The original idea was to have them in one button, but the operations are separate and the Buy all Skills button doesn't apply any more once you have bought them all, so that would slow down the calculation of buying the maximum amount of levels on Crusaders.

I've often wished the upgrade all levels button was split into "all levels" and "only heroes in formation". Until I reach the the point of reset I'm not really interested in upgrading everyone, I'd rather save the gold to build up the hero levels that are active.

Also, a button for Upgrade levels by 1, 5 and 25 would be nice. I tend to upgrade my heroes in 25 level chunks so that when they do upgrade I'm getting the over 200 bonus for each 25 levels. Call it ADHD or whatnot, but seeing the hero levels not all in nice 25 level increments drives me nuts :)

In that second paragraph I actually meant "Upgrade all Heroes by 1,5,25" (1,10,25 would probably work better). I worded it poorly, sorry. I did test it in the hopes I had overlooked it doing that, but it appears that even using ctrl and shift it still only increments all of them 1 at a time.

Sometimes playing a game isn't about being a mathematical savant. I'm not interested in upgrading all the heroes sitting on the bench. Only those that are in formation. I'll level up the benched heroes for idols when I'm ready to reset. The early stages of a mission don't really involve too much concern over Tank strength. It's about getting heroes you want in formation and getting their abilities unlocked so you *can* focus on building the DPS tank or building up specific heroes for when you eventually reach a wall in missions. My suggestion was aimed more towards convenience rather than 0.0001% efficiency tactics.

Dude, it was a suggestion that you've turned into an argument because you can't seem to comprehend what I suggested.

Upgrading heroes by 1 level at a time gives them very little increase in formation dps until they get to a 25 level point. That either unlocks the next ability (usually) or if over 200 levels multiplies their base DPS by 4 for each 25 levels. Upgrading all heroes spends what money you have and leaves the heroes strewn with level values that do not break down into 25 level increments, so while the dps growth is efficient, it is insignificant growth, especially after all the heroes are at level 200 or higher and the best growth is by focusing on the highest DPS hero at that point. All the heroes that ARE NOT IN THE FORMATION are also getting leveled up, wasting even more gold that can be used DIRECTLY ON THE FORMATION.

What you end up with is a bunch of heroes, including the benched ones, having between 1 and 24 levels, above the 25 level increments, that provide a very low DPS increase, but if you were to trim all those levels back to the nearest 25 increment you would then have enough to upgrade ACTIVE HEROES IN FORMATION to get them closer to the level 200 bonus point, or, if already beyond that, focus that unspent gold on your main DPS hero and increase him in levels of 25 increments to give a more SIGNIFICANT increase in Formation DPS.

In my current game I am still unlocking and building up the heroes I want to use. Drogan is currently ready for a 25 level increase. Here are the numbers:

Drogan, Prince of Dragons
Level / DPS / Formation DPS
175 / 32.8t / 6.82q
176 / 33.0t / 6.82q
177 / 33.2t / 6.82q
178 / 33.4t / 6.82q
.. etc ..
198 / 37.1t / 6.83q
199 / 37.3t / 6.83q
200 / 150t / 6.94q (once the 200+ levels bonus is applied)

Leveling him (and any other hero ready) up each time 1 level is made available keeps you bouncing between hero portraits and takes longer to hit level 25 increments meaning less DPS for a longer time. Upgrading by only 25 level increments means less scanning to see who's ready and a much larger dps increase when they do level up 25 levels over level 200. Below level 200 those 25 level increments unlock abilities like formation dps increases, hero dps increases or whatever.

If 10 heroes are in formation and 10 heroes are benched then that is wasted gold in the 10 benched heroes. It is wasted gold in the 10 formation heroes if their level isn't dividable by 25. Adding up all that extra gold WILL allow you to increase one or more heroes levels by 25 or more that does actually give a significant DPS increase, more so when you start focusing on your highest DPS hero.

Yes, I could let the "auto level all" spend gold in the most efficient manner to upgrade individual levels, but there is a lack of effectiveness for that focus on DPS efficiency. It does not think smartly about gaining a small amount of best value DPS verses getting the 4x multiplier or unlocking her abilities for much bigger and faster DPS increases. It spends on benched heroes. And it needlessly increases those heroes who's DPS increase doesn't even show up because the tank dps hero is so far ahead of them.

I'm prepared to accept if I make a bad suggestion or ask a dumb question, but your responses have been so far off the mark and laced with insult and arrogance that I can't help but think it is you who are offering little more than stupid and senseless information.

I've explained it best I can. Apologies to everyone for this mess detracting from the original post.