Crusaders of the Lost Idols

Crusaders of the Lost Idols Dev Tracker




15 Dec

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Originally posted by sqrzwol

Hi Erika,

On the crow issue, and other recent changes that hurt a bit, I'm curious if CNE considers internally when a 'fix' becomes a 'nerf'? Because though I understand crow was maybe not working as intended, when you leave it so long, it really feels like a nerf on this side and looks really bad on the game. Thanks for making my runs a lot shorter though :)

Hi sqrzwol,

That's the trouble with a bug that's beneficial instead of detrimental: it's hard to tell it's a bug until it's fixed.

While I knew Crow was a favourite in formations, it was unclear just how broken they were until we did our fix, which is unfortunate, but we'll have to deal with the consequences of our actions.

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Originally posted by LiquidDr4k3

I want the fish!

Oooh fish. Good luck!

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Originally posted by dtape467

at least one english word

Cheers!

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Originally posted by Timely-Tap-9709

Played a long time ago and just recently am back into the game. Is there a way to quickly catch up or some sort of site to help out to get back into it quickly? Thanks.

Welcome back to the game!

To quickly catch up, I would suggest completing all the Tier 2 11th objectives as soon as you can, to start building up the bonus boss Idol amounts, and just power through from there.

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Originally posted by FewOpposite1516

Ydon't know what to say:!!!! hi erika!!

Hi! :)

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Originally posted by AZNyoshengli

Kakorrhaphiophobia

All too real. Thanks for entering!

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Originally posted by Exotic-Iron7450

does saying hello Erika count as an english word?

Yup, it counts. :)

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Originally posted by rayvenz

Thanks for the code!

You're welcome. :)

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Originally posted by gragatrim

at least one English word

Cheers!

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Originally posted by iamthebaker

Love the Game, thank you so much

That's awesome! I'll let the team know. :)

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Originally posted by PurpleOlolo

Make The Crusaders Great Again! :)

We'll try. :)

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Originally posted by bippyarg

Ok, so when Lingering Buffs got out of control, you gave the community a heads up, saying that the original limiting factor (generation of buff cards) was no longer limiting LB in any meaningful way since chests became so common. This scenario was letting players be far more powerful than intended, effectively having infinite DPS, so LB had to be changed. Some folks were not a fan, but most understood the change was for the best for the long term health of the game. All good.

 

When Hildr was introduced, there were many many bugs, some game breaking (such as the interaction with Oona that would allow e9 idol players to get e25 idols in a single FP) and Hildr also boosting the 4x ever 25 levels "ability". Obviously this was busted (and I'll point out was discussed in the discord leaks channel for a week before release: "They can't possibly leave it like this can they?"). Because of this mess, you had to force global refreshes, again annoying due to lack of testi...

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Hi Bipp,

Thank you for the insightful feedback.

Yes, I made a mistake in Crow overall and where I placed my trust, but we won't be reverting Crow to their old power.

If Imani is interacting in the same way with other Crusaders, then we'll look into that as well.

We're definitely going to be making some changes to our processes for future updates.

Cheers.

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Originally posted by tobimc6

I will win!

Thanks for coming by. :)

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Originally posted by hawnsay

Happy Holidays!

Happy holidays!

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Originally posted by cubert73

Thank you for all you do, and happy holidays!

Happy holidays!

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Originally posted by ShelixAnakasian

Crow:

Y U DO DIS 2 US?!?

I apologize for us not catching the bug sooner.

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Originally posted by GeorgeSmith50

Hi Erika,

Seasonal greetings to You, Kat and Kevin along with the rest of the CNE team.

Thanks for the continued game development of Crusaders in 2020.

Will 2021 bring a 10th Campaign or additional Challenges to the pool ?

Hi GeorgeSmith50,

Happy holidays to you as well.

We can certainly circle back to the Challenge system for 2021, and if we can get around to it, we would like to have a Campaign 10 to round out the campaigns.

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Originally posted by _umdos

Hey Erika,

Are you aware that nerfing stuff in midterm seasons upsets many players? Inevitable changes outside of dungeon period are all fine, but if players have bought a season pass and get thrown out of dungeons, cause they do e300 less dps of an unnecessary and more or less accidential nerf, that is a rude manner.

If there is something likely to occur you have absolutely to negatively adjust midterm season, you could give dungeons a shorter/half duration and wait til it is finished.

Hi _umdos,

Yes, it's a less than ideal situation that we didn't catch the bug sooner, but we're only human and we're doing our best to deal with the situation.

We don't plan on having shorter seasons, and we're going to hope for a smoother season 3.

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Originally posted by TinDragon

Hi Erika,

I prepared this question beforehand and I do see the line about adjusting dungeon power, but I believe the questions below still apply since they're not asking in context of the Crow nerfs (rather, asking as if Crow was never strong to begin with).

I'm hoping you can give a little bit of insight into your design plan for the second season of dungeons. If I'm comparing the two seasons properly, reaching level 21 this season is roughly equivalent to reaching level 25 last season. There's a couple of problems with this though:

  • Assuming a standard map (no points bonus) the points awarded for reaching a given area is slightly lower compared to last season.
  • There's a level 25 achievement, indicating that it's expected multiple people will make it to that point, not just stop at 21.
  • Other than gradual increases from mats or the occasional lucky GE in the challenge shop or flash sales, we have less damage than we had at the...
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Hi TinDragon,

The goal was players would focus on the dungeon points over Idols for season 2.

The Talents will help with DPS gains as well.

We'll see what the players make of Odile when she's released into the wild.

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Originally posted by billyjoe99

Hi Erika Many thanks for the code

You're welcome. :)