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	December 14, 2018 More Gifts More Winners The craziest season of EpicDuel gifting continues the most generous players putting insane numbers on the leaderboards! This week EpicDuel will update with balance changes and Silver Secret Package prizes extended for the top 5 gifters each day!* *Since there tends to be wide swings in daily gifting scores, and the spirit of the season, I've decided to award the Silver Secret Package to anyone with a daily score higher than 15,000. This is a manual process so please be patient. Delay Sorry about the long delay for the update earlier today. It was meant to only take a few minutes but ended up taking over 2 hours! Why? Was it stuffing all the good, good morsels of code into the servertron? No. It was the fact that when we turned everything back on, nothing worked! It did, kinda. Some screens would fail to load, sometimes login would fail entirely! After trying to track down the problem's source, Titan changed just enough to get us back up and running. This could have been the reason many were seeing more frequent black loading screens and experiencing sluggish performance. Gifting is usually A LOT for Flash to handle, but the game should still be playable. Let us know if performance improved at all! Daily Gift Rewards! To reward the extraordinary gifting of those trying to climb the daily leaderboards, we've decided to reward the top 5 gifters each day a Silver Secret Package. This will apply retroactively to previous daily leaders! Balance Cyber Hunter Venom Strike: Required stat changed to Dex instead of Tech to Venom Strike Tech Mage Plasma Bolt: ignore 10% defenses Tech Mage/Blood Mage Overload: Improved by Dex instead of Support Plasma Rain: Improved by Support instead of Dex (Still set to Dex on BM, will fix soon) Bludgeon: Base energy cost lowered by 15 and goes up by 20 Cores: Tactical Reload: Energy cost reduced to 40 Icy Overkill: Increase defense ignore to 40% from 35% Necrosis: Lowers defenses for 4 turns Azrael's Will: 2 turn warm-up Weapons Stop by the Legendary Chamber in Titan's Peak to check out an updated arsenal for players who've attained the Legendary Rank. Swords (Epic Legendary Arsenal) Platinum Dage’s Desolation P/E Gold Dage’s Desolation P/E Aux (Exquisite Legendary Arsenal) Bareknuckle Breaker P/E Omega Wolf Shards You may have noticed some new drops from gifting in the form of Omega Wolf Shards. The description will tell you to seek out the Endless M4tr1x, but where is she? You'd better hand onto those shards for when she finally appears! Tags: Nightwraith

	December 07, 2018 Gifting Heats Up Gifting heats up this week with 2 big new features: A daily gifter leaderboard and gifting streaks! Gift multiple times in a row to build up a streak to earn achievements and a chance to gift everyone on the server! The daily board also comes with its own set of achievements, with the winner each day receiving a Secret Package! Daily Gifting Leaderboard Each day after this update the #1 player on the Daily Gifter Leaderboard will receive an evolving achievement and a “Secret Package” When we go live with this update the top 15 on the current all-time board will receive the first level of the achievement and the “Secret Package” in recognition of their epic gifting performance! After the initial rewards, only the #1 Daily Gifter each day will receive the achievement and Secret Package This gift will be updated after gifting in completed (like the Secret Package that became Elite Yeti Armor) Toggle the gifter leaderboards between 2018 and Daily using the radio buttons Gifting Streaks Gift several times in a row to build up a streak! Unlock new tier and earn new achievements at 15,30,45,70,100,150, and 200 gifts (evolving achievement) Each streak tier offers an increased chance to gift the whole server, from 2% all the way up to 20% (even players in battle can get these) Notifications pop up to let other players know a gifter is on a streak or if a global gift is issued A new gifting animation plays once a streak is active If 90 seconds pass between gifts, the streak is lost Quality of Life When the player count is above 60 in a room, the game forces low performance mode For easier gifting use the command /buygift325varium in the chat window. Note: This command will not issue a confirmation screen! Gifter Shrines New rooms have been added to Titan's Peak to pay homage to the past gifting leaders from 2014-2017! A new room will be added for 2018's winners, whoever they are! To find these shrines, hop to the Legendary shops in Frysteland and walk to the left or the right to explore! It's a fun journey to reminisce to EpicDuel's gifting past and see some of the heavy hitters. It's been incredible to watch gifting go from being a cute add-on feature to spread holiday cheer to the major event it's become. That shouldn't really be a surprise considering EpicDuel players are the most competitive in all of AE! Tags: Nightwraith

	November 09, 2018 Nightmare Nightwraith So far Legendary Nightwraith stands undefeated, so we're rolling back the challenge a tiny (TINY) bit. However, for those duelists who crave pain, a new challenge has emerged: NIGHTMARE NIGHTWRAITH! Who will be the first to overcome this incredible new challenge? Will it be you? Will it be your cool cousin? Will it be your uncle who works at Nintendo? You'll need to summon all your dueling knowledge to have a shot and claim the ultimate prize! Balance Blood Mage Fireball: Strength scaling adjusted; Improve with every 2.8 Strength Core Adjustments Armor: Overshield: +5% Deflection Shield: +7% Nanosteel Armor: +5% Gun Aim Assist: +8% Laser Sights: +5% Gun Mastery: +5% Auxiliary Aim assist: +8% Laser Sights: +5% Auxiliary Mastery: +5% Primary Mark of Azrael: +6% Primary Master: +5% Missions A Bold Bounty Sowing Discord Petty Tyranny Both Sides! Impostor Syndrome Derpy Despot Surveillance State Quickduel Clash of Legends Red Dead Nightmare Nightwraith Annihilator Achievements Nightmare Nightwraith Nightwraith Annihilator Bosses Legendary Nightwraith Nerf Reduced level on Berzerker Less damage on Sidearm and Aux Nightmare Nightwraith (new 2v1 boss!) Weapons Nightmare Kurz Elite P Nightmare Kurz Elite E Armor ??? Tags: Nightwraith

	November 02, 2018 Nightwraith's Reign Nightwraith has a challenge for you. Think you can handle it? I assure you, it will be Legendary... This is the first of several updates to introduce new Nightwraith and Harvest-themed missions, weapons, and gear as Delta V's Harvest celebration continues! Missions Returning Party Business Mission Group with new final mission “34” New OneX6 Retrieval mission in case you sold the OneX6 key yet again Balance Smoke Screen: Improves with every 3.5 points of Tech; Level 6 to 10 buffed +5 per level Bounty Hunter/Cyber Hunter: Shadow Arts - New Progression Level 1 20 Level 2 22 Level 3 24 Level 4 26 Level 5 28 Level 6 29 Level 7 30 Level 8 31 Level 9 32 Level 10 33 2019 Calendar Items These items are only available with purchase of the 2019 AE Calendar (Release date TBD). Chrono Cluster Sword P Chrono Cluster Sword E Corrupted Chronomancer Armor Cores Unlimited versions of Boost cores available on VendBots Strength Boost Dexterity Boost Technology Boost Support Boost Limited Versions of Boost cores buffed to +8 Achievements Legendary Nightwraith We've also done a major update to legacy development phase achievements (Beta, Gamma, and Delta). If you created a character during one of these phases, that character will receive the appropriate achievement if they never claimed it. This was done because the system of claiming achievements was confusing for new players, especially those who weren't familiar with English. If you have an old Beta, Gamma, or Delta character you feel like dusting off that was lost due to forgotten login information, please use the password recovery forms or contact the Artix Help Team -- they may be able to help you recover it. However, if you lost the account due to account sharing, fraudulent payments, or excessive rule-breaking, or other serious offenses, your chances are much lower. Bosses Legendary Nightwraith Weapons Elite Big 50 P (Name changed to be consistent with new Aux) Elite Big 50 E Wraith Cannon E (Name changed to be consistent with new Aux) Wraith Cannon P Misc Regular war drop rate boosted to 35% New Testers After an exhaustive search, we've finalized our testers. We're very pleased to welcome the following new members to our testing team. Please offer a kind congratulations if you see them in game, or a least a humble bow. Serkan Tank F L O K I ArMaGeDoN1000 Again, if you applied but were not chosen, please respect our decision and the new testers. Taking this decision poorly would definitely hurt your chances of being selected in the future. Tags: Nightwraith

	October 26, 2018 Ghoulish Styles Part 2 It's Halloween...almost! Check out this week's update for new ghoulish weapons, travel forms, and armor. Plus, new balance updates and bug fixes will round out this exciting update! Balance Phantasm Blast -- Deal 45% base damage to Energy, increasing by 4% each round in battle (65% max) Assimilation -- Unblockable; Deals 75% damage Energy Parasite -- Attacker absorbs 1.7x the amount of energy drained Static Grenade -- Attacker gains 80% of drained energy Reflex boost -- Support scaling buffed to 2.5 Spooky Gear! Visit Xraal in the Biological Preserve to check out the latest in spook-tacular weaponry and travel forms! Weapons Horror Havoc P Horror Havoc E Horror Beastbreaker P Horror Beastbreaker E Armors Horror Husk Armor Travel Forms Mini Boo Screaming Skull Skeletal Graverider Skeletal Graverider CC Achievements I know so little about sports that Teufel Hunden had to remind me that the World Series was currently underway. That's not a nerd pride thing. That's a Cleveland sports thing. You get burned enough, you stop touching the stove eventually. Anyway, pick up the new Big Show 2018 Achievement from the shop while it lasts! 2019 Calendar Items I'm happy to announce that EpicDuel will be receiving 3 in-game items for buyers of the 2019 Calendar! This will include the Corrupted Chronomancer Armor, Chrono Cluster Sword P, and Chrono Cluster Sword E! Bug Fixes Prisoner of the Nightmare now properly awards 10,000 Credits instead of 5,000. Those who completed this mission between last Friday and today will receive the difference in Credits People with 100 Buddy Slots should now have the Epic Buddy achievement Tester Search I'm happy to say that the search for testers has concluded, and the final candidates have been contact. However, because all the candidates haven't yet been trained and signed NDAs, we're not ready to announce at this time. If you weren't contacted, it doesn't mean that you weren't a strong candidate, but you didn't make the cut this time. We'll probably use this list of candidates when we're looking for more testers, so fuming about our choices on social media probably won't boost your chance, especially if you were very close to the cutoff. I've very excited to get our new testers trained and ready to help us address some of the biggest challenges facing EpicDuel, especially as we head into the busy holiday season! Tags: Nightwraith

	October 19, 2018 Ghoulish Styles Don't have a costume yet for Halloween? No problem! This update is introducing 9 new monstrous style sets and 2 new travel forms that are perfect to get you into the spirit of the season! This is just part 1 of a 2 part seasonal update to introduce some holiday cheer and fear into Delta V! New Features/Changes Because of exploitation, the level requirement to give fame has been increased to 10 Standardized hairstyle pricing: Varium styles without a set (style is unique to a class and doesn’t unlock across classes) = 145 Varium Varium styles with a set = 210 Credit styles without a set = 745 Credit styles with a set = 995 Max Buddy List size increased to 200 HalloWarrior achievement is going rare! Achievements Epic Buddy -- 100 Buddy Slots Extreme Buddy -- 150 Buddy Slots Legendary Buddy -- 200 Buddy Slots Styles Demon Skull Paper Bag Evil Clown Mummy Pumpkin Head Flaming Pumpkin Alien Suit Alien Head Alien Teeth Vehicles/Travel Forms Visit Xraal to check out these fun new travel forms! Pumpkin Mutation Jack O Bomb Mutation (Type /boom to see some festive fireworks!) Bugs/Fixes Yeti Furs can now be sold Platinum stars should show on characters pages Nightmare's End - Nightmare Kartherax Cell awarded on mission completion instead of drop to allow players to win Nightmare Kartherax Slayer achievement from beating Nightmare Kartherax Prisoner of the Nightmare now awards 10,000 Credits to compensate for altered reward on Nightmare's End City Guard outside Valestras now correct labeled as level 3. Gifting Update! December is still over a month away, but it will be here before you know it! That means Gifting 2018 is also fast approaching! I've been taking a bit of time each week to make small changes to improve the experience and make this year's event as exciting and rewarding as possible! Here are a few of the changes you can look forward to this year: New gift giving tiers* Room limit expanded to 150 from 130* Gifting price reduced to 325 Still requires testing Coming Soon!* Some things were left on the cutting room floor this update, but that just mean more for next week! Join us next week for some of the wildest weapons and armors yet! Tester Search After many discussions and investigations, we've narrowed down our list of testers and we will being interviewing them next week. We received more applications than we expect so we thank you for your patience during this process! Tags: Nightwraith

	October 12, 2018 The Pirate's Nightmare Redux Earlier this week, fearless warriors all over Delta V were able to challenge Nightmare Kartherax at long last! Now, they'll be able to explore the Nightmare and uncover its mysteries in this content-rich release with 30 new missions! General Changes: The following changes are designed to address some of the imbalances with players in the high 30s matching with high rank Legendary players. Additional changes to mission tracking will allow Juggernaut victories to count toward 2v2 missions. Tighter matching at high levels for 1v1 38s and 39s should encounter high rank Legends less often. Level difference weighted higher when calculating first strike: New formula --> First Strike Chance = (50 + ((My Team’s Support - Enemy Team’s Support) * 1.5) - ((My Team’s Level - Enemy Team’s Level) * 10)) * (My Support / (My Team’s Support * Team Size)) Juggernaut victories will count towards 2v2 missions Promotional Package Phantasm Droids now properly tagged as seasonal rares. Balance Legendary Stat Buff: Sidearm Damage: 3 → 4 per point Auxiliary Damage: 3 → 4 per point Robot Damage: 3 → 4 per point Achievements We're releasing 2 new achievements, including a new upgradeable achievement! HalloWarrior 2. This will replace the HalloWarrior achievement after this year. The original HalloWarrior achievement will go rare after this season! Upgradeable Achievement: Pumpkin Seed. Can you afford to become a Pumpkin God? Missions The West Naval Yard is under siege by a malevolent force! Many of you have already discovered the tear that leads to he Nightmare realm, but now it's time to discover why all this is happening and how it relates to the various characters in the Naval Yard and Beyond! Note: Defeating Legendary versions of NPCs will not count toward the mission. Also, The Pirate's Nightmare chain will only open after you've complete Waves of Wrath Part 3. The Pirate's Nightmare Part 1: Tides of Fear Clear the Docks Grim Catch Gamma Glitch Something's Fishy What Do Gods Fear? Caden's Reverie Research Trip You Saw This Coming Status Report The Pirate's Nightmare Part 2: Dreams of the Void The Nightmare Spreads Nightmare Prince Nightmare Tether Dreams of the Dead Nightmare Gate Nightmare Preppers Prisoner of the Nightmare Nightmare's End The Waking World For those who haven't yet complete Waves of Wrath, there's a fun mission chain you can do immediately! These mild missions are a great way to boost your credits to help you grab the latest seasonal gear and achievements! Harrowing Harvest: Seasonal Shipment Prowling for Pumpkins Candy Delivery Ooooo Piece of Candy Sugar Rush Electro Light Display Exterminator Greedy Harvest Harvest Companion Harvest Tradition Tester Hunt I'd like to extend my thanks to all of you who applied during out call for testers. It was very nice to see so many people eager to help EpicDuel thrive and become a part of it's development. We're still reviewing applications and narrowing the list, but when we've determined the final candidates, we'll reach out to them individually for interviews. We'll post the final list when the testers have been interviewed and approved. We thank you in advance for you patience during this process! Tags: Nightwraith

	October 05, 2018 Get Your Ghoulish Gear Here Ghoulish Gear! This update EpicDuel is retiring the 2018 Stun Gun promotion and bringing a brand new promo pack with 6 devastating weapons loaded with new powerful cores! This is the first fully-load promo pack EpicDuel has released in a long time so it was tricky to get everything together in time. I hope they complement your spooky seasonal looks nicely! 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. Ghoul Cannon 2018 / Spectral Blaster 2018 Special: Soul Siphon: Reduce and absorb enemy energy by 25% of normal auxiliary damage. Phantasm Droid P / E Special: Phantasm Blast: Deal 60% base damage to Energy, increasing by 3% each round in battle (80% max). Balance Legendary Stat Buff: Primary Damage: 2 → 3 per point Defense: 2 → 3 per point Resistance: 2 → 3 per point Cyber Hunter Malfunction: Improves with ever 3.4 Support Defense Matrix: Improves with every .6 Support Tech Mage Defense Matrix: Improves with every .6 Support Rarity Value Since Gifting Even Prizes are unique items, I increased the rarity value of the following items: Titan's Alpha Blaster Titan's Alpha Blade Titan's Alpha Daggers Titan's Alpha Staff Titan's Alpha Maul Nightwraith's Alpha Daggers Nightwraith's Alpha Staff Nightwraith's Alpha Maul Nightwraith's Alpha Blaster Nightwraith's Alpha Blade Nightwraith's Founder Armor Nightwraith's Gamma Bike Nightwraith's Gamma Bot Achievements Since there's a new Omega achievement as of a few weeks ago, I've updated the rarity of the legacy achievements. This should be a nice boost for veteran players and a HUGE boost to the Elites and Founders still showing the young punks what for. Legacy Achievements increased in value Alpha Tester --> 7000 Beta Tester --> 5500 Elite --> 7500 Founder --> 7500 One in a Million --> 5000 Gamma Tester --> 4000 Delta Knight --> 3500 Bosses It looks like Nightmare Kartherax is casting a mighty forcefield between itself and the the calamari-craving duelists who want to test their steel against his tentacles. It's either a brilliant strategy or an act of fear. Either way, it looks like the Nightmare Kartherax boss in currently still inaccessible. This is really strange since it was working in the testing environment. Something is keeping the boss from loading, and I'll do everything I can to get it working. It was also my intention to release missions for this update, as they were listed as a feature for last update, but sadly, this did not happen again. I just hit too many walls and didn't have the necessary time to implement and test them. Will they be released next week? I hope so, but I'm learning to be more cautious about what I promise from week to week, as unforeseen issues can arise which make certain features impossible within the given timeframe. I promise to do better in the future for you and myself to keep the scope ambitious, yet attainable. Tags: Nightwraith

	September 28, 2018 Pirate's Nightmare There were a lot of changes to the battle engine and troubleshooting that forced me to cut missions and a boss. I feel bad, but I'd feel worse not releasing at all. Features/content that were cut this week are planned to be released next week. New Features/Changes Achievements Nightmare Captain Shoggoth's Head 2v1 Boss Nightmare Captain Shoggoth Armors - Located on Ishmael Darkspawn Husk Kartherax Husk Styles Kartherax’s Darkspawn CC Kartherax CC Balance Changes 2v2 matching restrictions tightened at the high end 36 can match 32 - 40 37 can match 33 - 41 38 can match 34 - 42 39 can match 35 - 43 40 can match 36 - 45 41 can match 37 - 45 42 can match 38 - 45 43 can match 39 - 45 44 can match 39 - 45 45 can match 40+ Bounty Hunter Massacre: Improves with every 8 Technology; Health gain reduced to 20% Cyber Hunter Massacre: Improves with every 8 Technology; Health gain reduced to 20% Tactical Mercenary Toxic Grenade: +20 damage to all levels Cores Eternal Enhance: Stat buff increased to +3 for all stats Bots Botanical Borg: Spore Bombardment now deflectable Pirate Bot P/E: AOE stun working; Special now one-time use per battle Contest! Remember, the Heroic Housing contest is still underway, but it's nearly complete! There's still a few days to enter if you're the procrastinating type! The complete rules can be found in this post! Tags: Nightwraith

	September 24, 2018 EpicDuel Testers Wanted EpicDuel Team Searching for New Testers! Since resuming development of EpicDuel in May, EpicDuel has been relying on a few generous mods and remaining testers to help get the releases out. Since many of these assistants have other roles and real life obligations, we have some blind spots in testing which we can only remedy with a dedicated testing team! Think you have what it takes? We are looking for someone who is: Experienced (this does NOT mean you have to have 5 level 40 Legendary characters) Knowledgeable (you should know how all the various parts of the game play) A good communicator (if you cannot explain the bug you've experienced, we cannot fix it) Available (if you'll only have time to pop in for an hour or two, this is not for you) Easy to work with (our testers work hard and have fun. Since this is a volunteer position, we want everyone to enjoy what they do and who they work with. Even if you are an amazing, reliable tester, you can and will be booted for having a bad attitude.) We will be looking at your EpicDuel account history, AE account history, social networking and forum accounts if you have them, and arranging a Discord interview to talk individually with potential candidates. Want to apply? Here is what you need to do: 1. Send an e-mail to AEContributors@battleon.com with the subject line EPICDUEL TESTER APPLICATION If your e-mails subject line says anything except EPICDUEL TESTER APPLICATION then the filters will automatically delete it. Attention to detail is essential. Include your real name, age, and Include your country of residence. Include your EpicDuel character name and email address Include your Master Account name and email address tied to the master account. Include your Forum account name and email address if you have a forum account. Include why you want to be a tester for EpicDuel and what you hope to accomplish in this role. Include all Languages you speak/read. Include a Resume (C.V.) please note we'd like the resume in English. You must be at least 18 years old* to be considered for this position. No exceptions. One application per person. We will read and consider all applications, but cannot reply to them all. If you are chosen to go through a further interview, we will contact you by e-mail. If we do not respond, we want to thank you for being awesome enough to volunteer! We are not obligated to explain why you were not accepted for the role. Applications close WEDNESDAY, October 10th. We hope to accept around 5 testers but this can change based on quality of applications. We will begin contacting applicants we are interested in as soon as possible, but please understand it takes time to manually review and vet candidates. Contacting staff about your application status will not help your chances. Position Details Please note that this is an unpaid position but does come with the in-game ED Tester achievement, currency allowance, certain items upon request, and the chance to test game content as we develop it before release and invaluable experience with a honest-to-goodness gaming company which will look good on ANY future resumes. Thanks, good luck and Duel On! Tags: Nightwraith

	September 21, 2018 Call Me Ishmael This is a light, but filling release as we introduce new bots, new auxiliaries and new vehicles. How will these new bots and core fit into your strategy? Find out soon! Next week will see a broader release with more balance changes, new armors, and new challenging missions! New Features/Changes New items are located in Ishamel's Shop in the West Naval Yard! Bots Pirate Bot P/E: Naval Barrage skill is an AOE attack with a 25% chance to stun/crit Vehicles Dark Kraken Carver Kraken Carver CC Auxiliary Ishmael’s Impaler P/E: Poison Barbs core inflicts incurable poison of 50 damage for 3 turns. This unique poison cannot be cleansed or cured, but doesn't overlap with other poisons. Balance Changes Underdog - The community seems divided on whether or not Underdog buffs are too strong and in need of nerfs or necessary to compete against Legendary opponents. This week, we'll try a nerf to impact first strike and stats slightly. Next week, we'll try to follow it up with tighter matching in high-level 2v2. Support buff removed from all levels to reduce chance of first strike and reduce impact of the buff overall Tags: Nightwraith

	September 12, 2018 Yaaaaaaarmageddon! Stange weapons have washed up the stranger tides of the West Naval Yard, as the mysterious pirate from another realm, Esprit d'Cour, offers the denizens of Delta V spoils from his personal stash. Bye Bye Big Varium As of the newest update, 18K Varium promotion will ends. Deals like this don't come around often, so take advantage of this great value while you can! Arcade Shoggoth’s Stash Arcade shop is now available at all ArcadeBots throughout Delta V! Will you be the first to catch the unique gold prize? Achievements Earn those blue, red, or platinum stars with 3 new achievements! Bosses Legendary Big Tuna and Legendary Captain Shoggoth are joining the roster of nearly unbeatable NPCs to test your skill a strategy. Plus, it's a great way to earn rating points! Balance Bounty Hunter - BHs still appear to be outclassed by Mages. Smoke has been improved to increase damage output. Smoke Screen: Improves with every 3 Tech. Tactical Mercenary - Tac Mercs need lots of help, so these buff are intended to increase survivability and damage output. Field Commander: Added +10% crit chance; goes up by 3 Strength points per skill level Frenzy: +8% health gain per level Toxic Grenade: +5 damage per level; 100% damage; -10 energy cost Mercenary Adrenaline Rush: +5% rage gain per level Bots Infernal Android P and E price increase to 35000 Credits and 1495 Varium. These bots are way too good to be as cheap as they were. Infernal Android PxE (Physical main attack, energy special) Internal Android ExP (Energy main attack, physical special) Kartherax’s Darkspawn: Curse of Kartherax duration reduced to 2, inflicts 100% damage on initial strike Pyro Fly: Picks from the target's top 4 skills instead of 3 Botanical Borg/Dark Botanical Borg: Reduced defense ignore on Spore Bombardment to 10% Styles This update features 16 nightmarish, nautical styles for all classes and genders. At long last, you can turn your head into an eldritch nightmare! You did want that, didn't you? Weapons This update will also feature dozens of new weapons available at Esprit d'Cour! Some of these are also available through the Arcade, but if you don't like games of chance, you can purchase them directly. Mutating Leviathan's Might P/E Guns Pirate Mage Flintlock P/E Gold Pirate Pistol P/E Pirate Flintlock P/E Void Pirate Pistol P/E Vampirate Magnum P/E Pirate Mage Pistol P/E Ornate Pirate Pistol P/E Swords Leviathan Rapier P/E Ivory Cutlass P/E Mana Rapier P/E Undead Octo Cutlass P/E Omega Cutlass P/E Vampirate Cutlass P/E Deep Sea Rapier P/E Pirate Angler Rapier P/E Pirate Mage Katana P/E Leviathan Impaler P/E Mystic Pirate Cutlass P/E Iron Wavebreaker P/E Sea Scourge P/E Void Pirate Cutlass P/E Gold Leviathan Impaler P Contest! Remember, the Heroic Housing contest is still underway and has already seen some fantastic entries! There's still plenty of time to enter if you haven't already! The complete rules can be found in this post! Tags: Nightwraith

	September 06, 2018 Shoggoth's Stash The vast, irradiated oceans of Delta V stir once again with the activity of Captain Shoggoth and his brutal crew of eldritch pirates. Join the party into the West Naval Yard to discover new challenges, new weapons, new achievements, and a boatload of new styles! This update has so much content that it will need a few more days of development and testing with an expected release of Wednesday. Also, I (Nightwraith) will be traveling to the land of my forefathers (Ohio) later next week for a family event so consolidating both these shortened weeks made more sense than 2 abridged updates. Balance As of the last update, Mercenaries, especially Tactical Mercenaries are under-performing, to put it mildly. They will receive some improvements to their offensive capabilities and usefulness of buffs. Bosses If you completed the Waves of Wrath storyline, you've already tested your steel against Shoggoth, but how do you think you'll fare against a Legendary version of the corrupted pirate? Fan-favorite Big Tuna is also receiving a Legendary buff to challenge your skills and patience. You didn't think earning those extra stars would be easy, did you? Arcade If you have some extra Tokens burning a hole in your pocket, the Arcade will see the addition of Shoggoth's Stash which will come stocked with wild and weird weapons, including a new travel form! Pirate Stylin' Look for a big expansion to Credit and Varium styles for all classes, with a focus on Halloween and nautical themes! I don't know how many yet because they're still being drawn, but I expect at least 10 per class/gender! Back-to-School Varium As with the other AE games, we'll be extending the 18K Varium promotion through this weekend. For EpicDuel, we're keeping the bonus Varium in until the update goes live on Wednesday. It's never too early to stock up for gifting! More? Since this update is still in development, the plan can still change with additional content. In the meantime, remember that there's still an EpicDuel contest going on with plenty of time left to participate! Tags: Nightwraith

	August 31, 2018 Heroic Housing Contest Happy Friday, EpicDuelists! Are you ready for the long weekend? It's been a loooong time since our last EpicDuel contest and a reaaaaally long time since our last Home Decor contest. With today's update, you should be flooded with weird, wild home items to decorate your myriad of home styles to shake up the Delta V real estate market in our new Heroic Housing contest! Contest Time Frame The contest will run from Tuesday, September 4th to Sunday, September 30th at 11:59 PM EST. I pushed the start date to Tuesday to allow the Moglin contest to end before startin a new one. The winners will be announced via Twitter. How to Enter All you have to do is submit one screenshot of the best looking room of your best house to us at the AE_Contests Twitter account. There's no specific theme so there are no limits on your creativity! Please use #EpicDuelHeroicHousing when Tweeting us! Don't forget your character name! Prize Details Winners will get 5,000 ArtixPoints, a rare Achievement, and a rare Home Item! Contest Rules To make sure your hard work gets judged: Read all of the rules before submitting your entry! Your entry must be YOUR own in game EpicDuel house and not someone else’s (We will check). If you don't play EpicDuel regularly, don't worry! All players can claim one free home and there are many low-cost home items available to get started decorating! Create the best looking house you can! There are no parameters for theme so go wild! We'll consider your creativity, attention to detail, coordination, and the overall quality of entry. Please limit your entry to one screenshot of room of your home! We appreciate the thought of coordinating your entire house but we want to have mercy on our judges! Include your EpicDuel character name with the entry! The screenshot of your entry should be of the Highest Quality, and as large as possible. The more clear the picture, the better it will look. Don't edit or change your entry after the fact. You have nearly a month so take your time and create a truly epic entry! Post to the AE_Contests Twitter account using the #EpicDuelHeroicHousing . Uploading your photo to your Facebook and sending us a link does not allow us to see the photos. If you upload your photo to your locked image-sharing account, we cannot see it. One entry per person! Have fun! Reminders Please don’t spam your entry or you will be disqualified! You can only enter once per person! We reserve the right to reward excellent examples of good sportsmanship or remove entries for abusive behavior towards staff or other contest participants! Good Luck! On behalf of the entire AE team, we are really looking forward to seeing your entries! Tags: Nightwraith

	August 31, 2018 Patch Notes - 1.6.86 Bonus Varium, Balance, and a metric TON of home items! This is all in preparation of the EpicDuel Heroic Housing contest! Details will be posted soon on how to enter! New Features/Changes After the update today, $50 Varium package will give 18,000 Varium! Players who purchased this package since last Friday will receive the extra 6,000 Varium. This offer will last until the update next Friday (September 7th) Increased Bank Slot cap to 1500 Delta Knight Armor sellable New Mission: Skeptical Study -- to redeem extra mission items from Frozen Fury 3 New Home Styles! Abandoned Ship Afterlife Shrine Fortune City Spire You can now place up to 25 items in each home room You can now have up to 25 people in a single room 211 New Home Items! New Arcade: Raymus' Realty New Arcade Achievement Cores: Bloodseeker Blast x25, Paralysis Coating x25, and Mega Curse x25 price reduction to 125 Varium Thorns - Reduced damage reflected to 65% from 75% Icy Chill - unlocked on weapons where it comes pre-equipped Piston Punch - new 25x variant Balance Changes General Small buff to strength Bounty Hunter Smoke Screen:Diminishing returns on skill levels:+3 level 1-3, +2 level 3-6, +1 level 6-10; Improves with every 2 levels above 20; Improves with every 3.4 Technology Cheap Shot: Increased defense reduction 5% per level Shadow Arts: Reduced energy cost by 10; Increased damage reduction by 5% per level Tech Mage Plasma Bolt: Improves with every .3 Technology Malfunction: Diminishing returns on skill levels: +3 level 1-3, +2 level 3-6, +1 level 6-10; Improves with every 2.8 Support; Improves for every 3 levels above 20 Blood Mage Plasma Cannon: Cooldown reduced to 2 Energy Parasite: Initial damage reduced to 85% Mercenary Bunker Buster: Cooldown reduced to 2 Berzerker: Weaken every 2 levels below 20; Increased damage +10% for all levels Double Strike: Reduced energy cost by 10; Damage increased +6% per level Adrenaline Rush: Reduced cost by 10; 100% damage Maul: Decreased energy cost by 10; Reduced energy cost per level by 5 Tactical Mercenary Blood Shield: Improves with every 3 Support; Increased Resistance buff by 10 per level Double Strike: Reduced energy cost by 10; Damage increased +6% per level Atom Smasher: Improved energy conversion +5% per level; Improves with every 5 Strength Field Commander: Improves with every 3 Support; Weakens with every 2 levels below 20; +4 Strength per level Cyber Hunter Malfunction: Diminishing returns on skill levels: +3 level 1-3, +2 level 3-6, +1 level 6-10; Improves with every 2.8 Support; Improves for every 3 levels above 20 Plasma Armor: +5 Resistance at all levels Cheap Shot: Increased defense reduction 5% per level Shadow Arts: Reduced energy cost by 10; Increased damage reduction by 5% per level Bug Fixes Adjusted /fly animation to create a more natural angle for knee joints Growth Serum - removed small transparent square on core graphic Tags: Nightwraith