January 17, 2025 Gifting is over, but 2025 is just getting started! With this update we're honoring the top 15 and top 50 Gifters!
Titan's Peak ExpandedWe've carved out yet another chunk of Titan's Peak to create a new top 50 leaderboard room! Now all the top 50 Gifters will forever be immortalized as part of EpicDuel's history! I hope Titan doesn't mind us carving these huge rooms out of his house. He doesn't need to sleep, does he?
Epic Supporter UpdateStarting TODAY Friday January 17th, the 2024 Epic Gifting Supporter/Epic Legendary Gifting Supporter has been retired and replaced with the 2025 Epic Supporter/Epic Legendary Gifting achievements. The 4,000 Artix Point package achievements has also been updated. We would like to extend our congratulations and appreciation for all who were able to max out the previous year's achievements. At this rare, we'll need to add more rating star tiers before too long!
Winner Wishes ProgressThe first week after Gifting is always a frenzy recording all the Gifting winners' request and assembling references to help aid the creation process. This year our workload is unprecedented, which is a good problem to have when you think about it: It means Gifting was a huge success! It also means we have a lot of work to do in the next few weeks making all the wishes of our top 15 Gifters a reality, as well as developing enough new content to keep everyone else engaged. We were already able to deliver a few wishes this week while also starting the conceptualization process of several others. The first week is always the most daunting as the massive workload ahead looks so imposing, but each week we hope to complete more wishes at a steady pace, granting each Gifter a piece of EpicDuel history in the process! We thank you all for your patience as we work to fulfill all these wishes as expediently as possible while also maintaining a high level of quality (and preserving our health and sanity!). Tags: Nightwraith | |
January 14, 2025 EpicDuel's 2024 season of Gifting finally concluded in the wee hours of the night and what a season it was! After rebooting to open the last of this year's gifting haul, we put a regal bow on this remarkable season. This season was incredible for a number of reasons, but the leaderboard should speak for itself! Special congratulations are due to the top 15 Gifters this year, putting up absolutely incredible numbers and ending with a 3-way tie for 1st place! With so many multi-million scores, we certainly have our work cut out for us!
I would also like to thank Smoking Shadow for keeping the events running smoothly and preventing overlaps and unnecessary drama. Gifting should be fun and exciting, not frustrating!
Secret and Silver Secret PrizesCurrently, the top 15 Gifters are deciding how to allocate their Secret and Silver Secret Packages. These items will "open" to reveal their contents to all who possess them after all distributions are completed.
Winner Prize ProgressAs of right now we have established contact with most of the winners. This year players blew past our expectations and earned themselves a wealth of options for personalized prizes. Last year we were able to move efficiently through the prizes, but this year, due to the sheer volume, I expect a longer period of prize creation than last year, even with Lodrian's help. If your patience is running thin, remember the paraphrased saying that a late prize is eventually good, but a rushed prize is bad forever! The next few weeks should be very exciting as new prizes are delivered to the winners and shown off in-game.
Epic Supporter AchievementsStarting THIS Friday January 17th, the 2024 Epic Gifting Supporter/Epic Legendary Gifting Supporter will be retired and replaced with the 2025 Epic Supporter/Epic Legendary Gifting achievements. The 4,000 Artix Point package achievements will also be updated.
Post Gifting GenerositySome of this year's Gifters have generously opted to grant the general EpicDuel populace access to their prizes from previous seasons. Winner Alonzo Harris is offering replicas of some of his prizes from a previous Gifting season, the newly renamed Brigade’s Fire P and Alonzo’s Triumph E, at Oz while CactusChan is offering his hairstyle 382 for Varium.
Final Gifting ThoughtsHonestly, professions of humility and gratitude are sincere, but frankly, inadequate to express the emotions I feel in the aftermath of this latest event. Every year a part of me worries, "Is this the year we throw a party and nobody shows up?" It might seem ridiculous given the track record, but it is certainly scary to see it happening all over the game industry. This year, once again, the EpicDuel community showed up and delivered. I'm still shocked by the player count creeping past 600! There are plenty of games that come and go, fading into obscurity without seeing anywhere near those numbers. I feel truly blessed that we still have a community that makes EpicDuel worthy of its name! Let's Duel On into 2025! Tags: Nightwraith | |
January 14, 2025 EpicDuel Gifting 2024: The Home StretchEpicDuel Gifting 2024 Finale ApproachesIt's hard to believe that another Gifting season is nearing its end. For those of you who have been here before, you know what to expect, but for newcomers to EpicDuel Gifting, here is a primer on what to expect after Gifting ends. If you didn't know from the Design Notes posts or the in-game Gifting interface, Gifting will officially end at the end of the day on Monday January 13th. This means that Gifting will be unavailable stating January 14th and will remain disabled until the next season. If you are still sitting on a pile of Gifting Varium waiting for your opportunity to grab a spot on the leaderboard, it's not too late, but you'd better hurry before the window closes on the current season! After Gifting deactivates, the leaderboard will finalize its list of top 50 Gifters and Gifting functionality will be disabled. Within a few hours after Gifting, emails will be sent to the top 15 winners to offer congratulations, gratitude, and begin the process of creating all the winners' prizes. If you are in the top 15 and don't receive an email within the first few hours, or we don't hear back from you for a day, we will find alternative means of contacting you. Next, we will distribute the completed score tier items (Alpha-Omega Valkyrie Collection) to all the qualifying Gifters. This should also be completed an hour or 2 after Gifting ends. Due to the larger number of items and tiers this year (a self-inflicted problem to be sure), some items are still works-in-progress and the completed items will be distributed first, with additional items being released as they are completed. The Secret and Silver Secret Packages will not open until they are all distributed by the top 15 winners. This typically takes about 1-2 weeks for all the winners to decide so don't expect them in your inventory immediately after Gifting ends. This season has truly seen some phenomenal Gifting, with the highest top 15 scores we've ever seen! This is great news for EpicDuel, but it also means a ton of work for the EpicDuel. We hope for your patience and understanding as we work to fulfill the our obligations to the winners and all participants in this blockbuster Gifting season!
Epic Supporter AchievementsStarting next Friday January 17th, the 2024 Epic Gifting Supporter/Epic Legendary Gifting Supporter will be retired and replaced with the 2025 Epic Supporter/Epic Legendary Gifting achievements. The 4,000 Artix Point package achievements will also be updated.
Gifting Score Tier Bonus ItemsAfter Gifting ends, items from this list will be distributed to those who meet the requirements for each tier. Due to the quantity of items and tiers (a self-inflicted problem, admittedly) some items are not yet completed. Items with a ✔ next to them will be distributed immediately, while the rest are still in development and will be distributed as they are completed.
This list will be updated weekly as items on the list are completed and distributed. If you accidentally sell these items, they should appear in your Varium sellback shop.
Gifting GratitudeThere's no sugarcoating it: 2024 was an absolute bloodbath for the game industry, to say nothing of broader economic challenges. Studio closures, mass layoffs, and live-service cancellations after a few weeks of operation were just a few of the cataclysms that shook gaming this past year. In spite of all of that, we're still here! EpicDuel endures! We're very proud of and humbled by the passion of our community that continues to sustain this small but unique game created in an apartment in Ohio over 15 years ago. You have allowed us to weather the storm of this turbulent industry to continue to deliver content updates on a regular (and sometimes semi-regular) basis year after year. That's not just uncommon, it's practically a miracle! You are all key parts of that miracle that allows EpicDuel to continue functioning and remain in active development. We feel truly blessed to have you as our players, and we will do everything we can to justify the trust you have placed in us for the upcoming year! Let us all DUEL ON into 2025! Tags: Nightwraith | |
December 31, 2024 EpicDuel New Year UpdateIn preparation for some very large Gifting events on the horizon, including a massive one planned for January 2nd, we are once again manually opening all currently unopened gifts. If you suddenly see your inbox go from 10,000 to 0, don't panic! This just means we saved you the time of opening your own gifts by automatically converting them into credits, Arcade Tokens, and shards! Hopefully we won't have to do this again until the end of Gifting (January 13th!), but given the amount of gifts yet to be dropped, we may need to shortly! As a quality of life improvement, we've also removed the Gifting animation. Gifting still puts a heavy burden on the server, but this change is likely to help with client-side lag, meaning people in intense Gifting sessions might be able to achieve 2 fps instead of 1! Every bit helps!
New Rares!We've also taken this update as an opportunity to introduce new items created by Deuce.
Happy New Year!This is the final update of 2024 so we wish all Epic Duelists a very happy, safe, and exciting New Year! Here's to an Epic 2025! Tags: Nightwraith | |
December 20, 2024 EpicDuel Gifting 2024 ContinuesEpicDuel is back online after an update to manually open all currently unopened gifts. If you login and see your mailbox empty, don't panic: your items and Credits have already been awarded! This was done to alleviate stress of the server of storing millions of mail records for just as many gifts. Since Gifting gets crazier with each daily event, it is almost guaranteed we will need to perform this action again before the conclusion of Gifting.
Secret and Silver Secret Package Prizes RevealedWe're finally able to reveal a preview of the Secret and Silver Secret prizes! If you didn't know, Secret packages are awarded to the #1 Daily Gifter each day. Silver Secret packages are awarded to the top 5 places of the Daily Gifting leaderboard each day. Anyone giving more than 15,000 gifts in a day also qualifies for a Silver Secret Package. Secret Package Prizes:
Silver Secret Package Prizes:
Gifting Score Tier Bonus ItemsThe following is a preview of the Alpha-Omega Valkyrie Collection, including all the tiers and currently planned items for each tier. We would love to have graphics for all the items ready, but some are still in progress so we're showing off the most complete items right now. The preview graphic should provide a good overview for what the collection's style will be.
It's possible this list will change between now and the end of Gifting, so pay attention to the Design Notes for notification of any alterations.
Balance Changes
Bug FixesThe daily login prize Festive Callisto P was failing to load and preventing players from joining battle. This has been fixed as of the latest update. Tags: Nightwraith | |
December 15, 2024 EpicDuel Patch 1-8-888EpicDuel is back online after an unscheduled Sunday update, but we didn't want Gifting to progress too long without making these urgent changes!
Credit Rewards BoostedWith this update, we are increasing Credit rewards for gifts. This will not affect gifts already given, but will apply to all gifts given for the rest of Gifting. To help some Gifters catch up with their expected Credit rewards, we're introducing a new item: Epic Ingot. This item will be available with Prize Codes and can be turned in via daily missions available from Krampus Trader. These ingots will be given out throughout Gifting so be on the lookout for this extremely valuable new item.
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December 14, 2024 EpicDuel Deltamancer Showcase Battlepass NOW LIVE!The Deltamancer Showcase Battlepass is NOW LIVE! Login now to earn the latest collection of necromancer-themed weapons, armors, morphs, bots, and more crafted with care by Acatriel! 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:
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December 10, 2024 EpicDuel Gifting 2024 PatchEpicDuel is now LIVE after a brief reboot to increase the chance of global gifting! Previously, the chance to send a global gift (gifting to everyone in the entire server rather than just the people in the current room) was capped at 20% at a Gifting streak of over 200. Now, the cap has been raised to 100%, meaning global gifts are now guaranteed as long as the gifter maintains a streak of over 200. Plus, all lower tiers have been boosted as well:
This change was made to address the issue of the impossibility of trying to cram every player on the server into one room. Even though the rooms technically have unlimited capacity, the Flash and the server simply can't handle that many players on one screen. This leaves many poor souls locked out of the Gifting rooms when the big events are occurring. With this change, as long as the highest streak is maintained, everyone on the server can share in the bounty!
Score AdjustmentIf you already participated in Gifting before this update, don't panic! We will be adjusting scores upwards by 11.4% (rounding up) to account for the lower rate of global gifts. Scores were recorded right before the update, and they will be adjusted manually as quickly as we can. If the score increase bumps your achievement into a higher tier, you will receive that new tier. We apologize for the inconvenience, but making this change earlier in the season should make Gifting more fair for everyone. Nobody should have to melt their CPU just to stand in the same room as the main Gifting event! Tags: Nightwraith | |
December 09, 2024 EpicDuel Gifting 2024 is NOW LIVE!EpicDuel's latest Gifting event is NOW LIVE! Login now to give and receive thousands and prizes and climb the leaderboards! Though it's difficult to imagine a more intense Gifting season than 2023, we hope this current season is equally full of excitement and triumph until it concludes at the end of the day on January 13th, 2025!
More Returning SeasonalsThis year, to eliminate the millions of duplicate items people receive from large Gifting sessions, we've removed the normal drops from the Gifting pool, leaving either various quantities of Credits or Arcade Tokens. Many items that were formerly in the Gifting drop pools have been added to NPCs throughout Frysteland, including Aldhagrimm, Fenris, King Alaric, and the Krampus Trader. If you are mission the items necessary to complete the various missions tied to these drops, simply buying the items will be enough. In addition to more stock added to these festive NPCs, we've also returned the Evolved Frostbane drops to the PvP drop pool and reactivated the Void Shard missions. These missions will remain in place until shortly after Gifting concludes. Tags: Nightwraith | |
December 06, 2024 Are You Yeti for Gifting 2024?Gifting 2024 launches on Monday December 9th which means you still have a few days to prepare! We plan to activate Gifting in the early afternoon on Monday (between 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM EST). There are a ton of moving parts for Gifting, and we're doing everything we can to make sure this year's launch goes as smoothly as possible. If you need to refresh yourself on the current rules and rewards for this upcoming Gifting season, you can inform yourself with this thorough Design Notes post!
Gifting Concierge ReminderSmoking Shadow has been the Gifting Concierge for many years so if you're thinking about participating in Gifting in a big way, you'll have a much easier time if you contact him. He allows Gifters to schedule time so two or more major Gifting sessions don't overlap and compete against each other. Booking your time in advance gives you a better chance of maximizing your score to secure a spot on the leaderboard! If you haven't reached out already, you can still get in touch with him through a few ways: In-game: Smoking Shadow Gifting slots are limited so the sooner you secure your booking, the better.
Deltamancer Battlepass PreviewThe Deltamancer Battlepass will launch Friday December 13. This will help us minimize problems for Gifting's launch on Monday and provide everyone a few more days to finish off the Kaiju Slayer Showcase. Tags: Nightwraith | |
November 22, 2024 Challenger Restock 2024Visit the Challenger for a new stock of returning Battlepass items! Also, all seasonal rare items have returned to their respective shops!
Battlepass RestockMissed a few months (or years) of EpicDuel updates? No problem! The Challenger's inventory has been boosted with a fresh stock of returning Battlepass items from this past year.
Also, all hairstyles from these Battlepasses are now ready to purchase from the style shop. Basic styles are available for Credits while Enhanced styles are available for Varium.
Seasonal RestockAs in past years, all seasonal rares have returned to their respective shops! These rares will remain until sometime after the conclusion of Gifting. Combined with the return of the Battlepass rares, this an excellent time to complete your collections and boost your achievement score!
Epic Gifting AchievementsThe Epic Supporter and Legendary Epic Supporter achievements have been retired and will be replaced with new Epic Gifting Supporter (10,000 AP packages) and Legendary Epic Gifting Supporter (20,000 AP package) achievements. These achievements will be available throughout Gifting and will eventually be replaced with 2025 achievements sometime after Gifting ends so there will be a limited time to max them out! In addition to the new Epic Gifting Supporter and Legendary Epic Gifting Supporter achievements, we will also offer recognition to those who purchase the 4,000 Artix Point packages in the form of a Gifting Supporter 2024 evolving achievement! This achievement will also be applied to those who purchase the 20,000 AP and 10,000 AP packages.
Gifting Rewards PreviewWe are hard at work conceptualizing and rendering the rewards for this year's Gifting. Below are some previews of the Alpha-Omega Valkyrie collection, which will work similarly to the Cyber Wolf Collection from last year. This set will offer rewards from 10,000 Gifts all the way up to 1 million! These are still just a few of the reward items that are still in-progress.
Please keep in mind that these are still works-in-progress so the exact designs may change before their final release at the conclusion of Gifting. We are working hard to maximize the rewards so we will try to have as many reward items as possible while still maintaining a high level of quality!
War PauseAs we approach Gifting, we will need to pause the alignment War as soon as the current war for Frysteland ends. Please do not be alarmed if you see the cooldown timer extend to 10,000 hours or something like that. We must do this because the War and Gifting aren't able to run at the same time. The War will resume its regular schedule sometime after Gifting ends. Tags: Nightwraith | |
November 15, 2024 Gifting 2024 ApproachesAs Gifting 2024 approaches, we are busy preparing content for the big day while updating with some crucial balance changes.
Faction Slot IncreaseBy popular request we've increased the Faction slot limit from 18 to 20. We have the capability to go higher, but we'll wait and evaluate the response before going higher.
Balance ChangesThrown Shot : Activates at 35% HP. This is a different threshold from Critical Health (30%).
Coming Next Week!
New Epic Supporter Gifting AchievementsWith next week's update, we will update the Epic Supporter 2024 to a special new achievement for the Gifting season, Epic Gifting Supporter 2024 which will be available with the 10,000AP Packages. The 20,000 AP package will come with the new Leg. Epic Gifting Supporter 2024 achievement. These achievements should be exciting for rating point hunters who have already maxed out the 2024 achievements. Please note: This will only go into effect after the update next Friday! If you buy before then, you will not receive the new achievements. Additionally, so those who want to support EpicDuel, but cannot afford the largest Varium packages, we're introducing a new evolving achievement to recognize your support: Gifting Supporter 2024. This achievement can be earned by purchasing any 4,000 AP Varium package or higher.
Battlepass Rares ReturnNext week, we will also return Battlepass rares that were released this past year. You will be able to visit the Challenger to browse the stock of any items you've missed. We will also add the Battlepass hairstyles to the style picker. As before, styles on the free Battlepass will be available for Credits and Enhanced styles will be available for Varium only.
Seasonal Rares ReturnIn addition to the Battlepass rares, all seasonal rares will also return next week! This will allow you to get a jump of filling out your item collection before the Gifting crowds arrive! Tags: Nightwraith | |
November 08, 2024 Darkon Part DeuxNew Darkon Weapons!Visit Darkon for an expanded inventory of new limited-quantity weapons!
Party BusinessIn addition to dozens of new weapons, we've added a new mission to Nightwraith's mission chain "Party Business" called "40." It's not a huge addition, but an important one in the interest of tradition.
Gifting ReminderGifting is quickly approaching! We apologize if these reminders are getting tedious, but it's surprising how easy it is some to lose track of time. If you missed them, you can read this year's Gifting megapost here to refresh see a complete list of rules and possible prizes for this year's season. Tags: Nightwraith | |
November 01, 2024 EpicDuel Balance UpdateWe hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween! It's hard to believe it's November and just over a month remains until Gifting 2024! While we work on all the Gifting content, EpicDuel is updating with some adjustments to improve PvP and PvE balance. Balance Changes
Gifting ConciergeThis was already posted on the original Gifting Returns 2024 post, but I'll reiterate it again since it's important information for anyone interested in participating in Gifting this year: If you are new to gifting, you might now know that there is a prominent player who has acted as a Gifting concierge for the last several Gifting events. Gifting is typically a very chaotic time in EpicDuel so this role helps to keep major Gifting events from conflicting with each other and depriving the particants of their rightful rewards. You may know him as Smoking Shadow, and if you are interested in hosting a major Gifting event, you will want to get in touch with him: In-game: Smoking Shadow Be sure to also check the original Gifting Returns 2024 post for new rule and rewards updates! Tags: Nightwraith | |
October 25, 2024 EpicDuel Darkon's CC GearAs we announced last week, Gifting is returning. If you missed the post, you might want to check it out, even if you're not sure you want to participate in Gifting this year.
Gifting ConciergeThis was already posted on the original Gifting Returns 2024 post, but I'll reiterate it here since it's important information for anyone interested in participating in Gifting this year: If you are new to gifting, you might now know that there is a prominent player who has acted as a Gifting concierge for the last several Gifting events. Gifting is typically a very chaotic time in EpicDuel so this role helps to keep major Gifting events from conflicting with each other and depriving the particants of their rightful rewards. You may know him as Smoking Shadow, and if you are interested in hosting a major Gifting event, you will want to get in touch with him: In-game: Smoking Shadow Be sure to also check last week's post for new rule and rewards updates!
New Darkon Color Custom RaresVisit Darkon in his portal realm to access his new stock of limited-quantity color custom rares!
Grab them now while the supply lasts! Tags: Nightwraith | |