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	April 17, 2020 Nightwraith's Bounties Nefarious Ne're Do Well Nightwraith is offering 3 new mission chains of PvP grinding goodness to earn massive jackpots of Credits and new completion achievements! Bounty Bored (1v1 PvP mission chain) Super Bounty Bros (2v2 mssion chain) Open Bounty (free-for-all PvP mission chain) Achievements 1v1 Contract Complete 2v2 Contract Complete Open Contract Complete Balance Barbed Grenade: Remove stun chance Frenzy: 25% stun chance added Skull Cracker: 2 round warm-up Tags: Titan

	February 22, 2020 Coming Soon: EpicDuel Tournaments! Today's update with introduce some awesome new legendary items and legendary variants, but the real meat is the announcement of the first exciting new feature of 2020: Tournaments! Tournaments? Tournaments! Titan and I have teamed up once again to develop a new feature for EpicDuel: Tournaments! Tournaments, as a feature, aren't completely new to EpicDuel. Some of you who have been with EpicDuel since...around 2012-2013 may remember the Golden Yeti Tournament, in which players who preordered the Omega Packages got a ticket to participate in a tournament. Over a period of 2 weeks, ticket owners accumulated points for 1v1, 2v2, and Juggernaut victories, and the competitors with the most points would earn achievements and prizes based on placement. In this case, the top 100 players would earn an achievement to indicate their placement and the coveted Golden Yeti bot, one of the rarest items in game. This system was cool and exciting, but unfortunately, it wasn't built in a way that would allow expansion or re purposing for future events and was removed entirely from the engine some time after the event concluded. The new tournament system is being built fresh, with some inspiration from the original event. With the new system, tournaments can be scheduled in advance with a set time. Each placement tier (Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze) can receive different prizes. Tournament tickets can be included with promotional packages acquired in-game or both. When the time period to enlist in the tournament draws closer, it will be announced to offer a chance to participate to as many people as possible. The feature is still under construction, but it's coming together very quickly. Hopefully, we'll see some old characters from the old phases dusted off to attempt to climb to the top of the boards once again! New Legendary Items Some beautiful new Legendary weapons have been added to the shops on Titan's Peak in Frysteland! They'll definitely make amazing additions to any collection! Legendary Arsenal Fleshreaver P Fleshreaver E Exquisite Legendary Arsenal Angelic Radiance P Angelic Radiance E Angelic Oblivion P Angelic Oblivion E Epic Legendary Arsenal Dage's Capeless Paragon Dage's Capeless Paragon CC Dage's Capeless Gld Paragon Dage's Capeless Plat Paragon Platinum Angelic Radiance P Platinum Angelic Radiance E Platinum Angelic Oblivion P Platinum Angelic Oblivion E Diamond Dage's Desolation P Diamond Dage's Desolation E War Balance The total war score is still overcompensating and setting a longer war duration that would be exciting. This total score was dropped on both sides by 600,000 to put the war in a more reasonable range. Slightly increase War Drop base rate to 39% from 35%. Slightly reduced Juggernaut War Drop multiplier to incentivize other battle types. Tags: Titan

	December 02, 2019 Ready! Set! Gift! Can you feel it? Gifting is mere hours away and here's a small preview of what's to come in this new update! Tomorrow around 12PM EST, EpicDuel will reboot and the new season of gifting will begin! With this new beginning, new promotional packages will enter the Varium shop to replace the 35K Varium package and Pirate Captain promotion! Omega Frost Slayer Pack These new weapons designed by Lae are the evolution of the Frost Slayer and Frost Destroyer weapons of old. Welcome Winter season and the new year with a bang with these exciting new weapons and cores! Omega Frost Slayer P Omega Frost Slayer E Omega Frost Destroyer P Omega Frost Destroyer E Frozen Fist: Deal 105% Primary damage, increasing by 5% per round, (140% max) Omega Frostbite Blaster P Omega Frostbite Blaster E Frozen Rift: Opens an icy rift, dealing Sidearm damage plus 10% of your target's max Health (Max 400) Omega Frostbite Cannon P Omega Frostbite Cannon E Tactical Reload (Aux): Get a free reload of your Auxiliary, bypassing cooldown. This promotional package will include the evolving Epic Supporter 2019 Achievement! 15K Gifting Boost For those not interested in new weapons and cores, the 15K Varium package is returning to meet your gifting needs. This promotional package will also include the evolving Epic Supporter 2019 Achievement! Diamonds Are Forever Gifting is a great opportunity to increase your rating points to the maximum, and this year we've raised the cap to include 2 new star rating tiers: Diamond and Regal Diamond! Can you max out your ratings and achieve EpicDuel immortality? More! For Blood Mages, Maestrom was adjusted reduce a target's energy by 26% of damage Improbability Gate has been buffed to deal Aux damage plus 8% target's max HP (Max 400) Wolf's Fury has been nerfed to a 20% Stun/Crit Chance Higher level battle achievements have been increased to reflect the work involved in achieving them: Grand Emperor: 8000 Legend: 12000 Epic Legend: 15000 Eternal Legend: 23000 Demigod: 30000 Tags: Titan

	November 19, 2019 Gift-A-Geddon 2019 A familiar chill fills the air as an eagerly anticipated event approaches Delta V once again. For veteran players, it's a familiar tradition marked by excitement, boundless generosity, and intense competition. Some might say this Design Notes intro is a familiar tradition. Almost like Nightwraith is reusing text for recurring events...nah, couldn't be. The 2019 season of Gifting is nearly here! This year, gifting will officially go online Tuesday December 3rd and last until Tuesday January 7th, 2019, with all the upgrades introduced last year including larger room capacity, speedier opening, gifting streaks, reduced gifting cost, higher gifter achievement tiers, and leaderboards! Why the later start date this year? Thanksgiving is dangerously close to the start of gifting this year, and we didn't want to risk turning on a huge event, having something break, and pulling folks away from their family revelry to comb through ActionScript. It also allows you, the players, enjoy some quality quiet time before the gifting fervor kicks in. Legendary Epic Mega-Pack! Since it was such a smash hit last year, this year, Wednesday November 20th to be exact, we'll be delivering a massive mega-pack of 35,000 Varium for 20,000 Artix Points. This package will be available after a brief update early in the day. Those who purchase this pack will also be awarded a one-time Legendary Epic Supporter 2019 achievement! This is an incredible value, but it will only be around for a limited time: the promotion will officially end when gifting begins on December 3rd! Epic Supporter 2019! This year, once the mega-pack promotion ends, it will be replaced by not one, but two new promotional packages! The first is the holiday 15,000 Varium package, which is a great value. Since we've found that players who choose this package tend to purchase it multiple times throughout the gifting event, the Epic Supporter 2019 achievement that is automatically awarded will be an evolving achievement! This achievement will also be available with the upcoming Omega Frost Destroyer Promotional Pack! The Prize Last year we left the prize options wide open with numerous caveats and clarifications. Even though the idea of an Epic Wish was left fairly open-ended, most people opted for a customized rare item. This year, we'd like to keep things simpler (but still exciting!) by offering the top 15 Gifters a customized item! What does this mean? Here are some parameters, which could change over the course of the gifting event: The item to be customized must already exist.This item can be any sword, sidearm, auxiliary, home item, armor, bot, or class-specific item that has ever been available in-game.* Items from other games can be requested, but require permission from the corresponding game lead, and must align with an already existing item category in EpicDuel. They must also be compatible with EpicDuel’s art style. For example, AQ3D items and AQW armors can’t be adapted for ED without being entirely recreated. If the request is for the physical version of a weapon, and there's a corresponding energy version, the gifting finalist may have the energy version as well. However, you cannot request an entire promo pack or weapon set. Customization requests can be refused if they're deemed unreasonable or illegal (copy-written material, offensive, etc...). The item(s) must be awarded to the same character that made the top 15 gifting list. No item transfers will be honored. The item may have any core available in-game equipped to it as long as it's of the proper category (i.e. no auxiliary cores on primary weapons, etc...). Since it was a huge headache last year, this year, cores will not be customized. Founder Exception: Only the first place gifter may request Founder Armor, however, if you have a Founder Achievement form the Founder phase of EpicDuel, but no Founder Armor, you may ask for Founder Armor. The first place gifter will receive a customized weapon as specified above, but will additionally receive a completely custom item. This can be any item category. The winner will also have the option to receive up to 20 unique codes to share the completely original custom item with friends...or not! It's entirely up to them! Hopefully this list will help you make your decision easier without being too restrictive. We'll work with the winners to make sure their wishes are fulfilled to their satisfaction within the parameters established above. If any winner is found to have cheated, they will not be eligible for a wish and will likely have their account disabled. Omega Wolf Gear Returns! It's nearly time for the seasonal-rare Winter items to return to EpicDuel, and that means the promotional Omega Wolf Gear is due to return! Visit Torgan to check out this gear with newly-unlocked Active cores! Omega Wolf Blaster P/E (sidearm) Omega Wolf Rifle P/E (auxiliary) Omega Wolf Fang P/E (sword) Omega Wolf Bloodletter/Souleater (mutating) Omega Wolf Rider (non-CC vehicle) Cores: These previously promotional cores will also return to Torgan for purchase with Varium only Tactical Reload (Sidearm): Get a free reload of your sidearm, bypassing cooldown. Icy Overkill (Aux): Overload your auxiliary, ignoring 35% of target's defense. Is unusable for rest of battle. Wolf’s Fury (Primary): While low on health, unleash an unblockable attack with a 25% crit/stun chance and 100% energy conversion. Also does 26% attack damage to target’s energy. Congratulations to the Nightmare Slayers! Your last chance for the year to defeat Nightmare Nightwraith and claim the rare Nightwraith armor will be Friday November 29th! So far, only 100 duelists have achieved this rare feat. If you already have the armor, you still have some time to help someone struggling with this battle to win this mighty prize! Stay tuned for more updates as Gifting 2019 approaches! HeroMart Update! Black Friday? Let’s darken this entire freaking month! We’re throwing our biggest and best sale EVER. Just released!* The 2020 Calendar DragonSlayer + BountyHunter Armor T-Shirts All 12 plush moglins Head to www.HeroMart.com/ to get them individually or get both the DragonSlayer and J6 BountyHunter armor shirts, and you can add the $19.99 2020 Calendar to your cart for free! 2020 Artix Calendar Poster This year's new 2020 Artix Calendar poster includes wicked new art from Dioz and Dage, and comes with the UnderWorld Chronomancer in-game rewards in all our regularly-updated videogames! Plus, get the Collector's Edition of the 2020 Artix Calendar Poster and unlock the 12 x 18 bonus UnderWorld Chronomancer print + exclusive in-game pet in AQW and AQ3D! Tags: Titan

	October 26, 2019 Harvest Havoc A bounty of new weapons, armors, achievements, styles and more await your in this latest EpicDuel update! New Items! Visit Deuce is the mysterious Minestation for his latest seasonal creations! Pumpkin Lord CC Pumpkin Sabre P Pumpkin Sabre E Pumpkin Highbrander P Pumpkin Highbrander E Pumpkin Rip Blades P Pumpkin Rip Blades E Pumpkin Axe P Pumpkin Axe E Pumpkin Staff P Pumpkin Staff E Pumpkin Buster Blaster P (Spreadfire) Pumpkin Buster Blaster E (Spreadfire) Pumpkin Buster Cannon P Pumpkin Buster Cannon E New Arcade! Beef up those rating points and spend those Arcade Tokens at the new Harvest Havoc arcade game! Take a spin for a chance to win weapons, home items, and an armor that are not are not stocked in any shop! Home Decor Decorate one or all of your homes with new spooky items available now! Seedy Patch Right Super Seedy Patch Right Myx Left Myx Right Seedy Patch Left Super Seedy Patch Left Count Mechula Coffin Ghost Tomb Count Mechula Right Count Mechula Left Count Mechula Emblem New Styles Five new styles are now available for each class, some with wild fiery animation! The perfect complement for your spooky seasonal cosplay! Achievements Once again, I forgot the big baseball game happening, so you can grab an updated Big Show 2019 Achievement in celebration! I hope your team scored all the points! Balance Blood Mage: Brutal Strike is now blockable Heroic Housing 2019 Remember, EpicDuel's Heroic Housing 2019 contest is still underway but nearly at its end! The theme is "holiday harvest" so it's the perfect time to get into the spirit of the season and show off your best decor for the chance to win Epic prizes! Tags: Titan

	October 18, 2019 Epic Class Revival Since the big Passive Skill update last spring, there hasn't been many Earth...er...Delta V-shaking updates to balance. A big goal for the year was to differentiate all the class skills, even if it was just an aesthetic change. Today, we've made a huge step toward that goal with 8 revamped skills for the evolved classes (Cyber Hunter, Tactical Mercenary, and Blood Mage). Balance The evolved classes are getting some major updates that should shake up gameplay and builds quite a bit. We altered and adjusted the skills throughout testing, but live data will be the best data so expect more changes in the weeks to come! Tactical Merc: Double Strike >>> Crippling Strike: Attack for 120% damage; Reduces % defense for 2 turns Artillery Strike >>> Suppressing Fire: New animation to differentiate between Artillery Strike Stun Grenade >>> Barbed Grenade: Inflict physical damage with a 25% base chance to stun and crit. Ignores 15% defense; 20 less damage Toxic Grenade: Functionally the same, but improves with 2 Support; 20 Less damage per leve; Requires Strength Blood Shield>>> Swapped for Energy Shield Cyber Hunter: Shadow Arts >>> Gene Augment: Hack your own DNA to boost your highest stat. Defense Matrix >>> Nanotech Shield: Activate a powerful shield that negates a % on incoming damage. Multishot >>> Adaptive Offense: Inflict damage based on primary damage type to all enemies. Deals 85% damage against multiple targets. Venom Strike >>> Memory Leak: Target loses fixed Energy and HP for each level similar to Screaming Soul Spears Blood Mage: Overload >>> Brutal Strike: Summon your strength for a devastating strike with a 25% chance to stun. Energy Shield >>> Swapped for Blood Shield This seems like a big change, but it's a small step toward expanding build diversity and making each class truly unique. Unfortunately, with all the work that when into these changes and testing, the content (arcade, styles, and gear) had to go on hold until next week. Plus, our work is far from done with skill differentiation and there are still several new skills in the works, including new ultimates! Tags: Titan

	September 27, 2019 Ghoulish Gear Shark Attack! Yaaaar! Last week Ishmael, feared shark hunter and merchant of the West Naval Yard, reeled in quite a haul of Pirate-themed gear, but this week he's brought his masterpiece: The Cyber Shark! This new bot is perfect for those who want to complete a lifesteal build! It's standard attack also comes with a beefy 25% crit chance to rip your foes to shreds! Cyber Shark P/E Shark Bite:Chomp your foe with metal jaws with a 25% crit chance. Feeding Frenzy: Inflict open wounds that grant 30% lifesteal on target for 3 turns. Ghoulish Gear Returns! This update EpicDuel is also welcoming the return of the 2018's Ghoulish Gear! Visit Snork at the base of the in the Wasteland Minetower for access to this spooky and powerful gear. As with past returning gear, it's available for Credits or Varium. The cores will remain Varium only. Vampiric Boomstick P/E Passive: Spreadfire: Damages all enemies. Deals 85% damage if it hits multiple targets. Special: Blood Shot: Fire a powerful shot with a 25% chance to crit that returns 20% damage to user as HP. Phantasm Droid P / E Special: Phantasm Blast: Deal 45% base damage to Energy, increasing by 4% each round in battle (65% max). Additional Aux Core Soul Siphon: Reduce and absorb enemy energy by 25% of normal auxiliary damage. The Ghoul Cannon 2018 and Spectral Blaster 2018 were 2018 edition weapons and thus are permanent rare. However, there will be 2019 editions in an upcoming update! Tags: Titan

	July 12, 2019 Charfade's Challenge Charfade has arrived fully powered-up in her new evolved form and is ready to offer a serious challenge to the most powerful duelists on Delta V! Charfade's Challenge Charfade now offers her ultimate challenge in her legendary form. Who will be the first to conquer this latest legendary opponent? Charfade Items In her downtime, Charfade has developed several new weapons and an armor to complement her new advanced form. Evolved Charfade Armor Charfade's Blaster P Charfade's Launcher E Charfade's Sword P Charfade's Staff P Charfade's Club E Charfade's Claws E Charfade's War Prize Shortly before today's release, the most recent regional war came to an end, awarding the top prize that was very badly bugged for anyone who got to see it. It appeared as an armor that wasn't loading. Typically, war prizes are setup well in advance, and it was setup as Arbor Armor months ago, but because it coincided with the Charfade update, it was switched to Gold Little Gear (/fire to backflip and launch fireworks) as a reference to her cute, mechanized travel form. This switch was unfortunately never pushed to the live server so people receive an item that didn't exist. In the most recent update, this was corrected. Those who received the armor should have Gold Little Gear. If it was "equipped" it would be unequipped with armor set to the default, otherwise characters would fail to login as the game would freak out if it saw someone with a vehicle equipped as an armor. The few who upgraded their armor prize had their currency refunded in full. Legendary Items The legendary shops have seen some love with new items available to the highest ranked Legendary players! Exquisite Legendary Arsenal Cyber Spartan CC Gold Cyber Spartan Cyber Spartan Sword P Cyber Spartan Sword E Cyber Spartan Blades P Cyber Spartan Blades E Cyber Spartan Mace P Cyber Spartan Mace E Cyber Spartan Staff P Cyber Spartan Staff E Epic Legendary Arsenal Platinum Cyber Spartan Balance Some small balance updates were also included in this release. Frenzy: Reduced max to 60%; starts at 32%; increases 2% per level Screaming Soul Spears: Curable with Medic; Can't use Venom Strike or Toxic Grenade to stack poison Tags: Titan

	July 08, 2019 Balance Update 1.7.28 The bonus Varium promotion has officially ended for EpicDuel. Congratulations for all those who could be a part of this great, limited Summer deal! The Infernal Gear will still be available to purchase until the next promotional package is ready to take its place. While Charfade's main release is still in development, we've included a few balance tweaks and a new achievement to keep things interesting until the main event on Friday! Balance Changes/Fixes General Sidearm: Damage scales at the same rate as primary weapon damage Tech Mage Deadly Aim: requires 42 Tech at max level Blood Mage Fireball: Requires 42 Dex at max level; Reduce base damage by 10 Deadly Aim: requires 42 Tech at max level Cores Blood bullet: Reduce damage to 115% from 125% Icy Overkill: Reduce defense reduction to 30% from 40% Infinity Power Strike: Reduce damage to 120% from 130% Bots Infernal Android: Special starts at 85% dmg going up by 5% turn, 120 max Gamma Bot: Special attack increased to 108% damage Phantasm Droid: 2 turn warm up for special attack New Achievement In celebration of the Women's World Cup, we've snuck in an achievement to commemorate this event, and epic victory for the US team! This Friday! The "real" release is still in development and on schedule for this Friday. In the meantime, you can visit a newly redesigned Charfade at Mirv's and preview her new armor in battle! Tags: Titan

	May 31, 2019 Infernal Gladiator Promo It's finally time to say goodbye to the Azrael promos and hello to the Infernal Gladiator Gear! Celebrate summer with new weapons and armors literally crackling with molten energy! Also, for a limited time the new promotions will come with 5,000 bonus Varium! It doesn't get much hotter than that! Infernal Gladiator Promo After a long wait and lots of sleepless nights, we're proud to finally bring you not one, but two new promotional packages with an Infernal theme! The Infernal weapons are some of the most stylish weapons in the game and Bido and Deuce brought their A (or S+ if you're an arcade game) games to EpicDuel for their contributions to these outstanding new bundles. Also, for a limited time, these promotional packages will include a bonus 5,000 Varium for a total of 15,000 Varium in addition to all the weapons contained therein! Package 1 Infernal Gladiator Infernal Gladiator CC Master's Strike: Crits ignore extra 5% of your target's defense; +7% Crit chance; Passive. Infernal Surge: Summon infernal spirits to increase Strength, Dexterity, Technology, and Support by 20% for 4 turns. Infernal Gladiator Sword P Infernal Gladiator Sword E Infernal Gladiator Gear P Infernal Gladiator Gear E Infernal Fury: Do a mini rage using remaining rage. Package 2 Plasma Fly: The counterpart to the Pyro fly, this advanced model is the first bot to have 2 special skills! Pyro Super Beam: Deal 90% base damage, increasing by 3% each round in battle (111% max). Infernal Sting: Powerful sting that does 75% damage and places one random skill into cooldown. Infernal Blaster P Infernal Blaster E Molten Bullet: Fire a super-heated bullet that embeds in target. Strike target to detonate, adding 8% damage per turn the target was hit (max 3 turns). Infernal Artillery P Infernal Artillery E Tremor Blast: Powerful blast that confuses target, lowering Crit, Block, and Deflection chance for 4 turns. Varium Upgrade For a limited time, the 12,000 Varium package is receiving a bonus of 5,000 extra Varium for a total of 18,000! If you're in a situation where you don't care about the new gear, but really want to stockpile Varium, this is the best value available! Armor Not all new items are available in the promotional packages. Kraggor has restocked with an amazing new armor designed by Bido, the Infernal Golem. This new armor is available in CC and non-CC flavors and both come with a new Infernal Fortitude core! Infernal Golem Infernal Golem CC Infernal Fortitude: Harden your skin to increase physical defense by 65% for 3 turns. Unable to use melee attacks. Balance Lifeline: Energy cost increased to 120 Missions Deuce's missions to construct his unique vehicle, the Tyrant Tank, are finally rare forever! Congratulations if you were able to complete the exhaustive tasks to complete this awesome prize! Removed “A Box of Scraps” part 1-3 Security This past week we've dealt with some substantial outages in EpicDuel, along with the rest of the AE network. Titan has been working with Captain Rhubarb to help improve security for the EpicDuel servers. I don't quite understand all they've been doing, but the updates made throughout the week should improve server stability and keep the DDoS attackers at bay. Since security is an ongoing concern and constant arms race between attackers and our countermeasures, there may be more updates and downtime in the near future as much-needed long-term improvements are implemented. Tags: Titan

	February 08, 2019 A Box of Scraps! You may notice the version number is 1.7.08a. This doesn't mean you missed an update. This just means during testing the client needed to be incremented more than once. Missions Visit Deuce in the abandoned train station in the Varium Mines to embark on several quests culminating in awesome rewards! Deuces Wild Not Hockey Pads 2 Ply Kevlar Steel Shell Glowing Guardsman Goop Troop Egg Fuel Schematic Scheme Time to Think Hard Bargain Harder Bargain Double Deuce Spy Control Mecha Metal Stellar Steel Paint Job Sludge Time Again Radioactive Ration Terror Shell Mer'a Ingenuity Build Time One Final Piece A Perfect Fit A Box of Scraps Part 1 Armor Sample Armor Harvest Armor Hoarder Vehicular Vandal Arthropod Alloys Overlord Oxidation Thick Tungsten Husk Mer'a Metallurgy Otherworldly Outerwear Tough Furry Shell A Box of Scraps Part 2 Budget Bazookas Miniature Munitions Snork's Stash Overlord Overkill Looting the Lawman Offering of Blood Exile War Depot Legion War Depot Antagonistic Eggs Bless My Bullets A Box of Scraps Part 3 Powered by Goo Fuel Cell Guardian Gamma-Powered Goon Atomic Antagonist Onslaught Engine One Order of Nightmare Three Order of Nuclear Three Orders of Nemesis One Order of Omega All Assembly Require The Tyrant King Achievements These achievements are available from completing some of the above mission chains! Tyrant King Double Deuce Armors These armors are available as rewards for completing some of the above mission chains! ProtoSartorium CC ProtoSartorium Cores Radiation Burn (Passive skill locked to ProtoSartorium Armors) 25% chance to reduce melee attacker's defense/resistance by 35% Vehicles Tyrant Tank Mk1 (/boom and /fire functionality) Coming Up Next! Next week, you can look forward to an all-new promotional package featuring the new Azrael/Heartbreaker gear! If you've been sleeping on the Omega Wolf Pack, you'd better act fast before it's gone! Tags: Titan

	January 30, 2019 Patch Notes - 1.7.06 We just rolled a small patch with some additions and a bug fix which seems minor, but was a major headache if you enjoyed fighting NPCs. A regular release is still scheduled for later this week! As of the writing of this, all Omega Wolf Warrior armors have been awarded to secret package owners! Congratulations! I hope it was worth the wait! Also, I finally corrected an issue that's been around since Gifting. On Christmas, a very special daily prize was supposed to be awarded, but because of a data definition mixup, the prize was mere credits! Since we know how many daily prizes everyone claimed, we were able to figure out everyone who would have earned the prize and award them the intended gift: Infernal Frostbane! New Features/Changes Omega Wolf Warrior Added to Secret Package Owners! Infernal Frostbane awarded to those who have 26 or more daily prize claims during gifting! Cores: Unbreakable Heart added to Endless Unbreakable Spirit Added to Endless Unbreakable Heart x25 added to Endless and Endless M4tr1x Unbreakable Spirit x25 added to Endless and Endless M4tr1x New Strength Boost, Dexterity Boost, Technology Boost, and Support Boost cores' prices increased to 8000 Credits, 475 Varium. Bug Fixes Corrected error which caused NPCs like the Gamma Guard would freeze in battle Tags: Titan

	November 29, 2018 36 Days of Giving! Everyone from Fortune City to the Dread Plains is talking about the return of EpicDuel's Gifting Season! This year, celebrate 36 days to gifts with incredible prizes for the top 15 most generous gifters! When gifting begins after a short update, you can choose to power up with the Epic Supporter 2018 Varium package or the fearsome Omega Wolf Package! This is also your last chance for the 35,000 Legendary Epic Supporter Varium pack and Ghoulish Gear packages as they're leaving after the update tomorrow! Gifting The 2018 season of gifting will go live as soon as we update EpicDuel servers Friday November 30th. We hope this is sooner in the day than later, but we don't want to have any emergency reboots for last minute fixes, kicking everyone out, so we won't launch until we're 100% ready. Gifting will last until the end January 4th, 2019. This year gifting cost has been reduced to 325 from 375. Prize/Wish Addendum Concerning Founder Armor Since the announcement of the prizes for this year's gifting event, there's been some controversy of the parameters of the Epic Wish. We mentioned that players can wish for "nearly any item" and some longtime players were upset that that could put Founder Armor on the menu for up to 15 players. At first we thought, "A wish is a wish," but the outcry from Founders has be notable. Obviously, with the community as tight as it is, it would not be a good idea to upset our most experienced players. As a compromise, we've decided to exclude Founder Armor from the potential wish items for all but the #1 gifter (#1 spot gets a wish and a custom item). This was a tough decision, but we had a feeling an issue like this might come up, hence the "nearly any" language. We're sorry if you were told in chat or on Twitter this would be a valid prize choice, but that was before the weight of this issue was brought to our attention. We hope this doesn't dampen your gifting cheer too much, as there are still hundreds of other items to choose from, as well as wish ideas that don't involve an item at all. Since there was additional confusion, we'd also like to clarify that "nearly any item" means one item and doesn't include entire promotional packages. Mutating armors and weapons do count as one item, though. Further Addendum: If you have the Founder Achievement, but not the Founder Armor, and you're in the top 15 of the gifting event, you may wish for Founder Armor. Omega Wolf Pack The gifting update will also see the introduction of the Omega Wolf Pack, which will come locked and loaded with 9 new items complete with cores! Omega Wolf Blaster P/E (sidearm) Omega Wolf Rifle P/E (auxiliary) Omega Wolf Fang P/E (sword) Omega Wolf Bloodletter/Souleater (mutating) Omega Wolf Rider (non-CC vehicle) Cores Tactical Reload (Sidearm): Get a free reload of your sidearm, bypassing cooldown. Icy Overkill (Aux): Overload your auxiliary, ignoring 35% of target's defense. Is unusable for rest of battle. Wolf’s Fury (Primary): While low on health, unleash an unblockable attack with a 25% crit/stun chance and 100% energy conversion. Also does 26% attack damage to target’s energy. Epic Supporter 2018 The 15,000 Varium package is back with a new twist of the achievement. Each time this package or the Omega Wolf Pack is purchased, the achievement will level up (up to 10)! Quality of Life /dnd command activates Do Not Disturb mode that blocks PMs, jumps, ally links, and sonar. Still shows green “online” light on buddy list so not completely invisible. Type it again to turn this mode off. /openallgifts receives all gifts currently in your mail. Since there will be a lot of congestion in gifting areas, the AFK timer now disconnects after 15 minutes of idle time. If you want those gifts, you'll have to be active! Mission Changes Removed mission chains for Nightwraith. Congratulations to everyone who received Nightwraith's personal armor! The missions will return next year to give you all another chance to level and plan your strategy! Party Business OneX6 Retrieval A Bold Bounty Balance Cyber Hunter Massacre: Improves with every 12 Tech instead of ever 8 Arcade Increased value of prize tiers -- resale should be higher as well. This is not a retroactive change. Gold - 2000 Silver - 300 Bronze - 40 Maps Added extra-large gifting arenas to the right and left of Edgar Boothe. We tried making players even smaller, but it breaks character movement badly. It's hilarious to see, but probably too frustrating if you really want to focus on claiming your gifts. If people like this addition enough, we can add more to other regions of Delta V! Room cap increased to 150! Remember to turn down all the graphics to the lowest settings if you have an older PC unless you like slideshows! Achievements 12 tiers of the Good Gifter 2018 Achievement 2 tiers of the Yeti for Winter 2018 Achievement 10 tiers of the Epic Supporter 2018 Achievement Achievement changes Dage achievement value raised to 4000 Legendary Titan achievement value raised to 4000 Gamma achievement value raised to 4500 Collector achievements should be tagged as Ultra Rare Archivist achievements should be tagged as General since it’s not rare at all Archivist achievements all bumped in value by 500 since the tiers are harder to get Wow! That's a truckload of content and we're just getting started! We'll be periodically updating gifting throughout December with new content and items to add to gifting pool so it'll only get better as the event goes on! Thank you all for making an update like this possible! Duel On and Gift On! Tags: Titan

	November 21, 2018 On the Cusp of Gifting Get ready for gifting! The 35,000 Varium package is now LIVE in-game for 20,000 APs! This is by far the best value we've ever offered so if you want to stock up before gifting without having to reload in December, now is the best time to do it! This package also comes with the Ultra-Rare Legendary Epic Supporter 2018 Achievement, and it will only be available for a limited time. This incredible deal will leave the game just as gifting arrives sometime on November 30th, to be replaced by the still-awesome Epic Supporter package and Omega Wolf Pack (yes, we changed the name based on the amazing new concept art from Charfade!). The image above only represents concepts and the package may not include all items or they may differ from the final versions. We'll publish the final versions as soon as they're ready! Special thanks to Titan and Charfade for tagging to help out with this update! It feels good to have them back, even if it's for a little while. Now where's Rabble? New Treasure Hunters! As mentioned last week, we've cleared the old rarity point leaderboard to make way for a new system with a new calculation that excludes duplicate items. Those who had at least 100,000 rarity points on the old board should have receive a Collector achievement based on their old score. Those participating in the new board, which should update when the daily cycle refreshes, will receive an evolving Archivist achievement. You will need to visit Charfade to re-appraise your gear to participate! Remember, to climb the new board will require possessing a wide range of rare, not just 100 copies of one. Good luck, and happy hunting! Wish Upon a Star The design notes post last week really set the EpicDuel community on fire with discussion about the possibilities of the new top 10 prize, Epic Wishes. As I expected, some of the ideas went a bit off the rails, and others went off into another galaxy. In order to keep the idea creep contained and make sure I'm not spending all of 2019 fulfilling wishes, we've narrowed the parameters of the wishes. In doing so, we've also expanded the number of winners from the top 10, to the top 15! If you were just out the running last year, this is your big chance! Examples of things you can wish for: Nearly any item in game (possibly other AE games with the blessing of their staff) A small statue of your character (bust), sign, insignia or graffiti permanently place on the game world A unique badge achievement just for your character A unique hairstyle A personalized sketch from Nightwraith A custom version of an existing item (small alteration, like a recolor) An item with another item's core (must be the same category of item) This list isn't necessarily all-encompassing, and if you have a creative idea that can be done within a reasonable deadline, we're open to it! Things that you can't wish for: Currency Refunds Stuff in other AE games More wishes (duh) Wish transfers Immunity from moderation Unbanning accounts Reactivating disabled accounts Any other player's account Ability to cheat EpicDuel's source code To be game staff (that includes mod tools, colored name, etc...) To change game staff (i.e. Fire So-and-So and hire Such-and-Such!) Altered battle record Unearned achievements (1v1 champ, 2v2 champ, etc...) Rare achievements (Infernal War Hero, Frysteland War Hero, etc...) Unique Skills (for balance reasons) Features (this is better left to suggestions) Promotional packs to return Development phases returning Generally, anything that effects large numbers of players beyond the wisher will not be feasible. This wish is for you! Anything deemed illegal, unreasonable, offensive, or too complicated to fulfill within a reasonable timeframe. Hopefully this list will help you make your decision easier without being too restrictive. We'll work with the winners to make sure their wishes are fulfilled to their satisfaction within the parameters established above. If any winner is found to have cheated, they will not be eligible for a wish and will likely have their account disabled. Stay clean, stay safe, have fun! 2019 Calendar Pre-Order! The 2019 Calendar Epic Villains of Lore is LIVE! Under the influence of all the villains, this year Corrupted Chronomancer is ready to cause some serious damage. The Collector's Edition includes the Corrupted Chronomancer Armor with the physical and energy Chrono Cluster Swords in EpicDuel! PRE-ORDER NOW! Other Changes Nightmare Nightwraith's achievement raised from 3500 to 4500 rating points Clash of Legends reward raised from 15,000 to 35,000 credits. Those who've already completed the mission will be compensated. Please allow some time for this as it is a holiday weekend. Ghoul Cannon 2018 and Spectral Blaster 2018 tagged as Rare as they will be replaced by the 2019 editions next year Tags: Titan

	November 15, 2018 Gift-a-Geddon Approaches A familiar chill fills the air as an eagerly anticipated event approaches Delta V once again. For veteran players, it's a familiar tradition marked by excitement, boundless generosity, and intense competition. That's right, Gifting 2018 is nearly here! This year, gifting will officially go online Friday November 30 and last until January 4, 2019, but this year we're bringing a few new twists in addition to those already mentioned like cheaper gifting cost, bigger room capacity (with a few larger gifting rooms!), and higher gifter achievement tiers. Unfortunately, there will be no release this Friday as Titan and I work to restore gifting and complete the new features coming very soon! Varium Mega-Pack Many of you have requested it so Wednesday November 21, we're delivering a massive mega-pack of 35,000 Varium for 20,000 Artix Points. Those who purchase this pack will also be awarded a one-time Legendary Epic Supporter 2018 achievement! This is an incredible value, but it will only be around for a limited time: the promotion will officially end when gifting beings on November 30! Epic Supporter 2018 Once the mega-pack promotion ends, it will be replaced by not one, but two new promotional packages! The first is the holiday 15,000 Varium package, which is still a good value. Since we've found that players who choose this package, tend to purchase it multiple times throughout the gifting event, this year the Epic Supporter 2018 achievement that is automatically awarded will be an evolving achievement! Omega Overkill Package It wouldn't be a true holiday event without new gear! The Omega Overkill package which is still in progress will also be offered alongside the 15,000 Varium package. Those who purchase this package will also receive the Epic Supporter 2018 achievement. More details on the cores/gear types will be available as gifting approaches. This promo pack with include 10,000 Varium. The Prize But what is it all for? Generosity? Love for fellow players? Fame? Those are all great, but that prize! This year, the top 10 finishers will each receive one Epic Wish. What's that? Some examples of possible wishes to spur your imagination are: Nearly any item in the game from any phase of development (tagged as "Wish") Immortal status on a screen as a statue or graffiti Alteration of an existing item (take a core from one item and put on another) Those are just some examples of possible wishes the winners can pick from. The winners won't receive ALL of these wishes but must each pick one, so ponder them carefully! Restrictions do apply. You can't wish for more wishes or wish for more Varium or credits. You also can't wish for a 1-shot kill core or something that would break the balance of the game. We'll work with the winners to determine the viability of all the rewards. The grand prize winner will receive the mightiest gift of all: a custom item. This can be any type of item currently available in game (sword, bike, armor, etc...), created from scratch with the winner's guidance and approval. The winner will also receive 20 codes to give out replicas for that item to their friends if they wish. Again, restrictions apply. The prize can't be something that is inappropriate or violates copyright law, as much as some may want a keyblade in-game. MOAR! Gifting is close, but there're still a few more features we can squeeze in. We'll keep you updated as development continues. Treasure Hunters Wednesday November 21 we're making a major change to the way the appraisal leaderboards work. For those who don't know, you can visit certain NPCs like Charfade to appraise your gear for it's rarity. Your inventory is assessed and assigned a score based on the rarity type and investment through upgrades. Currently, it's possible to stockpile massive amounts of seasonal rares to achieve extremely high scores, especially through gifting when motivated players can receive hundreds of free items. When the change goes live, we will no longer count duplicate items towards the rarity score -- only rarity type and upgrade amount will be factored in the score once per item. To give players a chance to assess their rarity score minus duplicates, we will also clear the current rarity leaderboard. However, those epic collectors will not be forgotten, as they will all receive new Treasure Hunter achievements based on their rarity scores. Going forward, players who receive new appraisals will be eligible to earn a new evolving Archivist achievement! The key to dominating the new leaderboard will be building a collection of many different items rather than dozens of the same item. Nightwraith Annihilators Congratulations to all of you who thoroughly demolished Nightwraith in all his various forms to claim Nightwraith's armor. You're part of a very exclusive list! If you haven't been able to defeat him, take heart -- you have until the start of gifting on November 30th to claim the armor before it disappears for another year. It's still tagged as normal rare rather than seasonal because, although the opportunity to claim it will return, very few players are able to earn it. Legendary and Nightmare Nightwraith will remain in game for you to hone your skills against them when the armor is available again! Also Leaving These last few days before gifting will also be your last chance to get the Ghoulish Gear for the season! The Ghoul Cannon 2018 and Spectral Blaster 2018 will go permanently rare, but the sidearms and bots will return. The 2018 versions of Omega Gear will remain until the end of gifting on January 4, 2019. Tags: Titan