[2020] Crusaders Community Q&A #221 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 220!

Community Activity!

Some very creative Extra Life colouring sheets this week!

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 Tier 6 version of Kaines' Dinner of Doom is currently running and ends today, Tuesday, December 1st at Noon Pacific Time (UTC-8.)
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! awards 1 Runic chest: SNOW-TERM-ROOK-WINE Expires Tuesday, December 8th, 2020 at 9:59 am Pacific Time (UTC-8.)

Next Q&A: The next Crusaders Q&A will be on Tuesday, December 8th, 2020 at 10am Pacific Time (UTC-8.)

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

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

Originally posted by N00byDoobyDoo

Hey Erika

So are talents coming this year, yes or no?

Hi N00byDoobyDoo,

This year, yes. Not this week though.

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

Originally posted by belkak210

Hello, Erika, how is everything going?

Any news about Momma's Monster and a possible buff?

Hi belkak210,

Things are going well. Just trying to get all the ducks in a row for the Christmas closure.

Momma's Monster will be getting his buff. We're still fiddling with the numbers.

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

Originally posted by LilBabyKitty

Hey Erika, thanks for the chest!

Are you going to be adding the last group of T4 11th objectives soon, or are you focused on dungeons and events for now?

Hi LilBabyKitty,

You're welcome for the chests.

The Tier 4 11ths will probably be a 2021 thing, when we have some time to come up with interesting rewards to give them.

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

Originally posted by SpareLiver

Noticed there wasn't any kind of black Friday / Cyber Monday sale this year :(. Will there be one for Christmas, and if so will it be visible on the flash version or will it be too late for that?

We had a chunk of the old DLC on sale, but not a more chests sale. That would have had to start with the Kaine's Dinner of Doom event launching, so players who buy event chests wouldn't miss out.

We will be running a more chests sale with the Nate Before Xmas event.

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

Originally posted by Halaberd85

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

hi,

will the new crusader be Mrs Claus?

Hi Halaberd85,

A good guess, but nope. It will be a different kind of female Crusader.

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

Originally posted by DragonFuhrer

How about a talent to increase the number of Runic chests you can buy per week with rubies, tokens, coins?

We're happy with the current rate that players are earning Runic chests. It's meant to be a long-term system.

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

Originally posted by N00byDoobyDoo

how come the xmas event takes place on a wednesday?

So we get an extra day to bug fix before shutting down the office.

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

Originally posted by Xerxish

Hello

Will the already existing talents get more levels? There are quite a few that seem meaningless after a while.
Thx.

Hi Xerxish,

Is there a specific old Talent that you would like to see get more levels?

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

Originally posted by MikeOxsbig

Can you explain to me how this happened?

Did you load a saved formation that already had 43G1S in it?

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

Originally posted by sqrzwol

scrap hoarder :)

More materials is definitely a popular request.

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

Originally posted by Sarali1533

Hi Erika,

I hope you are well. I started using the software to play, and I encounter some issues with the buffs: it takes forever to click on one! I have no idea why :'(

Hi Sarali,

I'm doing well thanks. I hope you're doing well too.

What are the specifications for your computer: operating system, RAM and processor (year/speed)?

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

Originally posted by LordSerion

Hi Erika,

thanks for the chest. Will the final runes give new abilities or perhaps enhance existing ones (like raising max stacks)?

Hi LordSerion,

You're welcome for the chest.

The 5th slot runes will be buffing existing upgrades on Crusaders.

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

Originally posted by bippyarg

Today's chest code is secretly making a statement about class balance in World of Warcraft:

REORIENT WOW MONKS

Looking forward to the new upcoming talents and MM buffs!

I'm sure some of the WoW players in the office might appreciate that, lol.

Cheers!

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

Originally posted by SpareLiver

Oh dang, I didn't think to check there :( I just went to the section and noticed the sale but when I tried to purchase it was over.

We'll have DLC on sale again with Steam's next sale cycle, so you can check then!

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

Originally posted by MikeOxsbig

I did not. I got 43G1S from a mission just prior to the event and then had to "earn" him again via the objective which seemed odd.

Ah, yeah, you need to complete the objective if the mission ends after the event starts.

The recruit objectives are only marked as completed if you own the Crusader prior to the event turning on.

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

Originally posted by Environmental_Nerve2

hey Erika how late can you tease the Xmas skin? as in whose it going to be for?

Hi Environmental_Nerve2,

The winner of the coin flip on what Kat wanted to draw was Xander. :)

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

Originally posted by Xerxish

I guess talents like Set Bonus, Legendary Benefits and Cheer Squad can be made multi. I've seen someone mentioning another page for talents.
Making more levels for talents would be a great thing. Almost all of them can be upgraded I guess.

Thanks for the examples.

I think if we were going to add more levels to existing Talents, aside from Bonus Training every time we add a bench seat, it would be through either a talent or 11th objective bonus, and not as just dropping a blast of levels on a talent.

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

Originally posted by Sarali1533

OS is win10, RAM is 8Go, proc is 3.2GHz (I don't know the year :s )

Weird, that should be fine for running the launcher.

Does it lag when you try to use a buff with the formation full, or even with the formation empty?

Are you trying to use the buffs while sprinting or while idling on an area?

Is it all buffs or just the Time Warps?

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

Originally posted by belkak210

Hello, Erika. Unfortunately there is some terminology that's similar so I would like to clarify.

By 'upgrades' do you mean specifically the round ones that say Upgrade, like Gemthel's spices, or does that include FAs as well?

Internally, they're all upgrades, even the formation abilities.

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

Originally posted by Sarali1533

It lags with the formation full, I didn't notice anything with the formation empty, but that might be me missing it. I try to use them while idling. It's all the buffs, it especially happens at the very end, when I buff my formation to grasp some last areas before resetting.

Full formation at the end of the reset gets a starting point for checking out the potential memory leak. We'll take a pass at it.

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

Originally posted by DoctorNovakaine

Hello! Thanks for the Runic Chest.

I don't have any pressing matters, but I think it would be neat to see a Quetzalcoatl skin for Draco for the next time that event rolls around, or in the case of a new batch of skins dropped in a shop.

Hi DoctorNovakaine,

You're quite welcome.

Oh, that would be cool. I know last year we got some requests for a Naga version of Draco. I'll drop a Quetzalcoatl one on the list too.

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

Originally posted by Bcadren

When will we be allowed to do more missions at a time? All possible missions out with 44/124 possible crusaders on mission is getting silly.

It's still an item on my to-do list, don't worry!

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