Thread: New Upcoming Game: Crystal Maidens

Eh, I still think the game is too generous for the devs to be actually turning a profit on it, so I'd guess they're starting to get a bit desperate. Though I do wish I had noticed they had extended the event time earlier. I had given up on getting the staff when my math showed I was going to be just a bit shy.

Devs are digging their own grave. Crashing game, event fails (with no compensation), inexperienced event grind distribution..and now I have to waste 25k minimum just to upgrade a dumb blue-rarity staff. I am sorry, for I really love the art, but I am done with this game. Back to GBF.

I noticed that the game uses like 3GB RAM. And takes forever to load as well (and also doesn't load in background wtf??). They really should do something about it..

I cant log in for 2 days now on my phone. Im at the point to uninstall. Does anyone have any news or updates regarding the issue

I have had a LOT of disconnects recently for no apparent reason. The game will immediately reconnect though.
I am also having issues where I will begin a battle only to have a game crash immediately resulting in the loss of all the energy for the battle.

The cost increase on upgrading is HUGE. Come on devs, you should spread your cost increases a little and let people get used to them.

They did make Daphne's Cursed Staff available to other mages which is great.

My take on free to play games.
Most F2P games really make it impossible to make any serious progress without spending money or just grinding and grinding for long periods to make minimal progress.

This game started out very slow for me on the low levels but picked up pace and was quite nice for F2P. As someone else has pointed out, the devs have to make a living too. It is a matter of finding the balance. Once I got to the second campaign it became all grind again. I have not been able to get past level 40 even with 3 maidens in mid-high 70's and one in mid 60's.

Mainly the devs are trying things to see what works and making adjustments. This is expected but they really should be more conservative in the adjustments. The jump in price for upgrades while I am already grinding is just too much. I think I understand why I started getting so many epic level items all of a sudden. To upgrade even one level is enormously expensive. My only choice is to grind to get the money to upgrade my coin building then wait until I can upgrade my temple then wait until I can upgrade my barracks, etc.
Or I can spend money and it is not a small amount of money I would need to spend to keep progressing at a relatively decent pace.

Dev's, you took away one of the most appealing features of your game which is to be able to play and feel some sense of accomplishment without needing to spend money. Please try and find balance again and look for ways to encourage spending on ways to get more VIP items or privledges, XP increases, etc. Once a game becomes impossible to make progress in without huge amounts of time invested or money spent it becomes less attractive to play and this game is one of the nicest I have found so far.

discord Crystal Maidens news - skid - at everyone - We have completed the update of the new version. We have implemented server-side changes to fix the server issues we have been having for the past few days. We are still monitoring the servers to make sure everything is stable. Android users might still receive an error until the new version propagates. Let us know if you have any trouble connecting, and thank you again for your patience. (March 9)

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I cant log in for 2 days now on my phone. Im at the point to uninstall. Does anyone have any news or updates regarding the issue

Originally Posted by Unregistered

discord Crystal Maidens news - skid - at everyone - We have completed the update of the new version. We have implemented server-side changes to fix the server issues we have been having for the past few days. We are still monitoring the servers to make sure everything is stable. Android users might still receive an error until the new version propagates. Let us know if you have any trouble connecting, and thank you again for your patience. (March 9)

From discord:
"New APK for CM version 77 available now from nutaku.net. This fixes the android connection problem (may require clear cache)"

Can someone suggest an optimal all-around setup to aim for?

I'm mostly trying to level Eli and Zera as tank and damage, but my only healer is Althea (is there even another one? what's Lily's ability?) and I'm not sure what the 4th slot should be.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Devs are digging their own grave. Crashing game, event fails (with no compensation), inexperienced event grind distribution..and now I have to waste 25k minimum just to upgrade a dumb blue-rarity staff. I am sorry, for I really love the art, but I am done with this game. Back to GBF.

Apart from back to comments, yeh not sure why I'm bothering beyond art either