EpicDuel PVP Game Design Notes

September 17, 2021

Balance and big rewards are ready your enjoyment in this epic update!

Balance

Our classes were in dangerous need of balance changes, and these changes should bring some improvements to the performance of Tech Mages and Cyber Hunters.

• Tactical Mercenary:
  • Frenzy: Removed stun chance; increased cooldown to 5 turns
  • Adrenaline Rush: Added 20% stun chance
  • Mineral Armor: Changed stat requirements to Support from Dexterity
• Tech Mage
  • Reroute: Replaced with the skill Battery Backup
  • Nanotech Shield: Changed to passive and added 5% fixed increase of all base stats:
    Level 1: 6% Damage Reduction
    Level 2: 7% Damage Reduction
    Level 3: 8% Damage Reduction
    Level 4: 9% Damage Reduction
    Level 5: 10% Damage Reduction
    Level 6: 11% Damage Reduction
    Level 7: 12% Damage Reduction
    Level 8: 13% Damage Reduction
    Level 9: 14% Damage Reduction
    Level 10: 15% Damage Reduction
• Assimilation: Lowered energy absorption to 90% from 100%; increased the base energy values by 15 points per level
• Cyber Hunter:
  • Plasma Armor: Changed Stat requirements to Support from Tech
  • Neurotoxin: Replaced with Malfunction, now known as Kernel Panic; improves with every 4.3 Support, with every 2 levels above 20

Roman's Infernal Aftermath

Did you complete Roman's Infernal Pursuit missions? Congratulations! Unfortunately, as of this update, these missions will be rare. However, the Mysterious Man boss can now be challenged by all for one more week!

Cores Inventory Changes

Because having the right core on the right piece of gear can be the different between a narrow defeat and victory, as of this update, no more cores should be limited quantity and will be in-stock all year long.

Big Money!

The old credit cap of 300 has been lifted on battle victories. Also, to encourage the 2v2 battle mode, the 2v2 multiplier on rewards has been greatly increased!

Daily Mission Improvements

Another method for earning quick credits has been completing missions. For the longest time, our daily missions were limited to 1 or 2 per day. This cap has been increased along with the reward amounts for completing these daily challenges. This opens up a great opportunity to add fresh daily missions to keep the available daily activities interesting and profitable!

Leaderboard Culling

If you viewed any of the All-time leaderboards, you're probably used to seeing the same faces for as long as you've been playing. Though the achievements of these EpicDuel legends are commendable, it can be discouraging for currently active players to see records that could take years to break. To address this issue, we'll be culling many of the All-time leaderboards based on the latest active date. Anyone who hasn't logged in since 2019 will be culled from the boards. If the called players want to see their names restored, all they need to do is log in!

Item Fixes and Adjustments

Infernal Surge, an armor core, was incorrectly available on primary weapons. Because of this, several players have this core equipped on their primary weapons. To fix this, we're removing the cores from the affected weapons and reinserting them into the inventory.

Also, the Infernal Frostbane and Barrens Battlegear P were missing their base weapon damage. This will be fixed as of this update.

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September 11, 2021

For years the Afterlife, a realm accessible thanks to Baelius and Alydriah's reckless experiments with portal technology, has housed a mysterious figure known only as "The Mysterious Man." This entity has been content to watch Delta V from the abyss, but now he's finally ready to propose a bargain too enticing to pass up. 

Roman's Infernal Pursuit

Visit the Mysterious Man in the Afterlife region to begin a news mission chain to obtain Roman's rare Gamma Bot replica. These mission will offer substantial rewards and offer interesting new challenges. To complete them all and earn the ultimate prize, you'll need to be at peak dueling form. These missions and their amazing rewards will only be available for a limited time! 

So Long Seasonals (For Real)

Next week the seasonal rares will return to their regular schedule after being available for a couple months already. This latest batch of missions is loaded with Credit rewards, so it's a perfect opportunity to stock up!

Also, the Summer Varium bonus will officially be ending next Friday when the next update goes live. The weapon promo will go from 12,000 Varium to 10,000 Varium and the Varium-only pack will go from 15,000 back to 12,000.

Core Changes

• Limited Quantity status removed from VendBot cores
• Minor Absorption core moved to Edgar Boothe

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September 03, 2021

Digital X's Celtic Creation

Visit Oz in Central Station to begin an epic new quest courtesy of Digital X: Celtic Conditioning. After you've warmed up, you'll need to travel throughout Delta V to claim your ultimate prize: Digital X's Replica Bot. Only a limited quantity will be available so, in this case, a quick duelist is a lucky duelist!

Santa's Snowy Souvenir

If you were lucky enough to claim Digital X's replica, there are still more treats awaiting you in this update! Visit the lonely level 1 City Guard in Central Station to undertake a mission to claim GodOfSanta Azrael's Bane Replica! Be warned: he won't give up the sword without a fight...many, many fights! This mission will only be available for a week, so you'll need to work quickly to part the lonesome guard from his treasure.

Coming Soon: Roman's Inferno

Releasing these gifting prizes through quests and limited shops have been extremely popular, and we're not done yet! Next week, a major threat will emerge from the Afterlife that will require defeating a very old, very powerful entity. The challenge will be great, but the prizes will be greater!

Core Location Changes

For the sake of consistency with vendor locations between Credit and Varium-only cores, several Minor cores have been relocated from the Vendbot to the same NPC as the Varium version. Also, because cores are so integral to maintaining a competitive strategy, seasonal cores will be available all year as limited quantity cores!

• Moved from VendBot to Alydroid
  • Azrael's Will x25
  • Azrael's Torment x25
  • Minor Mark of Azrael
• Moved from VendBot to Administrator 10
  • Minor Improbability Gate
• Moved From VendBot to Xraal
  • Minor Thorn Assault E
• Moved from VendBot to Light Mechachillid
  • Minor Massive Strike
• Moved from VendBot to Exile Leader
  • Minor Exile Strike
• Moved from VendBot to Administrator 10
  • Minor Legion Strike
• Added to Deuce
  • Radiation Burn
• Added to Ishmael
  • Poison Barbs

Core Changes

It seems Delta V's grenades needed a bit more "punch"! These buffs should improve the viability of Varium and Credit versions of the grenade/bomb cores.

• Crystal Grenade x25:
  • Varium version: 40% → 50% energy drain
  • Credit version: 25% → 40% energy drain
• Short Circuit Grenade x25:
  • Varium version: 100% → 115% initial damage
  • Credit version: 75% → 105% initial damage
• Stalagrenade x25:
  • Varium version: 25% → 30% defense ignore; 10% → 15% crit chance
  • Credit version: 15% → 20% defense ignore; 10% → 15% crit chance
• Hammer Grenade x25:
  • Varium version: 2 → 3 turn armor removal; 85% → 100% initial damage
  • Credit version: 2 → 3 turn armor removal; 60% → 85% initial damage
• Magma Grenade x25:
  • Varium version: Match strength of Necrosis (2.4)
  • Credit version: Match previous strength of Varium version (1.5)
• Om Nom Bomb:
  • Varium version: 35% → 60% lifesteal
  • Credit version: 20% → 50% lifesteal

In addition to changing grenades, we've also adjusted a core in Titan's promo.

• Titan's Shroud:
  
  • The core was designed to increase the resistance to Deflection damage, but this was overtuned. The damage reduction on Deflections was decreased.

Quality of Life:

After a long absence, the Player Ignore feature has been restored to the player stats panel. You can use this to select another player and avoid seeing their chat in game. This should be helpful for dealing with spammers without enabling the "Mute All Chat" feature in the Settings menu. One limitation of this feature is that this will only last for a single online session -- logging out will reset the list and previously ignored players will need to be ignored again if they are encountered again. 

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