EpicDuel PVP Game Design Notes

June 11, 2019

Surprise! To get out ahead of the ongoing security updates to the servers, which did cause some downtime earlier today, we're rolling out some significant balance changes today! Currently, Mercenaries and Tactical Mercenaries are extremely power, partially due to passive shield bonuses like Hybrid Armor. Other classes that are underperforming due to lack of damage or limited build diversity will receive signifant buffs to make them more competative.

Balance Changes

• General
  • Field Medic: 3 turn cooldown

• Bount Hunter
  • Venom strike: Reduce cost -20; Cooldown 2; Poison 4 turns.   
  • Cheap shot: +3 % per lvl
  • Shadow Arts: Damage reduction added
  • Stun Grenade: Reduce energy cost 20; Improves with every .45 Dex instead of .5

• Mercenary
  • Hybrid Armor: Reduced Defense/Resistance % to 6-15% 
  • Surgical Strike: Improves with every .35 Tech instead of .3

• Tech Mage
  • Supercharge: Reduce cost -30 per lvl
  • Bludgeon : 20% Crit chance; Reduced cost -20
  • Plasma rain: Improves with every .35 Support instead of .4
  • Overload: Improves with every .4 Dex instead of .45
  • Malfunction: Improves with every 3.7 Dex instead of 2.4 Supp; Improves for every 2 levels over 20

• Cyber Hunter
  • Cheap Shot: +3 % per lvl
  • Venom Strike: Reduce cost -20; cooldown 2; Poison 4 turns 
  • Malfunction: Improves with every 3.7 Dex instead of 2.8 Supp; Improves for every 2 levels over 20 
  • Shadow Arts: Damage reduction added
  • Multi-shot: Improves with Dex

• Tactical Mercenary
  • Surgical Strike: Improves with every .35 Tech instead of .3
  • Poison grenade: Cooldown reduced to 2 turns; poison lasts for 4 turns
  • Stun Grenade: Reduce energy cost 20; Improves with every .35 Dex instead of .4

• Blood Mage
  • Supercharge: Reduce cost -30 per lvl
  • Fireball: Removed warm-up
  • Plasma rain: Improves with every .35 Support instead of .4
  • Overload: Improves with every .4 Dex instead of .45

Bug Fix

• Hairstyles
  
  • Male Bounty Hunter style 209 should now be purchaseable. 
  • Bug that prevents you from equipping a purchased style after a class change until you log out and back in again persists

Tags: Nightwraith