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[2020] Crusaders Community Q&A #222 with host Erika


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 221!

Community Activity!

There's still time to get your Festive Dinner colouring sheet in!

Updates:

  • The Talents update is coming along well for a 2020 release. Featuring more Sprint and more DPS talents.

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

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

  • The recipes for the Kaines Dinner of Doom Crusaders will be available at Noon Pacific Time (UTC -8) on Tuesday, December 15th, 2020.

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

  • 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-8.)

  • The office will be closed for Christmas break starting after work on Friday, December 18th, 2020. We'll be back in the office on Monday, January 4th, 2021.

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 Linux and Wine. Otherwise, you can try using the Steam version if you're a Linux user.

 

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

 

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

 

Have a treat! ERHU-BHEL-GLOP-AIRT awards 1 Runic chest. Expires Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 at 9:59 am Pacific Time (UTC-8.)

 

Next Q&A: The next and final Crusaders Q&A of 2020 will be on Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 at 10am Pacific Time (UTC-8), featuring a giveaway for some lucky commenters!

 

Edit: Thank you for the questions during the live hour! We'll see some of you on Thursday for the last livestream of 2020!

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

Originally posted by N00byDoobyDoo

Hey Erika

  1. So will we have new objectives by this time next year?

  2. Could we ever see an upgraded version of Idols Over Time? Like “Even More Idols Over Time”

Hi N00byDoobyDoo,

1) I think we can add more permanent objectives over the course of 2021.

2) We aren't currently planning on doing something like Idols Over Time, but there's always a possibility. I'll add it to our list of requested Talents.

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

Originally posted by belkak210

Hello, Erika. Hope everything is alright.

Anything you can tease about: 1. Momma's Monster's buff

2.Talents

  1. The new sader ?

Hi belkak210,

Everything's fine, thanks for asking. I hope you're doing well.

1) Coming.

2) Still just teasing female on the Christmas Crusader.

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

Originally posted by Environmental_Nerve2

Yo Erika

Since it’s the last stream ever this week will you be showing the new T6 and Skin respectively?

Hi Environmental_Nerve2,

It's only the last stream of 2020. We'll be back in 2021.

We will be teasing the Christmas Crusader, as the stream is a week out from the event.

We might tease more about the skin other the tidbit that we shared that Xander is getting the skin.

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

Originally posted by Legitimate-Guitar786

Greetings Erika

Can we ask why the Kat hates Christmas, or is that none of our business?

Hi Legitimate-Guitar,

You can try asking Kat why on stream, but no guarantees she'll share.

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

Originally posted by SanjeepTheJeep

Erika,

Any chance for a slider to move through crusaders in the missions screen rather than clicking the arrow?

Hi SanjeepTheJeep,

I'll add your vote to our potential improvements list for the mission screen.

You can use the mousewheel to scroll the list, or hold the Shift Key while clicking the arrow to move 8 Crusaders at once.

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

Originally posted by FarmBoy1970

Is there an indication when a mission returns double rewards? I haven't a lot of %age chance of it out there yet, but I'm not sure if I've not yet been lucky, or have had a hit and not noticed.

Also, which missions can be doubled and which not? I'm guessing the EP missons not as that has a separate rune boost (or can both hit?)

Yeah, if it doubles you'll see the text "Double Success" instead of the normal "Success" text when you complete it.

All missions can be doubled, even the EP missions with a extra EP Rune Crusader on them, if you send a Crusader with a double success rune on it and get lucky with the chance to double applying.

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

Originally posted by Made_In_The_80s

hello erika,

as always thanks for the code.

i have read that the fifth rune slots will be released step by step.

any info on who will get fifth rune slots first? original 20? T1?

any chance for an early jiao rune slot?

will the newest crusaders be the last to get their slots?

and i have read that the fifth rune slots will buff crusaders' formation abilities.

i guess with more than 150 crusaders and a max rune level of 15 nobody can really balance things out.

especially for crusaders like mindy.

she only has one formation ability to buff and it already is very powerful as it is now.

but will there be rune slots that are super powerful compared to others to make so far unused crusaders more useful than now?

something that will change things a lot?

or are you trying to balance the buff from the fifth rune slot so that the buff will be ~ the same benefit for every crusader?

im really curious, i cant wait to see the new rune slots and talents! :D

Hi Made_In_The_80s,

You're welcome for the code.

The plan for the 5th slot runes is in batches by Crusader ID still.

The 5th slot runes will buff one of the 6 upgrades on a Crusader, as appropriate. Unlike the current runes, which have the same scaling for every Crusader, the 5th slot runes will have to have a personal scaling for leveling up as well, so depending on which upgrade we've chosen it doesn't get crazy big.

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

Originally posted by cubert73

Hi Erika, any chance we could be able to see EP on the Rune screen? I keep having to go back to the crusader list to see which crusaders I want to buff with "share more EP with bench". I would also really appreciate the option to list crusaders by slot on the Rune screen, for the same reason. 43G1S to Tiernan is quite a long scroll.

Thank you!

Hi cubert73,

Hmm, that is a good idea. Looks like there is room on the Rune screen to have it surfaced somewhere. I'll talk to Kevin about it.

Bench Seat could make a good filter. I'll poke him about that too.

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

Originally posted by Croq360

Hey Erika, thanks for the code! Hope all of you are well at CNE.

A couple of suggestions.

  1. For the missions screen, a suggestion for the eventual reworking of that. If you're setting up an EP mission, if you have a bunch of them with the same number of tags to contribute, being able to have the ones with EP buffing runes show up first in the list. That may not be something for everyone, but maybe a way to turn on/off prioritizing of rune mission buffs. Just a thought...

  2. Any chance we might get the ability to "de-merge" a rune? Like turn a lvl 2 into two lvl 1 runes?

Hi Croq360,

Yeah, we're doing well over here. :)

I think we do need to figure out how to fit some extra filter choices somewhere on the screen, because there's the ascending/descending EP, and now rune effects, and I know not all players use the game's suggestion for filling the mission spots, so maybe a toggle for turning that off as well. Adding the request to the rework list. :)

We don't plan on allowing runes to be unmerged.

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

Originally posted by Sylexy

The discord coloring sheet is coming along but won't be ready this week (probably the weekend or early next week), are we going to get a Kat sheet this week? :)

The final Kat sheet of the year will be Snowball Fight.

Looking forward to seeing the Discord sheet. :)

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

Originally posted by SanjeepTheJeep

Thank you. Sometimes there are crusaders at or near the end of the list that I want to use and even jumping by 8s takes a little while at 150+ crusaders.

As cubert notes, you can hold Ctrl + Shift while clicking the arrow to move from one end of the list to the other immediately.

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

Originally posted by Croq360

Resurfacing my suggestion on a similar graphic in the game to indicate that "Phase Shift" happened on an area in place of the normal "Area Complete" message.

Actually on the to-do for the Talent update, if we get to it. :)

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

Originally posted by Axed_

Hi Erika!

Hope you and your family are doing well.

I had an idea for a talent. Essentially it is a talent that gives starting gold on certain types of runs (Free Play, Dungeons, maybe Challenges?). This would be similar to Cash in Hand. I was thinking rank 1 could give 1e10 gold and scale up an extra e5 per rank up to e100? The main idea is to make the beginning of new FP/Dungeon runs a bit less annoying as you'd be able to unlock the crusaders and get some upgrades unlocked right away.

Hi Axed_,

We're doing well, thank you. :) I hope you and yours are doing well too.

It's a talent idea that comes up on occasion. Given all the early tiers of the Talent tree are full now, I'm not sure it really makes sense to add in the Tier 7/8 range, but we'll keep the request in mind.

It also stops being useful once you've got enough Idols to be buying the Tier 7 talents, since the gold find from the Idols can get your formation set up before area 5.

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

Originally posted by bobbanks77

Hi Erika,

how much will the Gloria and Agent skins cost in the dungeon shop after Clocktower is over? Need to know how many dungeon coins to save!

Thank you...

Hi bobbanks77,

They'll be pricey, but I don't have hard numbers yet, sorry. Been focusing on the Talents so far.

Cheers.

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

Originally posted by JuJuBee2006

Thanks for the code.

No real questions this time, looking forward to more talents

Not sure if there is a typo but you have a statement about transitioning accounts:

" Note: The launcher will work with Linux and Wine. Otherwise, you can try using the Steam version if you're a Linux user. "

The way this is written makes me think a "Not" is missing in the first sentence since it is followed by an alternate option for linux users. If I am reading into it too much, my bad.

You're welcome for the code.

No typos, though one could argue for being repetitive, since the Wine and Steam options both apply for Linux players and I do repeat Linux in there.

That's what I get for just appending information instead of reworking my opening post.

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

Originally posted by Xerxish

I use RoboRabit everyday now. It's just mildly annoying that something keeps switching back to the Wacking Bush. Other seat dont have that issue, is this something that can be changed?
Also, and I don't know if it is interesting enough, but maybe you could make a sader who increases DPS according to X amount of HP in the formation.
Thx.

Hi Xerxish,

It's a quirk of the game, almost all objectives specifically assign the Bush Whacker himself in the formation, which is why you always have to change back to RoboRabbit, if you don't have a saved formation you can load on area 1. The ones where he doesn't start in formation is because we've hardcoded the game change.

It's been on the request list to look into changing it to use the previously selected seat 1 Crusader if available for the objective, and I'll add your vote to that.

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

Originally posted by Kurt_Lyndon

Hi Erika,

I'd like to ask if you gonna host again flash sale frenzy anytime soon?

Cheers!

Hi Kurt,

It won't be running this month, but we will be running it again in the future.

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

Originally posted by lucyken

I'm using the new launcher. Any chance that it'll remember the settings I pick (ie, screen size) from when I restart my computer?. Every other app does.

Unfortunately, we've tried doing that twice now, and something about Adobe Air makes the game not load properly for the majority of players if we tell the game to try loading at the previously selected scaling. So it isn't something we can add.

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

Originally posted by Cassius335

Hey Erika!

Thursday night is the Game Awards. Will you be watching/'have it on as background while doing something else' & is there any game reveal/announcement you're hoping for?

Hi Cassius,

Given I have no idea what Game Awards you're referring to, no I won't be watching it. I honestly don't care about if a game has won an award or not. It just has to interest me if I'm gonna think about buying it and maybe or maybe not playing it.

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

Originally posted by Not_Pro

Hi Erika!

Thanks for the chests as always. Following up on the new player experience questions from before, I remember something that was a huge turnoff for me was how long crusaders were injured for when I sent them on missions and failed them, especially if I sent my main DPS off on a recruit mission and was stuck resetting suboptimal free plays for even longer than I expected. Would there possibly be consideration of a low-tier talent that speeds up injury recovery time for crusaders, and/or possibly a higher tier talent that lowers the odds of a crusader getting injured on a Dangerous mission? Even at ~2m idols and having a decent (~30%) amount of crusaders I would consider a talent like that far more useful than The More The Merrier. Thoughts?

Hi Not_Pro,

You're welcome for the chests.

We weren't planning on having Talents that do anything for the injury timer, but I'll add it to our request list and we'll see what happens.

I think the injury mechanic was just to encourage you to find other formations in the meantime while the Crusader was injured.

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

Originally posted by _umdos

Hi Erika,

currently only the seat number and the EP of the selected crusader is shown when hovering over the saders image. Would be nice to have additionally displayed the EPs of the whole seat, since EP is shared to 100%+
For example:
Tiernan: 2200EP
Seat (23): 22000EP
Swaps with Mycall, ....

Hi umdos,

I'm guessing this is in regards to on the mission screen?

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

Originally posted by Legitimate-Guitar786

just a guess, are talents coming the same day as event?

I believe as I said on stream last week, hopefully this week, but it might slide into next week. We'll see.

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

Originally posted by Sylexy

its pretty awesome but as Rattlecat the artist stated its "obnoxiously detailed" so will be fun to color...

Haha, I'd like to see how detailed that will be then.

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

Originally posted by Tyson_NW

Hey, have you looked at the flash emulater Ruffle as a way going forward for running Crusaders in Web Assembly? https://ruffle.rs/

Hi Tyson,

We are aware of Ruffle, but in its current state of development, Ruffle will not support Crusaders, with its ActionScript 3 API basicially non-existent.

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

Originally posted by dimitrius5naj

Erica, hello!

Once again (this time because of a frozen computer) 10k pieces of pie burned out. Because the computer wouldn't start. And I couldn't buy myself a chest for the Monster. Due to the fact that he entered the game 20 minutes later than necessary. Don't you think this is unfair? Huge request - think of a talent (for example) who could hold the accumulated currency of the event for at least an hour after its end? At least - because it's a pity for the spent warps. As a maximum - generally spent time. I think there will be many people who wanted to buy something, or launch something, but a small event outside of his control made its own adjustments.

Well, as always - thanks for the code.

Hi dimitrius5naj,

Sorry to hear you had trouble loading the game right at the event ending. However, we don't plan on extending event currency to be spendable after the event has ended.

I'll make a note to look into if there's anything on our end we can do about the loading time for getting into the game though.

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

Originally posted by _umdos

Yeah right, on mission screen

Thanks for clarifying. So the advantage would be that you could spread the EP totals among the bench seats better?

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

Originally posted by icebergak1949

Is it possible in the runes button to have a "hover" balloon over each crusader saying what other crusaders share their seat? It would make it easier for me to decide what runes to fill on which crusader.

Yeah, we can look into adding that to the rune dialog. :)

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

Originally posted by SotFXSotF

Would it be possible to have alternative options than the chests with the Dungeon tickets? Points or something would be nice to have as an option to trade them in for...

And the same with the epic recipes, it's kind of something that's disappointing for most people that are that far in since they've likely gotten all of them already unless they can fill slots where there aren't recipes available for talent buffs...the only ones I don't have all recipes for are the ones that they aren't released for (Last event crusader/New Event Crusader and the Desert Bus ones...).

We gave out Dungeon Vouchers for unique chests from the season rewards this time, since players commented that normal Jeweled chests weren't special enough. We don't plan on using the vouchers for other things at this time, but we'll note down the request.

The Desert Bus Crusaders don't get recipes, but yeah, the players who might be hitting the reward for the Epic recipes, if they are long term veterans, may not need all 10 recipes at once. We'll be looking at retooling that for season 3.

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