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 | December 20, 2024 EpicDuel Gifting 2024 Continues
EpicDuel 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:
Tags: Nightwraith |
| December 10, 2024 EpicDuel Gifting 2024 Patch
EpicDuel 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 Preview
The 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 2024
Visit 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 Approaches
As 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 Deux |
| November 01, 2024 EpicDuel Balance Update
We 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 Gear
As 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 |
| October 18, 2024 Gifting Returns 2024
It’s that time of year again: time for an official announcement of Gifting 2024! The new Gifting Even will go live Monday December 9 and last until Monday January 13! This year’s event will include many of the changes we made last year with some additional bonuses! For this post, we will provide a list of updated rules and prizes so please please PLEASE read these changes carefully if you're thinking of participating in Gifting!
Mailbox BloatLast year was a very successful event – so successful that the volume of gifts caused the servers to crash every few hours! This year we’re going to try to mitigate that issue with some changes. To start, the possible gifts will be limited to Credits and Arcade Tokens. Items that were formerly in the prize pool will be available for purchase at a holiday shop. While this is less exciting than opening a package to find a new rare item, awarding Credits streamlines the process and prevents inventories from being jammed with thousands of duplicate items.
RewardsLast year we made some major changes to the Gifting rewards to mitigate the prize creep that accompanied the prize-creation phase post Gifting. This was largely successful as most rewards were fulfilled within a few weeks as opposed to 6 months or a year later. This year, we are adding back some previous reward options like hairstyles and replica items. Though the rewards are more generous, please read this section carefully. We don't want anyone to feel disappointed at the end of the event. We also don’t want to engage in any post-Gifting negotiations to find loopholes or other unreasonable requests. Also, this year, like last year, there will be no prize codes provided for the top prize.
The Top 15The top 15 Gifters in this event will be eligible to receive one Legacy item. Additionally, they will be able to receive an extra Legacy item for each 1,000,000 points past the first 1,000,000. This means that if you end Gifting with a score of over 3,000,000, you would be eligible for 3 Legacy items. *A Legacy item is any EpicDuel item aside from Founder Armor that is no longer available in-game. It could be something from a phase like the Gamma Bot or a permanent rare like the Bunnyzookas. Participants in the top 15 at the end of the event may choose 1 Legacy item. These items may have light personalized touches to them. A class-changing weapon counts as 1 item. Please note: Personalizations that include CPU-taxing effects may affect the in-game performance for you and other players. We will try our best to optimize the items, but there are limitations to Flash’s rendering capabilities. Please consider this when conceptualizing your prize. The #1 Gifter at the end of the event will be eligible for a Legacy item AND a custom item. The custom item grand prize can be an item from any existing category. If it's a category of item that has P and E variants, the opposite variant can be created as a recolor. Customization requests can be refused if they're deemed unreasonable or illegal (copy-written material, offensive, etc...) or if they exceed the limitation of the game (creating excessive lag, too large, too complex). Unlike last year, cores attached the custom item or robot attacks CAN be customized, but their effects in-battle must have in-game equivalents. Finally, we will be retaining the bonus awarded to the player or players with the most Top Daily Gifter: The option for an additional Legacy item (non-Founder). If there is a tie for the most Top Daily Gifter achievements, the tied players will all receive the bonus.
Founder Armor RuleAs in previous years, those who achieve a Gifting score of at least 1,000,000 AND place in the top 15 may request Founder Armor as a prize. Hypothetically, your score is greater than 1,000,000 but you're still in 16th place, you will unfortunately not be eligible for the Founder Armor. Additionally, though this is a rare scenario, if you place in the top 15, and have the original Founder Achievement, but not the armor, you may request Founder Armor as your Legacy item.
SharingA very popular feature of the most recent Gifting Event was the ability to share prizes with a select list of friends. Since there was no restriction, lists quickly got excessive. This year, the top 15 will be permitted to share their rewards with up to 20 other players. This includes custom hairstyles. If someone wishes to share rewards with more than 20 other players, they may opt to offer their items or styles in-game for a price. They may also choose to have replica items created to be sold in-game while maintaining the uniqueness of the original. These replica items may have very minor changes to distinguish them. To clarify some questions about this policy, winners may share each reward with 20 other players per item. For example, if someone qualifies for 2 legacy rares, they can share those rares with 20 people per item, potentially up to 40 different people if those items aren't shared with any of the same people. Finally, this sharing policy does not include winners from past years of Gifting. If you are a past winner and want to share, unfortunately we had to end the sharing about a month ago. Thank you for understanding.
Reward EfficiencyLast year we had multiple reward systems including a tiered structure based on rank and one based on placement on the Gifting leaderboard. This year, we would like to consolidate the Chest rewards with the score-based rewards. To clarify, there will be no more Gold, Silver, or Bronze Chests: there will only be score-based rewards, like the Cyber Wolf Collection. The new reward tiers will go from scores of 10K to 1 million. We are currently working on concepts for the new reward items with the theme of Alpha-Omega Valkyrie. We hope this change makes it easier to understand exactly what you’re getting for your Gifting contributions.
New Epic Supporter AchievementsSince the Epic Supporter achievements have been active for most of 2024 already, we’d like to refresh these achievements with special variants for Gifting. These new achievements will be introduced late in November to replace the current Epic Supporter achievements for the duration of Gifting. Because the Varium package quantities were so popular, they will remain at their current quantities throughout Gifting.
Reward Summary (updated 10-25-2024):
We will work with all winners to help create the best rewards possible, but these limitations are necessary to prevent the scope of the rewards from expanding to far and eclipsing the rest of EpicDuel’s development. Last year, all top Gifters were cooperative and understanding of these goals so we hope to continue that trend for this next event. We tried to include as much information as possible for this post, but there still may be more changes (or things we forgot) before Gifting begins.
Gifting ConciergeIf 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 participants 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
Tis the Season to Be WaryGifting is a joyful time in EpicDuel, but it also brings out nefarious scammers who want to take advantage of other players. Don't risk your account or bank account for a complete stranger online who promises you great rewards or free Varium. Though times and technology change, the old adage holds true: if someone is promising you something that seems too good to be true, it probably is!
Progress ReportUpdates will be slower to arrive leading up to Gifting as we’re preparing the new Battlepass + the new Gifting reward items. To tantalize you, here’s a preview of concepts for the Alpha-Omega Valkyrie set. These are just concepts and not a guarantee of the final rewards.
Tags: Nightwraith |
| October 11, 2024 EpicDuel Hallowarriors 2024 |
| October 04, 2024 EpicDuel Kaiju Slayer Battlepass NOW LIVE
The Kaiju Slayer Showcase Battlepass is NOW LIVE! Login now to earn the latest collection of kaiju-themed weapons, armors, morphs, bots, and more crafted with care by Acatriel! For this season, we're giving those who can only complete the basic Battlepass more opportunities to collect items previously reserved for the Enhanced Battlepass such as robots and color custom items. The Enhanced Battlepass will offer these items sooner, but those dedicated enough can claim them through the Basic Battlepass eventually. 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:
Balance Changes
Other Changes
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| September 20, 2024 Progress and Balance Update |
