EpicDuel PVP Game Design Notes

October 11, 2024

New Hallowed Seasonal Rares

Spooky season is here in EpicDuel with returning seasonal rares and brand new seasonal rares available at Bido!

• Bido's Hallowed Greatsword P
• Bido's Hallowed Greatsword E
• Bido's Hallowed Scythe P
• Bido's Hallowed Scythe E
• Bido's Hallowed Blades P
• Bido's Hallowed Blades E
• Bido's Hallowed Axe P
• Bido's Hallowed Axe E
• Bido's Hallowed Staff P
• Bido's Hallowed Staff E
• Bido's Hallowed Spear P
• Bido's Hallowed Spear E

Other seasonal rares are also available at Snork and Caden!

HalloWarrior 4.0

The new HalloWarrior 4.0 achievement is now available from the seasonal section of the achievement shop!

Deltamancer Preview

The Kaiju Slayer Battlepass is still fresh, but the next Battlepass is currently in development. Look for the Deltamancer set to release early in December!

If you haven't started the latest Battlepass, don't worry! You should still have plenty of time to complete the current one before the next goes live (but don't wait too long, of course!).

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October 04, 2024

The Kaiju Slayer Showcase Battlepass is NOW LIVE! Login now to earn the latest collection of kaiju-themed weapons, armors, morphs, bots, and more crafted with care by Acatriel!

For this season, we're giving those who can only complete the basic Battlepass more opportunities to collect items previously reserved for the Enhanced Battlepass such as robots and color custom items. The Enhanced Battlepass will offer these items sooner, but those dedicated enough can claim them through the Basic Battlepass eventually.

Good luck and happy dueling to reach level 60 of EpicDuel's latest Battlepass season!

So you all know what you're getting into with the new bots available in this season, the skill descriptions are listed below:

• Kaijuzilla P
  • Kaijuzilla Tail Slash P: Physical tail slash with 20% defense ignore.
    Kaijuzilla Nuclear Breath P: Beam dealing 150% MP dmg., 20% MP gain. Target MP recovers 50% over 5 rounds. The idea behind this skill is to act as an MP nuke that hits hard initially, but recovers over time. Initial MP damage is based on actual damage, while recovered MP is based on gross damage so it's possible for the target to eventually recover more MP than was initially taken.
• Kaijuzilla E
  • Kaijuzilla Tail Slash E: Energy tail slash with 20% defense ignore.
  • Kaijuzilla Nuclear Breath E: Beam dealing 150% MP dmg., 20% MP gain. Target MP recovers 50% over 5 rounds. The idea behind this skill is to act as an MP nuke that hits hard initially, but recovers over time. Initial MP damage is based on actual damage, while recovered MP is based on gross damage so it's possible for the target to eventually recover more MP than was initially taken.

Balance Changes

• Cores:
  • Health Booster: 350 HP -- > 400 HP
  • Energy Storm: Single use
  • Tranquility: 450 HP -- > 550 HP
• Blood Mage:
  • Fire Scythe: 105% damage ---> 110% damage
  • Energy Parasite: Depletes initial 150 Energy instead of 50 Energy
• Tech Mage:
  • Malfunction: Improves with Dexterity instead of Support
  • Assimilation: 85% damage
• Tactical Mercenary:
  • Toxic Grenade: Improves with Strength instead of Support
  • Crippling Strike: 115% damage

Other Changes

• NPC-only skills now available for 20,000 Credits.

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September 20, 2024

Progress Report

This week has been a busy one keeping up with requests to distribute Gifting items while working on the new Battlepass, but we're finally ready to announce the launch date for the next BP: The Kaiju Slayer Battlepass will launch Friday, October 4th. If you're still grinding through it or haven't started yet, you still have time to complete the current Nanotech Nightmare showcase!

Balance Changes

With this update, EpicDuel has ungone a massive update to item stats. We are essentially reverting the change made years ago that allows someone to allocate all points into one stat when upgrading and item. Previously, the limit was 40% of the stats available stats for an update. While this update was certainly interesting and changed balance dynamics, it led to out-of-control stat stacking. To revert this change, we will have to do a few major changes to roll back to the old system. Please pay attention, because this will probably affect you!

1. All upgraded items will be reset to 0 stats. This is inconvenient, especially if you've upgraded 100s of items, but it is the only way to do this change.

2. All items will be unlocked to the current level of their owner. This will allow all affected items to be upgraded for 100 Credits.

3. Everyone level 15 and over will be given 25,000 Credits to allow them to upgrade their items with minimal additional cost.

We apologize for this inconvenience, but this update will allow us to limit the impact of stat stacking going forward.

After logging in after this update, remember to update your equipped items so you can redistribute their stats before you battle!

Other core changes that have been implemented:

• Unbreakable heart: +45->+30
• Unbreakable Spirit: +45 -> +30
• Eternal Protection: +20 -> +15

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September 13, 2024

EpicDuel's latest update contains core/robot balance changes, war item influence changes, and new achievements, but it's only a appetizer for the main course: the Kaiju Slayer Battlepass which will be releasing at the end of September/early October.

War Item Influence Boost

War Bomb influence has been increased to a 50 point base (42-57 range) for regular drops. This should make using war items more impactful on influence scores while making super war items much more powerful.

Friday the 13th Returns

Friday the 13th seasonal rares are back! Visit Snork, Caden, and Dage to complete your collection!

Achievements

The following achievements have been added to the achievement shop:

• Big Show 2024
• Friday The 13th 2024

These new achievements will appear in the Seasonal section of the achievement shop for a limited time.

Balance Changes

Phantasm Blast: 25% Energy damage, increasing by 5% per turn, max 50%

Pyro Fly: Take any random active skill instead of just top 3

infernal Offering: 2 --> 1 turn duration (initial MP gain on use + 1 additional turn), increase mana from 150 to 180

infernal Prism: 3 --> 2 turn duration

Remember, you only have a few weeks left to complete the Nanotech Nightmare Battlepass before it's replaced with the Kaiju Slayer!

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September 06, 2024

EpicDuel is back with a new addition to its ArcadeBots: Jaguar Warrior! Will you be the first to claim all the new gear and reach the top of the Arcade's leaderboard?

NEW Jaguar Warrior Arcade

Seek out your nearest ArcadeBot (many are concentrated in Valestra's shop in Fortune City) to play the latest Arcade game: Jaguar Warrior! Use your Arcade Tokens to win the 20 new prizes!

• Jaguar Warrior Armor A
• Jaguar Warrior Armor B
• Jaguar Warrior Armor A CC
• Jaguar Warrior Armor B CC
• Jaguar Warrior Sword P
• Jaguar Warrior Sword E
• Jaguar Warrior Sword CC P
• Jaguar Warrior Sword CC E
• Macuahuitl P
• Macuahuitl E
• Jaguar Warrior Blades P
• Jaguar Warrior Blades E
• Jaguar Warrior Axe P
• Jaguar Warrior Axe E
• Jaguar Warrior Staff P
• Jaguar Warrior Staff E
• Jaguar Warrior Gun P
• Jaguar Warrior Gun E
• Jaguar Warrior Bow P
• Jaguar Warrior Bow E

Since this is a new Arcade game, it also comes with a new evolving achievement. Spend those Tokens to max out the new achievement to level 20! As you accumulate more rating points, you'll creep ever closer to the 10 new rating tiers!

Jaguar Warrior Styles

To complement the new Jaguar Warrior gear, we've added styles 805 - 810 to the style shop! Check them out to complete your look!

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August 28, 2024

This post is a blunt reminder of the new consequences of cheating, plus an important message about the 2023 Gifting perks and account security.

Updated Consequences of Cheating

Awhile ago, EpicDuel implemented a policy of resetting wins as a punishment for repeat offenders who attempt to cheat to boost their wins. Apparently, that policy was not nearly severe enough because we still saw repeat offenders who continue to cheat even after a reset. To escalate the penalty for multiple infractions of cheating, effective immediately, in addition to having wins reset in the battle mode in which the cheating occurred, there will be 3 additional punishments.

• The first change is that the wins from the battle mode that was reset will be subtracted from the main win tracking achievement. For example, if the character has 1000 Juggernaut wins reset, 1000 points would be deducted for their achievement.
• Second, the achievements that track 1v1, 2v2, and Juggernaut wins for each class will be deleted based on which battle mode was reset. For example, if Juggernaut wins were reset for a character, their Juggernaut class achievements would be removed.
• Third, since Influence is a character stat earned from wins, the character's personal Influence would be reduced based on the proportion of the wins that were reduced.

This may seem severe, but that is precisely the intention! Hopefully these additional consequences will give pause to anyone considering cheating in the future. Again, these new punishments are in effect immediately.

Gifting Perk Cutoff

One of the perks of this past year's Gifting event was awarding prizes to a select group of friends. Generously, or perhaps foolishly, I did not establish a limit on either the number of friends or how long this offer would remain open. I have noticed an uptick in reports about people attempting to scam Gifters by abusing this offer so I feel it is now necessary for a hard deadline. Friday, September 20th will be the final day for awarding Gifting prizes to friends for this past Gifting season. If you don't read or care about Design Notes posts, but still ask about sharing items after the cutoff, your request will be politely denied.

Scam Alert

As the holidays approach, this is also a good space to remind you all about account safety and protecting yourself from scams. If you don't remember when you last changed your password, now is a great time to do so. Also, make sure you are the sole owner of your account. A common way to lose control of your account is account sharing. Not only is it against the Terms of Service, but it also puts your account at great risk of being stolen and eventually disabled. If you use a public or shared computer to play EpicDuel, always fully close the launcher or browser window the game is being played on, and avoid using the "save login info" feature.

Protecting your account can be as simple as following a few rules: DO NOT share your password. DO NOT share your account. DO NOT try to sell accounts or items outside the game. The classic advice still applies: If someone offers you something that seems too good to be true, it probably is!

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