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EpicDuel PVP Game Design Notes

Behind the scenes information about EpicDuel's development and releases, a real-time PVP MMO that you can play online in your web browser.

	October 31, 2019 Harvest Havoc Surprise! Surprise! EpicDuel just dropped a spooky new release with new weapons, cores, and styles for those last-minute Halloween shoppers! New Styles 10 new styles are available for each class, letting you complete that last-minute Halloween look! Weapons New seasonal weapons and cores are available now at Snork! Chain Scythe P Chain Scythe E Sinister Pumpkin Sickle P Sinister Pumpkin Sickle E Plasmic Chainsaw P Plasmic Chainsaw E Cores In addition to new spooky seasonal rares, Snork is introducing 4 new primary, active cores! Few skills give you an edge in battle like a giant, summonable saw blade! Crow Frenzy P: Summon a bloodthirsty murder of crows that attack and grant 30% lifesteal. Crow Frenzy E: Summon a bloodthirsty murder of crows that attack and grant 30% lifesteal. Saw Strike P: Summon a saw blade to rip through 15% of your target's defense! Saw Strike E: Summon a saw blade to rip through 15% of your target's defense! Some changes have been made to existing cores to either ease their power in increase their usefulness in battle. Infernal Fortitude: Reusable with 4 turn cooldown. Energy cost increased to 100. Radiation Burn: 35% chance to reduce to reduce melee attacker's Defense/Resistance by 25%. Captain's Charge: Reducing effects 5% overall (-35% Defense and Resistance, -35 Strength and Support). Hardened Armor: Energy cost 0 Armored Roots : Energy cost 0 Heroic Housing 2019 Remember, EpicDuel's Heroic Housing 2019 contest is nearly over! The theme is "holiday harvest" so it's the perfect time to get into the spirit of the season and show off your best decor for the chance to win Epic prizes! Tags: Nightwraith

	October 26, 2019 Harvest Havoc A bounty of new weapons, armors, achievements, styles and more await your in this latest EpicDuel update! New Items! Visit Deuce is the mysterious Minestation for his latest seasonal creations! Pumpkin Lord CC Pumpkin Sabre P Pumpkin Sabre E Pumpkin Highbrander P Pumpkin Highbrander E Pumpkin Rip Blades P Pumpkin Rip Blades E Pumpkin Axe P Pumpkin Axe E Pumpkin Staff P Pumpkin Staff E Pumpkin Buster Blaster P (Spreadfire) Pumpkin Buster Blaster E (Spreadfire) Pumpkin Buster Cannon P Pumpkin Buster Cannon E New Arcade! Beef up those rating points and spend those Arcade Tokens at the new Harvest Havoc arcade game! Take a spin for a chance to win weapons, home items, and an armor that are not are not stocked in any shop! Home Decor Decorate one or all of your homes with new spooky items available now! Seedy Patch Right Super Seedy Patch Right Myx Left Myx Right Seedy Patch Left Super Seedy Patch Left Count Mechula Coffin Ghost Tomb Count Mechula Right Count Mechula Left Count Mechula Emblem New Styles Five new styles are now available for each class, some with wild fiery animation! The perfect complement for your spooky seasonal cosplay! Achievements Once again, I forgot the big baseball game happening, so you can grab an updated Big Show 2019 Achievement in celebration! I hope your team scored all the points! Balance Blood Mage: Brutal Strike is now blockable Heroic Housing 2019 Remember, EpicDuel's Heroic Housing 2019 contest is still underway but nearly at its end! The theme is "holiday harvest" so it's the perfect time to get into the spirit of the season and show off your best decor for the chance to win Epic prizes! Tags: Titan

	October 18, 2019 Epic Class Revival Since the big Passive Skill update last spring, there hasn't been many Earth...er...Delta V-shaking updates to balance. A big goal for the year was to differentiate all the class skills, even if it was just an aesthetic change. Today, we've made a huge step toward that goal with 8 revamped skills for the evolved classes (Cyber Hunter, Tactical Mercenary, and Blood Mage). Balance The evolved classes are getting some major updates that should shake up gameplay and builds quite a bit. We altered and adjusted the skills throughout testing, but live data will be the best data so expect more changes in the weeks to come! Tactical Merc: Double Strike >>> Crippling Strike: Attack for 120% damage; Reduces % defense for 2 turns Artillery Strike >>> Suppressing Fire: New animation to differentiate between Artillery Strike Stun Grenade >>> Barbed Grenade: Inflict physical damage with a 25% base chance to stun and crit. Ignores 15% defense; 20 less damage Toxic Grenade: Functionally the same, but improves with 2 Support; 20 Less damage per leve; Requires Strength Blood Shield>>> Swapped for Energy Shield Cyber Hunter: Shadow Arts >>> Gene Augment: Hack your own DNA to boost your highest stat. Defense Matrix >>> Nanotech Shield: Activate a powerful shield that negates a % on incoming damage. Multishot >>> Adaptive Offense: Inflict damage based on primary damage type to all enemies. Deals 85% damage against multiple targets. Venom Strike >>> Memory Leak: Target loses fixed Energy and HP for each level similar to Screaming Soul Spears Blood Mage: Overload >>> Brutal Strike: Summon your strength for a devastating strike with a 25% chance to stun. Energy Shield >>> Swapped for Blood Shield This seems like a big change, but it's a small step toward expanding build diversity and making each class truly unique. Unfortunately, with all the work that when into these changes and testing, the content (arcade, styles, and gear) had to go on hold until next week. Plus, our work is far from done with skill differentiation and there are still several new skills in the works, including new ultimates! Tags: Titan

	October 11, 2019 2019 Ghoulzookas! The Harvest continues on Delta V with the highly anticipated 2019 Ghoulzookas! Visit Snork to get these awesome auxiliaries preloaded with the (unlocked) Soul Siphon core! Weapons Visit Snork in the Minetower basement for 2 new 2019 edition weapons. These weapons will become new permanent rares when the rest of the Harvest rares leave! Ghoul Cannon 2019 Soul Siphon (unlocked): Reduce and absorb enemy energy by 25% of normal auxiliary damage.below 20 Spectral Blaster 2019 Soul Siphon (unlocked): Reduce and absorb enemy energy by 25% of normal auxiliary damage.below 20 You may be wondering, "Why only 2 weapons?" Well, I decided to put some extra time and effort into these two weapons to really make them stand out amidst dozens of other seasonal rares that typically pour through Delta V's merchants. There's still much, much more to come including new styles, arcade games, armor, and more before the Harvest ends! Balance As mentioned, there are still differentiated skills planned, but were not quire ready to be implemented this week, so only a small adjustment was made to the previously introduced Fire Rain. Blood Mage Fire Rain: Improves with Support instead of Dexterity; Improves with ever .25 levels above 20; Weaken for ever 1 level below 20 Heroic Housing 2019 Remember, EpicDuel's Heroic Housing 2019 contest is still underway with plenty of time to enter! The theme is "holiday harvest" so it's the perfect time to get into the spirit of the season and show off your best decor for the chance to win Epic prizes! Tags: Nightwraith

	October 04, 2019 Harrowing Harvest Let the harvest begin! Bido has unveiled his latest haunting seasonal rares in the Afterlife, and the shops of Snork and Xraal are once again stocked with returning harvest gear! Balance This update features some much-needed balance adjustments, including a replacement for the little-used Blood Mage Plasma Rain. We're eager to replace several other duplicate skills in the near future! Tech Mage Overload: Improves with every .32 Dexterity instead of .36 Blood Mage Overload: Improves with Support instead of Dexterity Plasma Rain: Changed to Fire Rain. Deals Physical damage with 10 Defense ignore Mercenary Surgical Strike: Improves with every .33 Tech instead of .35 Cyber Hunter Venom Strike: Requires Technology instead of Dexterity Lifeline: To combat heal looping it now heals for 250 HP instead of 300 Spirit Meld: Cannot be used when Energy is full War Balance: War drop multiplier increased slightly for 2v2 Bido's Harvest Epic artists Bido has outdone himself and created some hauntingly beautiful weapons of war for our harvest season! Visit Bido in the Afterlife to check out his spooky new stock! Harrowing Harvest Slayer P Harrowing Harvest Slayer E Harrowing Harvest Claws P Harrowing Harvest Claws E Harrowing Harvest Axe P Harrowing Harvest Axe E Harrowing Harvest Staff P Harrowing Harvest Staff E Harrowing Harvest Bow P Harrowing Harvest Bow E Also, all returning Halloween rares should be available at Snork and Xraal! Heroic Housing 2019 Remember, today is the first day to submit entries to EpicDuel's Heroic Housing 2019 contest! The theme is "holiday harvest" so it's the perfect time to get into the spirit of the season and show off your best decor for the chance to win Epic prizes! Tags: Nightwraith

	October 02, 2019 Heroic Housing Contest 2019 Greetings, EpicDuelists! It's been ages since our last EpicDuel contest (about a year) and with the holiday season barreling towards us at an alarming speed, it's the perfect time for a new contest! Show off your creativity and get festive (for the potential to win big prizes!) with our 2019 Heroic Housing Contest! Contest Time Frame The contest will run from Friday, October 4th to Sunday, November 3rd at 11:59 PM EST. The winners will be announced via Twitter and Design Notes posts after judging concludes. How to Enter All you have to do is submit one screenshot of the best looking room of your best house to us at the AE_Contests Twitter account. If you have multiple rooms in your house, please choose the best one to submit. The theme is "Holiday Harvest" which can represent the spirit of Holidays from Halloween to Christmas! Please use #EpicDuelContest2019 when Tweeting us! Don't forget your character name! Prize Details Winners will get 5,000 ArtixPoints, a rare Achievement, and a rare Home Item! 3 Grand Prize winners will get a rare Achievement and home item, plus 10,000 ArtixPoints! Contest Rules To make sure your hard work gets judged: Read all of the rules before submitting your entry! Your entry must be YOUR own in game EpicDuel house and not someone else’s (We will check). If you don't play EpicDuel regularly, don't worry! All players can claim one free home and there are many low-cost home items available to get started decorating! Create the best looking house you can while keeping to the "Holiday Harvest" theme! We'll consider your creativity, attention to detail, coordination, adherence to the theme, and the overall quality of entry. Please limit your entry to one screenshot of room of your home! We appreciate the thought of coordinating your entire house but we want to have mercy on our judges! If you have multiple fabulous rooms in your house, choose the best and submit that as your entry. Include your EpicDuel character name with the entry! The screenshot of your entry should be of the Highest Quality, and as large as possible. The more clear the picture, the better it will look. Don't edit or change your entry after the fact. You have nearly a month so take your time and create a truly epic entry! Post to the AE_Contests Twitter account using the #EpicDuelContest2019 . Uploading your photo to your Facebook and sending us a link does not allow us to see the photos. If you upload your photo to your locked image-sharing account, we cannot see it. One entry per person! Have fun! Reminders Please don’t spam your entry or you will be disqualified! You can only enter once per person! We reserve the right to reward excellent examples of good sportsmanship or remove entries for abusive behavior towards staff or other contest participants! Good Luck! On behalf of the entire AE team, we are really looking forward to seeing your entries! Tags: Nightwraith