Crusaders of the Lost Idols

Crusaders of the Lost Idols Dev Tracker




04 Mar

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Originally posted by Zombagon

This is very late but if this is by chance seen, I would request legendary crafting scaling with the catalysts, at this rate with only 3 crafts a week I'm about a year or more away from all Legs. Just a thought,

Thanks again for crusaders my favorite idle game I've ever played!

We won't be changing the costs for Legendary crafting, but there's still the loop hole that you get a Free Craft coin as a disenchant if you have a Legendary version of the Golden Epics in the Challenge Token Store before you make the purchase of them. So that can help getting Legendary gear quicker.

You're welcome for Crusaders! Thank you for being part of the journey. :)

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Originally posted by neverenoughpurple

You've said the weekend buff promos are ending, but are the weekend buffs going to loop around in some way? Or will we just see their chests appear in the store at random?

The weekend buffs to Crusaders will not be happening either. We'll be changing the related Talent in the final content updates.

The existing chests will continue to appear in the various stores as they do now.

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Originally posted by RocketsBlastingOff

This is... extremely upsetting news. I've been playing Crusaders of the Lost Idols for years at this point, never in an "optimizing" way, but just in a slow, steady way that was fun for me. I figured I'd get to it all eventually, so what was the rush.

I don't regret my slow or unoptimized game play, but I'm still sad at the news. I hope the best for everyone who's worked on this game, and I'll probably keep plodding along as long as the game continues to run.

Slow and steady means there's still content to explore, so that's something to look forward to.

The servers will remain up for as long as possible, so you might be able to do it. :)

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Originally posted by Equivalent-Rub5714

I know this is probably a bit late now, but just in case this is seen - if this has been mentioned already, I've missed it and apologise, but will the Sunset dungeon have it's own season pass?

I've never bought one before (as technically this is the first season I've been able to play from the beginning of one), so was curious if I could throw some money down for the last hoo-rah!

I'm a relatively new player (227days) and actually preferred this to Idle Champions, but I wish everyone on the team well on their future journies!

Yes, there will be a Season 7 season pass for players to purchase if they wish.

Totally understandable. While there are some similarities between the games, there are enough different mechanics that may or may not line up with what players look for in idle games.

Thank you for playing Crusaders. :)

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Originally posted by Brianp45344

I wish Lost Crusaders should be running afterwards... I hate to see game retired.... that means anyone cant play anymore... do there someone to replace Lost Crusaders? please advise...

Sunsetting in this context just means no more new content updates.

The game servers will continue running as long as possible, so players can continue to play.

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It was an everyone problem. Amazon took down the server that the CNE website and the CNE launcher chat server were hosted on, and we were working on getting it back up.

The CNE launcher chat should be working again now though.

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Originally posted by CecilHoshino

I've been with Crusaders since the beginning, from Flash to Steam to the executable. It was a constant in my life for its full runtime, something I could sink a few minutes into every day, check up every couple of hours. I'm definitely sad to see it end, but that's because I have such fondness for it, and its charming designs.

Thank you for providing for seven years, and I want to wish the team all the best on their next projects. Much love.

<3

It's been a long and fun time with Crusaders for sure, and the eclectic nature of the design is a cool evolution.

Thank you for being on the adventure with us. :)

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Originally posted by Starsteph100

Not sure if this is a bug, but the crusaders unlocked through the sunset DLC bundle didn't come with any EP, was this intentional?

R.I.P. COTLI, and thank you for keeping me sane for the last 18 months.

...sounds like a bug. I'll chat with Wilson about the best way to fix those EP.

Glad we could help with the sanity. :)

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Originally posted by NoEstablishment413

Hello Erika... despite sad farewells, veteran players like me and Vingummi, played hard for 7 years of this game. If it goes sunset, I wish that permanent final 7th season will remain as long as the final season won't end for COTLI (until it is delisted/closed down in few coming years, only time will tell as we don't plan on closing down the game, almost just yet), it is just (like or) as Starcraft 2 remained in game, even without support updates after the final one in 2020.

Hi NoEstablishment413,

Yup, there are definitely some hard core players in the community, and it's always amazing at how many players have been with us for the whole game.

Wilson was explaining to me that Season 7 will technically need to have an end date as it's just the way seasons are coded, but it will be set to be as "unending" as we can make it, which if I remember right was some time in 2031.

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Originally posted by Jothda

Thank you very much for so many entertaining years! All the best to the whole CotLI team on your next projects!

In the "Runes" tab it would be great if you could add a filter "Mission time decreasing 4th slot" like you have it already for "Mission rewards doubling 4th slot".

You're quite welcome. Definitely some entertaining times were had over the years.

I'll add that filter to our list of final updates, and we'll see if time allows for it.

Cheers!

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Originally posted by Haunting-Piano1360

Just an idea for the sunset update : put up Trinket Chests in dungeon & challenge shops and make them work like runic chests currently work (6 per week with these 2 shops)

Interesting idea. It's kind of cool that someone like the Trinket chests. :)

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Originally posted by dimitrius5naj

Erica, thank you so much for this game!
She whiled away the time with long and lonely evenings for the last 6 years (Oh, God, how long!), allowed me to rest my brain and reconciled with English (taught German at school, not of my choice). Hope everything goes great for you!
And a peaceful sky above your head!
PS. What about the skins sale?

Hi dimitrius5naj,

Thank you for being along on the Crusaders journey. It's cool we could help with the English.

We'll be adding 3 new skins to the skin store on March 17th.

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Originally posted by Bocian00000

Thank you for a wonderful game and it's a pity that this adventure ends. Unfortunately, Idle Champions does not appeal to me and I hope that we will be able to create a new project. The things I would like to see before the final update are:

  1. Runic Grab Bags - nice as if it appeared in all stores
  2. More Jeweled Chests so that you can complete the achievements related to Ultimate Jeweled Chests (e.g. by increasing talent Jeweler
  3. Make to Arcane Geodes useful after unlocking all 5 slots (
    For example, buying with them Runic Grab Bags)

You're welcome. Thank you for being along on the journey with us. Keep an eye on the Codename socials then, if you want to know when we have a new game.

1) With the amount of requests about them, I think they might make their way into some store.

2) What happened to everyone's ruby stashes? Saving those for the weekly runic chests? We'll keep the request for more Jeweled chests in mind.

3) We were going to repurpose them, but it's not a part of the final content update plans.

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Originally posted by kittymug

Were the survey results shared or summarized somewhere?

All the best to you on your next steps and something else.

No, the results weren't shared. If we meant to share them, then we would have had the "view results" option enabled on the google form.

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Originally posted by barawar

I don't understand if the game is sunseting and the DLC pacs (GL's and TM's and Dungeon Pass) won't be selling any more, can't you make them available after the support stops?

Players will still be able to make purchases if they wish to. We're not turning off purchases with the end of content updates.

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Originally posted by VeritasXNY

Please make sure we can get unlimited idol respecs prior to ending support for COTLI. Maybe make them purchasable in the ruby store?

That's a lot of respec'ing. But it's on our quality of life list to try and get something related to respecs in the final content updates, if we can.

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Originally posted by ropus1

just passing by to say thanks to cotl team! it was an incredible year and half with you! thanks!

You're quite welcome. I'll pass it along to the team. :)

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Originally posted by Anitonen

I have been enjoying this game for 6 years, sad to see it go but happy to have played it. Wishing you well on future ventures. So long and thanks for all the fish.

Thank you for being a part of the Crusaders adventure!

Best of luck to you in the future! :)

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Originally posted by pandino89

Hello there! I am here just to say goodbye and thank you for amazing 7+ years of gameplay. I started on ArmorGames, then moved to Steam and I'm running it like that since there. I was hoping to finally do donation for Desert Bus, because I did that 4 years ago only, and after that was always short on cash when the event move in... Damn, I will not have a chance this time unfortunately.

But hey! Maybe it will be possible to make one-week event with donations for Ukraine with Desert Bus team as rewards? I know it might sound bad, but will give the last chance for people to do so and also make a good cause. Please ask Desert Bus team about that and maybe it is possible?

Also: do you can tell us how long will the servers run? Will it be one month, half a year, end of 2022 or longer? Were you thinking about that?

Anyway. Cheers again for amazing game! The only one I was playing with such passion for years! <3 Cheers from Poland!!!

Hi pandino89,

Thank you for stopping by and for being with us for the Crusaders journey. :)

Codename has a donation drive for the International Rescue Committee's Ukraine efforts currently going, from purchases in Bush Whacker 2 and Idle Champions. It ends tomorrow, Friday March 4th, at Noon Pacific Time (UTC-8) in both those games.

The servers will run as long as it's possible to do so. The only change will be depending on how many players remain, we might not have ...

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Originally posted by DoctorNovakaine

Hi, Erika. Thank you for the code.

I wasn't quite expecting it to happen when it did, but the longevity of the game was always kind of on the back of my mind. So I think I came to terms with it faster than some. It will be a somewhat sad departure, but I got years of entertainment out of it, so I'm at least leaving with a feeling of satisfaction when I finish.

I've had Idle Champions as a mainstay since just after its release, so I'll be continuing on over there. (Thanks for that code, too, it helped a good bit with my quest for full epics, haha.)

Good luck to your future endeavors.

Hi DoctorNovakaine,

You're welcome for the code.

Yeah, definitely a lot of memories and a lot of fun over the years to look back on.

Oh, that's cool you're enjoying Idle Champions as well. You're welcome for those goodies as well.

Cheers!