but if it happens, its always very laborious.

Hi Made_In_The_80s,

You're welcome for the code.

The play history has always been in server time, to make support easier. We weren't planning on having it localize for players.

Filtering the play history has definitely come up before, and it's probably worth looking into it at some point. We've just had other priorities, like game systems and events.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by belkak210

Hello, Erika hope you're having a good day.

On the stream you said that we should save up JC and rubies, is there a rough time table for this new feature?

Are we talking 1 or 2 months? or nothing till next year?

Would like to know to tell whether I should open my JC or not since if the feature is several months away there is no need to hoard atm

Edit: Also will the amount of tokens needed for the objectives the next event be lowered? Specially the lower tiers? Cause you already need to spend warps to complete T5 and with a new tier it'll be too much.

Hi belkak210,

It's been OK aside from the wildfire smoke blanketing the island lately.

The new feature is tied to the Season 2 debut, so you have until then.

Since players do have Ana, hoarding normal Jeweled chests isn't as important as saving rubies, but the chests will have a part to play.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by DragonFuhrer

Is there any way you can continue the Dungeon season until the next one is ready? Some of us are really close to reaching level 25 to obtain the taskmaster.

The season will end as scheduled, sorry.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by dimitrius5naj

Hi Erica!

In the meantime, we are waiting for the enemies to become more difficult somewhere in the old campaigns, the tasks are more difficult, and the fuzzies from Aldebaran are real fuzzies from Aldebaran, can I ask - is there a chance that this year there will be a 12 campaign and a new non-event crusader?

Thanks for the code!)

PS. Have you ever thought about translating into other languages?

Hi dimitrius5naj,

It would be campaign 10, if we did a new permanent campaign.

That is not in the cards right now, with the pandemic putting a dent in our productivity this year.

You're welcome for the code.

We will not be translating the game into other languages. We tried for the mobile version, but there's just too much text in the game, along with our frequent updates. As well, different languages take up different amounts of space in text fields, so we'd have to make sure all dialogs could support all the lengths of text for the translations, which just isn't something we can do at this point in the life cycle of the game.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by SarphaHarr

Hello Erika hope you are having a great day.

Just a single question. We need to save RUBIES not JCs, right?

cause I've heard some rumors or something that we need to save JCs.

Just wanna make sure. Thank you!

Hi SarphaHarr,

Doing well, thanks. I hope you're having a good day too.

Rubies for sure, normal Jeweled chests as an extra, but not imperative to save, because you guys have Ana and the Jeweler talent to drop more Jeweled chests.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by intellidarnit

I also wonder if 'Outstanding rewards' (from today's announcement) means chests? Will unused chests disappear from inventory?

That note about outstanding rewards is related to the Season pass items, both free and paid.

Players didn't want the Idol bonus for level 25 from the paid pass to be claimed automatically with the season ending, so now players can choose when they want to claim all the season rewards they have left unclaimed at season's end.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by sqrzwol

Hi Erika,

If dungeon runs are totally off between dungeons, what will veterans be able to do? free play is pretty useless beyond a certain point. I guess there's always sprint..

You mentioned new 11ths are soon last Q&A, how soon is soon? :)

Hi sqrzwol,

Veterans can free play, do challenges, do events, etc.

All resources are on season 2 and the system tied to it along with Carnival of Sorrows, so Tier 11ths would be after that at the earliest.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by SnooDoughnuts6987

Hey Erika

  1. Any general information you can share about the T6? Like humanoid or more to the animal side? Male/female none or the ultra-rare non binary tag?

  2. Im still kind of confused, should we be using rubies to buy jeweled chests, to hoard more JC’s. Or should we be hording jeweled chests AND rubies separately?

Hi SnooDoughnuts6987,

1) Can tease the Carnival Crusader will have an Animal tag.

2) Hoarding rubies and normal Jeweled chests separately.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by AMQ_

Hey Erika -

Thank you for the chests. Looking forward to season two and tier 6 events. While I was lucky enough to finish the dungeons, several people I know are close but not quite there yet. I was asked to pass along the following question from a person who has to work: Since the dungeons are going to be turned off, any way you can extend season 1 through the weekend? (I figured No, but told them I would ask!) From me: Do we get anything fun this weekend? ;)

Hi AMQ_

You're welcome for the chests. :)

Congratulations on finishing the season!

We will not be extending season 1 to compensate for the gap between seasons, sorry.

Just the weekend buff this weekend. We're heads down on season 2 and Carnival of Sorrows, to try to minimize the gap between seasons.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by 50phie

Hello,

I also hope you and your loved ones are safe.

Thanks for the chests.

My question: Is it possible to have a little circle to place a Taskmaster to click on Xygallix's and automatically upgrade "Hourly Rate"?

Thanks,

Sophie

Hi Sophie,

They're doing well, thank you for asking. I hope you're all safe too.

If you place a taskmaster on Xygallix, they will keep upgrading Hourly Rate as you have the gold, since taskmasters buy upgrades while on the level up buttons.

Cheers!

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Environmental_Nerve2

Hello Erika

Any chance we will ever get to have Milgrid in that little drill of hers from her recruit objective? Like as a skin or something?

Hi Environmental_Nerve2,

We weren't planning on giving out her on her drill as a skin, but I'll note down it's been requested. I think it would involve shrinking the sprite, since it does take up multiple slots in its current form.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Legitimate-Guitar786

uhm Erika I know the dungeons end on the 17th but when does season 2 start? any estimate?

Season 2 will start as soon as we can, but no concrete ETA to share at this time.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Cotlathi

Friendly reminder that idol gains from dungeon need an adjustment. Ideally in conjunction with a boost to normal idol gains, for instance from a new talent tied to unlocked dungeon levels.

Thanks for the reminder cotlathi.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by belkak210

That's great, I can go opened them now :P

What about my other question? I edited it in so you probably didn't see it :)

We won't be changing the amount of tokens needed to start the event objectives with Tier 6 events.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by DwarfinKing

Hi Erika,

Do you have any plans to add Ana to the Steam DLC list of crusaders that can be purchased?

Thank you for the Code!

Hi DwarfinKing,

She's on the short-list of Crusaders to add as DLC in the next little while, but I don't have an ETA for her yet.

You're welcome for the code. :)

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by 50phie

Hi again,

From what I see, that works on Carmen & Petunia's "Power of Two", but does not work on Xygallix's "Hourly Rate", it only increases the regular dps.

Thanks,

Sophie

You have to put the taskmaster on Xygallix's level up button, not Carmen and Petunia's level up button.

And Hourly Rate is only designed to buff Global DPS.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by hatemakingnames1

Might be too late for season 1, but now that I finally hit level 25...I find that there's no purpose to extra dungeon points. Maybe they could convert to coins?

We're entertaining plans of doing something with dungeon points once a player has completed a season to add to a future season.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by cschwa

Hi Erika, I know that adjusting the game is good and needed. This mid season nerf was much more damaging to those in the middle than to those at the top. Friends who had two to three times the number of idols I had now have 20 to 30 times as many. They also have the amazing idol buff that I had no way to get. Frankly in a depressing world of fires, disease and despots, this has become another depressing place

Hi cschwa,

Thank you for the feedback on the idol changes in the dungeons.

However, there's always going to be a spread between players with idols, since some players just play differently from than others.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Sjinkogaming

Hello Erika.

I have a question about Flash Sales:

When i get a Flash Sale and it for X amount of time, i think the reset timer starts when the Flash Sale time ends wether it's bought or not.

But what i wanted to know is if the 4 to 7 day timer is checked once a day or constantly.

As an example: if my flash sale ends at 9PM local time, then i need to wait atleast 4 days after that for a Flash Sale. But does it only check every day @ 9PM, or can it happen at any time after the 4 days are over? Making it usefull to reload every so often to see if you get another Flash Sale.

Thanks in advance.

Hi Sjinkogaming,

Yes, the timer until the next sale starts at the time the old sale expired, purchased or not.

The game only triggers a normal flash sale on loading the game, if you're reloading the game after the randomly chosen period in the 4 to 7 day range has passed when its doing the check on load.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by 50phie

Hello,

Yes, I understand that Carmen and Petunia's level up button does not affect Xygallix.

I know I can automatically click on Xygallix's Level up button and that its dps. I can use a taskmaster for this.

What I was wanting to know is a way to automatically click on the Hourly Rate button which increases global dps. I cannot use a taskmaster for this; I have to click it manually.

Thanks,

Sophie

Assigning a taskmaster to any Crusader will purchase any upgrade that is available to purchase, if you have enough gold on hand.

Assigning the taskmaster to Xygallix will buy levels of Hourly Rate (an upgrade) and will buy levels on Xygallix, whichever is cheaper at the time it clicks the button.

You don't need a taskmaster assigned just to Hourly Rate.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Delcun

Will the crypt return to get the achievement done or will it stick there never to be completed?

If you didn't achieve it, we'll be hiding it from your list of achievements.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by hatemakingnames1

Like just to have it roll over?

Poor choice of words.

Once a player has reached level 25, and is collecting extra points, we're looking at something to do with those excess points, as an addition in a future season, not necessarily season 2. We'll see what happens.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Sjinkogaming

So does that mean if i load the game after the 4 days are over, it can come an hour later or 2 hours later, or only every 24 hours on reloading? It makes a big difference if it can spawn once a day after reloading, or basicly any hour between the 4 and 7 days.

The game will choose a number, so say 5 days.

The flash sale will only show up if you reload the game, and the 5 days, or longer, have passed.

So if you reload the game at say 4 days 23 hours, and then don't reload it for another 24 hours, then yeah, you're potentially affecting future flash sale timers, since there won't be an end time on the sale until you load the game and start the timer.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Didz999

Do you have a rough idea how much JC and Rubies we have to keep or is a more we have better it is?

The more you have the better.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by mupkoOG

Hello Erika

Any chance to link my account if i'm playing through Miniclip?

Hi mupkoOG,

Put in a ticket through the game and we can chat.

about 4 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by erg0_nomic

Is there a deadline for claiming season 1 rewards? Ideally I'd like to wait for the start of season 2 to claim the buffs.

I don't believe there's a deadline, but if there is it would be when season 2 starts.

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