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	April 25, 2025 Balance and Bonuses This latest update will introduce many more balance changes, rollbacks, and Legendary reward bonuses! Plus, there is a major change to Simulation mode. Balance Changes General: Increased super war item drop rate for 1v1 from 20% to 50% Focus damage: Reverted back to +40 robot damage per focus level Mercenary: Reactive Armor: Replaced with new skill, Deadly Precision: Increase auxiliary damage by a percentage of the weapon's damage bonus (min. 10%, max. 25%) Cyber Hunter: Plasma Grenade: +1 damage per 0.3 --> 0.32 Technology Cores: Changed cooldowns on the following aux cores after use of normal aux from 4 to 3 turns: Cold Ignition Convergent Exsanguination Sea King's Corruption Skull Smasher Cores: Changed cooldowns on the following gun cores after use of normal sidearm from 3 to 2 turns: Skull Cracker Sea King's Venom Corrosive Shot Core Corruption Darkeater's Insanity Exsanguinating Spear Blood Shot Piercing Shot Energy Shot Pacify Blood Mage: Fireball: Remove Technology requirement Red Vision: Requires 24 --> 16 Dexterity at level 1, +2 per level Tactical Mercenary: Reroute: -2% to all values; add effect that boosts auxiliary damage by a percentage of weapon bonus Barbed Grenade: Scales with Dexterity --> Technology; scaling value 0.28 --> 0.32; removed stun chance Annihilation: +1 damage per 0.3 --> 0.32 Technology Robots: Necrosis: 2.5 --> 1.8 def/res reduction per target level (max debuff 130 --> 100); 85% --> 100% damage Azrael's Affliction P/E: User gains 100% --> 50% of poison as HP Azrael's Affliction P/E (NPC): 200 --> 500 max poison per tick; user gains 100% --> 40% of poison as HP Deltamancer Disintegration P/E: Remove stun; add effect that grants user 20% of target's current energy (no energy drain, just gain) Minotaur's Rage P/E: Removable --> Not removable by Cleanse/Saevussax Heart/Forbidden Pact Bug Fixes/QoL: Destruction (aux) gives +6 str instead of +3 Limited-use stat cores no longer drop from PvP victories or daily rewards Simulation Mode Changes Simulation mode was a battle mode introduced years ago as a way for struggling players to climb their way back to victory after a nasty losing streak, earning Credits and experience through relatively easy NPC battles to gain much needed levels and Credits without hurting their win/loss ratio. This mode, however, was unlimited, and it was possible to battle infinitely. The buff to battle rewards awhile ago made it very lucrative to camp out in Simulation mode to the exclusion of all others. This was not the intention of this mode. AE has plenty of other games where you can stop AI-controlled enemies for fun and profit, but when presented with hard, unpredictable PvP battles or easy, predictable PvE battles, gamers will often choose the path of least resistance. To address this, we've implemented a daily limit to Simulation victories. This limit will work in a similar way to NPC and Juggernaut battles. You will earn rewards for 300 victories, but after that, the rewards will stop entirely. This might seem like a huge nerf to rewards, but 300 NPC wins + 300 Simulation wins + 300 Juggernaut wins can still earn one a decent daily haul. Legendary Rank-Up Rewards As a final addition to this week's update, you will receive a bonus of 20,000 Credits for every new Legendary Rank obtained. Much like level-up rewards, you will receive this in your mailbox. Unfortunately, this rewards is not retroactive. Tags: Nightwraith

	April 18, 2025 EpicDuel Name Change Update EpicDuel is now live with a major update to the Name Change functionality! Plus, a sprinkling of balance changes and quality of life improvements for good measure! Name Change This has been on the to-do list for quite awhile, but we were finally able to implement it! The Name Change interface now displays all your previously owned names, including your current name. You can use your mouse wheel to scroll the list if it's too long. You might surprised by how many aliases you've purchased throughout the years! The best part of this update is that changing your name to a previously owned name is now FREE! To start, there is a five day cooldown to prevent abuse and confusion from frequent name changes. Since name change to an previously owned name is now free, the price for a new name has been increased to 2500. This is to account for the increased value in a name -- you keep it forever and can always change back to it for FREE. For the longest time people assumed that if you changed your name, someone else could purchase your old one. That was never the case. People never knew because of the lack of a functional name log! Plus, Varium is easier to obtain now through free methods. Even new characters start with Varium. The relatively low price of 1,100 made it easy to name camp. People can still technically name camp, but it will be much harder, and more expensive! It's possible we could expand this feature in the future to allow other players to view the most recent names of their friends or even sell back old names they don't want to use anymore. Balance Changes Artillery Strike: +30 damage to all levels Concentration: The +40 HP gain stacks with lifesteal effects Proton Cannon: HP gain is no longer being affected by Legendary points Blood Shield: 5 → 4 turn Cooldown Brace (Stunned): New version created to allow more granular control of different Brace applications and to add visual clarity. Quality of Life Style Change Interface: Input the number of the style you want and press "enter" to jump directly to it. Custom Color disabler toggle: All CC items will display default colors when enabled. Normally, the game iterates through every single piece of equipment you have, searching through the 100s of Flash symbols that compose them to find any pieces with CC tags applied. This setting will bypass that check and can offer a performance boost. This may lead to some janky results, but low performance modes aren't made for the game to look pretty -- they're made to help the game run faster! Maybe I should make a "Potato" mode that sets everything to its default setting? Think of the glorious frames-per-second! Tags: Nightwraith

	April 11, 2025 EpicDuel April Balance Bounty EpicDuel is back with a truly EPIC balance update covering everything from damage ranges to core balance. If that's not enough, we even threw in some bug fixes and quality-of-life changes for good measure! Balance Changes General x30 cores: Reverted all to the same values as their permanent versions. Removed all from shops except the following: Absolution (armor) x30 Destruction (armor) x30 Domination (armor) x30 Fortitude (armor) x30 Infinity (armor) x30 Supremacy (armor) x30 Vigor (armor) x30 Damage ranges reduced by slighting increasing the lower values (Divisors) and reducing the range multiplier. Divisor changes: Resistance = 0.29, 0.39, 0.48, 0.48 Defense = 0.29, 0.39, 0.48, 0.48 Bot Damage = 0.39, 0.48, 0.58, 0.58 Primary Damage = 0.44, 0.56, 0.62, 0.82 Auxiliary Damage = 0.37, 0.56, 0.64, 0.81 Gun Damage = 0.37, 0.64, 0.64, 0.84 Reduce the multiplier that determines maximum damage/defense from 1.2 to 1.1 Improved robot damage bonus for lower focus levels: Focus 1: +90 robot damage Focus 2: +120 robot damage Focus 3: +150 robot damage Focus 4: +180 robot damage Focus 5: +210 robot damage Focus 6: +240 robot damage All Classes Field Medic: Requires +3 → +2 Technology per level Bounty Hunter: Shadow Arts: Removed Dexterity boost Venom Strike: 4 → 3 turn cooldown; remove support scaling: Flat 80 poison damage at level 1, +10 per level Mercenary: Hybrid Armor: Removed highest stat boost; Add effect that converts 7% of all outgoing damage to user’s Energy; +2% def/res boost to all levels Bunker Buster: +20 damage to all levels Surgical Strike: +20 damage to all levels Tech Mage: Concentration: Removed damage reduction; added effect that grants user flat +40 HP for every outgoing attack Deadly Aim: Removed Support boost Assimilation: Removed Strength scaling: Flat -110 Energy at level 1, +10 per level Overload: Improves with Support → Dexterity; 2 → 1 turn cooldown Plasma Rain: Improves with Dexterity → Support Cyber Hunter: Plasma Grenade: Add 20% lifesteal Proton Cannon: 25% lifesteal → Flat +100 HP gain; 20% energy drain → Flat -100 Energy Venom Strike: Removed Support scaling: Flat 80 poison damage at level 1, +10 per level Tactical Mercenary: Tactical Grenade: Removed Support scaling: Flat -110 Energy at level 1, +10 per level; 150 → 170 Energy gain Mineral Armor: Remove highest stat buff Barbed Grenade: +30 damage to all levels Suppressing Fire: +30 damage to all levels Annihilation: +30 damage to all levels Field Commander: Removed Support scaling: Flat +40 Support boost at level 1, +3 per level; removed increased Rage gain; added effect that grants lifesteal based on 50% of Support boost Toxic Grenade: +20 Energy cost; 85% → 100% damage; remove Strength scaling: Flat 80 poison damage at level 1, +10 per level Blood Mage: Fireball: Removed stun chance; add 15% def/res debuff for 2 turns; +1 damage per 0.32 → 0.3 Strength Red Vision: Removed Strength boost Blood Shield: 5 → 4 turn duration; 90 → 75 Energy gain; remove Technology boost; remove Support scaling: Static resistance increase values 40%, 43%, 46%, 48%, 50%, 52%, 54%, 56%, 58%, 60% Blood Instinct: +1 Dexterity per 3 → 5 Technology; 90 → 75 Energy gain Cores: Mega Stun Blast: 25% → 20% stun chance Paralysis Coating: 25% → 15% stun/crit chance; 15% → 20% defense ignore Screaming Soul Spears: 85% → 100% damage; 3 → 2 turn duration Ballistic Shield: 13% → 6% deflection chance increase Deflection Shield: 13% → 8% deflection chance increase Ninja Reflexes: 13% → 8% block chance increase Lucky Strike: Multiplicative instead of additive Lucky Strike/Aim Assist/Laser Sights/Super Scope: Effects apply to all attacks instead of only basic attacks Primary/Gun/Auxiliary Mastery: Remove crit chance increase; +10% weapon damage on basic attacks → Flat +25 weapon damage for all attacks Robots: Azrael’s Affliction P/E: 30% → 20% of current HP as life-stealing poison Infernal Overload P/E: 95% → 85% initial damage; 130% → 125% max damage; peaks at round 9 Asgard’s Fury P/E: 4 → 3 turn cooldown Dino Fire P/E/PxE/ExP: 4 → 3 turn cooldown; 10% → 8% of target’s max HP as damage bonus Rusted Dino Fire P/E/PxE/ExP: 4 → 3 turn cooldown Dragonblade Familiar Drill P/E: 4 → 3 turn cooldown; 20% → 17% of damage to HP and Energy Flesh Demigod Judgement P/E: 4 → 3 turn cooldown; 25% → 15% lifesteal Infernal/Plasma Super Beam: 91% → 97% initial damage Shadowlord’s Severance: P/E: 4 → 3 turn cooldown; 35% → 30% defense ignore Bug fixes / Changes: Description for Darkeater’s Impaler reads 3 turns instead of 2. Descriptions for Ninja Reflexes and Deflection Shield read 50% max block/deflection chance instead of 30%. Description for Dualism reads 100% damage instead of 110% (105% AOE). Azrael’s Annihilation is sometimes applying the debuff to the user for 2 turns instead of 1. The skill is now tracked via turns instead of rounds so in a 1v1 each player has a chance to react or retaliate. This also helps balance the skill in Juggernaut and 2v2 since the debuff will expire before a character can be attacked twice. This was a unique problem because it was the first skill ever to apply a debuff to both the target and attacker in the same turn. Azrael's Doombringer Beauty P/E (NPC): NPC version with a maximum HP drain/gain of 200 and 6 turn cooldown. Added to level 56 and 57 of the Basic Battlepass. Those who already claimed those levels of prizes will receive the bot manually. All seasonal robots will now have a permanently available version for Varium-only while the seasonally available one will have a Credit option. Baby Yeti Dark Yeti Ballistic Bunny Bot Electro Bunny Bot Botanical Hazard Dark Botanical Hazard Blood Hawk P Blood Hawk E Lionhart's Avatar P Lionhart's Avatar E Kartherax's Darkspawn P Kartherax's Darkspawn E Cyber Yeti P Cyber Yeti E Monkakazi P Monkakazi E Pirate Bot P Pirate Bot E Phantasm Droid P Phantasm Droid E Cyber Shark P Cyber Shark E Tags: Nightwraith

	April 04, 2025 EpicDuel Azrael's Doombringer Battlepass Is NOW LIVE! The Azrael's Doombringer Showcase Battlepass is NOW LIVE! Login now to earn the latest collection of Azrael-themed weapons, armors, morphs, bots, and more crafted with care by Acatriel and Bido! 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: Azrael's Doombringer Beast P: Azrael's Beast Bash P: Physical overhead smash with a 25% crit chance. Azrael's Annihilation P: Mutually massively reduce defense and healing for 1 turn. 1 turn warmup. This is the first skill to apply a debuff to both the attacker and the target. Azrael's Doombringer Beast E: Azrael's Beast Bash E: Energy overhead smash with a 25% crit chance. Azrael's Annihilation E: Mutually massively reduce defense and healing for 1 turn. 1 turn warmup. This is the first skill to apply a debuff to both the attacker and the target. Azrael's Doombringer Beauty P: Azrael's Assault P: A vicious physical onslaught ignoring 15% defense. Azrael's Affliction P: 85% dmg. and inflict life-stealing poison for 30% HP over 2 rounds. Maximum 500 / Minimum 50 HP steal. Can be cured with Medic. Azrael's Doombringer Beauty E: Azrael's Assault E: A vicious energy onslaught ignoring 15% defense. Azrael's Affliction E: 85% dmg. and inflict life-stealing poison for 30% HP over 2 rounds. Maximum 500 / Minimum 50 HP steal. Can be cured with Medic. Balance Changes First turn: All players except the one with first strike will have Brace applied. Shadow Arts: 7% --> Flat +25 robot damage buff. Energy Shield (Tactical Mercenary): Increases by 20 points per level rather than 2 or 1. Nanotech Armor: Replaced with new skill, Cyber Armor --> Increase defenses based on a percentage of armor points (43% at level 1, +3% per level for max. of 70%) Adaptive Offense: Removed energy drain Captain's Charge: 3 --> 2 turn duration. Mastery cores: Only basic attacks deal +10% damage. Factions: To combat alting, going forward Faction recruits must be level 40 or higher. Current members of factions can still be under level 40, but all new members must be at least level 40. Tags: Nightwraith

	March 21, 2025 Balance for Dessert EpicDuel is back with some incredible new Gifter rewards and a light helping of balance changes and bug fixes. Plus, there is a special announcement and explanation concerning the upcoming Battlepass progress. Balance Change and Fixes: Skill/Core Changes Jack Frost Fury P/E: 25% robot damage as MP poison --> Flat -50 MP for 2 turns; keeps initial energy drain based on damage; Can't stack with other MP poison effects Darkeater's Impaler: 3 --> 2 turn duration; 85% --> 100% damage Minotaur's Rage P/E: 25% --> 30% defense reduction; removed stun chance Icy Overkill (gun and aux): 110% --> 100% damage Revolver Revolution: Animation updated to use existing sidearm instead of revolver Bot summon animations: Hide sidearm and auxiliary to improve performance while bot and skill animations play. Bug fixes: Primary/Gun/Auxiliary Mastery are not correctly adding +10% damage on normal attacks Vigor x30 (aux): Visual bug displaying +7 Dexterity and +7 Support NPCs will use Brace sometimes when they cannot use an action instead of freezing and timing out 16 Year Alpha Achievement text error There is also a known issue in which NPCs can still target users with Lionhart's Shield active. This is mainly seen in 2v2. As a failsafe, the shield has extreme damage reduction forcing the minimum damage values (30-50 depending on attack type). This will have to be the case until an ideal solution is found. Battlepass and Gifting Rewards Update Remember when we mentioned in an earlier DN post that the next Battlepass would be ready in March. Well, it's almost April, and still no Battlepass. What's the deal? We knew Gifting rewards would take up a big chunk of the year, but we had no idea until the event ended that we would still owe so many rewards. Lodrian and I have been working constantly for the last 2 months to complete the rewards as efficiently as possible, and while we've made good progress getting the list down to a more manageable level, there are still about 20 more to go. I thought initially that I could work on rewards during the "day shift" and the Battlepass content on the "night shift." That clearly didn't go as intended and both shifts were devoted to Gifting rewards. I know it seems like these things are taking forever, but please keep in mind it's just Lodrian and I making all the content you see in game, with occasional help from Tomcat and Bido. Even with others helping with content production, old crusty Nightwraith is still the only one who can implement the items in-game. EpicDuel's artists work hard and are very efficient with their time, but the fact remains that I'm THE bottleneck to anything new being added to the game. With that consideration, I will be shifting to focus on the Battlepass almost exclusively until its launch, after which I will shift back to rewards. I understand that this decision has the potential to upset both Gifters who were expecting their rewards soon AND everyone else in the community who expected a new Battlepass (or any new content, really) soon than later, but it has to be done for the overall health of the game unless folks are willing to wait until Summer for the next Battlepass. As always, thank you for your patience and understanding. I hope to have the new Battlepass ready as soon as I can before returning in earnest to the Gifting rewards. I wish I could do both at the same time, but we are all confined by the physical bounds of this reality. NEW Undead Legion Heromart Bundle XXV Undead Legion - Bundle Unleash the dark power of Dage the Evil’s Undead Legion Bundle! Embrace your darker side with chilling and terrifying designs straight from the twisted heart of the Undead Legion. These items will send a shiver down the spine of anyone who dares face you. Prove your loyalty as a devoted follower of the Legion! "If you already own the poster and don't want the bundle to include it use code DAGETHRONEPSTOWNER to receive a discount, you must enter this code at checkout using the same account that the original poster was purchased." NOTE: HeroMart Bundles are the best value. You get all the physical products plus digital in-game items and exclusive badges and titles. This Bundle includes the following rewards in EpicDuel:* Achievement - Keeper of Underworld Weapon - Letum Codex Blade P Weapon - Letum Codex Blade E That's just a taste of the rewards included across AE's main games! Visit HEROMART now to get this pre-order while you still can! Tags: Nightwraith

	March 14, 2025 Balance Update 2: Second Course The most recent balance update made some big waves! This week we made further adjustments while reverting some changes from the previous update. Balance changes: Reverted Primary damage scaling: 0.41 --> 0.46, 0.52 --> 0.58, 0.58 --> 0.65, 0.75 --> 0.85 Focus: +1% stat bonus for Focus 1/2, +2% for Focus 3/4, +3% for Focus 5/6 Double Strike: Improves with Strength --> Dexterity Maul: Removed healing reduction Overload: +15 --> +20 energy cost per level Smokescreen: -5 dexterity reduction for all levels after the first OLD VALUES: 4 7 10 12 14 16 18 19 20 21 NEW VALUES: 1 2 5 7 9 11 13 14 15 16 Proton Cannon: Unaffected --> Affected by Achilles' Phalanx/Color Blast/Consecrated Ground Supremacy (Primary) x30: +4 Strength, +3 Dexterity, +3 Technology, +3 Support --> +5 Strength, +2 Dexterity, +2 Technology, +2 Support Supremacy (Sidearm) x30: +3 Strength, +4 Dexterity, +3 Technology, +3 Support --> +2 Strength, +5 Dexterity, +2 Technology, +2 Support Supremacy (Auxiliary)x 30: +3 Strength, +3 Dexterity, +3 Technology, +4 Support --> +2 Strength, +2 Dexterity, +2 Technology, +5 Support Eternal Enhance: +3 --> +4 to all stats Radiation Burn: 35% --> 15% activation chance Bug fixes Vigor (Armor): Properly set to +6 Dexterity and +6 Support Techstalker Bot E: Damage type properly set to Energy Malfunction can now stack with other tech debuffs aside from itself Debuffs applied by NPCs while the debuff is already active will no longer double stack Gifting Rewards Update While a few new custom hairstyles and items went out this week, one new prize is being offered generously by CactusChan: His custom CacBot 9001s are now available at Valestra for all to purchase! New Achievement The Fifteen Year Alpha achievement has gone rare permanently to make way for the new Sixteen Year Alpha achievement, celebrating over 16 years of EpicDuel! Tags: Nightwraith

	March 06, 2025 Big Beefy Balance Update That's right, it's time for the first balance update of 2025! People either dread or rejoice these updates, but this one hits on enough general areas that there should be enough for everyone to chew on regardless of build. As usual, balance is subject to constant change so if you really hate these adjustments, we can always adjust in the future. General Changes Divisor change to adjust Primary, Sidearm, and Auxiliary damage: Primary Damage Divisors: 0.46 --> 0.41, 0.58 --> 0.52, 0.65 --> 0.58, 0.85 -- > 0.75 Auxiliary Damage Divisors: 0.42 --> 0.38, 0.65 --> 0.58, 0.75 --> 0.67, 0.95 --> 0.84 Sidearm Damage Divisors: 0.42 --> 0.38, 0.75 --> 0.67, 0.75 --> 0.67, 1.00 --> 0.88 Successful stuns install Brace on the target. Brace: 15% --> 10% damage reduction. Max stats from items increased to 71: 21 in one stat for primary 18 for armor 16 for sidearm 16 for auxiliary Class Skill Changes Tech Mage Concentration 10% --> 7% damage reduction Overload: Improves with Dexterity --> Support; 1 --> 2 turn cooldown Deadly Aim: 10% buff to Technology --> Support Plasma Rain: Improves with Support --> Dexterity Mercenary Double Strike: Improves with Dexterity --> Strength Blood Mage Energy Parasite: 2 --> 3 turn duration; 150 --> 100 initial energy drain Plasma Cannon: 15% --> 20% defense ignore Fireball: Improves with Dexterity --> Strength; scaling value 0.28 --> 0.32 Fire Scythe: Replaced with Bludgeon Bounty Hunter Stun Grenade: Improves with Support --> Dexterity; requires Dexterity --> Strength Static Grenade: Improves with Dexterity --> Strength; deals 70% --> 80% primary damage Tactical Mercenary Frenzy: 40% lifesteal at level 1, +2% per level; New values: 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58 Suppressing Fire: Added 15% defense ignore Cyber Hunter Adaptive Offense: Added 20% defense ignore Proton Cannon: 26% --> 20% energy drain Kernel Panic: Added Technology debuff: Base values -9% Resistance & -9 Technology at level 1, -18% and -18 at max level; scales per 8 Dexterity Cores/Robots: Asgard's Fury P/E: Bonus damage based on energy present instead of missing energy (higher target energy remaining = higher damage) ✔ Captain's Charge: 40% --> 35% lifesteal Revitalization: 6 --> 5 turn debuff; 25% --> 35% defense reduction Domination (Primary) x30: +6 Strength, +3 Dexterity --> +7 Strength, +4 Dexterity. Domination (Sidearm) x30: +3 Strength, +6 Dexterity --> +4 Strength, +7 Dexterity. Domination (Auxiliary) x30: +3 Strength, +3 Dexterity --> +4 Strength, +4 Dexterity. Infinity (Primary) x30: +6 Strength, +3 Technology --> +7 Strength, +4 Technology. Infinity (Sidearm) x30: +3 Strength, +3 Technology --> +4 Strength, +4 Technology. Infinity (Auxiliary) x30: +3 Strength, +3 Technology --> +4 Strength, +4 Technology. Destruction (Primary) x30: +6 Strength, +3 Support --> +7 Strength, +4 Support. Destruction (Sidearm) x30: +3 Strength, +3 Support --> +4 Strength, +4 Support. Destruction (Auxiliary) x30: +3 Strength, +6 Support --> +4 Strength, +7 Support. Fortitude (Primary) x30: +3 Dexterity, +3 Technology --> +4 Dexterity, +4 Technology. Fortitude (Sidearm) x30: +6 Dexterity, +3 Technology --> +7 Dexterity, +4 Technology. Fortitude (Auxiliary) x30: +3 Dexterity, +3 Technology --> +4 Dexterity, +4 Technology. Vigor (Primary) x30: +3 Dexterity, +3 Support --> +4 Dexterity, +4 Support. Vigor (Sidearm) x30: +6 Dexterity, +3 Support --> +7 Dexterity, +4 Support. Vigor (Auxiliary) x30: +3 Dexterity, +6 Support --> +7 Dexterity, +7 Support. Absolution (Primary) x30: +3 Technology, +3 Support --> +4 Technology, +4 Support. Absolution (Sidearm) x30: +3 Technology, +3 Support --> +4 Technology, +4 Support. Absolution (Auxiliary) x30: +3 Technology, +6 Support --> +4 Technology, +7 Support. Supremacy (Primary) x30: +3 Strength, +2 Dexterity, +2 Technology, +2 Support --> +4 Strength, +3 Dexterity, +3 Technology, +3 Support. Supremacy (Sidearm) x30: +2 Strength, +3 Dexterity, +2 Technology, +2 Support --> +3 Strength, +4 Dexterity, +3 Technology, +3 Support. Supremacy (Auxiliary) x30: +2 Strength, +2 Dexterity, +2 Technology, +3 Support --> +3 Strength, +3 Dexterity, +3 Technology, +4 Support. Prime Strength Boost: +6 Strength --> +8 Strength. Prime Dexterity Boost: +6 Dexterity --> +8 Dexterity. Prime Technology Boost: +7 Technology --> +10 Technology. Prime Support Boost: +6 Support --> +8 Support. Strength Boost (Armor): +3 Strength --> +8 Strength. Strength Boost (Sidearm): +3 Strength --> +5 Strength. Strength Boost (Auxiliary): +3 Strength --> +5 Strength. Strength Boost x30: +6 Strength --> +8 Strength. Dexterity Boost (Armor): +3 Dexterity --> +8 Dexterity. Dexterity Boost (Primary): +3 Dexterity --> +5 Dexterity. Dexterity Boost (Auxiliary): +3 Dexterity --> +5 Dexterity. Dexterity Boost x30: +6 Dexterity --> +8 Dexterity. Technology Boost (Primary): +3 Technology --> +5 Technology. Technology Boost (Sidearm): +3 Technology --> +5 Technology. Technology Boost (Auxiliary): +3 Technology --> +5 Technology. Technology Boost x30: +7 Technology --> +10 Technology. Support Boost (Armor): +3 Support --> +8 Support. Support Boost (Primary): +3 Support --> +5 Support. Support Boost (Sidearm): +3 Support --> +5 Support. Support Boost x30: +6 Support --> +8 Support. Battlepass Preview We're still working hard on the next Battlepass: Azrael's Doombringer! Though our progress has been slow, we're still chipping away at this next event to replace the current Deltamancer Showcase. If you still have several more levels to grind, you should still have plenty of time to complete the current BP before the next one arrives later in March! Tags: Nightwraith

	February 28, 2025 Epic Replicas Restocked! Epic Replicas Restocked! The replica rares of Alonzo Harris, S P I D E R, and BadWitch have returned to Oz for another weekend! They were a huge hit last week, and the Gifters were generous enough to give you one more chance to collect them all before they go permanently rare! BadWitch’s Beta Brutalizer P BadWitch’s Beta Brutalizer E Alonzo's Beta Blaster P Alonzo's Beta Blaster E SPIDER’s Beta Bazooka P SPIDER’s Beta Bazooka E Reward Progress Many more Gifter prizes went out this week and you may see some if you have a keen eye or happen to be lucky enough to receive one from a generous Gifter! At this point, we are currently at about the halfway point for our prize creation. If we continue to move at a steady pace, all prizes should be completed soon, allowing us to resume our regular update schedule. As always, we thank you for your patience as we work to build the rewards for the top 2024 Gifters. 1v1 Reward Boost Due to popular demand, 1v1 Credit and Experience rewards have been increased to be more on par with 2v2 rewards. Next Week: BALANCE! Next week we will finally address balance with a major update. It's been awhile since EpicDuel had a balance update, but that time has allowed the community to brainstorm many interesting ideas which should really breathe some excitement back into PvP. Tags: Nightwraith

	February 21, 2025 Beta Replicas Revealed Beta Replicas Revealed! Thanks to the generosity of Alonzo Harris, S P I D E R, and BadWitch, replicas of Beta Gear will be available at Oz for this weekend and next weekend only! This should be more fair and less anxiety inducing than past replica launches with limited quantities that sold out almost instantly. This should be plenty of time for anyone who wants these replica rares to get them before they're gone forever! I applaud this group for their coordination and magnanimity in making their replicas available in such an open and transparent way. BadWitch’s Beta Brutalizer P BadWitch’s Beta Brutalizer E Alonzo's Beta Blaster P Alonzo's Beta Blaster E SPIDER’s Beta Bazooka P SPIDER’s Beta Bazooka E New Nulgath Rares The Overfiend Nulgath has been stocked with dozens of new weapons! Archfiend Arachnodagger P Archfiend Arachnodagger E Archfiend Arachnoslayer P Archfiend Arachnoslayer E Archfiend Arachno Overlord P Archfiend Arachno Overlord E Malakai Sword P Malakai Sword E Malakai Sword CC P Malakai Sword CC E Nightmare Fiend Scythe P Nightmare Fiend Scythe E Nightmare Fiend Scythe CC P Nightmare Fiend Scythe CC E Nightmare Fiend Cleaver P Nightmare Fiend Cleaver E Nightmare Fiend Cleaver CC P Nightmare Fiend Cleaver CC E Nightmare Fiend Hatchet P Nightmare Fiend Hatchet E Nightmare Fiend Hatchet CC P Nightmare Fiend Hatchet CC E Evo Legacy Sword P Evo Legacy Sword E Evo Legacy Sword CC P Evo Legacy Sword CC E Changes Minor Revitalization given energy cost of 100. Ultra Obliterator animation modified to use the player's equipped weapon. Minimum level set for code redemption: 10. Reduced battle over timer to allow players to exit battles faster. Tags: Nightwraith

	February 17, 2025 Omega Buyback Oversight 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 Arrives on Delta V 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 EpicDuel Nulgath 2025 Preview 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 Energy Reserve Bug Fix 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 EpicDuel The Valkyries Arrive 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 Gifting 2024 Aftermath Part 2 (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