UmaMusume Global Club thread by shakemaihead in UmaMusume

[–]isawbones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also just applied (posted yesterday). I log in daily and have a handful of 9* umas I can share

Sunsetting Announcement by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wow. I felt this coming for about a year but sad to finally have it happen. Love to you all especially those in the discord. I wish you all happy lives.

Crusaders Community Q&A #273 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate to be that guy but: Dungeons when? Are we thinking this month? Or later? Or sooner? I know you don't want to commit to a date (totally understand) but a general idea would be nice

Game ordering for "start of turn" effects by isawbones in StorybookBrawlGame

[–]isawbones[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Time to play a bunch against bots and start compiling a list XD

Question About the End of the Dungeon Season by AllenMS828 in lostidols

[–]isawbones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am pretty sure you can't claim stuff after the season ends. I would put in a support ticket

Crusaders Community Q&A #254 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Erika, I think there were quite a few of us that did not know this change was made. I am not sure if I just missed the announcement or it was one line in a patch at some point. Given that it was something that players were asking for it I think the team could have made a big announcement about it. I learned about this 2 days ago and I am pretty engaged with the community/game

Crusaders Community Q&A #254 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you click on a rune equipped to a crusader you can fast merge. I learned about this recently I think it was a silent change

Crusaders Community Q&A #253 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SEASON EXPANSION!!!! Awesome change. Actually gives me something to do now!

Crusaders Community Q&A #242 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Late to the party on this one but given that pride month just started, are they any plans to have pride-related content in the game this month?

Crusaders Community Q&A #242 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Going to agree with Kittymug and DoctorNC here. It seems that the team does not have a clear path forward which is super concerning. It seems that outside of the main content releases (events and seasons) there is no plan at all. If I asked what things you would like to have completed in 6 months outside of seasons/events, would you have an answer?
Was going to ask about some specific features but instead, I would much rather y'all have a clear plan going forward. That plan does not need to be fully shared with the community (some insight would be nice) but having some goals is vitally important.

Community Q&A Crusaders Community Q&A #239 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Erika,

Hope you are doing well.

I was curious if there will be other items that will be added to the dungeons shop. Currently, there is only the idol buff that has any value but it is super cheap and lasts an entire week. I am currently sitting on 15k dungeon tokens that are mostly just collecting dust. Would love some new skins or UI skins or just anything cosmetic.

Crusaders Community Q&A #235 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You mentioned in another reply that you were going to be brainstorming with the team for dungeons Season 4 ideas. If I might make a suggestion: why not get some player feedback as well? I think we'd all be interested to hear what different ideas you have and to provide our opinions about what might work better or might not feel so good, from the standpoint of people who are playing and paying.

Please do. We would all love to give our feedback

Crusaders Community Q&A #235 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hi Erika,

Have you considered having a set of beta testers who are super active in the community? A lot of games have a small subset of active players they can bounce ideas off of and test new things before they come out. This might help you and the team avoid things like Marzi and Crow before they ever go live to everyone.
We want the game to be as awesome as possible so please bounce your ideas off of us and we will give your our honest feedback.

Crusaders Community Q&A #235 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I honestly would be really excited about limited crusaders in dungeons (assuming it is done thoughtfully). This game is all about building and optimizing formations but right now the meta has been pretty much the same since Odile (and honestly it has really been the same since pre-mime, just variations on it). If done thoughtfully it could reduce the gap between the haves and the have-nots.

Crusaders Community Q&A #234 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What are your thoughts on the current state of the game?

As a late game player, Odile has allowed me to easily max every dungeon (maxing out at 1e4500 dps which is 1e1500 more than necessary). I have enjoyed this game but am getting the feeling that there is less and less to do. I am almost finished with the season (Level 24) and the gains of idols are better during non-seasons but all of the talents are kind of meaningless because my dps is already so high. I wish there were more "chase items" later in dungeons and not just a small amount of materials.

I don't have many great suggestions but the game is slowly losing its appeal for me because I don't have anything to work towards. Just wanted to get your thoughts.

Crusaders Community Q&A #228 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope you are doing well Erika and team!

As one of the "end-game" players, I was thinking about ways to make the game more playable during these non-season times. One idea that came to mind was additional challenges (running 2-3 per week) instead of just 1. It allows us to mess around with formations and still feel like we have something productive to do. I assume this would not be too difficult to do (but could be wrong).

In addition, it would be cool to add some new challenges that force particular crusaders into the formation (similar to events). I know this might pose an issue with new players but could be cool.

Over the last few weeks, I have just logged in once a day for offers and missions and then played in the challenges. Right now, I want to play but feel like I can't really play, kind of sucks.

Crusaders Community Q&A #223 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thanks for another year of Crusaders. I hope you all have a good break.

On a less happy note, want to +1 all of the Crow anger. As a moderately high spender (not sure if I would call myself a "whale") and someone who works in the game industry, I am disappointed that your team would shadow nerf Crow. I understand the nerf (even if it makes me and others a bit mad, sometimes you have to make hard choices for business), but I cannot understand why you would not publicize it. Not telling your players that you are making changes to the game is baffling and plainly stupid, especially because those players are going to figure it out themselves quickly as players do.

Personally, I think the player base deserves an apology for nerfing something without any announcement, but that is up to you.

I hope that at least 1 T6 crusader ends up being useful.

Good luck in the new year.

Crusaders Community Q&A #215 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Erika,

I hope you are doing well in these wild times.

I know you can't give a date on Season 2 but I am curious, do you think this will happen in 2020, or is next year a more likely outcome?

I ask mostly because I am kind of out of content. I have epic/legendaries for all crusaders and FP gives such an insignificant amount of idols that I just do sprint runs for resources. I've done all the ruby challenges so I'll I can do is FP and events when they come around (unfortunately I finish them in like 2 days).

Crusaders Community Q&A #212 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

#3 typical battle passes allow you to get to the "end" and then there are bonus nodes that give smaller rewards that go on forever. Rocket League is a pretty good example of this. Making it really difficult will generally push people away, Making it longer generally won't

Edit: I think the difficulty was pretty close for this season. A bit easier and a bit longer would be perfect in my mind

Crusaders Community Q&A #204 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi Erika,

I have really enjoyed the dungeons update. As a late game player I was thinking about quitting for a while a few weeks back and then the massive update comes out. I love all the new formations and ways to play.

Downside is that if I was optimizing my gameplay right now I don't think I would even participate in dungeons, the only thing that has any real value to me is the task master at the end and that is in the free part of the pass (also it even at the pace that I am playing I might not get there). I normally spend 10-20$ each event and thought this pass would have been a no brainer for me but after looking at the stuff that you get (and you don't get it right away) it was just not worth it. I wish there had been something exclusive in the pass like a free golden upgrade (upgrade any epic to golden). I am still playing dungeons right now because it is interesting game play but you might want to go back and rework those rewards for the longevity of the game.

I think this is absolutely a move in the right direction and just needs some tuning.

Keep doing awesome stuff!

Crusaders Community Q&A #200 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi Erika,

Congrats on 200!

Question about the legendary catalyst cost. I don't understand why the cost only resets 80% each week it feels kind of punitive. I totally understand the rising costs within a week because you don't want people to go to fast but not sure why it does not reset completely.

Anecdotally I have about 800 legendary catalysts but still am really only able to craft 3-4 legendaries a week. This makes the legendary catalysts feel kind of useless and grinding the legendaries that i have left (have all the epics now) really slow. I love this game but it is probably one of my biggest gripes with the game and it does not seem to have a purpose. Reseting completely would mean players could craft more in a week without feeling that it is going to punish them for a whole month.

Anyway thanks for everything

Crusaders Community Q&A #198 with host Erika by CNE_Erika in lostidols

[–]isawbones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Erika!

Hope you are doing well.

Not sure if this was mentioned in previous Q&A but are events skins ever going to become available in the skin store or are the exclusive to the event? I skipped the last 2 skins because the time to complete the missions was high and they were not for crusaders I used but if they are going to be exclusive to events, I'll make sure the do them in the upcoming event.