over 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 210!

Community Activity!

Lots of adorable pupper entries for the colouring sheet challenge this week, but 24 sheets shy of the goal of 50 (unless we get 24 in the next hour...) We'll be rolling them forward to count with this week's activity.

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

Updates:

  • The Tier 5 version of Sasha's Schoolhouse Scourge is live and ends next Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 at Noon PDT.

  • The recipes for the Summer Sabotage Crusaders will be available today, 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.

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! BRRR-GIRN-FUMY-MOHR awards 2 All Tier Educational Jeweled chests: Expires Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 at 9:59 am Pacific Time (UTC-7).

 

Next Q&A: The next Crusaders Q&A will be on Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 10am Pacific Time (UTC -7.)

 

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

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

Originally posted by SnooDoughnuts6987

Hey Erika

  1. Any chance we could get a keyboard shortcut for resetting the world? Would especially help on objectives like “the reset the world is on ‘X crusader’ ”

  2. Just curios why do the bonus boss drop idols have a clock in the design? It’s not like they are time based.

  3. Any chance to get a filter on missions like only show EP missions [so if there weren’t any EP missions it be blank]; or show only rare to epic missions. Or just something to not see gold missions anymore! Even if they are the only type of mission available! PLEASE!

Hi SnooDoughnuts6987,

1) I'll add your vote to that item on the list and we'll see what happens.

2) It was the artist's interpretation of the fact that the idols can only drop or not the first time you kill the boss on a boss area.

3) I'll add that to our list to consider and we'll see what happens.

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

Originally posted by Environmental_Nerve2

Greetings Erika hope your vacation was optimal

Can you confirm or deny that the final reward for the T6 objective will be …another skin?

Hi Environmental_Nerve2,

Thanks, it was was pretty awesome.

The fifth tier 6 objective will continue to award a Crusader skin for one of the event Crusaders.

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

Originally posted by belkak210

Hi, Erika. How are you doing? Hope you had a good time.

This is quite minor but would it be possible to change the "boss idols" in the event faq to "Bonus idols" for consistency? Someone was having some confusion about it.

https://imgur.com/a/zrRKIkg <- What I'm referring to

Edit: Also good luck parsing through all the tickets :P

Hi belkak210,

Doing well, thanks. The vacation was pretty good.

Bonus would be confusing there, because it already mentions the event bonus itself. We can look into workshopping that though.

Tickets aren't too bad. Kevin was doing some of them while I was out. :D

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

Originally posted by XZlayeD

Hi Erika!

with the release of Hildr, will the scaling on bruno be addressed? currently with how he's starting to become better from other crusader interactions it's perhaps time to set a sort of limit or cap on him, as he's currently able to literal game breaking amount of gold if left in formation.

also do you guys need some help with some pre release testing of crusaders? the Hildr release was just about hours away from breaking the game with how volatile the interactions were in the first 12 hours after the release.

Hi XZlayeD,

We do mean to cap Bruno at a fair amount of ability casts.

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

Originally posted by billyjoe99

Hi Erika Thanks for the codes

Has any decision been made on what will happen to the last run when dungeons ends yet now that there isn't a follow on dungeon.

What will now happen to the timed buffs that would have been useful if another dungeon was following straight afterwards but now isn't

How did things go so badly wrong with the new crusader last week?

Hope you enjoyed your holiday.

Hi billyjoe99,

You're welcome for the codes.

We'll be finalizing what happens to the dungeon run if you're on it when the season ends in our catch up meeting today.

Timed buffs will still count down as normal. We don't have any buffs that affect the dungeon coins or points, so it's not an issue.

While we do try to test most interactions, there can be bumps with a new Crusader launch and all the players trying them out. Kevin got the more OP things with Hildr corrected quickly.

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

Originally posted by gordond

Thank you for the code.

On behalf of my two kids, will there ever be plush made of any of the crusaders? Thanks in advance (they love plush.)

You're welcome for the code. :)

While we're glad that players would like physical merchandise, we're a digital goods company, so physical merch isn't in our wheelhouse.

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

Originally posted by Legitimate-Guitar786

Erikaaaaa! Please don’t ever leave again! We had “Waiting for Server” errors because of the flash sale! We missed out on days of idol gains because of it! Ok that’s all thanks for the code bye

You're welcome for the code.

Sorry to hear there was a bumpy ride last weekend. We'll know better for the next time we run a flash sale frenzy.

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

Originally posted by Sjinkogaming

Hello Erika.

I wondered if the Sniper Talent affected Taskmasters? (Clicking directly on a monster)

Thanks in advance and have a nice day!

Hi Sjinkogaming,

The Sniper Talent only applies to the clicks you make, not the taskmasters.

Cheers!

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

Originally posted by AerichV

Hi Erika, I have a QoL suggestion: make it so that we can buy multiple event chests from our event currency. Right now it takes up to a few minutes to buy a couple of chests.

Thanks in advance!

Hi AerichV,

Thank you for the suggestion. I suppose players are having large amounts of event currency these days.

I've added it to our list to consider, and we'll see what happens.

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

Originally posted by dimitrius5naj

Hi Erica!

Explain what the hell is going on with the game after the recent hotfix? For several hours it does not start, it crashes, it is worth leaving it for a couple of hours, and it just hangs! I am especially unpleasant for a banal reason - I just bought the idol bonus challenge last Thursday. And for the time that I missed because of these freezes - I could have gone through 2 or 3 free plays, and now I only finish the first one. It's a shame.

PS. Due to the fact that it is especially difficult to effectively gain EP on some tags, is it possible to add the "favoritization" function to some missions so that their rollback is lower (or not at all)?

PPS. In the new tasks of tier 5 and 6 for standard campaigns, I expect new modifiers to speed up the passage. Quest drop rate. Passive spawn speed. The speed of changing locations is even higher. Well, or just nice bonuses - 3 slot for gold items in the challenge shop, the ability to drop a certain amount of rubies (at least one at a time) whenever the Jewelry Chest falls, an even more accelerated gain of experience ...

Another Postscript - thanks for the chest.

Hi dimitrius5naj,

I'm sorry to hear you're having issues with your game loading. Did you put in a ticket or send an email, with your formation and what area you're in when the game is trying to load?

Adding more EP missions is on my to-do list, but we won't be adding anything to take away the randomness of what mission will show up.

The game is already quick enough. I don't see us adding many more ways to clear areas quicker, aside from a bit more sprint on occasion. I'll keep the requests in mind though.

3 Goldens in the Challenge store could be a neat unlock.

You're welcome for the chests.

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

Originally posted by Sylexy

Hey Erika, glad you enjoyed your vacation. While we're on break between seasons will the dungeon shop still be available for purchase of the idol buff?

Hi Sylexy,

Thanks. It was nice to sneak in some time away.

The Dungeon shop will still be available from its button on the other shop dialogs while the dungeons are on break, so you'll still be able to buy that buff.

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

Originally posted by dDarKXL

Hi Erika! Thanks for the code :)

I use "Family Shared" on Steam, if i play crusaders on steam I will play 24/7 on this platform and my brother couldn't play anymore, the launcher in your web can play without steam?

Thanks!

Hi dDarKXL,

You're welcome for the code.

The CNE Games launcher would use your CNE Games log-in to sign into it, so it wouldn't interfere with Steam sharing.

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

Originally posted by Xerxish

Hello

The formation grid is really hard and basically not worth playing the FP in this event. If I would suggest making it possible for players to change, remove or add a formation spot.
Otherwise you could change Mindy to mime 2 crusaders of your choice or release a 3-mime crusader :)

Thx

Hi Xerxish,

Thank you for the feedback on the event freeplay.

I'll add your vote to the item on the list about players changing their formations themselves, and we'll see what happens.

We won't be making changes to Mindy.

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

Originally posted by Not_Pro

Hi Erika, returning player after 3+ years of inactivity, decided to come back and have a look around. Is there a place I can find all the important changes I've missed out on? It feels like so much is different now.

On another note, where do you think the balance between interesting or challenging and frustrating lies? Have you ever made an objective and come back to it later and wonder why you did that?

Hi Not_Pro,

Welcome back to Crusaders!

You can read the blog to check out the highlights. Past 3 years would probably include some of the more interesting 11th objective rewards, Sprint mode, skins that change tags, and the Dungeons, of which season 1 ends soon, but season 2 is coming.

I think with Get Me Out of Here, we had an idea of what might work with the game, but it didn't really work in the end, which is why we made the change to it away from being a timed objective that we did last fall. Otherwise, it's just fun to see how players create formations and legendary set-ups to get around some of the weirder objectives we've done.

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

Originally posted by Halaberd85

hi erika,

have you decided yet when the next talent update will be?

Hi Halaberd85,

I have a couple dates in mind, but I need to touch base with Kevin and see where things are before I'll feel comfortable teasing it.

over 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 feedback.

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

Originally posted by godsolrank

Suggestion for next season: have a low % chance for 3 random dungeons that give bonuses to give both idol bonus and point bonus or coin bonus in 1 dungeon (for example 5% chance), and really low % chance (like 1% chance) for 1 dungeon to have all 3 bonuses.

Oh, that's a pretty neat idea. I'll add it to our potential Season 2 changes list.

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

Originally posted by Kurt_Lyndon

Hi Erika!

I'd like to ask if it would be possible for you to create Ana Guinness character pack? My guess is that many people just like me missed hermit party event, and she's so important at chests farming. I would really appreciate if I could get her earlier than in march :)

Cheers!

Hi Kurt_Lyndon,

Ana is on the short list of Crusaders we have in mind for making new DLC for. I don't have an ETA on when we would release her though.

Cheers!

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

Originally posted by belkak210

Would it be possible to make so if you have the 5th TM on the field it also activates Sniper?

I'll add it to the suggestion list to consider and we'll see what happens.

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

Originally posted by dimitrius5naj

The game is going fine now. It's a pity the 3 missed days.

There was no way to address these problems, as I was very busy preparing for exams (and played a little Gris to relax). But a ticket was sent about the problem with the Alien Queen. Here, I'm waiting for a reaction.

Glad you're able to load again now. Keep the email in mind for if you run into it again.

I'll be getting to tickets this afternoon and going in the order they were received, so hopefully I'll get to yours within the next while.

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

Originally posted by KN0meo

Good day Erica (and all the folks in beautiful Victoria B.C.)

Like others already posted, thanks for the code!

We are getting uncomfortably close to the end of adobe flash, do we have a timeline yet for the new flash-less Idols? the new version of bushwhacker seems to work fine so looking forward to continuing with idols without flash.

Good day KN0meo,

You're welcome for the code.

As noted in the opening post, our plans for post flash Crusaders are CNE Games, with a launcher coming soon, or through Steam, whichever platform of the two players prefer.

You can already link to either one.

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

Originally posted by SecwetawyOweawy

The linked account function was really simple, thank you.

Bye bye Kong. :(

Cool, glad you figured out how to link your account!

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

Originally posted by Halaberd85

hi again,

is there a reason dragons can't be used for the challenge 'The Final Fantasy'? they seem like a perfect fit.

Hi Halaberd85,

The Final Fantasy objective was based on a player request to let the Orcs, Elfs and Leprchauns have their time to shine, without the Animals or Humans getting in the way.

Since Dragons have the Animal tag, they aren't included on that one.

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

Originally posted by 308cowboy

Any word on when the rest of the T5 crusader recruit missions will go active? I was out for about six months and it seems like I missed a lot.

The remaining Tier 5 Crusader recruit and gear missions will be added within a few weeks after the end of the Schoolhouse Scourge event.

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

Originally posted by VerbingWeirdsLang

Thank you for the chests!

Really liking the skin for The Exchange Student! She's like a mini mechanical Spyro!

I was wondering when you ask the players which skin we'd like, do you have a rough outline for each Crusader? And could this mean every Crusader eventually will have a skin (perhaps multiple for some)?

You're welcome for the chests.

That's awesome! Will let Kat know you're enjoying it.

When we ask, we're trying to gauge what skin might be the most appreciated at the time for an event, or because we didn't really have a fun idea jump out at us right away.

Ideally, we'd like to give every Crusader a skin before we start doubling up, but we'll see how that plan works out.

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

Originally posted by DoctorNovakaine

Hello, and thanks for the chests.

My point of contention has to do with chests, actually. The description for event chests says "chests will weight their gear drops towards unfilled slots and upgrades." My experience with Alm, Imani, and now Hildr suggests that that simply is NOT true for upgrades - in fact it feels like it's the exact opposite.

It's not a problem for unfilled slots - I'm almost if not always getting all 3 gear slots within three Tier 5 chests. But when it comes to upgrades, and especially to Epic upgrades, there doesn't seem to be any weighting towards non-Epic gear at all. My cases in point:

-I was attempting to get Alm's epic tooth gear piece. I had both other epics, so it should have been more likely to get this one. Instead, I received the epic toothbrush SIX times, and the epic tool twice, before the tooth finally dropped. Nine epics to fill the unfilled slot? That's not consistent with weighting, it's practically anti-weighting.

-The same situation cropped up with Imani, I don't remember which Epic I was missing but it took seven Epics before I acquired the missing one.

-Now with Hildr, I wanted to get her epic drink, and this time I had no epics when I started burning my warps. I got her whistle with the first epic drop...and the second...and the third...and the fourth. It wasn't until the fifth epic that I got a different one, thankfully it WAS the drink...and in the same batch it was also the drink that dropped for the sixth epic. I didn't go for the last epic equipment piece, because I don't feel like having to get another sixty or seventy chests to get it to drop.

This does not feel like things are weighted towards upgrading what's missing. I could understand it failing once or twice, but 6-8 times? And I cannot come up with an example of the opposite, where I didn't get any duplicates before things were filled in, though I haven't spent a lot of time burning warps for currency for prior crusaders. So I'm a bit concerned that this is not working as advertised.

Hi DoctorNovakaine,

You're welcome for the chests.

We don't guarantee a new Epic in our chests, just an Epic with the pity timer.

There is weighting towards an upgrade, but the chest contents are still randomly generated.

Think of one of those carnival spinner prize wheels. The weighting increases the size of the wedge for the missing upgrade piece of gear, but the spinner still needs to land in the wedge to award it.

I'll note down the topic of gearing Crusaders easier has come up again though.

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

Originally posted by arcaine666

Hi! New T5 crusader is great!
Are there new upcoming T4 11th missions? When reward is hard to get that makes it even more desirable. And the thing that you can't save idols and buy that upgrade is also great!
New talents would also be nice to try.

Hi arcaine666,

Glad you're enjoying Hildr.

Now that Mme. Finklebottom's has its Tier 4 objectives, we are planning on releasing new Tier 4 11ths soon.

Talents are also on the radar. :)

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

Originally posted by tthhbbff

Hello, thanks for publishing such an addictive game! :-( :-D I have been playing for 9 months, and it is really nice how the game-play progresses as capability develops, and entices the player to complete objectives and collect items.

If you don't mind, I have some points of feedback, and feature requests. I expect some of these suggestions might conflict with your vision for the game, so feel free to provide counter-points for my understanding.

  1. After finishing several missions together, the new missions appear one at a time, leading to annoying situations where we send out crusaders, and then immediately, another mission appears, which would have been a better mission for the particular crusaders sent out just a moment before.

  2. Display all of the mission slots with the unavailable slots showing their cooldown timers, so we can plan for starting infrequent missions.

  3. Increase the quantity of crafting material rewarded from missions and/or chests as a percentage of the number of crusaders owned, maybe via a talent.

  4. Provide a keyboard shortcut for the talents screen, maybe 'Z'.

  5. Increase the Prospector talent max level to 20-25. I craft 3 legendary items per week, and I have 15 crusaders awaiting Epic upgrades. Is there a way to purchase Epic material?

  6. Increase the Head Start talent max level to 2-5, so new players don't burn through warps completing 5 (soon 6) tiers of events in 10 days. Or is this a primary intended use for warps?

  7. Allow downgrading legendary items in addition to disenchantment, so we can recover material and also retain the Legendary Benefits talent.

  8. Re-scale the Instant Satisfaction talent to start at 2% and finish at level 25, because the max level 21 hurts my brain. :-(

  9. Keep this awesome game alive, thanks!

Thanks for engaging with the community in these public forums. :-)

Hi tthhbbff,

It's awesome that you're enjoying Crusaders so much. :D

1) It comes up a lot, and I'll add your vote to that item on our suggestion list.

2) A rarer request, but one that has shown up on occasion. I agree it would be something useful to know. I'll add your vote to that item.

3) We're happy with the amount of crafting material awarded at this point in time. It's meant to be a grind to get higher level legendaries, since some of them are so powerful.

4) I'll add your vote to the item on the request list.

5) We can consider adding more levels to the Prospector talent. To speed up Epic materials, you can buy the box of materials from the Challenge Store, or just open more Jeweled chests of any variety.

6) We only expect players to complete two or three tiers of an event each time it comes around. The Head Start talent is more about the players who don't want to pop a time warp to start the first objective in an event at the moment it starts, but otherwise, extra currency is from the time warps.

7) Well, you can disenchant and remake a level 1 legendary with the free craft, but improving the crafting system is on our list to consider and I'll add your vote.

8) We aren't planning on changing the levels of Instant Satisfaction.

9) As long as players are supporting the game, we'll do our best to keep it alive.

Cheers!






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