I know it's probably contradictory for me to play games in this genre, but I really hate clicking more than I absolutely have to.

Would it be possible for players to receive a small amount of starting gold after they reset, perhaps equal to their idol total? I can't see how it would alter game balance, given that players with millions of idols are still constrained by monster spawn speed and already have all of their crusaders at 200+ well before monster HP outweigh the DPS of their first recruit.

When you have enough idols, you can click ONCE: enough to kill the first monster, with the gold you get your first DPSer gains at least 100 levels, and you are golden :D