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

Hail Adventurers and well met!

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 224!

Community Activity!

Returning soon with the first sheet of the year! Code for the Idol buff, earned from the previous sheet, expires next Tuesday, January 26th, if you haven't redeemed it yet!

Updates:

  • The 5th slot runes will debut with season 3 of the Dungeons.

  • There will be a break between season 2 and season 3.

  • The Tier 6 version of Princess' Pool Party is currently running and ends today, Tuesday, January 19th, 2021.

  • The Tier 6 version of Carnage Cup will launch around Thursday, January 28th, 2021.

  • The recipes for the Princess' Pool Party crusaders will be available at Noon Pacific Time (UTC-8) on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021.

  • The Tier 6 version of Merci's Mix-Up will launch around Thursday, February 11th, 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-8.) VODs are available on Twitch and we also post the stream to our Codename youtube channel on the Friday following the stream.

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.

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

If you didn't have a chance to link your account, we'll be setting something up to help you transfer shortly.

 

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! LOFT-ETHE-KAVA-NAPS awards 2 Tier 6 Princess Party jeweled chests. Expires Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 at 9:59 am Pacific Time (UTC-8.)

 

Next Q&A: The next Crusaders Q&A will be on Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 at 10am Pacific Time (UTC-8.)

 

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

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

Originally posted by TFahab

Hi Erika! Any insight on how long the gap between dungeon seasons is going to be this time?

Hi TFahab,

My hope is a shorter break than last time, and I'm doing my best to make that happen.

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

Originally posted by Fantastic_Hair_6134

Hi Erika, i hope and the team are well?

A bit of a long shot but is it possible to have a crusader that gives a chance of dropping/earning more event tokens similar to what Billy and Euodia do with drop quests?

Hi Fantastic_Hair_6134,

We're doing well, thank you. Hope you are too.

You know, I keep thinking that would be a weird Crusader power to have, but it would mean players change up their formation if they want to take advantage of it. It would have to be more powerful than Time Warps to compete though. We'll keep it in mind.

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

Originally posted by SusanLanghorn

Hi Erika. Thanks for the code. A couple of questions...will the rooms be getting named..i.e. FB, Kong etc? Also, when leveling up a single crusader, some of us noticed that you have to click twice before that happens. Will that issue be looked into?

Thanks and have a great week.

Hi Susan,

You're welcome for the code.

I would like to implement some of the chat suggestions that players are making for the launcher. I'll try to carve out some time in the development schedule for that.

The issue with leveling a Crusader should be fixed, if you've reloaded the game since Thursday.

If you're still experiencing an issue, more details on exactly when it's occurring would be helpful.

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

Originally posted by KN0meo

Good day Erika, I was wondering if the downloaded version (I have) will ever get a chat area like the old one had?

Hi KN0meo,

We do have a chat in the Codename and Steam version of the game.

You toggle it with the in-game Options menu, with the Toggle Chat option.

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

Originally posted by Sylexy

Does the dungeon season end 1 hour after the reset? I show an hour between reset and the end, so we could get another run started maybe? My dungeon buff also shows about an hour after the season ends, so will we lose the +idols if we run over? Why are all the timers different?

We can sync up the timers if you'd like. It's probably a result of Daylight Savings being in there.

The dungeons will end, along with the buffs, but like last season you can finish out a run after the season is over.

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

Originally posted by Tashadotva

Is there a reason why Dark Gryphon's Shadowball ability is disabled in game? I have used Dark Gryphon multiple times in the Princess' Pool Party event and it is always X'd out. So her attack doesn't get the added boost it needs to be effective.

You probably disabled it at some point in the past.

Just hold Ctrl or Shift and click the ability again to re-enable it, like the tool-tip mentions.

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

Originally posted by cschwa179

Hi Erika, I have one last dungeon to get beyond area 13k. Will I get credit for the achievements if I finish it after the dungeons end?

Hi cschwa179,

If you're on a dungeon objective after the season ends, you'll still get all the credit for it being finished when you do finish it.

So since it's a dungeon objective, if you clear area 13,000 that achievement should increment properly.

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

Originally posted by CommanderLuca

Hey Erika,

I just wanted to thank you again for your really quick help with the account linking. It was great to get back all my crusaders, gears, talents and stuff. :-) Thank you!

Hi CommanderLuca,

You're quite welcome. :D

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

Originally posted by sqrzwol

Good day,

On the rune 5th slots, any idea how many will drop at the beginning of season 3? Thanks.

As many as we can do by the time we want to release season 3.

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

Originally posted by Sarali1533

Hi Erika, I hope you are well.

While playing today, I was realizing how addicted I am to the game. The gameplay fits me perfectly, I still have a lot of fun with it, even after five years. So first, thank you and everyone at CNE for making such a great game.

Quick question, can we imagine more taskmasters in the (near) future? I feel like a pokémon trainer, collecting them all, but I keep finding uses for them, and there aren't many enough for all my plans ^^'

Lots of love.

Hi Sarali,

Doing well, thanks! Hope you are too. :)

I will pass that along to the team. That's awesome to hear.

Yup, we're planning some more taskmasters for soon. :)

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

Originally posted by perfectVoidler

HI Erika, could we drop lower tier gems in higher slots and merge the right amount to upgrade the gems? It is a simple feature but a huge quality of live upgrade.

like a have a slot with a lvl 4 gem and i drop 4 lvl 2 onto it to upgrade it to lvl 5

Hi perfectVoidler,

We'd like to add some ways to speed up rune crafting. We'll keep the suggestion in mind as a possible option. :)

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

Originally posted by ElliotLindley

I have 5,745 hours played and my highest level is 1517 is that any good?

It's pretty good if those are idle hours played. Thanks for sharing. :)

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

Originally posted by LazerMePapi

Hi Erika, technical question here. It seems every week/few weeks the Steam in game chat goes down. This as you know will lead to memory leaks if you do not turn the chat off after sometime. Now without knowing the back-end server side you guys are using, why can't you just put a simple script in place to ping the chat ip every so often? If it doesn't return anything back, simply restart the chat process for a limited amount of tries (to not send the server into a never ending loop). Just my thoughts! :D

Hi LazerMePapi,

I'll bring up a script with the team. It would be nice to not have to worry about the chat. :)

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

Originally posted by Dragon97240

Hey Erika ! Is the team fine ?

Is there a way to make it that, when we open chests one by one, the animation is skipped? Something like an option to always show the window we have when opening them in bulk ?

EDIT : forgot to mention something else. In the rune interface, is it possible to add a feature to fuse all runes to a certain level ? Lets say I have 50 Lv1 air rune and 60 for fire rune. I select the targeted level I wish then press a button and all of them are fused.

Hi Dragon97420,

The team is doing as well as we can be. We're very happy to be in a place like BC, where we've only got mask mandates and haven't been fully locked down like other places. And life goes on.

Speeding up opening 1 chest isn't currently on our radar, but I'll note down it was requested.

We do want to add some ways to speed up rune crafting. I'll note down the suggestion to consider as an option.

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

Originally posted by dux_v

hi not sure if this was asked earlier in the year but was bounty of idols a mistake? It seemed a huge, huge buff and makes previous work almost feel a bit cheapened.

Thanks for great game though.

Hi dux_v,

Bounty of Idols isn't a mistake. It was meant to make objectives and other things without bonus boss Idols feel more rewarding.

Dungeon objectives with the Idol bonus still provide more Idols though.

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

Originally posted by dimitrius5naj

Erica, hello!

Happy Holidays!

I hope you had a good rest! There are two questions.

1) How soon can we expect new 5 tiers for standard campaigns and new rewards?

2) Can we expect that another sale of skins will appear, as was the case at the beginning of their introduction?

Thanks for the code!)

Hi dimitrius5naj,

We did have a good break, thank you for asking.

1) Season 3 and the event schedule are the current priorities. We'll be trying to do the Tier 4 11ths and Tier 5 objectives this year though.

2) Sale on skins? You mean like have the skin be the weekend buff sweetener?

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

Originally posted by Dartarus

Hi Erika!

I have a vague memory of someone saying that the scaling option would "stick" in-between game loads. Did I dream that? Currently, using the app from your website, scaling resets to 1.0 every time I restart the game.

Hi Dartarus,

We tried to have it save, but that actually prevented most players from loading the game. Adobe Air is fun. So you do have to change the scaling each time you load the game.

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

Originally posted by xavfin

Hi, feeling like a total loser here but can someone tell me the DPS requirement to beat Recruiting Ursula the Busy Bee?

I have to really start grinding for idols as I cant beat even this but it would help my mental state if I would know how much DPS I am missing as e323 is not enough :(

Hi xavfin,

So beating area 600 on the tier 6 events is equivalent to being able to beat area 1800 on a normal free play.

So roughly e350 DPS to clear it.

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

Originally posted by Starsteph100

Before Christmas, I submitted a support ticket concerning steam achievements and you told me "We are planning on trying a mass fix for all players on Steam in the new year, to catch most players who've made the transfer and weren't credited the achievements properly."

When do you plan to do this?

Also, could you tell me the mathematical formula to determine how many challenge tokens a player gets?

We plan to take a look at the achievements once most players are moved, so late Jan, more likely early February at this point though.

We don't give out formulas for something like that but the players have a challenge token drop breakdown on the wiki I believe.

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

Originally posted by genner13

Hi Erika. Lately I've beem thinking about the lenght of dungeons and the amount of time it takes. Unless is more sprint there isn't much more space to reduce runs in time, so I think you can implement some way pf scaling. So the dps needed to achieve the new scaled area is the same as 3 times the current. More of less getting to area 5000 is the same to get now to 15000. That is considering the new meta that we can get up to area 20000. Sprint can also be scaled down if you want to, and that gives space to grow in dps but not too much in time so we can do the 15 weekly runs. It can be unlocked via 11th objectives as we dont have one in a lot. Note: the scale can be as you want. 3 is only one idea but in the log time I think is the appropiate

Hi genner13,

Scaling the dungeons was a theme of last week's Q&A too, to save players time. We'll consider it if/when we look at goals higher than area 14,000 for collections.

Cheers!

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

Originally posted by pandino89

Hi there! Please could you add option to reset saved formations? I have huge mess there... And it will be nice to get such option :) Maybe if you 'save' empty formation the slot for saving should get free?

Hi pandino89,

You can overwrite saved formations if you want to clean them up.

I'll note down the vote to delete them entirely on the item on our suggestion list.

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

Originally posted by Lower-Ad8795

vous savez que tout le monde n'as pas atteins le lvl 6 ?

Yes, we're aware that not every player can tackle tier 6. If a player isn't ready for it in the event this cycle, then they can try when the event comes around again.

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

Originally posted by icebergak1949

Someone, a while back, suggested a slider for the missions crusader selection. I would like to second that suggestion. Please!

Noted.

In the meantime, you can always use the mousewheel to scroll the list, or just hold the Shift key while clicking the arrows to cycle Crusaders, to move all 8 Crusaders at once.

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

Originally posted by dimitrius5naj

2) No, as in the very beginning - skins for Karen, Mindy, Momma, Chief Casey were sold for rubies, catalists or challenge tokens.

Can I have more of this?

Chef Casey's skin was an event objective reward, that got added to the Skin Store after some time had passed.

But yes, we hope to add more skins to the skin store outside of just adding the event skins, once Kat gets ahead on art again.

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

Originally posted by IBCitizen

Hi Erika. Thanks for the codes and all the hard work. Two things/requests.

(1) Would it be possible to change the wording on the Sprint related talents from "Increases maximum sprint [by] X" to "increases maximum sprint [to] X?" As is, it's a bit unclear where our max sprint is at.

(2) Are there any plans for us to be able to sort crusaders by tag when choosing them for missions? Right now, selecting crusaders is a bit of a slog w/out one

Hi IBCitizen,

You're welcome for the code.

1) The original Sprint talent in Tier 4 has your max Sprint area. The additional talents are increasing that number as you buy them, and completing From the Ashes also changes the value seen in that Talent. The Sprint icon in the buff list also tells you how many areas you can sprint. But we can look at adding your max Sprint area in more places.

2) It's one of the requests for when we've got time to change the mission screen layout. I'll add your vote.

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

Originally posted by fixingcars

Good afternoon and thanks for the chests.

I was looking at my achievement in progress and had a thought. I'm only about 3/4 of the way through Mission Impossible. Considering that I have been playing for several years now-along with many other folks. I would assume no one has completed that one yet. The reward for completing that achievement is going to be a 5% increase in DPS. Any thoughts to bumping this up? I mean the rewards for the dungeon achievements I thought were pretty generous. Mission Impossible is truly going to be a momentous achievement, it would seem that the reward for completing it isn't matching up with other rewards coming out in the game now. Just a thought. I would think it should be 100% DPS buff or possibly more for the reward of longevity to achieve it.

You're welcome for the chests.

Mission Impossible, as denoted by the name, was put in as a joke by Justin, since it did seem impossible at the time. So it only awards 5% on completion, like the joke on Domo Arigato for clicking 1 million times and it only awards 1% versus the previous clicking achievements giving higher amounts.

Changing the value isn't something that was in our plans, but I'll note down the request.

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

Originally posted by Azar-yah

Mission screen has been target for changes for years now. Here's one that may be simple - just make it fill the whole screen (we really don't need to see the sliver of laggy battle screen around the fringes) and give us two rows of crusaders along the bottom.

A teensy bit of rescaling of the portraits and/or the highlighted mission area might give us twenty portraits per page - vastly reducing the amount of scrolling required for every mission.

We'll keep that in mind.

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

Originally posted by DoctorNovakaine

Hi, Erika. Thanks for the chests.

Can you provide any insights into what changes are planned for Season 3 of dungeons, if any?

Also, how many Crusaders will be getting 5th runes this time around?

Last thing: The "mission doubler" runes feel incredibly underpowered. Even at level 15 it only amounts to a 3.75% chance, or 3/80. That's ridiculously slim for a rune that takes so much effort and so many resources to get. I'd like to propose that they get a buff in the following manner:

Level 1: .25%

Level 2: .5%

Level 3: 1%

Level 4: 2%

Level 5: 4%

Level 6-14: 2% gain per level, with 14 being 22%

Level 15: 25%

I think that sort of gain would be commensurate with the investment of runes and catalysts.

Hi DoctorNovakaine,

You're welcome for the chests.

Not many changes planned for season 3, other than better rewards.

As many Crusaders as we have time for by the time we want to release season 3.

I'll note down the request for a change to the mission doubler rune, and we'll see what happens.

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

Originally posted by BazzTurd

Greetings.

Yeah I know a bit late, but hope you still look and might answer.

Now that we are going towards season 3 of the clocktower, I was wondering.

Do you have any thoughts about rerunning the different towers or will we see new ones?

If yes, how often do you think you may rerun them, will it be random like challenges?

Thinking that some people who slowly gain more idols, would like a chance of getting the achievements to reach level 25 in the crypt, as they may get the DPS/speed to be able to get to 25 in the clocktowers at a later date.

Hi Bazzturd,

Once we've released 4 seasons, the themes will repeat.

Our current plan is that we'll have new season completion achievements for seasons 5 and onward, with the originals being hidden if a player didn't earn them.

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

Originally posted by towerarmor12

Hi Erika,

now during this weeks challenge I thought it would be great to have some sort of counter that indicates at which area you would gain the next challenge token. Something like "Next token at area XXX" or "X more areas for the next token". I guess it could be merged with the challenge icon that shows how many challenge tokens you have already reached in the current run or placed below it.

It's nothing super urgent but it would be a nice feature that makes it easier to estimate if it would be worth it to push to one more token or not.

Hi towerarmor12,

Wanting to see the next challenge token is totally understandable. I'll add your vote to the item on the suggestion list and we'll see what happens.






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