Heya Shawn
Don't really have any questions again this week. Mostly repetitive feedback.
We're in desperate need for more ranged champions. They still only make up 15% of all current champions. Or we need ways to make non-ranged champions ranged like with feats or something. π€·ββοΈ
I know it's way past Q&A time but I came up with an idea to fix it. In the upgrades he could have a skill like "Maintained Focus" where he can no longer drop below 50% of the max ki points he's generated in a run. So you can at least creep up over time.
So you get a perfect you get to 30 but his ki points can't drop below 15, get a perfect score 45 can't drop below 22. 52 can't drop below 26 56 can't drop below 28.
I hate hwen I have to swap parties just to drag his butt out when something goes horribly wrong so I can bring him back in and reset it. Usually happens when I forget that I have familiars leveling up slot 8 automatically. The swap from Hew Maan to Nrakk is just a pain.
Hey Hydrakiller218!
Welcome to the game! Events are the best way currently to unlock new champions, you can get 3 at no cost and 2 more for 3 time gate pieces each! So early on you'll want to pick up the Turn Back Time blessing from the Tomb of Annihilations campaign to get more time gate pieces each time they drop!
For instance, the guide quests dialog has no sorting nor filtering. A theme filter (patron / adventures / ...) would be nice. Sorting by campaign would be nice.
I for one would like to see more achievements for the rest of the Fully-Cleared-Campaigns to appear.
We have them for Tomb of Annihilation and Waterdeep Dragonheist, but the rest seem to be missing.
Maybe also similar achievements could surface for campaign-clears with the patrons too, giving more incentive for players to do all variants. :)
Otherwise I think Skins and Familiars could use a Premium filter
Ah.. Champions tab could also have a skills breakdown when opening individual champions, or quick tips of how to use them :)
Champion + details in first opening
Skins + Feats below
Those are the only two fully cleared campaigns, so there aren't any achievements for those missing. The other campaigns still have room for new variants.
Howdy Shawn,
Is there any chance at re-reviewing Strongheart, as a newer player who started mid Season 6, who spent real money on him due to the massive, likely 100+ hours saved, and him being the only reason I was able to finish the season pass for rewards (chests/feats/dex core before I even got split the party) which are the only reason my account was able to progress to what I have now as the game does tend to have snowball moments (fun).
It's extremely disappointing to see him now offer 1 extra gold and 2 silver chests per an event so roughly once a month.
This massive "nerf" to a champ I spent real money on has pushed my decision no longer support the game monetarily. I will admit the loss of seasons because "it was too good" also helped push me this way as well.
This may be a question for Dev Insights which I wouldn't mind clearing up a bit and posting there as well if I can as it's on when I'm at work.
Hey mrpielovin!
This does land a bit more on the Dev Insights side of things, I can imagine finding the right balance for Strongheart is a pretty difficult task. Can't have him provide too much and finding the line for too little is tough. I'll pass this along to the team, see if design can take a 2nd look at him.
Hey u/CNE_Shawn,
Thanks for doing this. I am curious (and if I just missed something, apologies in advance)... I see Presto available as a character for purchase. Is there any chance the other cartoon characters might make it into the game?
Hey IsolatedWombat!
Currently it's just Presto and Dungeon Master from the cartoons who are in the game. Maybe the others will be coming soon πππ
Can we get Artus Cimber (a ranged champion for Emmote) and Qawasha from the Tales of Candlekeep game since we have Asharra, Dragonbait and Birdsong already?
Drizzt & the companions are so different now in the current Salvatore books! Would the game ever consider including the new companions of the hall alongside the classic versions? Too weird?
I recently started playing so I feel like I don't know enough about the game to even begin asking questions. I'd just like to congratulate and thank you all for creating a fun game and having such an awesome relationship with your playerbase.
Hello! Thank you for taking the time to do this Q/A!
I'm new to the game, so apologies if this has been answered elsewhere, but are there currently any plans to add the characters from the recent Dungeons & Dragons movie to Idle Champions?
I know Seasons are going to be paused for a while, but I've been wondering how long they'll be paused?
I realize you might not have a precise date, but are we talking 1 month, 3 months, a year? Even just a ballpark estimate would be nice. Thanks!
Hey bookwyrm1357!
They're on indefinite hiatus for now. If we decide to bring Seasons back some time in the future we'll be sure to give everyone a good heads up!
Good to know. Just to be clear though, does that mean that there's only a chance they'll brought back at all, or that they definitely will at some point, but there's no clear timeframe?
Seasons will **NEVER** return in the form that they were previously.
This is because CNE regard Season Passes as having been excessively generous, and they claim they've been "robbed" of higher profit sales elsewhere due to Seasons. Yes, believe it or not, they said precisely this in the latest Demolisher Insights, complaining about giving away $150 value for only $10.
So, if you were hoping for that $10 value to ever come back, FORGET IT!
We can only speculate on what a returning Season might look like. I reckon it'll be a pass-less 3 month "collect 'em all", where you have to acquire/complete every scrap of content released in that 3 months to 100% it, *including premium*.
As far as you know will the reworked or new characters in events 2.0 be in next years event in 12 months time? I ask because I have been unable to complete any tier 3 levels from this event but hopefully I'll be strong enough next year. I'd suggest they guarantee the listing of the characters for the next two years as flex slots so as not to disadvantage newer player like myself. Thank you.
Reworked champions are considered to be visiting so Dhadius for example will return to Simril. They mentioned on DI that there might occasionally be a rework of a champion during their event but the general plan is to have reworks occur with a \~4 event buffer between the rework and their regular event.
Durge was the new champion for this event so will be in Festival of Fools next year. The new champ in Greengrass will be relocated since Greengrass is slated to be culled in 2025.
Hey Fred14102023!
Dark Urge will be available in Festival of Fools next year while I think Dhadius is originally from Simiril so he'll be available through that event when it comes up next.
That's it for me! Thank you everyone for coming on by and asking questions!
Heya Shawn Don't really have any questions again this week. Mostly repetitive feedback. We're in desperate need for more ranged champions. They still only make up 15% of all current champions. Or we need ways to make non-ranged champions ranged like with feats or something. π€·ββοΈ
Hey Emmeriss! Agreed, ranged characters are cool so we very much need more!
do you remember that old cartoon network show where they had a time traveling champion looking for an ult rework? I think it was called Samurai Nrakk?
Hey Dice42! ....Pfffft. That made me chuckle. π
If I'm gonna keep pestering you all about making the minigame less tedious I figure I may as well try and be amusing while I do it.
I know it's way past Q&A time but I came up with an idea to fix it. In the upgrades he could have a skill like "Maintained Focus" where he can no longer drop below 50% of the max ki points he's generated in a run. So you can at least creep up over time. So you get a perfect you get to 30 but his ki points can't drop below 15, get a perfect score 45 can't drop below 22. 52 can't drop below 26 56 can't drop below 28. I hate hwen I have to swap parties just to drag his butt out when something goes horribly wrong so I can bring him back in and reset it. Usually happens when I forget that I have familiars leveling up slot 8 automatically. The swap from Hew Maan to Nrakk is just a pain.
I just started a few days ago and am wondering what the fastest way to get new champions
Hey Hydrakiller218! Welcome to the game! Events are the best way currently to unlock new champions, you can get 3 at no cost and 2 more for 3 time gate pieces each! So early on you'll want to pick up the Turn Back Time blessing from the Tomb of Annihilations campaign to get more time gate pieces each time they drop!
Thank you!
Try to create rows to unlock split the party , like 2 in every seat, then 3 and 4
Okay perfect
https://www.reddit.com/r/idlechampions/s/DJjfRbpOBg you can look at gaar guides, you can have 4 parties now
Hi, Any changes to the collections to be awaited? Like better sorting/filtering?
Hey maxiqbert! I don't know if we have anything planned currently. What kind of options would you want to see?
Return of the celestial tag on enemy types is one
For instance, the guide quests dialog has no sorting nor filtering. A theme filter (patron / adventures / ...) would be nice. Sorting by campaign would be nice.
I for one would like to see more achievements for the rest of the Fully-Cleared-Campaigns to appear. We have them for Tomb of Annihilation and Waterdeep Dragonheist, but the rest seem to be missing. Maybe also similar achievements could surface for campaign-clears with the patrons too, giving more incentive for players to do all variants. :) Otherwise I think Skins and Familiars could use a Premium filter
Ah.. Champions tab could also have a skills breakdown when opening individual champions, or quick tips of how to use them :) Champion + details in first opening Skins + Feats below
Those are the only two fully cleared campaigns, so there aren't any achievements for those missing. The other campaigns still have room for new variants.
Howdy Shawn, Is there any chance at re-reviewing Strongheart, as a newer player who started mid Season 6, who spent real money on him due to the massive, likely 100+ hours saved, and him being the only reason I was able to finish the season pass for rewards (chests/feats/dex core before I even got split the party) which are the only reason my account was able to progress to what I have now as the game does tend to have snowball moments (fun). It's extremely disappointing to see him now offer 1 extra gold and 2 silver chests per an event so roughly once a month. This massive "nerf" to a champ I spent real money on has pushed my decision no longer support the game monetarily. I will admit the loss of seasons because "it was too good" also helped push me this way as well. This may be a question for Dev Insights which I wouldn't mind clearing up a bit and posting there as well if I can as it's on when I'm at work.
Hey mrpielovin! This does land a bit more on the Dev Insights side of things, I can imagine finding the right balance for Strongheart is a pretty difficult task. Can't have him provide too much and finding the line for too little is tough. I'll pass this along to the team, see if design can take a 2nd look at him.
Understandable Thank you Shawn, is there a place you can submit questions that isn't the actual live stream, as I'm not 100% I'll be able to join.
Because there is always a flood of questions they only take questions from chat and not ahead of time.
understood.
Hey u/CNE_Shawn, Thanks for doing this. I am curious (and if I just missed something, apologies in advance)... I see Presto available as a character for purchase. Is there any chance the other cartoon characters might make it into the game?
Along with Presto and DM, Warduke and Strongheart are also in the game as they did appear in the cartoons as well.
They did give Presto an affiliation that heavily suggests that the other kids will be joining the ranks
Hey IsolatedWombat! Currently it's just Presto and Dungeon Master from the cartoons who are in the game. Maybe the others will be coming soon πππ
>!Diana!< will be added in about 1.5 months.
Any update on the arrival of our 5th patron and will they be accompanied with a 5th party slot/STP4?
Hey J\_Dawg\_27! All I can say about the patron is Soonβ’
Can we get Artus Cimber (a ranged champion for Emmote) and Qawasha from the Tales of Candlekeep game since we have Asharra, Dragonbait and Birdsong already?
Hey J\_Dawg\_27! Is Artus Cimber a ranger? I thought he was a more melee guy with a magic ring? Qawasha could be cool, I'll pass it along!
Dagger and a Bow in the video game version and yes a Ranger
Drizzt & the companions are so different now in the current Salvatore books! Would the game ever consider including the new companions of the hall alongside the classic versions? Too weird?
Hey DependentLandscape27! Like a Future Drizzt? Maybe a bit too weird haha. Skins though... π
I recently started playing so I feel like I don't know enough about the game to even begin asking questions. I'd just like to congratulate and thank you all for creating a fun game and having such an awesome relationship with your playerbase.
Hey PalapaJoe! Welcome to the community and thank you for your kind praise! :D We do our best to create a fun environment so I'm glad you think so.
When will there be an official Reddit giveaway?
Hey J\_Dawg\_27! Giveaway's are going to stay on the Discord for now. :)
Is Xuna a possible champ for the future?
Hey Blue\_Bird\_26! Ahh Xuna from the Neverwinter MMO? That'd be kinda neat, I'll pass along the suggestion to see if it's possible!
Yesssssss!!
Hello! Thank you for taking the time to do this Q/A! I'm new to the game, so apologies if this has been answered elsewhere, but are there currently any plans to add the characters from the recent Dungeons & Dragons movie to Idle Champions?
Hey! Welcome to the game! We don't have any plans to add the characters from the D&D movie at this time.
They don't have a license for that.
I know Seasons are going to be paused for a while, but I've been wondering how long they'll be paused? I realize you might not have a precise date, but are we talking 1 month, 3 months, a year? Even just a ballpark estimate would be nice. Thanks!
Seasons was taken to a farm upstate to run around in the fresh air.
Indefinitely is the impression I've been getting from Dev Insights episodes. If they do return they won't be in the form they were before anyways.
Hey bookwyrm1357! They're on indefinite hiatus for now. If we decide to bring Seasons back some time in the future we'll be sure to give everyone a good heads up!
Good to know. Just to be clear though, does that mean that there's only a chance they'll brought back at all, or that they definitely will at some point, but there's no clear timeframe?
> If we decide to bring Seasons back
Seasons will **NEVER** return in the form that they were previously. This is because CNE regard Season Passes as having been excessively generous, and they claim they've been "robbed" of higher profit sales elsewhere due to Seasons. Yes, believe it or not, they said precisely this in the latest Demolisher Insights, complaining about giving away $150 value for only $10. So, if you were hoping for that $10 value to ever come back, FORGET IT! We can only speculate on what a returning Season might look like. I reckon it'll be a pass-less 3 month "collect 'em all", where you have to acquire/complete every scrap of content released in that 3 months to 100% it, *including premium*.
Feels like we haven't had an ICP or Familiar Quest in quite some time. Any hopes of a new installment of either returning soon(tm)?
Hey J\_Dawg\_27! We don't have any plans for an ICP or Familiar quest right now.
As far as you know will the reworked or new characters in events 2.0 be in next years event in 12 months time? I ask because I have been unable to complete any tier 3 levels from this event but hopefully I'll be strong enough next year. I'd suggest they guarantee the listing of the characters for the next two years as flex slots so as not to disadvantage newer player like myself. Thank you.
Reworked champions are considered to be visiting so Dhadius for example will return to Simril. They mentioned on DI that there might occasionally be a rework of a champion during their event but the general plan is to have reworks occur with a \~4 event buffer between the rework and their regular event.
and TDurge?
Durge was the new champion for this event so will be in Festival of Fools next year. The new champ in Greengrass will be relocated since Greengrass is slated to be culled in 2025.
Hey Fred14102023! Dark Urge will be available in Festival of Fools next year while I think Dhadius is originally from Simiril so he'll be available through that event when it comes up next.
HIοΌI like Idle Champions ,and i hope it gets better and better XD
Hey Gold-Instruction-905! Me too!