1) Not a bad idea, but what would your leader board track? Idol numbers? Completed quests? Highest level unlocked? Highest crusader level?

2) I really don't think having competitive options would help this game. A leader board in and of itself is fine, but rewards for your place on the board or actual competitive systems would be, I think, bad. A game I used to play started out as a very good single player game, then they created weekly "leader board events" where the top players got special equipment, then they opened a PVP section, then they shut down. The problem was that to many of the players felt that the leader board events were basically pay to win, as the people who dropped a bunch of cash on the game had a significantly better chance to get in the top spots on the leader board. This led them to having better equipment, and that was very VERY annoying. A bunch of people quit right then. But when PVP was brought online, the payers had all this better equipment, and would almost always win the competition. At that point, something like 75% of the player base gave up on the game, and went on their merry way. I feel that, if they wanted to do something larger, a cooperative mission would be much better than a competitive one. Something like what Lynerus talked about in his "World Bosses" thread, where everybody works together, and everybody gets the reward.

3) No opinion, either way.

4) You will get that opportunity. From what I understand, each event will come around every year. As for putting their gear in to the regular chests; I would be super pissed if I got an epic for the clown and I didn't have the clown, wouldn't you? The point of the special events is to reward the players who stick around.

5) If the game will upgrade your crusaders for you and auto advance, what is the point of playing the game?

6) I would love love love a button that would open a single chest like it opens 5. The fact that it takes about 3 times longer to open one chest is super annoying.