EpicDuel PVP Game Design Notes

February 15, 2013

NEW CHANGES/FEATURES:

• New Azrael Promo now available:
  • Azrael's Anguish gun
    • Azrael's Will active core: Charms an enemy, forcing them to strike you on their next turn
  • Azrael's Annihilator auxiliary
    • Azrael's Torment active core: Shoots your enemy, reducing 65% of all buff effects on an enemy
• Alydroid now has Seasonal Rare Heartbreaker gear
• Missions Removed:
  • Lepus' New Friends!
  • Seasons in the Abyss
  • EXFOLIATE
  • Easy Bein' Green
  • Shattered by a White Hare
  • Set Us Up the Noms
  • Dance, Puppets! Dance!
• Starter Kit promo items relocated to the Junker
• Tactical Battlegear promo items relocated to Mirv
• Advanced Battlegear promo items relocated to Overlord Guard
• Veteran Battlegear promo items relocated to Hank
• Marauder now drops the mission item for "Point A to Point B" 100% of the time (up from 18%)
• Oz now drops the mission item for "Access Denied" 25% of the time (up from 11%)
• Added an "Edit Item Stats" button to inventory items
• You may again buy items that your class cannot equip once you are level 9 and higher
• The "Infernal Spirit" core is no longer locked on items and can be replaced
• The "Exoskeleton" core is no longer locked on items and can be replaced
• Meteor Shower, Thorns Assault, and Jack O Fire descriptions now correctly state that the damage increase is based on your weapon’s damage, not total damage

BALANCE CHANGES:

SKILLS
Note: These are not the only changes we plan on making to Strength-based skills. We wanted to make these changes first to make sure we aren't over-tuning other skills or classes at the same time.

• Meteor Shower core
  • Now has a 1 turn warm up
• Double Strike
  • Damage lowered by 8% at all levels
• Berzerker
  • Damage lowered by 10% at all level
• Massacre
  • Damage lowered by 5% at all levels
• Bludgeon
  • Damage lowered by 5% at all levels
• Field Medic
  • Base heal increased at early levels from 11-38 to 14-38
• Bunker Buster
  • Base damage lowered at later levels from 22-40 to 22-35
  • Damage now increases by 2 as you approach level 35

CLASSES
Note: These changes are primarily designed to adjust class balance at very early levels (1-5)

• Mercenary
  • Base Health lowered from 57 to 55
  • Base Energy increased from 53 to 54
• Tech Mage
  • Base Health increased from 54 to 55
  • Base Strength increased from 18 to 20
  • Base Technology lowered from 24 to 22
• Cyber Hunter
  • Base Health increased from 53 to 55
  • Base Energy lowered from 57 to 56
• Tactical Mercenary
  • Base Health lowered from 57 to 55
  • Base Energy increased from 53 to 54
• Blood Mage
  • Base Health lowered from 56 to 55
  • Base Energy increased from 54 to 55

BUGS FIXED:

• Buffs and debuffs affecting the same stat were not stacking properly
• Several skills would freeze the client if the target dropped during the animation
• Rage could be gained by the blocker of an attack
• Rage was capable of exceeding 100%, causing rage reductions to sometimes appear incorrectly
• Chairman's Fury was returning more Rage than intended
• Mutating weapons could show incorrect damage type in shops
• Advanced and Veteran gear were incorrectly flagged as Rare
• Ylwa's "Battle Bruised" mission incorrectly required a Baby Yeti Warrior
• Hulnas' "Battle Born" mission now requires a Baby Yeti to begin
• Arctic Trainer's "Warming Up" now requires a Dark Yeti to begin
• Added items to Valestra's Shop (She and Hank share suppliers)
• "Rotten" weapons are now labeled similarly to "Rusted" weapons in the Item Finder

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