almost 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 216!

Community Activity!

There's still time to get some Pumpkins in for this week's colouring sheet challenge!

Updates:

  • The Tier 6 version of Emo's New Moon is currently running and will end next Tuesday, November 10th, 2020 at Noon Pacific Time.

  • Our current priority is getting the launcher ready for players to download from the Codename Games website and normal updates will resume after that.

  • I am currently planning a Talents update and the first batch of 5th Rune powers.

  • The Tier 6 version of Kaines' Dinner of Doom will launch around Thursday, November 19th, 2020.

  • The recipes for the Emo's New Moon Crusaders will be available again on Tuesday, November 24th, 2020 at Noon Pacific Time (UTC-7.)

  • The Tier 6 version of The Nate Before Christmas will launch around Wednesday, December 16th, 2020.

  • The Tier 6 version of Princess' Pool Party will launch around Thursday, January 7th, 2021.

  • 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 are partnering with Desert Bus again this year, and are working on a new Crusader to give to players who donate to their campaign while it's running in November. Desert Bus starts their engines on Friday, November 13th, 2020 and will last as long as the donations keep them busing.

  • We will also be running an Extra Life Donation drive in November.

  • Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 is a holiday for Remembrance Day, and so the office will be closed that day. Normal office hours will resume on Thursday, November 12th, 2020.

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.

Question For You

What skin would you like to see from the following Kaines' Dinner of Doom crusaders: RoboTurkey, Paul the Pilgrim, Petra the Pilgrim, 43G1S or Gemthel the Gourmet?

 

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! TOFT-NOGG-TIRL-VINO awards 2 Tier 6 Halloween Jeweled chests: Expires Tuesday, November 10th, 2020 at 9:59 am Pacific Time (UTC-7).

 

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

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

Originally posted by Rmoomy

RoboTurkey.

Thanks for the vote! :)

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

Originally posted by N00byDoobyDoo

Hey Erika

Can we has an Ultra Guy (Turbo Man from Jingle all the way) skin for the Exterminator for x-mas event?

Hi N00byDoobyDoo,

Huh, that is an interesting skin idea for the Exterminator. I'll note it down.

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

Originally posted by billyjoe99

Hi Erika

I wonder if it would be possible to allow high level runes to just replace lower level ones without having to level up. it's frustrating to have a level 2 rune on something, get a level 4 in a chest and have no way of swapping. Unless I have missed something.

Hi billyjoe99,

If you want to replace runes instead of waiting to level them up, then you can use your Rune Solvent to remove all the Runes from a Crusader, and then equip those higher level runes.

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

Originally posted by Environmental_Nerve2

Ssup Erika

Could you please tell us, does the .5 EP round up or down?

Hi Environmental_Nerve2,

I checked with Kevin and it rounds down currently. We'll take a pass at that.

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

Originally posted by Legitimate-Guitar786

Greeting Erika

If you haven’t decided this years xmas T6 sadder may I suggest “soda drinking polar bear”?

Hi Legitimate-Guitar786,

Animals have been a theme for the possible Christmas Crusader from player requests lately. I'll add your vote to the list.

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

Originally posted by wipilap

Hi All,

not new to the game but still curious, what means black eye-mask sometimes appearing on game screen?

Hi wipilap,

Do you mean when you are doing free plays on the Ready Player 2 campaign?

That's our VR headset overlay, as that campaign is an exploration through the various video game technologies.

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

Originally posted by brickobat

gemthel skin

Noted! :)

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

Originally posted by dimitrius5naj

Erica, hello!

1) Can you tell me why the previous Questions and Answers were skipped?

2) Have you already seen the reaction to your "requirements" for passing the Victor skin campaign? Any plans to fix this?

3) Why are there so many bugs in this update?

4) Can I have a code for the missed Questions and Answers?

5) I would like skins for Turkey. What if, deep down, she's still alive somewhere? :-)

6) Mercy for the code.

Hi dimitrius5naj,

1) Q&As will get cancelled on occasion. This time it's because I was sick, but Margaret chose to respect my privacy when she posted the cancellation notices last week.

2) Yes, we've seen the reactions. We won't be changing it, as players have already completed it.

4) No, there won't be a code for no Q&A last week. There's only codes for the sessions that happen.

5) RoboTurkey skin, noted.

6) You're welcome.

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

Originally posted by arcaine666

Hi! Gemthel would be nice! Would love to take a peek at new talents. Hoping they have something like expanding arithmagician

Hi arcaine666,

Gemthel skin, thanks for for the vote!

I'm not sure yet if I want to do another talent for raising the cap, but it could be a possibility.

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

Originally posted by Sylexy

my vote is for Gemthel!

also any further thought to moving runechest cooldowns up so we have the option to use them for challenge

Gemthel, got ya!

Moving the Rune Chest timer in stores is still on list to discuss with Kevin.

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

Originally posted by N00byDoobyDoo

oh oh mecha skin for 43G1S pretty please!

Right, the mecha skin idea. Noted.

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

Originally posted by mystic_dragon005

Hey Rika, THanks for the chest codes.

Robotukey is my first choice for a skin and gemthel would be second.

You're welcome for the code.

A RoboTurkey-Gemthel combo, thanks for the votes!

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

Originally posted by hofdiddy

robo turkey!

Noted. :)

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

Originally posted by rjakubec

RoboTurkey just a regular turkey (or maybe a roasted one)? Aegis evolved into a plant angel? Gemthel switching gender? The possibilities are endless! But seriously, out of all of them, I only use Gem.

Ah yes, the roasted turkey skin.

Hmm, I can guess why the plant-angel one for 43G1S, lol.

As we've said before, we don't plan on changing genders with skins, but I'll note the request for a Gemthel skin.

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

Originally posted by Didz999

thanks you for the chests and i would vote for Gemthel, I was curious if you had an aproximated date for special rune ability? I'm thrill to see what you will do with it.

You're welcome for the chests.

Gemthel skin, noted! Thanks for the vote.

I feel confident in saying that we'll have at least the 1st batch of 5th slot powers out before the end of the year. Talents update first though.

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

Originally posted by [deleted]

[deleted]

We'll have a system for players who forgot to link their accounts to either Steam or Codename Games before the end of December.

It's definitely better if most players link before then though, obviously.

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

Originally posted by Death_Alchemist

Why Crow not undead? Was it an oversight or are you seriously telling me the skeleton bird is somehow still alive?

We were going with minimal tags for the Crooked Crow.

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

Originally posted by DwarfinKing

Hi Erika,

Hope all is well.

A Gemthel the Gourmet skin for the Thanksgiving event would be great since she is probably the most used out of the bunch.

You might have given a hint about this already, but what taskmaster are you guys going to make for the next Extra Life?

Thanks for the code!

Hi DwarfinKing,

We're doing well, thanks! Hope you're good too.

Gemthel skin, noted.

Still to be determined, but we are planning on a taskmaster for the Extra Life donation pack, yup.

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

Originally posted by GeorgeSmith50

I vote for a Gemthel skin

Thank you for the skin vote!

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

Originally posted by sentientdessert

What was the thinking behind the choice to make Bruno the Unicorn useless by capping his rank 7 skill Marvelous Gold?

I'm fairly certain that Bruno still has a place in players formations.

His power was just a bit too much uncapped.

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

Originally posted by Azar-yah

Would like to see more opportunities for getting solvent. (I have zero since i used the first to see how it worked and then failed the weekly mission with 97%).

Perhaps add them to the dungeon shop for purchase with vouchers. Vouchers are very limited, so it would still be easy to limit them to reasonable numbers.

Solvents are meant to be rare. We don't want players treating Runes like Legendary equipment.

I'll note down the request to make the Solvents a little more prevalent.

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

Originally posted by AerichV

Hi Erika,

I've noticed quite a lot of people experience lag problems with Jiao's River Guardian FA. This gives problems when trying to snapshot peak DPS. Can you look into it? For me it's the most annoying factor right now so I'd love to see it eliminated.

Hi Aerich,

We haven't gotten any tickets about Jiaolong lag since the last time we fixed him.

What other Crusaders do you have in your formation?

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

Originally posted by Made_In_The_80s

speaking about Exterm... why did you recycle the name of Exterms 'Spare Parts' ability for the new Crusaders first ability? :)

There's over 150 Crusaders, some of them will end up with duplicate skill names.

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

Originally posted by DragonFuhrer

If you remove the Rune, does it "dissolve" it and you lose it or does it remove and put it back in your inventory?

The removed Runes will return to your inventory.

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

Originally posted by SotFXSotF

For the skin, Robo Turkey...

Also, while I've finished the event objectives and achievements this year, the objectives seemed designed to make them drag out. It's something that will make it even harder for newer players to catch up and just annoy a lot of those already there who have things.

RoboTurkey skin, noted!

The Tier 6 events are geared towards veterans, not new players. Though it's cool if there are new players who've managed to be strong enough to push all 6 tiers, we only expect players to do 2 or 3 tiers when an event is live.

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

Originally posted by pastuso1

Hi Erika !!

Would like to see a dinosaur skin for RoboTurkey.

Hi pastuso1,

A dinosaur skin for RoboTurkey would definitely be unique.

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

Originally posted by cubert73

I don't care about skins for the most part. I only get them when they show up in a chest, and I only use them when they modify tags so I can use a specific crusader for a mission.

Speaking of missions, I have never hated a mission as much as I do Emo's New Moon T6 Soulful Escort. Requiring a 1000+ EP *ranged* crusader, which is virtually worthless otherwise, is absurd. I have 1120 days of play time and I have no ranged crusaders even close to that. I had no idea until I started the mission and could see who was locked.

At the very least the game should tell people when they have no crusaders that match the mission requirements. I had to burn a bunch of time warps to get enough gold to bail out of the stupid thing. This is the first time in three years of play time that I have had to do that, and thankfully I had them. If I didn't I would have been stuck in that mission forever.

The Washed Up Hermit is a projectile Crusader, but it's possible that he doesn't make it onto players missions.

There's always the Abandon option for players who start an objective and can't finish it, but I'll note down the request about the game telling players if an objective is impossible for them.

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

Originally posted by Xerxish

Hello

1)Is it possible for a skin only to show up in the store untill after the event?

2)Max level rune has the worst IOR, adding +5% each level gives more incentive to keep leveling that rune while not being OP.

3)A talent to skip 5,10,25,100 waves pls or if you think that's too powerful you can add a talisman which fills itself with shards you get after completing missions. It could work like the WE buff or just depleting after x wave skips.

Thx.

Hi Xerxish,

1) Like you mean that we should hide Trixie's skin from the skin store for the period of Emo's New Moon, so you don't buy it instead of completing the objective?

2) We may revisit the strength of the bonuses given by some Runes in the future.

3) Sprint is likely as powerful of a skip function as we'll add, but I'll note down the request.

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

Originally posted by PunkyKiss

Unrelated, but is there a limit to how many task masters you can own? I may have miscounted but there seem to be more available than there are spaces for in the collapsed menu, and I'd hate to buy a pack and not get the thing.

On topic, probably RoboTurkey

The taskmaster roster will reshape itself as you unlock more taskmasters. There's no limit on the amount you can own.

RoboTurkey skin, noted!

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

Originally posted by N00byDoobyDoo

can you confirm or deny the new T6 will be a native American ork?

Deny.

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

Originally posted by Cassius335

Hey Erika,

Living Turkey with a knife, fork & wearing a bib, please (like he's about to be the one doing the eating)

Meanwhile: 1000EP as a gatekeep for an objective is an interesting idea, but I wish it had either been lower (maybe 600 so Crooked Crow could jump right in) or hadn't disallowed shared EP; it's ironic that "Share % of owned EP with others in your bench seat" is a Rune slot many Crusaders have but the Soulful Escort rules prevent players from making use of that feature just when it would otherwise have come in really handy.

EDIT: Oh yeah: This is probably on the "Been asked before" list in some form, but a double arrow on the Missions screen to skip across 7 portraits instead of the single arrow going along 1 would help speeding through the available crusaders.

Also, maybe "Crusaders currently on missions" might be a useful filter for the Rune screen.

Hi Cassius,

RoboTurkey skin, got it!

If we allowed Shared EP, then the gate would probably have been higher, at like 3000 EP per Crusader, given how much EP can be shared on a bench seat.

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

Originally posted by Lamon72

I vote for a Gemthel skin

Thanks for the skin vote!

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

Originally posted by rhn18

You need to make it clear that you can upgrade runes while slotted in crusaders. I personally thought that the solvents and its rarity was meant to make you think when and what you slotted.

We'll update the in-game FAQ with some more text on how to merge Runes.

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

Originally posted by Cassius335

Hey Erika,

Living Turkey with a knife, fork & wearing a bib, please (like he's about to be the one doing the eating)

Meanwhile: 1000EP as a gatekeep for an objective is an interesting idea, but I wish it had either been lower (maybe 600 so Crooked Crow could jump right in) or hadn't disallowed shared EP; it's ironic that "Share % of owned EP with others in your bench seat" is a Rune slot many Crusaders have but the Soulful Escort rules prevent players from making use of that feature just when it would otherwise have come in really handy.

EDIT: Oh yeah: This is probably on the "Been asked before" list in some form, but a double arrow on the Missions screen to skip across 7 portraits instead of the single arrow going along 1 would help speeding through the available crusaders.

Also, maybe "Crusaders currently on missions" might be a useful filter for the Rune screen.

For the edit, if you hold the Shift key while clicking the arrows, that moves the 8 portraits at once in the Crusader list.

Holding down the Ctrl and Shift key when clicking the arrow takes you to the end of the list.

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

Originally posted by rhn18

  1. What is the rationale for continuing with the percentage based Idol bonus in dungeons? A lot of us spent a lot of time trying to explain last season how it is impossible to balance and downright unfair for newer/lowergear/loweridol/non-exploiting players, since they basically get next to nothing. All you basically had to do was copy the boss idol drops.
  2. Speaking of exploiting, is this whole "shenanigan's" thing just going to continue as the new norm? Really ruins the simplicity and "idle'ness" of the game IMO.
  3. Could we please have propagating formation abilities show who they target? Mycall and Langley is reasonably easy to keep track of, but Tiernan is such a PITA, specially when Mimicked as well. Especially bad when formations are not neatly lined up. Would make making formations much less of a chore of trial and error.
  4. EDIT: What is the reason why you keep adding more and more benches, instead of populating the ones you have already added? Many talents, rune slots etc. rely on other crusaders in the same bench, yet you leave so many of them with just 2 crusaders in them. More and more benches just serve to make the UI more annoying to use IMO.

1) The percentage Idol gains were popular, so we kept them. We may revisit again in a future season though.

2) There are still some bugs to be patched out, which we'll do now that season 2 and runes are out.

3) That is definitely a reasonable request. I'll add it to our QoL list.

4) We're keeping to 5 Crusaders a slot max in most cases, so that does mean new bench seats are required as we continue to add Crusaders. We also try not to put Crusaders in the same seat in back to back events, though there have been some exceptions there. We'll be filling out the seats with the remaining Tier 6 Crusaders this year, and add new as required.

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

Originally posted by barawar

  1. The double drop runed siders don't stack multiplicativily with other double drop runed siders and at the same time the double drop per level is miserably low, it has to be higher.
  2. Can we have another double drop sider instead of Boggins because it overlaps with Larry (meaning same tags)?
  3. Can you add a tooltip when we hover over a sider to show us what runes and levels it has?
  4. Can you add a Search option in the Rune panel so when we type part of a sider's name the sider to show up? Otherwise it is very hard to find the siders we need because we have many siders. (yes, I know that in game there are 3 options to sort siders in the rune menu, but still I am lost when I search for siders there which is very frustrating).
  5. Can you add another Gold Healer sider or a skin/s that give Gold tag to Healers or a Healing tag to Gold finders because we need it A LOT and we only have bruno as such, which is totally not enough.
  6. Can the dungeon vouchers provide Runes or Rune chests, instead of the random chests at present? At our level it is much more suitable and useful to get more Runes and/or Rune chests as rewards!
  7. We don't need the 10 E recipes and 25 cats as rewards at our level, more runes or rune chests as rewards is much more suitable and useful for our level.
  8. Can you adjust the dungeon points earned and dungeon points needed per level? Because this season is much harder to reach next levels compared to the previous season at the same time the points earned are lower than the last season.

1) The Crusaders with the double drop runes are meant to have individual percentages. We won't be changing the power of them at this time.

2) As we continue to add new Crusaders, there will be some more double drop rune slots added.

3) The tooltip would be on the bench or on the mission screen, or both?

4) I'll note down the request for a search box on the Rune screen.

5) Part of the game is about making choices, but we'll keep the request in mind.

6) No, we won't be changing the chest types the Vouchers award.

7) Some players do need those items, so they will continue to make appearances in the season rewards.

8) Players have to make a choice between Idols or Dungeon Points this season. We may revise the points later in the season, but no guarantees.

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

Originally posted by Gourou666

Hi Erika,

Thanks for the chest, and hope you recovered well.
My vote for next skin would go to Gemthel the Gourmet.

Two more questions today.

1 - First, could we have a bit more sprinting areas?
At first, we could sprint to 3.500 (700 areas) and the max area was only 2.050 areas further. So the sprint was about 25% of the run.

Now, with the dungeons, we can sprint 700 areas to 3.500, but advanced players have to walk (or run) 7.000 or 11.000 more. So the sprint only represents 6-10% of the full run, which is very low. And spending more than 8h for a dungeon run makes it impossible to complete the 15 "free" weekly dungeons run, so buying extra runs is kind of pointless.

2 - With 158 crusaders now available, we do need 632 runes to have all our crusaders with at least all runes slots filled. At the current drop rate, it will take ages. Is it possible to have another source of (low level) runes?

Hi Gourou666,

You're welcome for the chests.

Gemthel vote, noted!

1) More sprint from a source is on my radar of things to add.

2) The rune system is meant to be a slow burn, but we'll keep the request in mind.

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

Originally posted by Dragon97240

Hi Erika !

I hope the soon-to-be launcher will have the same performances than your other game (I didn't play it a lot but it looks like it has a better rendering than CotLI). And some graphics options like ... do we really need to see how much gold is dropped ?

Another point : it has already been asked but, with the runes system, we at least need a filter or priority button for crusaders with runes. If I want to use my crusader with a level 9 rune boosting EP rewards and have to check all the list because he has the most EP, it is fastidious.

(Thanks for the codes as always and good week to all of you !)

Hi Dragon97420,

The CNE Launcher will be exactly like the Steam version, just with a login to our Codename Games account system instead of requiring the Steam account login.

I'll add your votes for the not seeing gold numbers and sorting the mission list differently now that there are runes to the item on our suggestion list.

You're welcome for the code. Have a great week!

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

Originally posted by MelaAniane

Hi, Erika! Thanks for the code! Enjoy your day!

Hi MelaAniane,

You're welcome for the code. Have a great week. :)

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

Originally posted by jojoga

Gemthel, because we actually use him her still.

or a skin for both, Paul and Petra, since you can't have one without the other! ;)

Gemthel skin, got it! Yeah, she is popular still.

A pair of skins for Paul and Petra, eh? We do only have time to make one skin with the event, but we'll keep the request to add both of theirs at once in mind.

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

Originally posted by _umdos

Hi Erika,

would be nice to have a rune bonus sorting button, that prioritizes rune bonuses for the specific mission you selected over ep and tags. Scrolling through all saders for every mission is kind of...

Also a calculation of the actual mission duration when speed-up saders are placed, would be great!

Hi _umdos,

Changing the sorting on the mission screen to accommodate runes is definitely coming up a lot. We'll try to look into that soon.

I'll add showing the duration change better to our suggestion list to look into.

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

Originally posted by Morigan_taltos

Thank you game successfully transfered!

Nice!

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

Originally posted by zodiPhd

Glad you're feeling better.

Gemthel skin is my vote.

Thanks zodi!

Another vote for Gemthel, got it!

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

Originally posted by DoctorNovakaine

I'm largely ambivalent towards the Thanksgiving Crusaders, so I'll throw a random vote towards Gemthel purely to make or break a tie, since there seem to be two popular choices.

I'm currently really liking the EP returns with the Runes. Even though I only have 4 Crusaders with those runes at the moment, they're really helping make up some deficits I have on certain Crusaders and make the shorter missions a lot more beneficial.

How do you see the Slot 5 Runes coming out? I know that you mentioned they would be added in release order, but are you thinking you're releasing them in a full batch per tier, or a set number at a time, or what?

Also, any teasers you can drop about the new Talents?

Hehe, Gemthel for a tiebreak, got it.

Nice nice. Yeah, the more EP runes were a cool idea. I'm glad to hear they're helping out the players.

Probably in batches of 5 or 10 Crusaders at a time, but we'll see how it goes.

Nothing I can tease about the new Talents yet. :)

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

Originally posted by VerbingWeirdsLang

Turn RoboTurkey into Gir-RoboTurkey so he can go, "IT'S ME! I was the turkey all along!!"

I also was surprised that Crooked Crow wasn't Undead. The bug consumption reminds me of Oogie Boogie and his creepy crawlies. Don't tell me that's what's underneath them bones and feathers!

Thanks for the chests!

Hmm, a Gir-Turkey. So like that Gir robot walking in a cooked turkey?

I do like that idea, that Crooked Crow is a pile of bugs.

You're welcome for the chests. :)

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

Originally posted by Bcadren

How is Crooked Crow not undead?

Its head is a skull. Also it's a little weird that it has no gender tag at all (in the company of only Aegis and the Evanescent at this point I think); instead of even nonbinary.

It's a solid crusader but did y'all just give it really few tags so it couldn't be in very many challenges? I'm confused. (Undead isn't even a challenge and neither is nonbinary, so...uhh).

We were going with minimal tags on Crooked Crow.

Ungendered is wholly different from Nonbinary, which is why they don't have the Nonbinary tag.

Crooked Crow will either find a place in formations or they won't, but who knows, we could always make objectives that only allow Healers.

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

Originally posted by Bcadren

Can we get a timer on Mindy's mimic? Knowing exactly when the state will change would help the current max DPS meta (well, make it a little less annoying). IE:

Mindy copies the base formation abilities of 2 random adjacent crusaders at 150% strength, changing targets every 10 seconds.

Next target change: 5 seconds.

Currently copying: [Two other crusader's abilities].

For those odd times you end up mimicing more than 2 Crusaders?

I'll add it to the suggestion list to consider.

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

Originally posted by jokerony

Hi Erica

  1. Is there a way to complete the Soulful escort without a 1000+ crusader? It is a shame this blocks me from completing the achievements and getting the skin.
  2. Would you be planning a 1000+ EP requirements also on the future 6 tiers events?

And I vote for Gemthel

Hi jokerony,

1) If you don't have a projectile Crusader with 1000 EP, then no, you wouldn't be able to complete that objective this time around.

2) We probably won't do 1000 EP again, but it's quite likely that more objectives in the future will have base EP requirements.

Gemthel skin, noted!

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

Originally posted by Sjinkogaming

Hello Erika.

I was wondering how the system handles EP Missions with results that have half an EP in them. Does it store the .5 EP and rewards it if that crusader gets another half, or does it round up or down?

Hi Sjinkogaming,

The .5 EP was rounding down. With the bug fix update yesterday, it should now be rounding up.

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

Originally posted by fire_anvil

Hi Erika! Hope you had a lovely halloween.

- Concerning the skin, my vote is for 43G1S

- I have a question about the runes - when I use the dissolver, will it remove all runes in that char or just one of my choice?

- For the downloadable version, would it be possible to create an new button to complete "all missions"

Thanks for the chests :)

Hi fire_anvil,

Thank you. I hope you had a fun Halloween as well.

  • 43G1S skin, noted!
  • The Rune Solvent removes all the Runes equipped on the Crusader you use it on.
  • The complete all missions button doesn't require the launcher. It just requires setting aside time to make it. I'll add your vote to that item on the suggestion list.

You're welcome for the chests.

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

Originally posted by Halaberd85

hi

a skin for Gemthel would be great.

Hi Halaberd85,

Another Gemthel vote, got it! Thank you for voting! :)

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

Originally posted by Daurakin

Hi Erika

My vote would probably go to Gemthel, maybe as some kind of robot (maybe with some inspiration by a garbage can, like giving her a lid-styled head, considering her food-theme?)?

Alternatively, a RoboTurkey as a regular turkey, but roasted and then brought back to life by Momma Kaine (thus making it undead instead)?

Hi Daurakin,

Huh, I read garbage can and immediately thought of Oscar the Grouch instead of robot.

Skin ideas noted! Thank you for sharing. :)

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

Originally posted by Sylexy

If you revisit the strength of bonuses and nerf the bonus to levels are you going to give us the option to level that rune down?

Runes don't go backwards. You could always use rune solvent and move that high level rune somewhere else in the event of a change though.

I wasn't thinking that we need to nerf any runes right now, but that we might make some more powerful in future. We'll see how the runes perform.

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

Originally posted by Croq360

For #3, are there still plans to push sprint to higher than 3500 (presumably through a new or changed talent)? Going from 3500 to 14000+ in the dungeons takes a long time. If I run to 14k each run, I can't complete all the dungeon runs in a week.

Yes, sprint from a source is still on the radar.

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

Originally posted by Croq360

If I did my initial linking from Kongregate to Steam, if I want to link to the new launcher, will I need to initiate that from Kongregate or will I be able to initiate it from Steam?

Since it's the same data on Kongregate and Steam, due to the linked accounts, you could generate a code from either Kong or Steam to link to CNE Games.

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

Originally posted by Dragon97240

So no 60 fps support or more fluid animation from receiving or opening the chests ? Well, let's say I had hopes for those upgrades with the end of Flash. Maybe for the version 1.0 ?😁

The launcher will be using Adobe Air, which allows Flash to run. Flash only supports 30 FPS.

We aren't currently planning on converting Crusaders to something other than Flash.






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