about 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, up until Friday afternoon.

 

The previous Q&A: Number 209!

Community Activity!

Thank you everyone! We hit the goal for the colouring sheets with the most recent submissions, so you can now use the code for the DPS buff!

We'll be releasing a new colouring sheet later today, so stay tuned!

Updates:

  • The Tier 5 version of Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage is currently running and ends today, Tuesday August 25th at Noon Pacific Time (UTC-7).

  • The Tier 5 version of Sasha's Schoolhouse Scourge will go live around Thursday, September 3rd, 2020.

  • The recipes for the Summer Sabotage Crusaders will be available Tuesday, September 8th, 2020 at Noon Pacific Time (UTC-7).

  • Season 1 of the Dungeons will be ending Thursday, September 17th, 2020. We are planning on a break before starting season 2.

  • The Tier 6 event season starts with Carnival of Sorrows around Thursday, October 1st, 2020.

  • 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).

  • We're currently working on getting Season 2 of the Dungeons ready, and Tier 6 events.

  • Note: The reddit Q&A and the Crusaders stream next week are cancelled. We'll be back with both of them the week of September 7th, 2020.

  • Monday, September 7th, 2020 is Labour Day, so the Codename offices will be closed. Normal services will resume on Tuesday, September 8th, 2020, though the reddit Q&A will be an hour later than normal.

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 (coming soon!)

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! TRAT-OUPH-RUKH-WHOM awards 2 Tier 5 Crusaders Games Jeweled chests: Expires Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 at 9:59 am Pacific Time (UTC-7).

 

Next Q&A: The next Crusaders Q&A will be on Tuesday, September 8th, 2020 11am Pacific Time (UTC -7.)

 

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

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

Originally posted by SnooDoughnuts6987

Hey Erika

Just wondering about that Tutorial Wizard when we first start the game, will we ever see him again? Perhaps in TM or crusader form? OR as a Skin for Mercy?

Hi SnooDoughnuts6987,

It's been requested he make an appearance in another form, but it's not currently on our radar. As a skin for Merci could work though. We'll keep it in mind.

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

Originally posted by Croq360

Hey Erika, thanks for the code!

I'm glad to see that you are "planning a break before starting Season 2" of the dungeons. It'll be nice to get a bit of a breather... :)

Hi Croq360,

You're welcome for the code.

Yeah, it's easy enough to turn off the Dungeons, so we can have that break in there to help get Season 2 ship-shape.

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

Originally posted by Cotlathi

Friendly reminder that idol gains from dungeon need an adjustment.

Thank you for the suggestion.

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

Originally posted by billyjoe99

Hi Erika

Thanks for the code.

Could you confirm if the dungeon run you are on at the end of the season will count towards your rewards or is it just lost?

Hi billyjoe99.

You're welcome for the code.

The original plan, as you can see in the Dungeon FAQ, was that if you were on a dungeon run as the season ended, those points would then count towards the season 2 point requirements.

Now that we're planning that break in the seasons, we're trying to decide if those points will still bank towards the next season, or if that final dungeon run will apply to the season 1 points, before the game claims all the season level rewards you haven't claimed yet.

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

Originally posted by BladeGrip

Hi there.

Have you taken a look at this thread I made regarding the recently added buff multi-use feature? What's your opinion on the matter?

https://www.reddit.com/r/lostidols/comments/idsd30/using_multiple_buffs_at_once_with_one_click_is/

Hi Bladegrip,

I will add the request to change the font colour on the buttons when it's set to use more than 1 to our suggestion list to consider, and we'll see what happens.

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

Originally posted by Stickerjim

Thanks for the code.

With the frequent chat server problems, it is preventing the game from reaching whatever server the autosaves go to and it freezes the client too. It would be nice if that was addressed instead of the game freezing all the time while trying unsuccessfully to save.

You're welcome for the code.

Thank you for reporting the steam chat server was acting up again. We've just restarted that.

So you closed the chat once it started with the constant reconnecting/disconnecting messages, and it still froze the game?

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

Originally posted by billyjoe99

Oh one more question then, how long of a break do you think there will be between the seasons?

The length of the break will be dependent on how long it takes to finish up the items we're planning on adding which will have pieces tied to season 2.

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

Originally posted by Environmental_Nerve2

Hey Erika any chance of this scenario happening “ive sent some crusaders on the missions shown available, suddenly another mission pops up so I get to send more, and then another, and then another and before I know it, I’ve managed to send 60/60 instantly!”. ? I guess what im asking will we ever be able to “MAX OUT” missions, or rather crusaders available to send on missions?

Hi Environmental_Nerve2,

Well, players without a large roster of Crusaders will constantly hit their max.

I am planning on adding more missions to the mission system, so veterans with a large roster of Crusaders will be able to send a larger chunk of them out on missions.

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

Originally posted by Rmoomy

Hey Erika,

I'm playing on a school computer with no way to download games. When you stop supporting the browser version of the game, is there any way to keep a code for longer than the one hour period? I'm getting a new computer soon, but it may take a couple of weeks or longer. Thanks!

Hi Rmoomy,

Once the game is no longer available in browsers, we'll have something set up to accommodate players who didn't manage to link their accounts before then.

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

Originally posted by quatreh

Hello Erika, thanks for the code.

I have a question about donjons, at end of the season, will the coins we earned be saved or will they disapear ?

Thanks for reading me.

Hi quatreh,

You're welcome for the code.

The dungeon points and season progress will be cleared at the end of the season.

The dungeon coins for spending in the Dungeon Depot will remain and won't be cleared.

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

Originally posted by SnooDoughnuts6987

hey Erika any chance you could tease the next events skin?

Hi again SnooDoughnuts6987,

The Exchange Student won the poll from the Q&A a few weeks ago, so she'll be getting the skin.

I can't tease what the skin will look like yet though.

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

Originally posted by MelaAniane

Always, thank you for the codes!!

You're welcome. Thank you for stopping by! :)

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

Originally posted by Dragon97240

Hello there.

This week, I want to ask if you plan any change on how to obtain the golden legendaries. I suggest in the challenge shop a random scroll just like for epic recipes or some sort of inside challenge.

The challenge itself is hard enough to only let us have a golden only every 2 weeks but, if another reward is added like "reach area 2750 for a random golden legendary" (eventually with milestones for fragments to convert later into a golden), more people will try harder to do that objective. That inside challenge would not necessarly be the same for all of them too to add a little diversity. If all goldens are already collected, change the reward to jeweled chests (of events or not) or a lot of crafting material ?

I'm sorry if i don't explain clearly enough my ideas but english is not really my best language. If you want some details, feel free to ask ;-)

Hi Dragon97240,

We're not currently planning on changing how players can get access to the Golden items for free.

But your suggestion is a pretty neat idea for making the Challenge objectives better, and we'll keep it in mind.

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

Originally posted by Darthbeandip13013

Thanks for the code! Any chance of getting a cooldown timer for when the crafting cost of legendaries will go down?

You're welcome for the code.

It's been requested a bunch over the years, and I'll add your vote to that item on our suggestion list. We'll see what happens.

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

Originally posted by DoctorNovakaine

Hi, Erika. Thanks for the chest code.

A couple requests re: dungeons:

-A cooldown for which bonus can apply to which dungeon. It's incredibly frustrating to see the bonus I'm looking for bounce back and forth between low-potential formations multiple times before finally moving to a different formation where I can actually make good use of it. If there could be a function where it was like "this bonus was applied to this formation, it must be applied to at least three other formations before it can land on this one again," would help alleviate this issue. Since there's ten dungeon formations, a threshold of 3 should not cause any risk of saturation.

-Boost the Dungeon Token bonus drastically, because it's virtually pointless as is. 10% works fine for dungeon points, because the base numbers are fairly robust. Getting to wave 6662 nets 1012 points at a baseline, so that 10% bonus yields decent chunk of points. That same wave yields only 22 Tokens, which means that 10% bonus is...a whole 2. Insignificant. The non-idol bonuses already have the disadvantage that they're, well, competing with the vastly more desirable idol bonus, but at least I can see the points reward being of interest if you're trying to get to Level 25 and willing to sacrifice some idol gains to do so. Right now there is NO reason to go for the coin bonus, and even if there were desirable shop items, the boost is of such little value that it doesn't really reward you for choosing it. I think it should be 100%. Doubling token would make it worthwhile to actually choose that objective if one had a shop item they were going for, such as the taskmasters that they can't get if they can't get to Level 25. And because the base values for tokens are so small, it's not really going to lead to massive riches, especially since there's still competition with other bonuses and people aren't generally going to have interest in grinding tokens unless they really want something from the shop.

Hi DoctorNovakaine,

You're welcome for the chest code.

  • The rotation of the bonuses among the Dungeon objectives is a point that comes up a lot and it's on my list for review with getting Season 2 out the door.

  • The Dungeon Coins and Points bonuses are also under review for the debut of season 2 as they haven't performed as expected.

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

Originally posted by Croq360

During the break, will we have access to the Dungeon Depot shop? If not, I guess people need to buy at least a few weeks of idol buffs from there before the break starts.

I believe the Depot should still be available while the Dungeons are turned off, but I'll add that to my season end to-do list to double check.

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

Originally posted by XZlayeD

you can't just end the season of dungeons, but keep open the runs? :P a break between dungeons means that us who doesn't get anything out of freeplays any longer won't have anything to do at all

The Dungeons are for earning season points, but we'll keep the request in mind.






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