EpicDuel PVP Game Design Notes

February 17, 2025

Early this morning, it was brought to our attention that some were seeing Omega items for sale in the buyback shop. After some frantic, but thorough investigation, we finally determined exactly what was going on.

Months ago we updated the buyback shop to include Omega Gear because some people had lost their Omega cores. If you recall, there was a brief period of time when the Omega cores could be removed, but instead of returning to your inventory as they should, they were destroyed.

However, the requirements for Omega buyback were too broad. If you bought 10,000 Varium during the time of the Omega promotions, you would see the gear in the buyback shop even if you didn't buy the Omega packages. Something similar happened with the Delta Gear when the buyback shop was first released. Fortunately, very few people have taken advantage of this so far, which makes sense considering you had to be around in 2012-2013 and purchased a lot of Varium within a narrow time window.

An additional side effect of that Omega buyback update was that people were also able to see Omega cores in their buyback shops if they owned the 2018 editions of the items.

To remedy this issue. We removed all Omega items from the buyback shops unless it was an item you purchased with Varium and sold. Since they cannot be sold, there's not really a reason to include them. For those who were able to purchase the Omega items while they were available: fortunately this issue was limited due to the strict requirements of the shop. Only characters who purchased 10,000 Varium while the Omega packages were available (2012-2013) would see them in the shop. Since these few people *did* support EpicDuel during the time of the Omega packages by purchasing a quantity of Varium equivalent to the price of the Omega Gear, and because this was a mistake on our part, we will allow these limited of purchases to stand.

Again, we are sorry for the inconvenience and confusion this caused. We spent all morning scrambing to figure out exactly what was going on and how it was occurring. Fortunately, the problem was very limited to about 5 people due to the restrictive requirements. 

Tags: Nightwraith

February 14, 2025

Nulgath Nation Arrives

Nulgath the Overfiend has finally arrived on Delta V in physical form! Fortunately, rather than wage an unholy war on the citizens on this humble mining colony, he's extending a clawed hand in the name of the universal language, COMMERCE! Welcome this new friend (or fiend) to Delta V by patronizing his shop filled with new seasonal rares, including some new limited quantity items!

• Voidseeker Katana P
• Voidseeker Katana E
• Voidseeker Cleaver P
• Voidseeker Cleaver E
• Voidseeker Dagger P
• Voidseeker Dagger E
• Voidseeker Champion P
• Voidseeker Champion E
• Frost Void Slayer P
• Frost Void Slayer E
• Frost Void Spear P
• Frost Void Spear E
• Frost Void Hatchet P
• Frost Void Hatchet E
• Oni Slayer Katana P
• Oni Slayer Katana E
• Void Shadow Cleaver P
• Void Shadow Cleaver E
• Malakai Katana P
• Malakai Katana E
• Malakai Katana CC P
• Malakai Katana CC E
• Oni Slayer Katana CC P
• Oni Slayer Katana CC E

This is just a taste of Nulgath's full arsenal. Even more weapons are set to release next week!

Epic Silver Ingot Missions

With this update, with a few exceptions, the Secret Packages have been converted to Epic Golden Ingots, and the Silver Secret Packages have been converted to Epic Silver Ingots. What should you do with these items? Visit the Krampus Trader in Frysteland to take on returning daily missions to convert these cold, hard ingots into cold, hard Credits!

Alpha-Omega Valkyrie Styles Unlocked

New styles to complement the Alpha-Omega Valkyrie gear have finally unlocked! While most of these are available for Credits or Varium, style 866-869 are exclusive to those with a Gifting score of 200,000 or higher!

Gifting Prize Update

New gifting prizes for Atlas, Mandatory, and Lele went out this release. Although Lodrian and I are making steady progress, we still have many more prizes to go! We thank the Gifters and the wider EpicDuel community for your patience as we work to reward the profound generosity of 2024's top Gifters!

Tags: Nightwraith

February 07, 2025

Gifting prizes are still underway, but that doesn't mean we don't have time to cook up a few extra entrées in the kitchen. Unfortunately, we weren't able to make enough progress to justify a release this week, but next week, we'll release a new batch of Nulgath weapons to EpicDuel!

Seasonal Reset

All seasonal rares will be reset to their normal time after an update next Friday. Usually we reset them right after Gifting, but we wanted to make sure everyone had ample warning to quickly complete their weapon collections.

Ultra Corsair Promo Going Rare

The Ultra Corsair Promo will be removed from the Varium shop next Friday. If you haven't purchased this promo to claim the rare achievement, you still have some time!

Upcoming Nulgath Items

Next week, we're planning to launch a ton of new Nulgath items! We know Nulgath has fans across all AE games, and we didn't want EpicDuel to be left out of his birthday celebration!

Battlepass Progress

In addition to working on the Gifter rewards, Acatriel is also developing the new Azrael's Doomslayer Battlepass! This Battlepass will replace the Deltamancer Showcase when it is released in March.

Tags: Nightwraith

February 04, 2025

EpicDuel just rebooted for the following fix:

• The Energy Reserve unlimited core would revert to the x25 limited version of the core after being removed and re-equipped to an item. This update fixes that bug.
• This was happening due to a code overlap between the 2 cores, but they have now been fully separated.
• In addition to fixing that bug, anyone who purchased the unlimited version of Energy Reserve will receive the difference in Varium between the limited and unlimited cores (400 Varium) per purchase of Energy Reserve (unlimited).

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Tags: Nightwraith

January 31, 2025

This week, we are finally distributing the Alpha-Omega Valkyrie bot! This epic, rare bot has been awarded to all Gifters who scored over 250,000 in the 2024 Gifting season! If you are among those lucky few, congratulations, and enjoy your well-earned exclusive bot!

• Alpha-Omega Valkyrie P:
  • Valhalla Charge P: Strike the ground with holy light, ignoring 20% defense.
  • Asgard's Fury P: Deal more damage based on target's missing Energy; +1% per 5% up to 120% dmg. The less energy the target has, the higher the damage dealt.
• Alpha-Omega Valkyrie E:
  • Valhalla Charge E: Strike the ground with holy light, ignoring 20% defense.
  • Asgard's Fury E: Deal more damage based on target's missing Energy; +1% per 5% up to 120% dmg. The less energy the target has, the higher the damage dealt.

Secret / Silver Secret Packages Unwrapped

The Secret and Silver Secret Packages have finally opened! Enjoy your bounty of rare prizes from another epic Gifting season! There may be a slight delay on this process so if you have a package, but no items, you may need to relog after a few minutes. The packages have not yet been converted to Ingots because still are still a few packages yet to be distributed.

Silver Secret Package

• Omegatron Armor B (Armor)
• Omegatron Armor B CC (Armor)
• Omegatron Armor C (Armor)
• Omegatron Armor C CC (Armor)
• Omegatron Slayer P (Weapon)
• Omegatron Slayer E (Weapon)
• Omegatron Blaster P (Weapon)
• Omegatron Blaster E (Weapon)
• Omegatron Bike (Vehicle)

Secret Package

• Omegatron Armor A (Armor)
• Omegatron Armor A CC (Armor)
• Omegatron Omegalith P (Weapon) (changed from Omegatron Dagger because the design matched new name better)
• Omegatron Omegalith E (Weapon) (changed from Omegatron Dagger because the design matched new name better)
• Omegatron Railgun P (Weapon)
• Omegatron Railgun E (Weapon)
• Omegatron Destroyer P (Weapon)
• Omegatron Destroyer E (Weapon)
• Omegatron Scythe P (Weapon)
• Omegatron Scythe E (Weapon)
• Omegatron Obliterator P (Weapon)
• Omegatron Obliterator E (Weapon)
• Omegatron Bike CC (Vehicle)

Gifter Prize Progress

We are still diligently working on completing the prizes for the 2024 Gifting winners. More prizes went out this week, and with the combined forces of Nightwraith and Lodrian, next week should be much more bountiful for our very patient and generous Gifting champions!

Faction Membership Boost

The Faction member size cap has been raised to 25 this week from 20! We think this is probably as large as Factions can be with the current state of the game so we have no plans to raise the cap again for the foreseeable future.

Tags: Nightwraith

January 24, 2025

(EpicDuel) War Resumes

Gifting is over, but the 2025 fun is just beginning! Login now to battle it out in the first EpicDuel War of 2025! At long last, EpicDuel's Alignment War will resume with this update. Since EpicDuel can't run a War and Gifting simultaneously, the UI has been updated to replace the Gifting interface with the familiar War interface. The latest War should start shortly after this update. May the war drops be in your favor and your super-bombs hit for maximum damage!

Gifting Progress Update

So far, nearly all the Gifting winners have been contacted and prize progress has at least been started, if not completed, on several items. As stated already, this season has a much higher number of prizes than any previous season. The top 3 alone qualified for more prizes than the entire top 15 in 2018! Still, we are working diligently to fulfill these requests one-by-one. It's a heavy workload, but we are thankful for the patience and trust we have cultivated with our top Gifters, who understand that a rushed gift is much worse than a late one.

This update will see several freshly created gifts going out to the winners. You'll certainly notice and appreciate the spectacle and creativity involved in these unique creations! 

Gifting Secret Packages

The Secret and Silver Secret Packages will open soon, but we are still waiting on a few allocations before opening them. It's vastly more efficient to open them all at once than one at a time, which can take hours and is prone to errors (because Nightwraith can't read). That said, we are planning on opening all outstanding packages next Friday January 31st. If packages are still unallocated, they will remain for awhile longer to accommodate stragglers. Additionally, instead of converting the excess packages directly into Credits, we will convert them into Gold and Silver Ingots. These will be redeemable in daily missions. The missions will remain in rotation for a time until the majority of the items are turned in. 

Alpha-Omega Valkyrie Progress

The bot and morph have recently been turned in by Lodrian and they are spectacular! Once these are finalized next week, they will be distributed to all who qualify for them! We will formally announce when this happens so you can all check your inventories for the new loot!

Tags: Nightwraith