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 | May 25, 2023 An Epic Dual: 2 Eyes are Better than 1
Hi players! Beleen here, and I just want to start off by reassuring you all: Nightwraith, your beloved Epic Dual game lead, artist, and all-around great guy, will be just fine.
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| May 18, 2023 May the Fourth Forever
Performance improvements, bug fixes, and enough star sabers to stop an imperial army arrive with this latest update! May the Fourth ForeverWell, maybe not forever. We do have many more rare social media prize code drops to last throughout the month of May! Can you collect them all?
Animation OptimizationOptimization is rarely exciting but often a net positive and sometime necessary for sustained development. With so many custom skills and variants for different weapon types, our character timeline ballooned to nearly 10,000 frames. Over time, we've been able to trim this down to about 7,000 frames with this latest update. The biggest change was consolidating the alternative animations for the class-specific weapons when using sidearms and auxiliaries. Now, the weapons will quickly fade out and back in at the end of the animation. This streamlines the animations while drawing focus to the weapons being used. After all, what's the point of upgrading a fancy new sidearm if it's going to be hidden behind your other weapons? Optimization is an ongoing process, but this update was a major push forward in our battle against performance issues and file size!
Bug Fixes / ChangesThere has been a persistent bug impacting AOE cores such as Ultra Obliteration that would cause the client to freeze if used against 2 targets without enough energy. We tried for awhile to resolve this issue, but to keep this issue from remaining in game and freezing battles, a stopgap solution was introduced in the most recent update: All AOE skills have the same energy require when used against 2 targets as 1 target. This will affect cores and regular class skills. In a way, it makes sense to unify the cost for 1 and 2 targets since players do not have a choice weather to target 1 or 2 players with an AOE, it's an automatic increase is energy cost. This may perhaps make AOE skills more viable in 2v2 and Juggernaut battles. Tags: Nightwraith |
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| May 06, 2023 Ultra Corsair Now Live
EpicDuel is live with its latest limited-time promotion: Ultra Corsair Gear!
Ultra Corsair PackageThis new 4,000 Artix Point package includes over 20 items! A great value on par with some of the 10,000 AP packages of the past. This limited-time promo includes the following items:
Cores (pre-equipped to the sidearms and auxiliary items in the package)
This package also comes with an exclusive achievement, the Ultra Corsair Crest! *Please note that this package does not include additional Varium.
Ultimate Stat Boost PackThough there are many passive cores available in EpicDuel, it can be difficult to know what to buy and where to buy it when crafting a build. Since stat-boosting cores are great for providing noticeable improvements in damage output, defense, healing, and more, we assembled many of the most common permanent stat cores into one convenient package. This new 10,000 Artix Point package contains over 40 passive stat-boosting cores to cover all the main gear categories. To provide added value, the package also includes 10,000 Varium to give players everything they need to create a highly competitive build.
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| April 28, 2023 May the Fourth 2023
EpicDuel is live with 2 new 4,000 AP promo packs, new PvP drops, new styles, and new prize code star sabers for the entire month of May!
New PromosEpicDuel can be very intimidating for new players. After 15 years of development, there are so many weapons and cores that it can be difficult to know how to best spend your hard-earned credits and Varium. To provide a boost to new and returning players, we've introduced two new promotional packs for 4,000 Artix Points each: Stat Boost Pack
A quick way to optimize your build is to equip potent passive cores to boost key stats like Strength, Dexterity, Technology, and Support. Many new players don't even know such cores exist! This package includes many of the most common Passive boosts to provide tangible boosts to struggling builds.
This pack also includes 2 of each of the following limited-charge stat boost cores:
Grenade Pack
Grenades are useful Primary Active cores that can offer a quick offensive advantage in battle. This pack includes two of each limited charge grenade core.
If these packs are successful, we hope to introduce more packages bundling other useful cores and items to improve shopping convenience for new and veteran players alike.
New PvP DropIf you don't want to wait until Monday to start collecting saber swords, we've added 8 new weapons to the PvP drop pool!
As of this update the April Fools weapon drops have been removed from the PvP drop pool.
May the FourthStarting May 1st at 12 PM (EST), a new prize code will be posted to Nightwraith's Twitter for a new rare saber sword. The next code will be posted at 5 PM (EST). This will be the schedule until all codes are depleted! There should be enough quantity of each prize item to last a while, but they won't last long and there will not be any reposting. Good luck, and May the Fourth be with you!
New StylesAs an appetizer for the upcoming Ultra Corsair promotional package, we've introduced eight new styles to complement the set once it's finally released! Tags: Nightwraith |
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| April 14, 2023 Botanical Battlepass Now Live!
The Botanical Knight Battlepass is LIVE! Login now to earn the latest collection of spring/knight-themed weapons, armors, vehicles, morphs, bots, cores, and more crafted with care by Bido and Acatriel! This Battlepass will last from today to June 6, 2023. Good luck and happy dueling to reach level 60 of EpicDuel's latest Battlepass season!
Varium Sale EndAs of this latest update, the Spring Varium sale is now over in EpicDuel after over a week extension.
PvP Drop AdjustmentThe overall drop rate for PvP items was somewhat overtuned over the last few weeks, so it has been adjusted to be lower in the latest update. Tags: Nightwraith |
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| March 31, 2023 Botanical Knight Battlepass Preview
The Botanical Knight Battlepass is on schedule to be released next week with new cores, styles, weapons, armors, and more! The expected release date is Friday April 7 as soon as it's ready. The release has been postponed until next week to allow enough time for thorough development and testing.
PvP Queue TimeTo encourage faster matchmaking, the queue times for PvP matches have been reduced, especially in 2v2. This means that if a human match is not found, an AI opponent will be chosen faster. While priority is given to human matches, getting into battles to get rewards feels better than waiting at a loading screen. The level range of AI matches has also been increased from 36 to 38.
Drop Rate UpdateSince the 2023 Dage drops are dropping less frequently than intended, we've updated the the drop weights to give preference to the new items while increasing the overall drop rate. In anticipation of April Fool's Day, we've added the following items back into the drop pools: Weapon Drops
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