Crusaders of the Lost Idols

Crusaders of the Lost Idols Dev Tracker




15 Sep

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Originally posted by billyjoe99

Hi Erika

Thanks for the code, a few questions and points:

1) Are you able to give an idea as to when season 2 will start

2) Please can you increase the levels that rewards are given in the dungeon from 10000, we're able to push further and new crusaders will increase things further.

3) Please can you also not make season 2 easier, it's meant to be difficult, one run a day to 10000 gets you close to 300000 points, way beyond the current requirements. Maybe you could add extra reward levels after the current 25.

4) There are people suggesting that we should be saving rubies and JCs, is there anything in the pipeline that will require this, if so can you say when and give an idea as to the number we might want to keep back.

5) Please kill bruno before he ruins the game for good.

6) For the codes you dish out here, could you consider making them all tier, rather than tier 5 so that those just starting could benefit.

many t...

Hi billyjoe99,

You're welcome for the code.

1) As soon as we can, but no concrete ETA.

2) Unlikely at this time, but we'll review.

3) I'll keep the request in mind.

4) Yes, as noted above, you'll definitely want to save rubies. Jeweled chests might not be as urgent to hoard, since players have Ana. It's tied to the new system debuting with Season 2. Lots of rubies is the amount to hoard.

5) We'll be capping Bruno once the season is over. I wanted to give players a fair chance to use him for progress this season before capping his ability.

6) For the first week of the event, I give out All Tier codes here and from the stream. For the second week of the event, I give out chests for the new event Crusader.

Cheers!

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Originally posted by Croq360

Hi Erika,

I hope you are having a good week!

A couple of questions (okay, five questions) regarding Dungeons, end of season, and the break.

  1. If we are running a dungeon when the season ends, will we be able to complete that run and get any bonuses (idols, points, coins) applied when the run is over?

  2. During the break, will we be able to buy dungeons with coins and still run them?

  3. For those that want to buy the idol buff during the break, will the dungeon shop be available? And if the answer to #2 is "No", then please be sure to disable the dungeon run item.

  4. Have you got an estimate on how long the "break" will last?

  5. For achievements related to dungeons, where you need to reach a particular area on 10 runs, will those carry over and be completable in the next season? Same question on the "earn X points" and "spend X points" ones.

Hi Croq360,

Week is going well so far, thank you for asking. :)

1) You will be able to complete the final run as normal, and the points will be applied to the Season 1 progress and gain the rewards.

2) The dungeons will be totally turned off, and the extra run instance will be disabled from purchase.

3) The dungeon store will still be accessible from its tab on the other stores, for players who want the Idol buff.

4) As long as it takes to get our ducks in a row.

5) The only dungeon achievement tied to season 1 is the complete season 1 achievement. The other achievements will be able to be earned with future seasons.

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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 through...

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Thank you to everyone for the submissions!

Unfortunately, we didn't meet the goal this week, but we'll keep aiming for the 50 or more coloured pages with our next colouring sheet, releasing later today!


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09 Sep

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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. :)

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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-weightin...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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Originally posted by XZlayeD

What blog post is this? I cannot seem to find this information anywhere except this very post

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Thank you to everyone for the submissions!

Unfortunately, we didn't meet the goal this week, but we'll keep aiming for the 50 or more coloured pages with our next colouring sheet, Hildr the Gym Teacher!


08 Sep

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Hail Crusaders!

We've got our newest stream sketch available for you to colour in!

The latest colouring sheet, featuring the Tier 5 Schoolhouse Scourge Crusader Hildr, is now available on our website, with a detailed and less detailed version for you to choose from.

 

If we get 50 coloured sheets shared at us on our Twitter or ...

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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.

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Originally posted by Thowky

While I can't complain about new content it's hard to really get excited about new objectives that reward rubies anymore. For the time one of these objectives take I'd have probably earned about the same number of golden chests in a normal run anyway.

I just wish there was something else to motivate me to do them or some other use for rubies as I appreciate the work that goes into adding these but find it hard to care anymore beyond new 11th objectives.

As noted in the blog, you'll want to be saving your rubies and jeweled chests.