almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Welcome Crusaders!

Before we begin: I hope you're all staying safe and being kind.

 

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 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 245!

Community Activity!

This week we're doing a catch-up sheet week!

Qadir

Due to community feedback, we've changed Qadir from seat 24 to seat 36 on the bench.

Updates:

  • We're working on Tier 5 objectives for Mischief at Mugwarts and Song of Thrones this week.

  • The Tier 6 version of Alien Invasion Day is currently running and will end on Tuesday, July 6th, at Noon Pacific Time.

  • The recipes for the Hidden Temple Crusaders will be available after Noon Pacific Time (UTC-7) on Tuesday, July 6th, 2021.

  • The Tier 6 version of A Song of Thrones will launch around Thursday, July 15th, 2021.

  • The recipes for the Alien Invasion Day Crusaders will be available after Noon Pacific Time (UTC-7) on Tuesday, July 20th, 2021.

  • The 6th anniversary celebrations will start around Wednesday, July 28th, 2021 and the update will include some QoL features.

  • The Tier 6 version of Littlefoot's Big Adventure will launch around Thursday, August 5th, 2021.

  • The Tier 6 version of Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage will launch around Thursday, August 26th, 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.) VODs are available on Twitch and we also post the stream to our Codename youtube playlist.

  • Thursday, July 1st, 2021 is Canada Day, so the office will be closed and Thursday's livestream is cancelled.

End of Life in Flash in Browsers

Crusaders is available to play through the version on Steam, and through a downloadable launcher on our Codename Games website.

Note: The launcher will work with Wine to run the .exe on Linux. Otherwise, you can try using the Steam version.

 

Please put in a support ticket if you've found a bug with the game. You can submit a ticket using the "Contact Support" button from the Guidebook/Support menu in the game. You do need to have cookies enabled.

 

Have a treat! VIVA-FIRE-ONYX-CURB awards 2 Tier 6 Alien Jeweled chests. Expires Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 at 9:59 AM Pacific Time (UTC-7.)

 

Next Q&A: The next Crusaders Q&A will be on Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 at 10 AM Pacific Time (UTC-7.)

 

Edit: Thank you for the questions during the live hour!

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almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by bippyarg

Thank you very much for listening to the community feedback. I think you made the right decision, and it is very nice to see the feedback taken seriously and in the helpful manner it was (mostly I hope!) delivered.

It will be interesting the see the synergy that can be found between Ana and Qadir now that they can both be in formation. Off the top of my head, I'd say to truly make Qadir's Auto-open a QoL improvement, I'd make the future GL associated with auto open a 100% chance to auto-open (or 99% for the memes!)

Thanks, -Bipp

Most of the feedback was quite polite, yes.

That's an interesting idea for the gear. We'll keep it mind.

Cheers!

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Halaberd85

hi,

thanks a lot for moving Qadir!

Thanks to the community for trying Qadir and giving their polite feedback about them.

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by TFahab

Thank you for the seat change, that's a big improvement! In the past, you occasionally had a developer in the Q&A. When will you throw Wilson into the fire?

Maybe we'll make the 6th anniversary celebrations feature Wilson in the fire, heh. I'll discuss it with him and see if he's game for hosting a reddit Q&A.

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Azar-yah

Yes, thanks for listening to feedback on Qadir.

Of course, that achievement is still a pain that's out of step with normal event achievements - but at least we won't have to sacrifice materials for all the weeks it's going to take to get the achievement.

And then i'll probably never use her again.

I never had a problem just opening my chests manually at either the start or finish of every run or two, so have never asked for that particular QoL - but as long as it's clearly possible, i'd really rather see it be useful (put to 100%) or have a talent that allows a TM to be placed to open all incoming chests.

PS - really bummed that there won't be a new colouring sheet again this week. Turns out i really miss them when the weekend comes around and one hasn't been posted yet. Hoping they will continue if it's not too tedious for Kat to do them.

Thanks.

I mean, there's 24,000 ingredients in Casey's Stew, so the achievement isn't unprecedented. Qadir's achievement is also meant to be one of the more long-term achievements for the game.

The auto-chest open almost wasn't possible, but it did end up working out. I'll note down the request for the talent, but we don't plan on adding more auto-opening at this time, as there is now Qadir to do it.

Kat's just trying to get a bit of a buffer back, and since the colouring sheets aren't in-game art, they are the first thing to be cut when we need the art time. They are quite fun for Kat to ink though, so they will still appear, probably just not weekly for a little while.

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by emilking91

Hi Erika,

Today on the agenda I have two very specific questions, which probably have already been asked:

  1. Can Warp interaction with Sprint be fixed? Pretty much currently Warping acts independently of Sprint which causes Sprint to start working 50-100 areas down the line (depending on your rune level). Not only are you not Sprinting for those first areas but you also losing Warps to areas which you can Sprint otherwise, reducing the efficiency of both Sprint and Warp.
  2. Another Mission Question: Can shop Idol Buffs also apply to Missions and not only Resets? This one is pretty straight forward, with the invent of Dungeons, Idol Missions have started to slowly lose their appeal, while Dungeons should be more profitable for the amount of time and work you spend on them, there should be a small jolt Idol Missions to make them feel somewhat exciting.

Oh and thank you for moving Qadir, I think this is the first time a crusader has been moved from their original slot.

Hi emilking91,

1) It's been requested to have Garnet start warping in a later area, and I'll add your vote to the item on our suggestion list, but it's not something we're planning on changing at this time.

2) Interesting idea. I'll add it to the request list and we'll see what happens.

Cheers!

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by drbillblaze

Thanks for moving Qadir!

You're welcome. :)

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by HexxarTek

Hi!

I know it's been said, but thank you for moving Qadir. It no longer feels like we're being overtly punished for asking for a QOL improvement. On that note, Qadir marginally slows the chest creep problem, but doesn't eliminate it. Are there any plans to tweak chest opening chance % via rune/gear/talent/Gem interaction, or adding an additional in game tool for opening larger quantities of chests, or is Qadir it?

Thanks

Hi HexxarTek,

Thank you to the players for trying Qadir and providing the polite feedback.

No further plans to tweak Qadir at the moment, but there was that suggestion for their gear earlier in the Q&A, to have the GL be 99% open rate. We'll see what happens with them.

As I slightly hinted at on stream last week, though players might have been distracted by Qadir's abilities tease, I am slowly coming around on a solution for opening more than 100 chests at once. So there is future hope for the chest hoards.

Cheers!

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Ysicer

Hi Erika,

Thank you for your work and have a nice day! I have one question:

1) When the newest tier 6s will appear in the mission for recruitment? Been AFK for months and miss several!

Thanks again!

Hi Ysicer,

Thank you. I hope you have a good day as well. :)

Funnily enough, I was just thinking about that. The missions for gear/recruit for Gwendolyn through Yaretzi will be released with the Tier 5 Mugwarts objectives.

Cheers!

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Croq360

That's great news on Qadir! Looking forward to seeing how I can integrate Qadir in my formations.

Looking forward to seeing some formations shared on Reddit or Steam.

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by pastuso1

Good morning Erika.

Thank you for listening the feedback. :)

Good morning pastuso,

I hope you have a good day. :)

We'll see how Qadir fares in the new seat.

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by DoctorNovakaine

Hi, Erika. Thanks for the chests.

The Qadir move is the right call. They will be magnitudes more effective in that seat than they were in 24, and I'll very likely be adding them into some formation options.

I would like to additionally suggest that you make them Gemthel-compatible (with a hard 100% cap), which would be an easy way to allow the ability to reach 100% without altering equipment or such. The higher rate should have greater impact on the accumulation issue, and I don't really see any way it would be detrimental, particularly because it's a formation-based option and easy enough to choose to use or not use. But that's secondary to the seat adjustment in terms of usage viability, so even if that doesn't happen, they can still see use.

Hi DoctorNovakaine,

You're welcome for the chests.

So change it from an Upgrade to a Formation Ability, so that the Hildr/Vira and Gemthel chain make it 100% chance? We'll keep the idea in mind. Thank you for sharing!

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Croq360

Sad about no livestream this week, but glad you are getting a day off (or maybe two)! Enjoy your hopefully long weekend!

Yup, taking the bridge day (Friday) off, so it's a nice little long weekend there.

Oh right, I was going to tease the weekend promo in the Q&A.

Integrated Tech weekend, with buffs to First Lady Betty Smithsonian, Queen Ysjorgnak, Qadir of House Tintahal, Fire Phoenix and RoboRudolph, with Queen Ysorjgnak's Golden Spine as the sweetener. :)

Have a good weekend yourself!

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by rjakubec

Hi!

Thanks for changing Qadir's bench! I did not know that was coming and it was a nice surprise. I guess Ana can stop her missions now and go back to the formation. ;)

Oh, yeah, I also love the achievements for Qadir, which will be completed by the end of this calendar year, I hope. :D

See ya!

PS: Make challenges faster after area 5k, wink wink!

Hi rjakubec,

Yeah, after a weekend of thinking about it and discussing it with Justin, changing their bench seat made the most sense. It's live if you reload the game into version .297.2.

I completed Qadir's projectile achievement on Alien Morse Code, went pretty quickly there. Glad you're excited to attempt the achievements. :)

I've been working on trying to design some challenge speed. Hopefully that will see the light of day at some point. :)

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Nerdz

Hi Erika,

Is there any kind of "Bug Bounty" program?

Hi Nerdz,

It's not something we currently do with Crusaders, though I know that Nick does have some awards for Bush Whacker 2 players, if they report a super serious bug. I'll chat with him and see if that has helped him get more useful bug reports.

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by dimitrius5naj

Erica, hello!

I'm glad that community reviews play an important role for you (not just in one Russian MMO). May I ask for a little favor? Can you display more detailed information (up to units) when hovering over the number of open chests, found items and other little things, the number of which has exceeded hundreds of thousands?

And as always - thanks for the chest!

PS. Can I get a discount on all crusader packs for the next Steam sale?

Hi dimitrius5naj,

Do you mean more digits for the various statistics on the stats screen, if you're over a 6 digit number? Or do you have a screenshot of which digit you'd like to see in more detail?

You're welcome for the chest code.

We'll see what discounts make sense for the next Steam sale.

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by AllShallBeWell

I just noticed the change on Qadir's seat. Thanks for reevaluating that.

Okay, so I get from your other responses that you consider Garnet being able to prevent you from Sprinting to be 'working as intended'.

This deeply perplexes me.

It looks like you've coded it so that it doesn't trigger once you start Sprinting, so you recognize that it makes sense for Sprint to take precedence.

Why doesn't it seem obvious to you that having Garnet warp you past bosses, stopping Sprint from going off, doesn't make sense?

I honestly would like to understand this.

Or, another way of asking it is: If you Warp past a boss, my understanding is that the things that would be triggered by killing a boss are all activated (e.g., Langley, Almquist, chests, etc.). Why don't you consider Sprint not activating during a Warp to be a bug, on the same level as any other boss-killing ability that just randomly not activating would be?

If, on a boss area you have Garnet in formation and Reality Warp purchased, Sprint is coded to have precedent on completing the area in your allowed Sprint areas, as Reality Warp without a rune equipped isn't as powerful as Sprint, so we didn't want players to lose their Sprint there to the Warp.

Otherwise, the game only does one of the 3 actions: Phase Skips, Warps or Sprints. Those actions don't stack, so it's not a bug if players have the ability to buy Warp before area 5 and accidentally Warp before they intend to.

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Doctor_Arkeville

Hope you and the team are doing well! I have two quick questions today:

I heard that there was a chance the Li'l Reaper taskmaster would have a price drop. Is that something that might be happening in the near future?

Has there been any progress on adding additional Legendary level based filters beyond two plus in the Craft Items screen? It would be a huge management benefit with Legendary Hoards encouraging having all items leveled and not just the ones we want as high as possible.

We're doing as well as we can. We're coming up with innovate ways to survive the heatwave that Victoria is currently experiencing. Luckily it should break soon.

We may lower the price for Lil' Reaper with the start of Season 5 of the Dungeons.

The extra filters are still on the QoL list to squeeze in when Wilson has a bit of time. :)

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Croq360

If only there was a way to suggest add something, even sprint subliminally, as to a possibility challenges for speeding things up...

Hahaha.

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Goran369

''being kind''

Missed this update,any good?

It's just what everyone says these days with the c-virus around, be safe and be kind, because everyone is stressed out over the changes it brought.

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by _Nord_

Tintahal means cuttlefish in Hungarian. Qadir somewhat looks like one. Coincidence?

Totally intentional when naming them actually. :)

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by ryan92084

Thanks for the sader move, I know that must have been a tough decision. As a future skin suggestion Qadir has obtained the nickname of Lemon Elf and often associated with earl of lemongrab gifs so it'd be kind of fun to see a skin lean into that.

We'll add the Earl of Lemongrab inspiration for a Qadir skin to our list of skin requests. Thanks for sharing!

almost 3 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika - Direct link

Originally posted by Halaberd85

hi again,

are there any plans for a way to unslot all runes currently in use?

the release of the 5th rune slots has meant the ability the remove all runes currently in use and re-distribute them is very desirable but we just don't get rune solvents frequently enough to do so.

Hi Halaberd85,

No plans currently to add that function, though it was requested recently as maybe a one-time option for players to do. I'll add your vote to the item on the list.

Cheers!






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