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 | June 19, 2026 A Critical Update
EpicDuel is live with new rares, new quality-of-life features, and a major change to damage calculations!
Quality of Life / Other ChangesWe've made some significant changes to the Inventory and Finder interfaces to make sorting and finding items easier than ever.
Faction Alts RemovedAs stated in a previous post, all alts in Factions have been removed. For the purposes of this update, an alt is another character that is on the same account that is a member of the same faction. If you had 5 alts in an account (including your main), then 4 will be removed, leaving the account with the lowest character Id (first created). This has been a rule for a long time, but only recently have we had the means to enforce it directly and dramatically. Attempts to get around this rule will be harshly enforced against the player and faction involved.
TheAlonzoHarris' ShopTheAlonzoHarris' Shop has been updated with the following items:
Critical Strike & Rage Interaction UpdateDue to ongoing complains about high damage from certain skill combinations, we've made several adjustments to how critical strikes interact with other damage mechanics to reduce their upper limits from their present extremes. These extremes became especially pronounced after new skills were introduced that guarantee critical damage. However, rather than a targeted nerf to the force-crit skills, we opted to reduce the overall impact of crit/defense ignore stacking with some mechanical changes. Defense Ignore Cap: Critical strikes now have a maximum combined defense ignore of 50% across all sources. Previously, equipping cores and skills that each independently stripped defense could stack beyond this threshold. The 50% cap applies to the sum of the base crit ignore (30%), passive core bonuses (Massive Strike), and active skill defense ignore (Icy Overkill) combined. Damage Percent Adjustment: Skills that deal bonus damage via a percentage modifier (such as 115% damage skills) will no longer have that bonus reflected in the critical strike damage ceiling. The crit calculation now uses the base damage value before percentage bonuses are applied, meaning crit and damage percentage bonuses each do their own independent work rather than amplifying each other. Rage and Critical Strike Interaction: Critical strikes and Rage attacks will now be evaluated independently. When a Rage attack already deals more damage than a critical strike would produce, the Rage damage is preserved without an additional critical bonus on top. When a critical strike would deal more damage than the Rage attack, the critical damage is used instead. Whichever is stronger wins, but they no longer combine to push damage beyond their individual limits. A critical Rage used to be an unexpected bonus, but predictable crits made this combination too powerful. I fell asleep. What does this all mean? Stacking crit-boosting cores with defense ignoring skills will be less effective, especially when combined with Rage. Formula: For the Wiki folks those who love to deep dive into the formulas, here is a detailed breakdown of damage before and after this change. Scenario: An attack does 115% damage with 30% defense ignore. This attack crits on a Rage. A passive boosts critical defense ignore by 15% (additive). Before: Gross damage = (596 × 1.15) = 686
Gross damage = 596 (pre-damage percent) Rage comparison:
Coming SoonWe've got some amazing content in the works for release this Summer including new epic boss battles, new mission, npc AI enhancements, and more quality-of-life features! Tags: Nightwraith |
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| June 11, 2026 EpicDuel Faction Rules Update
EpicDuel is live with new item, new achievements, and some important announcements regarding Faction rules and enforcement.
TheAlonzoHarris Shop UpdateTheAlonzoHarris' shop has been updated with color-custom Darkeater gear and a special Undead Legion surprise!
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| June 08, 2026 EpicDuel Maintenance Update
EpicDuel is LIVE with a minor maintenance update in preparation for the start of the new war system. There were a couple bugs such as the ability to sell Super Items required a reboot to fix.
Quality of LifeDespite this not being a major update, we've included a small improvement that will present the option to sell one of an item or all if you have duplictates.
Faction AltsHaving multiple characters from the same account in the same Faction has been against the rules for a long time. To encourage compliance, we've send an in-game mail to all members of factions who have multiple member characters from the same account. These accounts will be purged from the faction rolls on June 18th. This means, if you have multiple characters from your account in the same faction, all but one of those characters will be allowed to remain. Again, this has been a rule for a very long time so "I didn't know!" is not a valid excuse. If you are in violation, you have until June 18th to take corrective action before we do it for you. Attempts to circumvent these restrictions will be met with harsh punishment. Tags: Nightwraith |
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| June 03, 2026 EpicDuel War Update
EpicDuel is LIVE with returning rares, new leaderboards, and a major change to the War system! I know a Wednesday update is unusual, but the unusual nature of this update meant we had to wait for the War to end before publishing the changes. It is also preferable to find and patch bugs on a weekday rather than a weekend, just in case such a fix is needed. To expedite the process of experiencing the new War changes, the next War will being Monday June 8 at noon!
Battlepass Items Available at The ChallengerSince the last 2 Battlepasses are now firmly in the past, their most valuable and PvP-relevant components are now available at The Challenger NPC.
For those who missed out on the Battlepass styles, 901 - 908 and 956 - 964 are now available!
Seasonal Rares Return!Since we're nearly about the halfway point of 2026, we've returned the Seasonal Rares! This is a bit earlier than usual, but probably more accurate since our other mass seasonal restock happens in November. Grab the rares while you can before they leave in July!
TheAlonzoHarris ShopTheAlonzoHarris' shop has been updated with returning rares, for this weekend only!
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| May 29, 2026 Epic Star Saber Restock
EpicDuel is LIVE with a colossal cache of returning rare star sabers to end the month of May! Plus, Power Weekend is once again activated! Epic Star Saber RestockTheAlonzoHarris has been stocked with the remaining rare star sabers. If you didn't find something to catch your eye in previous updates, you'll definitely find something in this massive cache of weapons!
In Progress: War RevampI am currently in the process of separating the War system into 3 battle modes: 1v1, 2v2, and Juggernaut. This will entail separate war drops for each battle mode. Those drops will increase influence for the respective battle mode while contributing to the overall progress in the War. The intention is to prevent one battle mode from dominating the War rewards while giving more players and Factions chances for recognition for their efforts. The good news is that the changes are almost complete and ready to launch! The bad news is we cannot launch the changes while a War is still active so this update will probably go live next week after the current war is complete.
War WeekendSince the major part of this update is delayed until next week, we're activating Power Weekend once again! Tags: Nightwraith |
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| May 21, 2026 Star Saber Surprise!
EpicDuel is LIVE with an unexpectedly early release! Login now to check out new rares and some significant quality of life improvements!
TheAlonzoHarris' Shop UpdateVisit TheAlonzoHarris in Titan's Peak to browse his expanded inventory!
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