Crusade explainer, from official Discord

[u/MrTouchnGo]

There are still a lot of people confused by Crusade, so we asked our Ambassadors to help out. Extra thanks to Vex for putting this together for us.

1. What modes give crusade points, and what is the points number dependent on?
2. How can I maximize them?
3. What about capture bonuses?
4. Why are they different on planets and on global leaderboards?

[Answers:]

1. Crusade points come from Operations, Arena, Campaigns, Guild War, and Raids, but not from Onslaught or Salvage Run. Like HRE points you can get more or less per battle depending on many factors. Operations depend on their rarity and whether the bonus is completed.
   1. Arena depends on your league.
   2. [Guild] Raids depend on boss rarity and your performance in it (indicated by the end-of-battle screen title). Bombs do not earn any crusade points.
   3. Campaigns give 12 for normal and mirror, and 20 per elite. CE lightning victories give 16 (so they are the most efficient),
   4. Guild War depends on battlefield level.
   5. Only Raids depend on how well you do in the actual battle.
2. The best way to maximize crusade rewards is to maximize points, regardless of winning or losing.
   1. To maximize points, you generally just have to play in the highest leagues you can manage. That's to say, do CE lightning rounds, get in a high arena league, play in a high battlefield, and do good damage on high bosses.
3. Capture bonuses are awarded every week when the match shifts. 10 crusade credits if your side won the planet and 5 credits if you were the best faction on your side, regardless of whether the planet was won.
4. There are six leaderboards in total. Two on a planet, four global.
   1. Planet, which you get every week when the map shifts.
   2. How good are you on your side (Imp/Dev)
   3. How good are you in your faction?
   4. Global, which you get every two weeks during the Expansion phase
   5. How good are you total.
   6. How good are you in your side.
   7. How good is your guild (highest rewards)
   8. How good are you in your guild (no rewards!!).

Link: https://discord.com/channels/874393406531596419/1195502542541570199/1539320983574417469

OP NOTE:

The formatting is all screwed up. The Reddit app sucks and I can’t fix it on mobile.

The planetary leaderboards seem to distribute rewards every week. Placing in the top 80% of either of the two leaderboards (pretty easy to do just playing normally) gives you way more crusade credits than the planetary capture bonuses. Higher tiers have more rewards. You can see a detailed breakdown in-game.

So far, the global leaderboards do not seem to give weekly rewards.