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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 28, 2021 Cosmic Carnage Finale The Endless has spoken! It has received your sacrifice and deemed it...good! Congratulations to Naruto for claiming the top Platinum prize in the Cosmic Carnage Tournament. This week-long gauntlet was an intense trial in which only the best, most dedicated duelists could triumph. If you made it to the top-50, you are indeed worthy of The Endless' blessing! As of this writing all prizes have been fully distributed. During the Tyrant's Trial Tournament, we were very generous with the prizes to celebrate the launch of the feature. It seems this one-time bonus became an expected practice. We certainly don't want any hurt feelings so we've buffed the prize pools. Next time, to avoid disappointment, we will be crystal clear what all the tiers can expect to receive upon victory. Platinum Tier Ascended Cosmic Eviscerator CC Ascended Cosmic Eviscerator Cosmic Eviscerator Scythe P CC Cosmic Eviscerator Scythe E CC Cosmic Eviscerator Bike CC The Endless Bank (Home Item) Cosmic Carnage Platinum (Home Item) Crowned Cosmic Eviscerator Hairstyle Gold Tier Cosmic Eviscerator Cannon E Cosmic Eviscerator Cannon P Cosmic Destroyer P Cosmic Destroyer E Cosmic Eviscerator Sword P Cosmic Eviscerator Sword E Silver Tier Cosmic Eviscerator Armor CC Cosmic Eviscerator Magnum P Cosmic Eviscerator Magnum E Bronze Tier Cosmic Eviscerator Armor Cosmic Eviscerator Scythe P Cosmic Eviscerator Scythe E ALL Ticket Owners Cosmic Eviscerator Pistol P Cosmic Eviscerator Pistol E Cosmic Eviscerator Rifle P Cosmic Eviscerator Rifle E Cosmic Eviscerator Bike Thank you all again for your participation! Tags: Nightwraith

	October 22, 2021 Cosmic Carnage Continues All things must come to an end and the Cosmic Carnage Tournament is nearing it's conclusion. At 12:00 A.M Monday morning (EST), the tournament will conclude and prizes will be awarded to the tiers automatically. If you're not yet on the leaderboard, there's still time to secure your place! If you cannot, all is not lost, for The Endless may yet show mercy and reward those who were brave enough to participate! Achievements The Code Crafter achievement will receive 2 more evolutions for higher code redemption thresholds. Divine Leg. Code Crafter - 85,000 God-like Leg. Code Crafter - 100,000 Coming Attractions This update may be small, but there's much more epic content on the horizon! Tags: Nightwraith

	October 20, 2021 Artix Entertainment's Pumpkin Carving Contest: 2021 Edition! Can you... SQUASH... the competition?! … Ok, at this point maybe “Fall Food Decorating Contest” is more appropriate, but it just doesn’t have the same ring. BUT on to the contest! Do you have what it takes to carve the best EpicDuel-themed pumpkin in all of Lore? How skilled are you in the fine arts of squash carnage? Are you able to duel-wield a camera and a carved ear of corn at the same time? If so, this contest is perfect for you! Attention all ye who wish to enter…this contest: Mogloween is drawing ever near, so we need pumpkin-carving masters to take on this challenge! Mogloween mog-luh-ween; noun The evening of October 31 in Lore; celebrated in the month of October; observed especially by Heroes in costumes who solicit treats, and candy. Prize Details There will be ONE Grand Prize winner, who shall receive 2000 ArtixPoints 2nd Place Winners will get 1000 ArtixPoints 3rd Place Winners will get 700 ArtixPoints Runner Ups will get 500 ArtixPoints If you go Above and Beyond, we shall award you accordingly ;) Contest Timeframe The contest will range from today, October 20th until 11:59pm EST on Sunday, October 31st. The winners will be announced the following week on the Design Notes. Contest Rules To be considered, all entries must: Include your game character name and the year (2021) visually displayed somewhere within the picture or video The game character name in the picture must be tied to an Artix account to receive a prize Must not use digitally altered art (so no photoshopping) - we want to see what you can do offline! Be themed on any Artix game, character, monster, etc Be posted to the AE_Contests Twitter account The photo of your pumpkin must be of the highest quality—the bigger and more clear the picture, the better! One entry per person You are welcome to think outside the box and submit other non-pumpkin creative entries for our consideration… but carved pumpkins and gourds are what we want to feature! So you COULD... Paint a pumpkin Dress an ear of corn Carve a pumpkin pie Build a diorama featuring acorn squash … the possibilities are endless Reminders Please don’t spam your entry or you will be disqualified! You can only win once per person! A true hero is a good sportsman -- we reserve the right to reward excellent examples of good sportsmanship or remove entries for abusive behavior towards staff or other contest participants. As always, entries that WOW us and go above and beyond, displaying true effort or creativity, will get extra-special attention (or prizes)! Good Luck! On behalf of the entire AE team, we are really looking forward to seeing your creativity carved into pumpkins… or gourds… or apples (?!)! Will you win the Grand Prize? There is only one way to find out—submit your photo today! Tags: Artix

	October 15, 2021 Cosmic Carnage Begins! Cosmic Carnage Tournament BEGINS! Today is the day! EpicDuel's second tournament of 2021 officially starts today! Visit The Endless to purchase a Cosmic Carnage Ticket or standby to view the official start time of the tournament. Prepare for battle! Prepare for Cosmic Carnage! The tournament will officially start shortly after today's release and will last until the end of the day Sunday October 24! Epic Gleam Giveaway Want a chance to receive free rewards for completing a few basic tasks? EpicDuel, along with other Artix Entertainment games, is participating in a new Gleam.io event in which you can enter by doing very basic things like following our Facebook page or entering a super-secret hidden code that will be impossible to find. SUPER ULTRA SPECIAL SECRET CODE DO NOT STEAL: EPIC Whoops! Anyway, you can find the list of tasks here at EpicDuel's Official Gleam.io page! Core Changes Sea King’s Spirit: Cooldown lowered to 4 since initial energy gain was nerfed New Achievements To Boldly Go: Cap. Kirk goes to space for real on 10-13-2021 New Styles The style shop is rolling out an exciting supply of new styles to help you get into a competitive mood and dominate your foes! 342 Cosmic Hood 343 Cosmic Hood CC 344 Cosmic Mane 345 Cosmic Mane CC 346 Circle Mask 347 Triangle Mask 348 Square Mask 349 Frontman Mask Tags: Nightwraith

	October 08, 2021 Cosmic Carnage 2021 Cosmic Carnage Tournament A chilling breeze blows across the barren surface of Delta V as with a faint voice whispers that a new tournament looms on the horizon. Visit The Endless, the incarnation of death, the cosmos, and everything, to purchase entry into EpicDuel's latest tournament: Cosmic Carnage! The tournament will officially start after a release Friday October 15 and will last until the end of the day Sunday October 24! Epic Giveaway Want a chance to receive free rewards for completing a few basic tasks? EpicDuel, along with other Artix Entertainment games, is participating in a new Gleam.io event in which you can enter by doing very basic things like following our Facebook page or entering a super-secret hidden code that will be impossible to find. SUPER ULTRA SPECIAL SECRET CODE DO NOT STEAL: EPIC Whoops! Anyway, you can find the list of tasks here at EpicDuel's Official Gleam.io page! Balance Mercenary Artillery Strike: Added 30% HP regen from damage to one target Tech Mage Nanotech Shield: Reduce max % to 10% from 15% Battery Backup: Cooldown increased to 5 Cyber Hunter Proton Cannon: Improve with Support instead of Technology Core Changes Icy Overkill (Sidearm): Add +10% damage Icy Overkill (Aux): Add +10% damage Hunter’s Mark: Reduce block chance to 20% Sea King’s Spirit: Initial energy gain formula change (Armor Resistance x 1) + 50 Thrown Shot: Heal lowered from 500 to 450 Lifeline: Heal lowered from 250 to 225. Generator: Energy restored = (Armor Resistance x 3) + 50 Energy Booster: Energy gain increased to 400 Minor Health Reserve x25: Heal rate increased (Defense x 3) + 50 Energy Reserve x25: (Armor Resistance x 4.25) + 50 Minor Energy Reserve x25: (Armor Resistance x 3.5) + 50 Piercing Shot: Removed warmup Growth Serum: 25% Rage bonus to it to simulate an attack by the user; energy cost raised to 120 Critical Heal (Armor): Increased from 20% to 30% NPC AI Upgrade To spice up high level NPC fights and Juggernaut matches, the following NPCs have been given additional skills to deploy against human duelists. Snork Gamma Guard Overlord Guard Frost Demon The Lawman Valestra Lionhart Soldier (lvl 30) Valery Exile Soldier (lvl 29) Electro Hazard Heavy Mechachillid (lvl 29) Heavy Mechachillid (lvl 34) Void Creature (lvl 30) Yeti Hulk (lvl 30) Administrator 12 Dragonoid Spawn (lvl 30) Pirate Soldier (lvl 30) Pirate Soldier (lvl 35) We've also added some new level 30 versions of notorious boss NPCs to add some spice when human players are unavailable. Caden Slayer Nightwraith Titan Big Tuna Charfade Rabblefroth Bareknuckle Legends Attention Legends! New items are available at the Epic Legendary Arsenal! Bareknuckle Full Armor (invisible body and no head) Bareknuckle Body Armor (invisible body but shows head) New Achievements NFTeaser: Worthless SWF or an investment in the future of art? Big Show 2021: Available for sale during the Big Show 2021. Tags: Nightwraith

	October 01, 2021 Pirate's Bounty 2021 EpicDuel is back with a brand new update packed with weapons and a pirate's trove of new daily missions! Pirate's Bounty 2021 Visit Ishmael to check out his inventory of the new Kraken King weapon set, crafted by Bido! Kraken King Calibur P Kraken King Calibur E Kraken King Cutters P Kraken King Cutters E Kraken King Axe P Kraken King Axe E Kraken King Staff P Kraken King Staff E Kraken King Blaster P Kraken King Blaster E Kraken King Bow P Kraken King Bow E Kraken King Calibur P CC Kraken King Calibur E CC New Daily Missions Because daily missions should give everyone a compelling reason to return to EpicDuel often, we've added over 50 new daily missions. These won't all be available at the same time, but each day you will be served some compelling new challenges with exquisite rewards! Remember to log in daily to see what awaits! Cleansing Paradise Tag Team Tribulations Beach Bash Mine Mecha Maintenance Three Kings Habuki's Honor Lawman's Orders Restoring Order Sowing Chaos Hazardous Bounties Exotic Bounties Dual Bounties Nightmare Bounties Core Changes Skull Cracker: Damage no longer buffed by passive skills like Deadly Aim Mastery Cores: Instead of fixed damage buff, increases damage 10% Minor Exile Strike: Played incorrect attack animation [BUG FIX] As of this update multiple copies of cores can be purchased from vendors. Bot Fighter 3000 To continue the fight against botting programs, we've added a new random close button to the battle over screen, in addition to a color randomizers. This solution creates accessibility issues, but it should slow down bots until a more robust solution can be found. Tags: Nightwraith