EpicDuel PVP Game Design Notes

June 08, 2012

Loyalty is the Key

As we improve the War system, we will be introducing new and exciting features to differentiate the alignments without disrupting game balance.  One of these features is a Legion and Exile shop to reward alignment loyalty which can be accessed with a special key.  Our new volunteer artist Disturbed has created a grand cache of Infernal weapons to reward the loyalty of Legion and Exile players.  

But how do you acquire these weapons?  You will need to turn in FOUR Blueprint scraps to either Silas or The Lawman.  Because there are now tons of mission in the game, I have located this handy-dandy list of missions that reward Blueprint Scraps!

Refined - Slayer

Dance, Puppets! Dance! - Alydriod

Toxic Love - Lepus

Impious Convictions - The Lawman

God Prefers a Heretic - Silas Auer

After you have gathered FOUR Blueprint scraps (they will be sellable later if you have too many for whatever reason), please report to either the Lawman or Silas for the mission "The Bigger Picture".  Completeing either mission will reward either an Exile Locker Key (Lawman) or Legion Locker Key (Silas).  This item will unlock a shop contained on either NPC offering exclusive alignment specific items.  

Remember, once you have completed the mission and turned in the scraps for a key, you CANNOT access the opposite alignment's shop.  We plan to update these shops as the war progresses. 

Because this system is new and we want everyone to be aware of how it works and where to get Blueprint scraps, we are delaying the release of these weapons until next week.  We also want to ensure that the servers are stable before introducing this new feature.  We had some setbacks this week, but next week we'll hit the war even harder to make up for lost time!

Faction Cannons

We still plan to remove the Faction Cannons until they can be adjusted for the new Faction system, but their removal will be delayed until next week.

Tags: Nightwraith Infernal Infiltration Weapons Disturbed Silas Lawman Blueprint Scraps

April 25, 2012

Livestream Out Loud!

First off, thank you to everyone who joined us on the EpicDuel developer livestream on Sunday. We had a lot of fun answering your questions as Nightwraith drew Jimminy Mole Cricket. Titan showed us the Derp Owl he drew (livestream commemorative item anyone?) as well as demonstrating the new purchasing system, where packages come with “bonus points” to allow players greater flexibility in choosing promotional items and credit bonuses with their package. We’re really excited about it, and it’s coming out for real this time (Titan was hurt enough by #smackTitan)! We also announced that the next big story arc is called the Infernal Infiltration Saga, with a revamped war system.

Delta Knight

During the stream, Nightwraith talked about the Delta Knight armor suggested by Reki, and he was excited about it. You were excited about it, he was excited about it... everyone’s excited about it! And Nightwraith’s been hard at work making it a reality!  That means this Friday, we will be introducing the class-changing Delta Knight armor (a different look for each class!) for sale in game and as part of a Promotional Package.

Mods Selected

Thank you to everyone who applied to be a moderator. We had the difficult task of going through all your applications and selecting the candidates we felt were best suited to the job. For those who weren’t selected: I’m so sorry that we could not offer you a position at this time. I hope you will continue to support ArtixEntertainment as a player even though you weren’t quite what we were looking for from staff. For those who were chosen: congratulations! You should be receiving an email from us soon with paperwork and such.

A Disturbing new development

A Warm Welcome to the newest member of EpicDuel’s development team! Disturbed has joined our team, and he’ll be helping out with artwork. Congrats, Disturbed, and welcome to the team!  Be sure to follow him on Twitter for his latest works in progress!

Cerberoz Livedraw this Wednesday at 4pm!

Join AQW this Wednesday at 4PM EST for Cerberoz's in-game live-draw event! We'll be taking your suggestions over Twitter about what he should draw so that you can see your input shape the item as it appears on the screen!

If you haven't joined us for an in-game LiveDraw event yet, here's what's going on:

You'll want to /join stream once the event starts and you'll be able to watch as one of AE's epic artists draws an item based on your real-time suggestions! That item will go into the Black Market shop in the /stream map and, once the art is polished up, the item will turn into the weapon you've just seen created!

AE heads to Relay for Life!

The world is made up of everyday heroes, and this weekend Artix Entertainment is joining a whole group of them as we race to find a cure to save lives in Relay for Life! We'll be walking, running, /stepdancing, and even /sambaing our way up, down, and around the track for 18 hours from Friday  to Saturday.

If you're in the area, /party up with us at the Charles S Rushe Middle School from 6PM Friday night to 12PM Saturday! We'd love to see all our local players there!

Tags: livestream Derp Owl Mods Disturbed Relay for Life Delta Knight Bug Fixes Cinderella