it probably wont change. they should be no different than as if you used one of the time warps. this is where saving silver chests, click +crit chance cards, and other various buffs come in handy.

it's rewarding you with zero gold? sounds more like a bug then.

So, no gold? Literally no gold or just not very much gold?

As far as I know, quests only give rubies. Do you mean missions? Also, I guess what might help developers or fellow players to help you is to give more details. Which missions did you run, how much gold did they actually give you. If you don't remember, check your game's history (hit 'p' on your keyboard).

Also, if you are near your final level, the chances are high that missions, giving you 2h/4h/8h of gold, don't have a big impact on your gold stash anymore. However, it is as ihatethisfing wrote: If you ran a mission giving you 30 minutes worth of gold, the result should nearly be the same as if you activate a 30 minutes time warp.

gold per time, as in the delorean and offline accumulating is long known to be way goofy, it is something that they are 'working on'. do perhaps don't do gold missions, or just do them for the +1 mission and don't care about the minuscule gold.

Not the devs fault if you attempt a quest too soon... this is an idle game, it's ALL about farming, don't try to do every objective as soon as possible. If you don't have patience, this type of game is not for you.

sounds like you failed to recognize that you were at your limit on how far you could go, and just threw a bunch/all of the stuff at your crusaders as if a miracle was to happen....just doesnt work that way unfortunately. i always thought i should go further in free play just because i reset and gained, for example, 500 idols. thats 1500% more dps but it isnt just simply that as i once thought.