EpicDuel PVP Game Design Notes

July 03, 2020

Fireworks! Fireworks everywhere! New weapons, new cores, major core re-balancing, and a new achievement are coming this Independence Day Eve release!

New Command

To help aid the festivities this weekend, we've temporarily added a  /fireworks command to be used in the game chat. Try it! It's a blast!

New Items

New weapons and armors have been added to the Overlord Guard in the Overlord Facility. For those powerful enough to access the Exquisite Legendary Arsenal, a CC version of the Seraphic Inquisitor Armor is now available!

Overlord Guard

• Energy Stars and Stripes
• Energy Carrierzooka
• Fireworks Launcher P
• Fireworks Launcher E

Exquisite Legendary Arsenal

• Seraphic Inquisitor M CC
• Seraphic Inquisitor F CC

New Hairstyle

• Seraphic Inquisitor Helm CC

Home Items

• Classic Vendbot Bank
• Gold Vendbot Bank

Achievements

Open the achievement shop to claim the new 2020 edition of the Independence Day achievement!

• Independence Day 2
• Independence Day achievement removed from shop

New Cores

In order to make some underutilized Passive cores more tactically useful, we've created new "merged" cores that combine the traits of 2 other Passive cores into one.

• Ballistic Shield: +10% chance to deflect attacks, reduces damage when you deflect +20%
• Super Scope: -10% chance to be deflected, +20% damage when attack deflected

Balance

To increase the usefulness of underutilized cores and decrease the reliance on other passive cores, several passives have received crucial re-balancing. Ideally, this will lead to more build diversity as new effective strategies emerge.

• Cores:
  • Primary Master: +35 Damage, increased price to 10000 Credits, 395 Varium
  • Sidearm Mastery: +55 Damage, increased price to 10000 Credits, 395 Varium*
  • This core was bugged as it was and changed to give +4% Gun Damage**
  • This core was breaking Deadly Aim so it was changed to give +15% Crit
    
  • Auxiliary Mastery: +60 Damage, increased price to 10000 Credits, 395 Varium*
  • This core was bugged as it was and changed to give +15% Crit
  • Nanosteel Armor: Decreases the ignored defense of incoming critical strikes by 30% instead of 20%
  • Strength Boost: Lowered to +3 Strength from 4 except for Primary variant which remains +4 and has been renamed to Prime Strength Boost (New cost of Prime core is 8000 Credits, 295 Varium)
  • Dexterity Boost: Lowered to +3 Dexterity from 4 except for Sidearm variant which remains +4 and has been renamed to Prime Dexterity Boost (New cost of Prime core is 8000 Credits, 295 Varium)
  • Technology Boost: Lowered to +3 Technology from 4 except for Armor variant which remains +4 and has been renamed to Prime Technology Boost (New cost of Prime core is 8000 Credits, 295 Varium)
  • Support Boost: Lowered to +3 Support from 4 except for Auxiliary variant which remains +4 and has been renamed to Prime Support Boost (New cost of Prime core is 8000 Credits, 295 Varium)
  • Eternal Enhance: +4 Strength, Dexterity, Technology, and Support
• Blood Mage:
  • Brutal Strike: Removed staff requirement

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