EpicDuel PVP Game Design Notes

June 27, 2025

EpicDuel is live and alive with a massive overhaul to housing, new War rewards tiers, and dozens of balance adjustments!

Home Interface Overhaul

• Items of the same type are now stacked.
• Slight buffer applied to clicking and dragging items to prevent misclicks.
• Clicking items to place them from inventory will automatically place them near the center of the room.
• Items now return to inventory instantly after removing them.
• Items equipped to the room are tracked visually show how close to the cap you are.
• To maintain data integrity, you must save before purchasing.
• Multiple timers have been added to prevent data desynchronization from rapid actions. When in doubt, saving your configuration will fully synch your home layout.
• Bulk home item selling is coming soon.

Seasonal Return

It's that time of year again! EpicDuel is maintaining it's tradition of restoring all the seasonal rare for a limited time during the Summer. Stay cool with some Frysteland rares from Torgan or adopt spooky autumn vibes with Snork's Halloween rares.

The Price of War

The War Token shop pricing has been adjusted to reflect the rarity and desirability of the prizes. We will be adding more over time so hold onto your War Tokens if you don't see your coveted War Prize yet.

We've also added a new 50,000 Influence tier to war participation: Emperor.This tier offers 100,000 Credits, 100 Arcade Tokens, and 2 War Tokens. All other tiers have been shifted downward, with the Private Tier now being the 1,000 Influence tier. The tiers now look like this:

• Emperor - 50,000 Influence
• Warlord - 25,000 Influence
• Commander - 15,000 Influence
• Sergeant - 5,000 Influence
• Private - 1,000 Influence

Balance Changes

This week we're implementing a ton of changes to address runaway stat inflation, class balance, and Legendary points.

• Core Changes
  • Absolution (Armor): +5 Technology, +5 Support.
  • Absolution (Primary): +2 Technology, +2 Support.
  • Absolution (Sidearm): +2 Technology, +2 Support.
  • Absolution (Auxiliary): +2 Technology, +3 Support.
  • Domination (Armor): +5 Strength, +5 Dexterity.
  • Domination (Primary): +3 Strength, +2 Dexterity.
  • Domination (Sidearm): +2 Strength, +3 Dexterity.
  • Domination (Auxiliary): +2 Strength, +2 Dexterity.
  • Infinity (Armor): +5 Strength, +5 Technology.
  • Infinity (Primary): +3 Strength, +2 Technology.
  • Infinity (Sidearm): +2 Strength, +2 Technology.
  • Infinity (Auxiliary): +2 Strength, +2 Technology.
  • Destruction (Armor): +5 Strength, +5 Support.
  • Destruction (Primary): +3 Strength, +2 Support.
  • Destruction (Sidearm): +2 Strength, +2 Support.
  • Destruction (Auxiliary): +2 Strength, +3 Support.
  • Fortitude (Armor): +5 Dexterity, +5 Technology.
  • Fortitude (Primary): +2 Dexterity, +2 Technology.
  • Fortitude (Sidearm): +3 Dexterity, +2 Technology.
  • Fortitude (Auxiliary): +2 Dexterity, +2 Technology.
  • Vigor (Armor): +5 Dexterity, +5 Support.
  • Vigor (Primary): +2 Dexterity, +2 Support.
  • Vigor (Sidearm): +3 Dexterity, +2 Support.
  • Vigor (Auxiliary): +2 Dexterity, +3 Support.
  • Supremacy (Armor): +2 Strength, +2 Dexterity, +4 Technology, +2 Support.
  • Supremacy (Primary): +2 Strength, +1 Dexterity, +1 Technology, +1 Support.
  • Supremacy (Sidearm): +1 Strength, +2 Dexterity, +1 Technology, +1 Support.
  • Supremacy (Auxiliary): +1 Strength, +1 Dexterity, +1 Technology, +2 Support.
  • Prime Dexterity Boost (Sidearm): +4.
  • Prime Support Boost (Auxiliary): +4.
  • Prime Strength Boost (Primary): +4.
  • Prime Technology Boost (Armor): +8.
  • x30 Boost cores match the Prime cores
  • Dexterity Boost (Sidearm): +3.
  • Support Boost (Auxiliary): +3.
  • Strength Boost (Primary): +3.
  • Technology Boost (Armor): +7.
  • Primary/Gun/Auxiliary Mastery: +10% damage on basic attacks, removed +25 damage boost.
  • Eternal Enhance: +3 Strength, +3 Dexterity, +3 Technology, +3 Support.
  • Infernal Prism: added 200 HP heal.
  • Infernal Offering: 340 EP total gain, 2 turns 170 EP each turn.
  • Health reserve: Flat +450hp does not scale with armor (does not stack with crit heal).
  • Bido's Bitters: Duration increased to 6 from 4.
  • Shadowlord's Severance P/E: 27% def ignore.

• Legendary Rank Boosts
  • Primary Damage Bonus: +30 to +20
  • Gun Damage Bonus: +40 to +20
  • Aux Damage Bonus: +30 to +20
  • Bot Damage Bonus: +30 to +20
  • Defense Bonus: +30 to +20
  • Resistance Bonus: +30 to +20
  • NPC Armor: +40 to +50 defense against NPCs
  • NPC Crusher: +40 to +50 damage against NPCs

• General 
  • Focus boosts: Focus level 1/2 = 0 boosts; Focus level 3/4 = +1/1/1/1, Focus level 5 = +2/2/2/2; Focus level 6 = +3/3/3/3.
  • Agility/encumbrance: Removed from game. We're still investigating better ways of addressing extreme HP builds in PvP.

• Class Changes
  • Reflex Boost: 80 EP level 1, +5 EP per level  , flat +42 Dexterity at level 1, increasing by 3 per level.
  • Energy Shield: +20 EP per level  to +10 EP per level.
  • Defense Matrix: +20 EP per level  to +10EP.
  • Blood Instinct: flat +42 level 1, increasing by 3 per level.
  • Terrify: flat -42 level 1, increasing by 3 per level, scaling removed; 15 EP per Level to +5 EP.
  • Plasma Grenade: 10% ignore to 15%.
  • Proton Cannon: Revert to 20% lifesteal and 26% Energy drain.
  • Maul: +5 EP per level.
  • Intimidate: 15 EP per level to +5 EP. Removed scaling. 36 flat Strength Debuff at level 1, increasing by 3 per level.

Coming Soon

Next week we hope to roll out more improvements to housing, while finally catching up on the Gifting prizes. Plus, we have new items from Bido and more War Token items to release! Plus, Acatriel is hard at work on the next Battlepass, and it's already looking amazing!

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