I don't understand this event; did a soft reset, started with it, and now there's this green motherf. walking in the middle stealing my gold... and no, there is no swap button :(
Hi koprol, Sorry to hear you're having trouble with the event. To unlock the new Crusaders, you need to complete their Recruit missions by reaching the target area and resetting the world with Nate Dragon. On their recruit objectives, they apply a negative buff to give a bit of a challenge.
Thank you! Glad you're enjoying Crusaders! :) If you click on a Crusader in formation, it moves the bench to their information. When you drag them in and out, and your DPS changes, it goes red if you're loosing DPS and green if you're gaining DPS. What would make it more helpful to see the changes?
Message 4: If they do delete the game from Kongregate, I don't blame them, I just figure they have changed from the sentiment expressed in the words, "[that we love to] make games that we grew up playing and that we love playing." Such a change is understandable in the real world; it would however be decent to give an honest explanation or give an enhanced deal for the few (once again, not me) who wish to go to Facebook.
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Message 3: So what can all this be about? In my view, there are two possibilities. (1.) A bugged, not-upgraded or fixed game is bad PR. (2.) There is some exclusivity deal with Facebook in play. The second possibility wouldn't surprise me, but the first one seems likelier. Though I personally - as one of the top 3 active players here - would appreciate some bug fixes, I can't expect that from Kixeye if they don't deem it economically viable. Keeping the game on Kongregate and implementing a few fixes would however, be of little cost, show a commercial appreciation of the players who have already invested real money (not me) and time (me) as well as show an appreciation of the game as such.
Message 2: 1. Suppose the game is not on Kongregate's servers (I think it is, but am not sure), Kixeye would have to pay for the server. Servers however, are increasingly cheap. Some bought shiny makes up for it.
2. If the game were to shut down on Kongregate, would many players move to Facebook? Well, the game has been here since 2011, the diehard players are annoyed and the new ones wouldn't know about it. Is Kongregate, a rather marginal player, a true threat to Facebook-player-amounts, probably not.
So what can all this be about? In my view, there are two possibilities.
Message 1: I think I understand Kixeye yet think they are wrong.
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When you develop something nice, there are many ways to make it worth your while. If one way doesn't work as well as you expected or hoped for, you can look for another. You have that right, after all, you developed it.
So let's take a look at this case.
when you stand on the coin-statue or whatever it is on the bottom left of the main map, you see what fields hold challenge amulets, there are, however, also numbers on each played field. What do they signify? thanks!
 "NGU IDLE"){kind=icon}
 "Heroes of Glory"){kind=icon}
 "Crusaders of the Lost Idols"){kind=icon}
 "Rise of Champions"){kind=icon}
 "Sky Quest"){kind=icon}
 "Curl Up and Fly!"){kind=icon}
 "Creeper World: Evermore"){kind=icon}
 "Backyard Monsters (removed)"){kind=icon}
 "SandStorm Racing"){kind=icon}
 "GemCraft Labyrinth"){kind=icon}
 "Dream World"){kind=icon}
Hi koprol, Sorry to hear you're having trouble with the event. To unlock the new Crusaders, you need to complete their Recruit missions by reaching the target area and resetting the world with Nate Dragon. On their recruit objectives, they apply a negative buff to give a bit of a challenge.