Originally posted by N00byDoobyDoo

hey Erika

1. so did Jay ever do that magical girl sader backstory?
2. at least one English word , am i in the raffle now?

Originally posted by billyjoe99

Hi Erika Many thanks for the code

Originally posted by TinDragon

Hi Erika,

I prepared this question beforehand and I do see the line about adjusting dungeon power, but I believe the questions below still apply since they're not asking in context of the Crow nerfs (rather, asking as if Crow was never strong to begin with).

I'm hoping you can give a little bit of insight into your design plan for the second season of dungeons. If I'm comparing the two seasons properly, reaching level 21 this season is roughly equivalent to reaching level 25 last season. There's a couple of problems with this though:

• Assuming a standard map (no points bonus) the points awarded for reaching a given area is slightly lower compared to last season.
• There's a level 25 achievement, indicating that it's expected multiple people will make it to that point, not just stop at 21.
• Other than gradual increases from mats or the occasional lucky GE in the challenge shop or flash sales, we have less damage than we had at the end of Season 1. No T6 crusader has been strong enough to replace anyone in the meta besides Crow, and as you've stated that interaction was both unintentional and not accounted for in your expectations for dungeons this season. We lost some damage with Bruno, going from an unlimited number of stacks to a cap of 1500 which can easily be reached before area 5000 and potentially reached before area 3500.

So I guess my question is what your goals were with the dungeons this season? Are you expecting less people to make it to level 25 in the pass, or was the goal to get people to run a significantly higher number of points runs compared to idol runs? Are the talents or the next T6 crusader expected to be strong enough to actually give us a boost over last season's DPS?

Originally posted by _umdos

Hey Erika,

Are you aware that nerfing stuff in midterm seasons upsets many players? Inevitable changes outside of dungeon period are all fine, but if players have bought a season pass and get thrown out of dungeons, cause they do e300 less dps of an unnecessary and more or less accidential nerf, that is a rude manner.

If there is something likely to occur you have absolutely to negatively adjust midterm season, you could give dungeons a shorter/half duration and wait til it is finished.

Originally posted by GeorgeSmith50

Hi Erika,

Seasonal greetings to You, Kat and Kevin along with the rest of the CNE team.

Thanks for the continued game development of Crusaders in 2020.

Will 2021 bring a 10th Campaign or additional Challenges to the pool ?

Originally posted by ShelixAnakasian

Crow:

Y U DO DIS 2 US?!?

Originally posted by cubert73

Thank you for all you do, and happy holidays!

Originally posted by hawnsay

Happy Holidays!

Originally posted by tobimc6

I will win!

Originally posted by bippyarg

Ok, so when Lingering Buffs got out of control, you gave the community a heads up, saying that the original limiting factor (generation of buff cards) was no longer limiting LB in any meaningful way since chests became so common. This scenario was letting players be far more powerful than intended, effectively having infinite DPS, so LB had to be changed. Some folks were not a fan, but most understood the change was for the best for the long term health of the game. All good.

 

When Hildr was introduced, there were many many bugs, some game breaking (such as the interaction with Oona that would allow e9 idol players to get e25 idols in a single FP) and Hildr also boosting the 4x ever 25 levels "ability". Obviously this was busted (and I'll point out was discussed in the discord leaks channel for a week before release: "They can't possibly leave it like this can they?"). Because of this mess, you had to force global refreshes, again annoying due to lack of testing, but understandable. You had to fix it, totally fine.

 

Also when Hildr was introduced, it made Bruno outrageously powerful to the tune of a e600-e900 benefit in some cases depending on Golden Legendaries. After fixing the infinity bugs, you announced a further change would be coming to limit Bruno, but you let UberBruno live out the remainder of the season. Then you introduced the nerf limiting Bruno to 1500 stacks. Everyone understood.

   

Now here is Crow. Crow is (was) the only T6 crusader you have introduced that actually was interesting in the sense that it lead to meta-changes and new formations for a positive reason (players could be more powerful). The power was not game breaking in the sense of LB, or Hildr/Oona, or UberBruno. The season was chugging along, players were happy and nothing was fundamentally broken. You were working on addressing some buff calculation lag, and as a side effect you completely removed the power and therefore usefulness and interest of Crow. You then dug in your heels and snuck in an after the fact changelog note saying "you fixed the bug."

 

Call it whatever you want, whether the Hildr/Crow interaction was a bug of not, it clearly didn't break the game, and was the only thing protecting Crow from the trash heap of T6 characters. This is particularly sad since the Crow artwork is really great, and the grand total of useful T6 crusaders is now zero. Not to mention that there exists at least 5 characters, two of which are in the current meta, that have the exact same interaction with Hildr/Inami that you claim is a bug, these are still live in the game as we speak. Just admit it was a mistake and patch Crow to work the way it did and find some other approach to a buff calculation problem that you think you have. If you can't admit it was a mistake... I don't know why, everyone makes mistakes, but then I question why the Crow nerf communication was handled in such a different way than the recent examples above. Why sneak it in without even a patch note? Obviously it was going to be found 30 seconds after the patch hit. If you felt Crow's power was unacceptable you could have toned it down a bit, or announced a change would be coming after S2, just like with Bruno, instead of burning Crow to the ground.

   

So this comes to the actual issue: CNE does not seem to have anyone testing the game (testing as in finding real bugs before release, and for understanding how new Crusaders might be used and interact with others). This is a challenging task, but however you can I encourage you, as the CoLTI planner/manager, to truly build in 2-3 days of actual rigorous testing into your production schedule. It will make your life easier, and likely make CNE more money.

 

I can see nothing in the Crow change that it going to be good for the CNE bottom line. Based on discussions I've seen in chat rooms, on discord, and here on reddit, you can see there should be a better way. You don't like the leaks, but really they could be helpful for you. Have real direct engagement with your most passionate players, they are more than happy to help. As a wise person said on discord, when you perceive and treat your community as an enemy, you end up making them an enemy in reality. No one wants this. I hope you take this and all the other feedback you are getting for what it is: constructive input from players who enjoy playing the game and hence want it to succeed, but are discouraged by current actions and decisions.

 

Thanks, -Bipp

Originally posted by PurpleOlolo

Make The Crusaders Great Again! :)

Originally posted by iamthebaker

Love the Game, thank you so much

Originally posted by gragatrim

at least one English word

Originally posted by rayvenz

Thanks for the code！

Originally posted by Exotic-Iron7450

does saying hello Erika count as an english word?

Originally posted by AZNyoshengli

Kakorrhaphiophobia

Originally posted by FewOpposite1516

Ydon't know what to say:!!!! hi erika!!

Originally posted by Timely-Tap-9709

Played a long time ago and just recently am back into the game. Is there a way to quickly catch up or some sort of site to help out to get back into it quickly? Thanks.

Originally posted by dtape467

at least one english word

Originally posted by LiquidDr4k3

I want the fish!

Originally posted by sqrzwol

Hi Erika,

On the crow issue, and other recent changes that hurt a bit, I'm curious if CNE considers internally when a 'fix' becomes a 'nerf'? Because though I understand crow was maybe not working as intended, when you leave it so long, it really feels like a nerf on this side and looks really bad on the game. Thanks for making my runs a lot shorter though :)

Originally posted by Exotic-Iron7450

achievement

Originally posted by Kimedis

Hey Erika

Thank for fixing Mogra!

Merry Chrstmas and Happy New Year

Originally posted by hofdiddy

At least one english word

Originally posted by Longjumping-Garden69

will you tell us the tags for the snowflake defender because i have a few theories but i rather know exactly

also just a thought next time your hevily nerfing a crusaders or removing the bug remove it in pieces for example week 1 would be the ability at 50% effectiveness and then 25 then removed completely you would probobaly still get hate but i dont think you will get sa much

Originally posted by Environmental_Nerve2

infection

Originally posted by most_hyperbole

Hi Erika,

Are there any plans to allow Taskmasters to autoclick spend all gold to maximize character levels?

Originally posted by BazzTurd

So with the new runes.

Any chance when sending crusaders off on missions we could get some buttons to sort our crusaders depending on what effect their rune have?

So I could put all EP runed crusaders first when doing EP missions, gold for gold missions, 2x reward/time reduction for others?

Originally posted by KN0meo

Good day folks,

Wondering if a chat capability will be added to the downloadable version of crusaders?

I miss the interaction of others when I have a question or 2, I prefer this version over the steam version and would like to have all of the functionality of the original flash version.

Originally posted by AdministrativeYam774

Happy holidays!!

Originally posted by Bocian00000

Thanks for the code

Originally posted by Legitimate-Guitar786

historian

Originally posted by JamesRisse

I'm really surprised that that game has held my attention as long as it has. Good job developers.

"at least one English word "

Originally posted by fiprandom

hello

Originally posted by Confident-Major-106

grocery

Originally posted by Idlers1

Keep up the great work! Thank you for the chance at getting a GE of choice :)

Originally posted by FlyByMoon

At least one English word ;)

Originally posted by piratyduck

One English word :D

Originally posted by bartimaeusjr

I can't think of any English words :(

Originally posted by cmroz4ls

Thank you for the code and work throughout the year. I've played a few games through the years and I find it amazing at how reachable you all are and how willing you are to listen to feedback. That is something that is rare these days and I really thank you and your team for that.

Originally posted by mistwhisper118

Thanks for the rune chest!

I couldn't find this information online... What is the enchantment point requirement to unlock T6 crusaders through missions? I want to get my crusaders prepared :)

Originally posted by rheach

Thanks for the chest and Happy Holidays!!

Originally posted by Billyrayjoe

Rolls lucky dice, it comes up with .....

Originally posted by Formal_Search9673

hat

Originally posted by dmolla01

I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful holidays!

Originally posted by VioletHem

Let's say, ad astra per aspera.

Originally posted by Axed_

Hi Erika,

Hope you and the team have a wonderful and safe holiday break!

I wanted to throw out an idea for a new crusader.

Seat - 4 (Same as Mindy)

Main Ability - An ability similar to Mimic but instead of being position based, it would select targets based on tags. For example, it could target crusaders that have a unique tag.

I know it would be super hard to replace Mindy but perhaps this could be a fun alternative?

Best Regards, Axed

Originally posted by ShapeSquare

Have a good holiday!

Originally posted by fuzzipotamus

Hi Erika, Happy Holidays and Stay safe!

Originally posted by ROKH777

Hi Erika. Happy Holidays. Looking forward to seeing the new talents later today and finally getting Kris.

Originally posted by mervinside

Is there a full list of golden epics somewhere on the internet ?

Originally posted by RBraz_

Just came for the GE

Happy holydays everyone ;)

Originally posted by AshwoodRounstack

Hi Erika,

Thanks about your attention on tickets and i wanna know if you have any plan to create a crusader in a new bench

More one question about dungeons, To reach on zones 10k-14k++ we spent a lot of time on long an deep runs, will have any sprint specific to dungeons?
With browser cliente dying will create any new cliente? like a mobile again?
Well have a good christimas and new year everyone o/ let's fight agains this virus

Originally posted by gothmog1065

I should really try to do these more live.

Originally posted by wipilap

floccinaucinihilipilification

Originally posted by ShapeSquare

Hi! Has the GE emails been sent out yet?

Originally posted by kittymug

Hi Erika,

Can you give a little more detail about the status of running the launcher version under Linux? Mainly is it supported, or just happens to work in wine?

When running the launcher version via wine, I am seeing somewhat frequent crashes of the app while doing some active play. Once the crusaders get going and can be left alone it does seem to run stable. I have never seen similar crashes while running under Steam.

Can crashes under wine be reported for fixing?

Thanks

Originally posted by whywouldichooseaname

why exactly would a player opt for points when idol buffs affect the dungeon idols percentage now

Originally posted by ProShashank

Hello Erika. Thanks for the chest! And Thank you for giving me an awesome experience for the past 9 months while playing this game !!!

Originally posted by Nerve_Representative

One word

Originally posted by CamZero

Naive!

Originally posted by imuzo

looking forward to odile, snowflake defender.

stylepoints for her name - I already like her :D

Originally posted by DelayedTimeTraveler

I'm going to throw out an idea for crusader, Clancy the Kleptomaniac.
Clancy sees all the shiny things people has and goes out and collects more. +$
Clancy sees all these people getting hit and quite frankly doesn't want to be hit. Steals health from opponents and adjacent allies.
Clancy like to be the center of attention. Steal DPS from opponents and adjacent allies. The opponents thing might be easily coded as a small increment per level or something.
Clancy likes tags, they look like fun. Steal/Copy tags from adjacent crusaders.

Originally posted by Gourou666

Hello Erika,
Late to the party, as always.
Thanks for the chest.
And I really did not expected so many comments about the recent changes.

Originally posted by sergiorodriguesx

One English Word: Merry Xmas !

Originally posted by the1red

Thanks for the chance!

Originally posted by Awnico

Thanks for the code!

Originally posted by quizknock

I'll leave one comment as a memorial.

Originally posted by avan16

Hi Erika!
I want to ask, will there be any updates soon on main campaign, since it's obviously incomplete?

Originally posted by NeedNoUser

What if someone used a word that isn't originally English but has been adopted as English

Originally posted by rubisvm

Thanks for the runic chest! :)

Originally posted by matzekatze77

Hi Erika,

first time i comment here. Let me start by saying thank you for the great game CNE created. I'm playing for nearly two years and really enjoy it.

The reason i'm writing is to tell you, that i'm not at all happy with the way the crow "fix" had been done. All the reasons have been said several times now, so i'll skip that. I would be happy if you considered some of the suggestions that have been made as i really want this game to stay great. Thank you and take care.

Best regards Matze

Originally posted by towerarmor12

Hi Erika,

just something I stumbled upon during the last Robot challenge: The legendary items of RoboSanta and 43G1S have exactly the same description saying "Increase all Gold found by 10% for each Robot Crusader". However, RoboSanta's effect stacks additively while for 43G1S it is multiplicatively. I am not sure if there are similar cases for other crusaders, but could you work on some clarification/rewording of those cases? I think pointing it out for the multiplicative effects would be enough. That would be really appreciated!

And thanks for the chest and the chance for the Golden Epic!

Originally posted by BenL7

When you wipe on a level and go back. Do you get credit for killing the first monster on the lower level before auto-complete sends you forward?

Originally posted by Nessiah1

At least one English word...And I might as well jump on the bandwagon of feeling a bit cheated re: crow.

Originally posted by SotFXSotF

Well, seems like things are going well...

Just another hope for something in exchange for the extra epic recipes from the reward, still annoyed that it's something that can't help me at all...

Originally posted by LilithReborn17

Thanks for the runic chest.

Originally posted by PotablePotables

Woop woop, thanks for the giveaway where 10 lucky people will receive a golden epic of their choice. That's really cool.

Originally posted by Nindavo

Nine English words. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year's

Originally posted by lpnueg456

cool

Originally posted by lflsban

Hi Erika

Hope you and your family are safe all the time.

I wonder how you gonna raise up the round of maximum reward for next season.

(for example 14K for seson2)

Originally posted by latetree2

I thought I was going to die waiting for talent update. Thx. :D

Originally posted by TexSC

at least one English word

j/k! Happy holidays everyone!

Originally posted by iamthejamesy

Happy Holidays!

Originally posted by tnkhangid

I just hope the server will survive in the Christmas break.

Originally posted by Luigi_B13

Hello

Originally posted by PinkOddish

Obligatory comment that may just not get picked because its unpleasant, eeeeee

Re: crow, I just lost like 3k areas. I'm not even angry, just apathetic. Why should I bother with building formations and optimizing and all that when interactions can just be killed at the drop of a hat? Interactions that you were informed of a few days after release and made no response to. Even more so when requirements and all that will continue to be scaled to the previous levels of power. And now the replies seem to show that I can expect more such nerfs in the future.

Recent direction just makes me feel that like you guys don't understand your game and don't care enough to continue to make things attainable for people who don't play 24/7. I'm guessing that I will stop caring if the trend continues, and that's probably quitting time at that point. Would be a shame, I liked the game.

Originally posted by whywouldichooseaname

hi thank you for making the giveaway go on for almost a whole day because i was sleeping

i have many questions like can you make a talent or something that changes quests that drop items into quests that kill monsters

when are you going to make effect bubbles usable in modern formations. they overlap, keep refreshing, are really small, and dont show everything so they are really really hard to use

why does hildr buff projectiles like karl when they're not upgrades i mean mindy can mimick them

why cant hildr buff pennys trash pickup

why cant mindy mime adina hero league when its not even good

why is aegis middle legendary so strong but robosanta right leg and exterminator middle leg are weaker when the number is bigger can you buff robosanta and exterminator to be the same

why does mindy mimicking monstrous assembly end up weaker than original monstrous assembly even with legendary hat

why dont runic chests restock with the challenge shop's golden epic

why do skins cost so many rubies i dont think a skin is worth almost 20 runic chests

why do crooked crows crawlies and alacritys imps not die instantly when everything else does, even ishtars fires and drosenthes and euodia things

why cant hildr buff willy the weregoats play nicest

why cant hildr buff roboturkeys absorption coils and power reflection

why does pilot pams focused teamwork activate in columns of 3 when it says 2

why do missions take so long to appear after i complete some

why does warwick get more clk by being on the bench than being in an empty formation

why doesnt hildr buff the reset the world upgrades even though theyre upgrades and dont say that they cant be buffed

why cant i send a ticket

why is the game so laggy sometimes

whywouldichooseaname

Originally posted by TheDoctorOrpheus

Thank you for the chest, and have a happy holiday season.

I will add that I don't delve into the Dungeons because the payoff versus progress is not worth it. I focused on gaining idols, and quickly lost interest as the time to achieve any benefit wasn't worth it. Simply put, I did the math.

I would say that doing the math seems to be the issue. Keeping a game engaging and challenging is a full time task, and to add new features takes effort and calculation. With these new avenues mistakes are made, and I would hope that all can understand that. I do as I am in the software engineering business. The most important thing is what you do after a mistake has been made. Ideally you acknowledge it, analyze it, and remediate it. It seems that there is an issue with remediation at this point, as well as with play testing before features are released. I would posit that involving the long term high idol count players in pre-release play testing would be to everyone's advantage. They have insights into game play that have been forged since day one, and will be able to find unintended exploits and appropriate balance. With Crow it seems that there were some big advantages, and then when discovered much later they were summarily removed, thus kicking everyone back to a much lower level. Not an appropriate remediation.

I'm just restating the analysis many other posters have provided in more detail. I would encourage CNE to engage long term players that are known to have the best interest of the game for all players as pre-release testers. They already want new features, they have the committed buy in to the game (emotionally and quite often fiscally), and they can provide honest feedback. With the other CNE games it seems that COTLI might have some resource issues (just intuiting from previous reddit posts, and experience in the industry) that can be remedied in the testing arena by engaging the community. I've seen more angry posts with the Crow nerfing in the past few weeks than I have ever seen regarding the game. Take a hard honest look at the outrage, and see what the best path forward will be for the game. Then propose the solution and see what the reaction and feedback are for that solution. It is a great game, it has just had a few bad decisions recently and needs a three point turn to get in the right direction again.

I'll be going to STEAM soon to play, and I hope that change will also see a change to getting COTLI back on track after a long break in 2021. 2020 will not be missed.

Thank you again, see you in the new year.

Originally posted by Morti31x

I wish you and your families a

Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!

Originally posted by coani

popcorn

JK, not here for the GE, I already stopped playing 3 months ago. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/606980460467191808/761611757428277298/unknown.png

Just saying thanks for the good times, and I miss seeing Kat's fabulous creations in the game.

Originally posted by LazyBast1

Hi Erika

Great game love playing it ! Only one question. How many idols or crafting upgrades to be able to beat mutiny? I've gotten mixed messages from many. Just a general idea will be enough.

Thank you,

LazyBast

Originally posted by -Kuja-

at least one English word

and thanks for the Runic Chest :)

Originally posted by Cweneldic

looking forward to those 5th rune slots to see what impacts they have.

Originally posted by SnowLoverTV

That is one long Christmas break you have. It's good, very good, I hope I'll have such a break when I start working.

Originally posted by cryyourpardon0

I like Golden Epics.

Originally posted by tndsd

Thank you for Runic code :^)

Originally posted by kozou

Thanks for chest code!

Originally posted by ImpossiblePandaBoy12

Wish for new golden epic.

Preexisting talents would see new increased level cap, such as Efficient Crusading, Well Equipped, Golden Age, Overenchanted, Arithmagician and such.

Originally posted by Nazr9

Merry Christmas