over 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 251!

Community Activity!

Mitsuko features in this week's colouring sheet as we work through the cycle of buffs again. Thank you to our talented submissions so far!

Updates:

  • We're working on Ready Player Two Tier 5 objectives and the Summer Sabotage event this week.

  • The Tier 6 version of Littlefoot's Big Adventure is currently running and will end at Noon Pacific Time (UTC-7) on Tuesday, August 17th, 2021.

  • The recipes for the Song of Thrones crusaders will be available after Noon Pacific Time (UTC-7) today, Tuesday, August 10th, 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.

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! ALBE-GIBE-MARL-HOOF awards 2 All Tier Bigfoot Jeweled chests. Expires Tuesday, August 17th, 2021 at 9:59 AM Pacific Time (UTC-7.)

 

Next Q&A: The next Crusaders Q&A will be on Tuesday, Aug 17th, 2021 at 10 AM Pacific Time (UTC-7.)

 

Edit: Thank you for the questions during the live hour! I'll check back throughout the week.

External link →
over 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 251!

Community Activity!

Mitsuko features in this week's colouring sheet as we work through the cycle of buffs again. Thank you to our talented submissions so far!

Updates:

  • We're working on Ready Player Two Tier 5 objectives and the Summer Sabotage event this week.

  • The Tier 6 version of Littlefoot's Big Adventure is currently running and will end at Noon Pacific Time (UTC-7) on Tuesday, August 17th, 2021.

  • The recipes for the Song of Thrones crusaders will be available after Noon Pacific Time (UTC-7) today, Tuesday, August 10th, 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.

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! ALBE-GIBE-MARL-HOOF awards 2 All Tier Bigfoot Jeweled chests. Expires Tuesday, August 17th, 2021 at 9:59 AM Pacific Time (UTC-7.)

 

Next Q&A: The next Crusaders Q&A will be on Tuesday, Aug 17th, 2021 at 10 AM Pacific Time (UTC-7.)

 

Edit: Thank you for the questions during the live hour! I'll check back throughout the week.

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

Originally posted by neverenoughpurple

This is random, but I've been wondering for a long time...

Why is the snowman an animal?

So, in the beginning, there were no tags.

Then we added missions and tags, and we went super basic, with Humans and Non-Humans, and some Non-Human Crusaders ended up being an Animal tag.

We just haven't revisited Frosty's tags since.

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

Originally posted by Impressive-Pick-5096

Neat! Are there any plans to include larger denominations for the "auto chest open" buttons? For those of us with a lot of chests, 100 at a time takes a while.

We won't be adding a button for amounts larger than 100 at once, but I do have some plans to let players tackle some of their chest hoard scheduled for later this year.

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

Originally posted by SnowLov3r

HI Erika,

Is it possible now that we got over 500 legendries to make it so the cost of catalyst for upgrading from epic to legendary will always be reset to 1 instead of 80% reduction?

Hi SnowLov3r,

We don't plan on making changes to the catalyst costs for crafting legendary items, but we may consider possibly looking into other ways to help newer players get legendary items quicker.

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

Originally posted by dimitrius5naj

Erica, hello!
Now that the merging of runes is a little faster, and the game has crossed the 6-year threshold, can you find out more about the plans for the development of the game?
New campaigns? New achievements? New talent? Ways to somehow make up for the rewards of previous seasons of the Dungeons (otherwise, the more time passes, the more everything you need and beautiful is sold there, and there are no special ways to accelerate progress, if you are not an unemployed millionaire with a lifetime supply of energy drinks), or at least discounts on absolutely old items? New rewards for certain campaigns (for example, an ability that increases the likelihood of triggering abilities that have a trigger chance - like a dwarf with a fork)? New tags (like the repeatedly asked "Shooting" tag)?
And as always - thanks for the chests!

Hi dimitrius5naj,

You're welcome for the chests.

For sure we're adding more talents and more tiers of difficulty to the permanent campaigns, which includes more 11th objective rewards as we get there.

We would like to add more permanent campaigns and more achievements as well.

We're considering some ways to get the older season rewards to players cheaper, but you can grind out the dungeon coins if you really want them.

I would still like to do a tag pass at some point as well, but it's not in the immediate futures plans.

Cheers!

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

Originally posted by ubi_contributor

Happy summer everyone !

Happy summer!

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

Originally posted by Dragon97240

Hi Erika !

Thanks for the code as always.

I missed an event (the one for quadir) and I want to ask if he will be avaible in the recruit mission in the near futur.

Hi Dragon97240,

You're welcome for the code.

We just updated the mission system back in July with Crusaders through Yaretzi, so I wasn't planning on adding more missions until Tier 7 events started up, but I'll see if we can sneak them into an update before then.

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

Originally posted by Kimedis

Hey Erika

Are you planning something about those achievents which player can`t do anymore?

For example for Sjinn, Turps etc.

Hi Kimedis,

Yup, one day I want to deal with the Yogscast achievements, but sadly it is not this day. Thank you for the nudge though. :)

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

Originally posted by drbillblaze

- Can you please change the scaling on Master Crafter?

- Can you triple or quadruple the effect of the mission doubling runes?

- can the 5th taskmaster on the field improve drops?

  • Which scaling on Master Crafter? The Idol cost, or the bonus per recipe?

  • I'll add the vote to the item on the suggestion list about the double rewards runes and we'll see what happens.

  • The 5th taskmaster on the field increases the clicks per second of the taskmasters clicking monsters currently, but we'll keep the idea in mind if we ever add more taskmasters who can click monsters.

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

Originally posted by H4ppyfunb4ll

I did a campaign objective once that said that only crusaders in the second slot of each bench could be used. While the tooltip on a crusaders portrait says their bench number, it does not say which "slot" in the bench they are in. This was frustrating since I had at least 2 crusaders in nearly every bench slot, but in the majority of the benches all crusaders were locked out for the campaign. Apparently I had very few "slot 2" crusaders in the then 36 benches.

How can you tell what slot in a bench a crusader is in?

Ah yeah, looks like that objective was based on the global list of Crusaders and not the Crusaders you had unlocked.

The only way to tell currently in game would be to own all the Crusaders, to have the Crusader who originally unlocked the bench seat showing on the bench currently, and then the Crusaders listed on the Swap button would be sorted by order of release, so the one at the top of the list is the 2nd swap for that seat. But that only works if you own all the Crusaders.

That mechanic has only been used on that one event objective so far, and to pass that, you'd just need to check who was unlocked and available to use, as you ended up doing.

If we end up reusing that mechanic for more objectives in the future, I'll gate it on at least having completed the Tier 1 11th objectives, so you'd have 4 Crusaders available, and we could look into adding what number in the bench seat a Crusader is.

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

Originally posted by dimitrius5naj

After the Postscript.
Can we expect the launch and end of missions to be automated with the help of taskmasters?

We don't plan on adding taskmasters functionality to the mission screen, but I'll note down it was requested again.

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

Originally posted by xyzzex

so instead bugfixing we get new objectives with new bugs. at this rate we get T5 11ths this year (just no time to do those since busy with dungeons).

would be nice to have 1 party doing dungeons and other party (not same saders) doing event and other objectives.

how about converting some buffs to others since flaming rocks aren't used much (at all) while gold, dps, crit and spawn get much more use.

While having two formations running at once would be nice, Crusaders wasn't really built to support that, and two instances would mean probably four times as many bugs, at least.

I'll add your vote to the item about trading buff cards, but it's not something we're planning on adding.

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

Originally posted by fixingcars

Good afternoon, thanks for the chests.

QOL request. Would it be possible to have the cooldown timer appear in the popup box when you hover over the abilities? I struggle to be able to read the time left on a cooldown and I think having it appear in the popup box would be a nice helpful feature.

Hi fixingcars,

You're welcome for the chests.

The cooldown text can be a bit hard to read in some cases. I'll add it to the QoL list to look into if the timer can be added to the tooltip.

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

Originally posted by Impressive-Pick-5096

Oh yeah, it's also kind of weird that the Abilities Click-o-Rama, Savage Strikes, Gold-o-Rama, Royal Command and Alchemy wait to be activated while they're in effect, but Magnify can keep getting activated repeatedly, even when it hasn't already been used. Is that because the others have a set duration and Magnify lasts until it's used on another Ability?

Yeah, because Magnify's charge lasts until you click another ability, if its cooldown timer clears it can be clicked again. Good for Bruno stacking for sure.

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

Originally posted by H4ppyfunb4ll

+1 on flaming rocks (splash, blaze, et al.)

The only time you would even think you need a buff is when the trains start flying and at that point the flaming rocks are about as helpful as throwing salt in the ocean!

DPS and click damage only target the front-most monster, so on objectives with the special monsters who take up most of your DPS/click focus, you need splash damage to get the normal monsters behind them.

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

Originally posted by icebergak1949

I have what might be a silly question. For the arcane geodes, it says must open at least 10 runic chests to get the geodes on missions. Does that mean ten at a time for each geode mission, or ten once, and the missions will show up from time to time?

That was me wanting to be super specific to make it clear when it occurs and it kinda backfiring.

You just need to open 10 runic chests once to get the mission to appear for the first time, and then the mission shows up weekly.

I'll make a note to revisit the description soon.

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

Originally posted by kittymug

Hi Erika,

Can you offer some details about how you envision handling mass opening of chests? I think it would be much appreciated by the community to have some idea of what is coming and to have the opportunity to share some thoughts on the new system before it is already implemented and unlikely to ever be refactored.

There is a very common suggestion for this mechanic that has been brought up by many players tied to calculating average number of materials/buffs rather than calculating 1000s of chests to be opened. Does what you have in mind align with this suggestion?

On another note, I have a request for the new rune merging system. Can it be decoupled from seating the rune? It would be great to be able to use the quick merging for cleaning up the hoard of runes but without needing to use solvents to get them back in the inventory.

Thanks, NS

Hi NS,

It may line up with that idea in some way.

The quick merging is tied to the rune slot as that is the main use case where a player would need the merging. Though we may revisit some other quick merging options based on player feedback about wanting clean inventories.

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

Originally posted by CMagnusB

Hi Erika!
Now when I am getting used to the Dungeon run and finally getting hang of the storing of the setup of the characters... I mean which character and where... I get a tad annoyed that I fail to remember the proper setup. I can click and the necessary characters are in "top of" their slot. But did I use Holddoor or Thalia as Tank?
So I would love to have a player controlled "Locked" situation. IE when I save the set up I would like for the not-used character to be like those who are Locked by the Tier 6 tracks.

I have thought how I would do this, and I would like to add a All Benched button before the 1,2,3,4,5, Save buttons. Thus if I click on the All benched button a blank picture appear, and when I later click on a number button only those character which are on the playing field appear. The rest remain blank.

BR Magnus

Hi Magnus,

That more just sounds like a request for a formation preview, so you don't have to hit load formation Q, level up all Crusaders and then see if hitting formation Q again leaves any holes in the formation to show you need to wait for more gold to set up the formation.

I'll note down the request on our list and we'll see what happens.

Cheers!

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

Originally posted by Goran369

Hi there,any chance we get sound notification when for ex.we hit 12500 area in dungeons or when we hit maximum area with our current DPS?

Hi Goran369,

Thank you for the suggestion. I don't think many players use sound, and it's not something we're currently planning on adding, but I'll add the request to our list and we'll see what happens.

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

Originally posted by arcaine666

Hi Erika! Having fun with seasons. I love how development goes and new features are being implemented. Any plans for new T5 11th missons?

Hi arcaine666,

Glad you're enjoying the seasons.

We do have plans for adding the Tier 5 11th objectives, hopefully in late Q4 this year, but we'll see.

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

Originally posted by Starsteph100

Hi, since the mass fix for steam achievements I have earned (or been retrospectively awarded) all except "no items, fox only, final destination" I was wondering if one of the team could look into this for me?

If you put in a ticket, I'll mark it incomplete and you can do it again.

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

Originally posted by whywouldichooseaname

why does mitsuko's 3rd legendary item have linear scaling? its a generic global dps buff, same as tons of others. theres nothing multiplicative or noteworthy about it. the fox bonus is only a 2x bonus, which is only meaningful for like the first month of playing

It's just the way it ended up. We may consider revising it in the future.

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

Originally posted by An0n-E-M0use

The Desert Bus charity event isn't to far away.

Would it be possible to add the ability to purchase just this years sader (along with it's items).

I already have all the previous Desert Bus saders (and their epic gear). So if the only way to get this years Desert Bus sader, is to buy the entire set yet again, I will NOT be buying this years sader.

I can't be the only person in this position..

I have it on my to-do list to chat with Eric about Desert Bus in September and look into if we're doing it this year.

If we are, we can discuss having additional donation options with them.






Recent Crusaders of the Lost Idols Posts

over 2 years ago - /u/CNE_Erika