EpicDuel PVP Game Design Notes

September 23, 2020

Say "goodbye" to the Infernal Fantasy Gear and "hello" to the mighty Sea King's Treasure, now available for a limited time!

Sea King's Treasure

Forged at the bottom of Delta V's irradiated seas, the Sea King's Treasure is a mighty arsenal of weapons and armor design to devastate your foes with crippling attacks and lethal poisons. Crafted by the always amazing Bido and Deuce, this set should join the ranks of the finest items in EpicDuel.

• Sea King's Protector
  • Sea King's Spirit: Active an aura that turns 50% of incoming damage into Energy.
• Sea King's Executioner P
• Sea King's Executioner E
• Sea King's Wrath
• Sea King's Terror
  • Sea King's Curse Remove target's armor (1 turn), sidearm (2 turns), and auxiliary (3 turns).
• Sea King's Disruptor P
• Sea King's Disruptor E
  • Sea King's Venom: Strike for 85% damage, afflicting target with incurable poison for 3 turns draining HP by 70 each round.
• Sea King's Disintegrator P
• Sea King's Disintegrator E
  • Sea King's Corruption: Reduces the effect of all healing by 40%.
• Sea King's Cruiser (RARE)

This promotional package comes with a new Ultra-Rare achievement worth 2500 rating points: Sea King's Crest!

This package also includes batch of bonus cores that can be equipped to your existing weapons. This should allow maximum flexibility when constructing your ultimate builds!

New Hairstyles

Complement your new Sea King gear with 3 new styles! 

Balance

• Cyber Hunter:
  • Plasma Grenade, +1 Energy Damage every 0.38 Support instead of .35
  • Adaptive Offense: increase level 1 to 242, Increase by 19 with level 10 at 413.
  • Lvl 1 - 242
  • Lvl 2 - 261
  • Lvl 3 - 280
  • Lvl 4 - 299
  • Lvl 5 - 318
  • Lvl 6 - 337
  • Lvl 7 - 356
  • Lvl 8 - 375
  • Lvl 9 - 395
  • Lvl 10 - 413

Other Changes / Fixes

• Hidden for many years, the Win% will now show on the leaderboards.
• The character page links in game will now direct to the correct website.

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September 04, 2020

Echoes of war sound throughout the Infernal Mines. Relive one of the greatest conflicts of Delta V's history and spar against the Delta Vault!

Also, remember to stop by Thalyssa in the West Naval Yard to pick up any returning pirate gear you may have missed!

Relive the Delta Vault Battle!

Visit the War Memorial in the Infernal Mines to challenge a simulation of the Delta Vault from the original Infernal War! While Baelius' original diabolical design required an entire army to breach, this version can be bested in single combat. Since the level cap and power levels are higher now than in those days of Delta, a new Legendary variation is available to test your might against an opponent the best duelists of the day would struggle to defeat! As if the honor of triumph and a shiny new achievement weren't enough, the Legendary Vault is holding some treasures in the form of rare armor drops!

New Items

The War Memorial is also dispensing new throwbacks that the Infernal War, grenades! Available as equitable cores, these limited skills can provide interesting strategies to throw your opponents off guard and turn the tide of battle. No duelist should leave the mines without one! Lawman's orders!

• Soldier's Grenade P x25
  • Compact grenade dealing 120% Physical damage.
• Soldier's Grenade E x25
  • Compact grenade dealing 120% Energy damage.
• Om Nom Bomb P x25
  • Summon a swarm to attack target and absorb 35% Physical damage to HP.
• Om Nom Bomb E x25
  • Summon a swarm to attack target and absorb 35% Energy damage to HP.
• Magma Grenade P x25
  • Physical grenade that lowers defenses by an increasing amount (1.5 per level) for 4 turns.
• Magma Grenade E x25
  • Energy grenade that lowers defenses by an increasing amount (1.5 per level) for 4 turns.
• 4234 Short Circuit Grenade P x25
  • A grenade that deals Physical damage and puts a random skill into Cooldown.
• Short Circuit Grenade E x25
  • A grenade that deals Energy damage and puts a random skill into Cooldown.
• Crystal Grenade x25
  • A grenade that reduces the target's energy by 40% of normal strike damage.
• Stalagrenade P x25
  • Hardened Physical grenade that ignores 25% Defense with 10% Crit chance.
• Stalagrenade E x25
  • Hardened Energy grenade that ignores 25% Defense with 10% Crit chance.
• Hammer Grenade P x25
  • 85% Physical damage that removes armor for 2 rounds.
• Hammer Grenade E x25
  • 85% Energy damage that removes armor for 2 rounds.

One new core is now available at VendBots to help provide a sidearm-based counterattack for Credit-only players against healing builds.

• Piercing Shot
  • Reduce defense/resistance 10% and healing 20% for 3 turns.

Hairstyles

To match the Legendary Delta Vault's drops, everyone will have access to 3 new styles! You're not afraid of bugs are you?

Balance

• Cyber Hunter:
  • Plasma Grenade: Stat requirement Dexterity starting at 15 and increase 2 per level with a max of 33.
  • Gene Augment: Move req max 42 Dexterity instead of Support

• Cores:
  • Revitalization: Now heals for a maximum of 1700 HP. Legendary points can increase this cap. The skill can be impacted by healing reduction cores like Hatchling Rush and Shell Shocker.
  • Tranquility: HP cap raised to 650

Enjoy your long weekend, Duelists! We'll be taking a break next week then returning in force the week after with a NEW promotional package! Also, the bonus Varium that's come with all the top packages since Spring will be ending September 14! Have a great weekend and Duel On!

Tags: Nightwraith