July 2019

Tiering Up for Talents
Features:

* Added 7 new Tier 6 talents

Changes:

* Increased the max level of the Synergy talent from 15 to 20.
* Increased the max level of the Bonus Training talent, to accommodate the 31st bench seat.

Fixes:

* Fixed talents showing the wrong area requirements.
* Minor text fixes. Thanks for the reports!

### Friday 5 July 2019

*Version: v0.202.1*

Christmas in July Weekend Buff
Features:

* Added the Undead tag, for Crusaders cursed with unlife.
* Introducing a skin with power: Wrena gets the Undead and Evil tags while this skin is equipped. Available with the weekend chests this weekend only.

Changes:

* Changed how skins are shown when received as loot.

Fixes:

* (July 3) Fixed Phase Skip incorrectly applying outside of Free Play.
* (July 4) Minor performance improvements.
* Fixed the reset warning window showing negative Idols if you would gain more than 2.1 billion.

### Tuesday 9 July 2019

*Version: v0.202.2*

Back on Track
Changes:

* Following community feedback, Bonus Idols at area 3100+ will now grow at the same rate as the areas before.
* To reduce clutter, CNE chat rooms will no longer announce duplicate Epics received. Only new Epics will be announced.

Fixes:

* The talent window will now auto-scroll to show tier 6, if you have any tier 5 or 6 talents purchased (as it did for tier 5.)
* The area map display should perform better at high levels.

### Thursday 11 July 2019

*Version: v0.203*

The Hidden Temple, Tier 4
Features:

* Updated the Hidden Temple event for Tier 4
* New Crusader: Kebos the Mummy
* 5 New Objectives:
	+ Recruit Kebos: Reach area 600 with a pungent croc.
	+ Uncanny Valley: Reach area 700 under the Progenitors' scrutiny.
	+ Tomb of Kings: Reach area 750 with only the chosen and their attendees.
	+ Pilgrimage: Reach area 800 while paying your respects.
	+ Secret Torch Society: Reach area 850 while keeping all the ancient braziers lit.

Changes:

* Changed the challenge tokens awarded by Domo Arigato, Animal House, Oh the Humanity, and Nature’s Not Enough, to match other challenges.
* Updated the FAQ on the Skins dialog to reflect that all base 20 Crusader skins are available, and that there are skins with powers.
* Fire Sprites spawned by Ishtar’s “Fire and Rain” no longer have more health than other monsters

Fixes:

* Shift-clicking the left or right arrows on the map display will once again show the first area, or highest area unlocked.
* Updated various references to “The Hidden Temple” to all use the same name

### Friday 19 July 2019

*Version: v0.204*

Raiding the Tomb
Features:

* Added the Raiding the Tomb weekend buff, starting at Noon PDT today.
* Added recruitment and gear upgrade missions for more Tier 4 Crusaders, up to and including Xygallix.

Changes:

* The “Reign of Fire” weekly challenge will now includes Crusaders with visible ranged weapons.
* Crusaders now have a more helpful “swaps with…” description when shown as a mission or objective reward.
* Darkened the background behind objectives’ descriptions in the objective screen, so they’re easier to read.
* Katie's legendary quiver effect now counts as a formation ability, with a visible total effect.

Fixes:

* Fixed a case where many waves of monsters would spawn at once, when first entering an area.
* Karen's Center of the Universe ability now grabs Ishtar's Storm's Wake ability.
* Fixed Crusaders’ added tags from abilities sometimes counting where they shouldn’t, and vice versa.
* Fixed some more displays showing Idol counts incorrectly when above 2.1B or so.
* Minor text fixes! Thank you for the reports!

### Wednesday 24 July 2019

*Version: v0.205*

Mme. FInklebottom's Revenge, Tier 2
Features:

* Added 3 new Tier 1 objectives to Madame Finklebottom’s Revenge
* New Crusader: Arenvarr the Beheaded. Unlocked by completing the new Everest objective
* Added Tier 2 objectives to Madame Finklebottom’s Revenge

Changes:

* Changed the description of Thalia’s legendary amulet, to avoid implying that the bonus is retroactive.

Fixes:

* (July 22) Fixed Tier 4 Crusaders from the new recruitment missions not starting with 300EP
* (July 22) Added missing missions for Ishtar
* Minor text fixes. Thank you for the reports!

### Friday 26 July 2019

*Version: v0.206*

4th Anniversary Celebration
Features:

* Added the 4th Anniversary Celebration weekend buff.
* Tune in to our social media for special reward codes over the weekend!
* Be sure to collect all 3 for a special bonus.

Changes:

* Projectile abilities have been overhauled.
* Projectiles now have a cooldown, instead of an interval. This means no longer wasting shots when no monsters are in range.
* Projectiles will generally avoid overkill, preferring to spread attacks out or wait for more monsters to spawn.
* Projectiles now benefit from your critical click chance and multiplier.
	+ For abilities with their own criticals, the multiplier is added while the chance becomes the chance of either or both occurring.
* Projectile abilities’ amounts have been dramatically increased, and canl benefit from either CLK or DPS.
	+ Note that for the purpose of special objectives, projectiles are their own damage type.
* Damage from exploding projectiles now counts as projectile damage, for monsters resistant to particular types.

Fixes:

* Updated the descriptions for normal silver and jeweled chests to reflect that they can award gear for all non-event Crusaders (not just those in slots 21-24.)