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 | March 27, 2020 Dage 2020 Finale
Dage's inventory has been updated for the last time this season and we saved the best for last. Grab the limited Living Sin or Undead Sin with all their variants while they last! Also, we're pleased to reward our EpicDuel YouTubers with new rare achievements!
Youtube AchievementsWe have achievements to reward artsts and Wiki contributors, but nothing for the hard-working EpicDuel videographers. To remedy that, we've added several new achievements to reward players who have created EpicDuel video content for YouTube. General Artix Entertainment video content is appreciated, but these achievements will only apply to EpicDuel videos.
Please note that because we don't have a way to link YouTube accounts to EpicDuel accounts, these achievements will be manually awarded. We love to see new EpicDuel videos, but older videos will still count for the achievements. Also, videos deemed offensive or inappropriate will not count towards the achievements. Cheat engine and scam videos obviously won't count and will be reported. If you have some old videos you're particularly proud of or intend to create some new content, share them in the #EpicDuelYoutube tag on Twitter!
New Weapons!Dage's inventory has been updated with some gloriously grotesque new weapons, including the Living Sin, along with CC variants! The new Dage will count towards the Dage Collector 2020 achievement if you don't already have it!
For spring-themed weapons, check out the Bio Guard outside the Biological Preserve:
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| March 13, 2020 Celtic Hunter Gear
Be among the first to possess the awesome Celtic Hunter Gear! This set of 8 new weapons, 3 new skill cores, and one ultra-rare achievement are now available!
Celtic Hunter GearThese gorgeous weapons designed by ED and AQ3D artist Charfade are among the most impressive in-game. Get the complete collection with the new promotional package available now!
New Skill Cores:
Achievements
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| March 06, 2020 Dage's 2020 Collection
Spring has almost arrived at Delta V, and already the spring seasonal rares are blooming! Collect new weapon and achievements celebrate Dage's Birthday while boosting your rating score!
AchievementsNothing lasts forever, and that includes some fleeting achievements that will be retired permanently. Congratulations to those who were able to collect them and get a step closer to a Diamond rating!
This update will also introduce 2 new achievements that can be earned by adding some quality Dage items to your collection!
Unlocked coresThe seasonal Celtic/Lucky weapons are some of the most fashionable in EpicDuel, but with locked cores, they don't fit every build. Their Lucky Strike cores have been unlocked to allow these weapons to be included in more builds. New Weapons!
Faction TitlesIt wasn't mentioned in any previous post so I'm clarifying here that 4 Faction Titles have been established. Very few faction shave attained such scores, but those who have should now see their proper title instead of an error message. Immortals = 15000000
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| February 28, 2020 Merry Dage-mas!
This week we welcome the return of Dage's awesome arsenal of weapons and mutations while we introduce a first for EpicDuel: Color Customizable Weapons!
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Merry Dage-mas!Dage the Evil's EpicDuel seasonal rares have returned a bit early this year! Since there was no prior warning, this will be your last opportunity to collect them before most of them go permanently rare. This change will occur next Friday upon the new update! Nightmare Dage is also returning with 3 new potential drops:
Dage will also offer some revamped rare weapons representing a new feature to EpicDuel: Color Customizable Weapons!
These two weapons are limited to 150 quantity each and will go permanently rare once they're gone! Expect more CC weapons in the future!
Celtic Weapon PreviewCharfade is still hard at work vectorizing her latest masterpiece! This set is shaping up to be one the prettiest yet to ever grace Delta V!
AchievementsSince we're nearly at the 11 year anniversary of EpicDuel's first Alpha release, everyone is able to collect the Eleven Year Alpha achievement in the achievement shop. For collectors who have been sleeping on the shop and need some more rating points to hit that next star tier, three achievements are disappearing next Friday with the next update:
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| February 14, 2020 Regal Heart Gear
For this Valentine's Day update, EpicDuel is bursting at the seams with new weapons, armors, home items, and hairstyles for your enjoyment!
New Items!Visit the Legendary Arsenal and the Alydroid for new weapons and armors crafted with care by Bido and Deuce! New Weapons now available at the Legendary Arsenal!
New Weapons and Armors now available at Alydroid!
Home ItemsEnjoy new home items dedicated to the film debut of a video game legend!
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| February 07, 2020 Radiant Brutalizer
This week, we're delivering some much needed inventory to the Legendary shops in Titan's Peak. These are just a taste of the new Legendary and seasonal rare items being prepared for delivery next week! Radiant Restock!Check out these merchants in Frysteland to collect new seasonal rares designed by Junny Osan and new radiant, Legendary rares designed by Bido! Krampus Trader
Legendary Arsenal
Exquisite Legendary Arsenal
New Hairstyles
Secret Package UpdateDue to popular demand, the Secret Package recipients will receive a CC version of the Wolf Warrior Armor (Omega Wolf Warrior CC). The Omega Wolf Warrior Armor from last year will be known as the Caped Omega Wolf Warrior CC Tags: Nightwraith |
| February 03, 2020 Patch NotesSurprise Monday fixes! This small patch is meant to correct some minor graphical and animation errors from Friday's update while also adding a new surprise for the Secret Package winners! There is still a planned update for Friday.
Fixes and Additions
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| January 31, 2020 Secret Package Reveal
The Secret Packages are finally ready to open! These incredible items can finally be revealed! Are you one of the luck few who can show them off?
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New AchievementsCheck out the Achievement shop for new Big Game LIV and Black Mamba Forever Achievements!
Secret Package RevealThe Secret Packages are finally ready to open. These are manually awarded, so please allow some time to receive them all.
Coming SoonThe EpicDuel artists are turning in some amazing, creative new weapons, and they will be equipped to in-game merchants soon. Returning artist Charfade is also hard at work on a set that's shaping up to be one of the finest in game! Based on these concepts, the final version will be incredible!
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| January 27, 2020 Australia Day 2020
Surprise Monday release! This time we're celebrating Austraila Day 2020! We've never marked this holiday in EpicDuel before, which is a shame since we have so many Australian players. This year was the year to change that and give this beautiful country some overdue recognition in-game!
Australia Day 2020 AchievementAccess the Seasonal Achievement shop to collect the new Australia Day 2020 Achievement!
Australia Day GearNew Australia Day items have been added to Nightwraith! Collect all these wild weapons and morphs. The Fancy Platypus is especially precious.
Azrael Gear Returns!Last week, Heartbreaker and Azrael items returned to the game with a big exception: Last year's promo items! This has been corrected and those items and cores are now properly equipped to Alydroid:
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| January 24, 2020 Silver Secret Reveal
It's finally time for those Silver Secret Packages to open! Within a few hours of updating, all the Silver Secret Package will be converted to their right and proper items of great rarity and quality.
Silver Secret PrizesAfter the update today, the process of rewarding the Silver Secret Packages will begin. This is a manual process, so it could take up to a few hours to convert all the packages. Your patience is appreciated! The Silver Secret Packages contain:
This year, the prizes will be unsellable and all excess prizes will automatically be converted into credits. If you have more than one Silver Secret Package, one will turn into the prizes while the others turn into 100,000 credits for each excess package. The Secret Packages are still on schedule to open next Friday!
Balance Changes
The biggest change will be noticed by Cyber Hunter in the form of a new skill: Neurotoxin:
War ResumesThe War cycle has resumed at the Infernal Mines region! Yes, it's the same war system, but improvements to the wars are definitely on the list of highly requested features this year. We'd rather keep running the current system than have nothing until a new version could be developed. Plus, it's another opportunity for newer players to level their War Region achievements. *There is currently a problem with the old war data clearing out. I tried to fix it on my own, but to no avail. I've turned the servers back on with the war in cooldown until next week to give me time to find a solution. Why can't anything be easy?
Gifting PrizesAt this time, all top gifters have responded with many of them underway or nearly finished. These are still a major priority and I'm working all available hours to fulfill these requests. I expect to have a large batch of them ready and in the hands of eager winners next week, barring any unexpected problems. Tags: Nightwraith |
| January 17, 2020 Gifting Aftermath ProgressBalance Changes Diminishing returns for Primary Damage increased to disincentivize stacking of Strength. Tier 1 (0-54): 0.42 Tier 2 (55-84): 0.75 Tier 3 (85-99): 0.75 Tier 4 (100+): 1.00 Frozen Fist Core: Single use instead of unlimited
Nearly all the extra secret and silver secret packages from the winners have been assigned. Those that have been assigned by the gifting winners have been distributed. Since it's a frequent question, I'm announcing the Silver Secret Packages will officially open Friday, January 24, and the Secret Packages will officially open a week later. That should give enough time for all final decisions regarding package placement and, most importantly, final polish on the package prizes themselves. I know I sound like a broken record at this point, but I usually bite off way more than I can chew with regards to gifting bonuses and prizes and spend most of January recovering from the content debt incurred. Even with all the preparations from what was learned from last year's gifting, there's still A LOT left to do! I thank you for your patience.
As expected, the gifter prizes are still my main priority, and I'm working on them as quickly and thoroughly as I can. This update will award prizes for three of the winners, but many more are still in progress, hopefully to release in the coming weeks. Again, thank you for your patience throughout this process. It's really thrilling working with you individually to help realize your dream items for EpicDuel!
Coming Soon We’ve got new gear, bosses, and mission in the pipeline to get 2020 rolling! Deuce, Bido, and Junny have some awesome items to help you invest some credit piles weighing you down from gifting. Tags: Nightwraith |
| January 10, 2020 Gifting 2019 Aftermath"Gifting Aftermath"? Sounds apocalyptic for a positive post, but such are the times we live in. The 2019 Gifting shrine is now complete, the winners immortalized on Titan's Peak! Gaze upon their glory!
It's easier to ready in-game!
Balance New balance changes have been implemented to Crit RNG and some popular skill cores:
New Achievement Tiers! If you participated in gifting, even briefly, you probably have a mountain of Arcade Tokens weighing you down. If you're interested lightening your burder while boosting your rating points, all the Arcade Games have added 2 new tiers. If your score is above the new threshold, use a Token to spin once will update your achievement correctly. Remember the shortcut /spinfast to use Tokens faster:
With all that arcade loot piling up, you'll need more room to store it. If you expand your inventory, you'll note that the rating points for the higher tier Hoarder Achievents have been increased:
Packages and Gifting Winners So far I've heard back from all but one gifting winners. If you have not yet been contacted by me, I will try sending another email. If you think your emails aren't going through, you can also try resending on your end. If you've already contacted me, your gifts are in progress! Please be patient as they are concepted and developed. Some are definitely more challenging that others, but you've earned it! Some Silver and Secret packages are still being distributed and they are not yet ready to open. What could be inside?
Monday! This Monday EpicDuel will have another update that removes the Varium bonus from the 10,000 AP packages so this weekend (and a chunk of Monday) will be your last chance to take advantage of the holiday bonus. Also leaving Monday are the the out-of-season, seasonal rares will be removed from the shops, set to return at the appropriate date. This opportunity may not be so urgent for upcoming Heartbreaker or Spring items, but it will be the last time you see Harvest rares for awhile! Tags: Nightwraith |
| January 04, 2020 Happy HoardersIn the first update of the new year, we're giving a boost to rare collectors, changing some class balance and altering the RNG formulas to be more favorable to those with higher stats.
Happy Hoarders: With the seasonal rares and gifting loot flooding inventories, the time was right to increase Inventory and Bank Space.
Balance Changes
EpicDuel in 2020 Two days ago we participated in a gifting event, and I'd like to thank you to all who participated and helped us pack the room with an astonishing 175 people! Astonishing mostly in the sense that a Flash game can even support that much on-screen information. I'm sorry if I couldn't get to everyone's comments and questions (chat goes by quickly), but one thing that was clear was that players still deeply care for EpicDuel and it's community. I especially appreciated the comments from players who have been with the game for over 10 years. In the midst of a flurry of "Top Games, Movies, and Events of the Decade" lists, it was wild to be reminded that I've been working on this game for over 10 years. It's important to note just how many games have risen and fell in popularity over this time, including games that have been completely lost to time as their servers shut down or their presence pulled from stores as licenses expire and parent companies declare bankruptcy. In this industry 10 years might as well be an eternity, so I'm amazed and grateful that our community has endured all this time. With all that reflection on EpicDuels past, it's successes and failures during it's lifetime, it's remarkable to consider the progress we've made even after the game was declared unofficially "dead" when the team was reallocated to AQ3D:
None of that would have happened if the response to new updates were met with a resounding "meh". Your continued support has kept this game alive while others have faded away, even in the face of the dreaded "Flash-pocalypse" allegedly coming later this year. It's my sincere hope that 2020 will be a huge year for EpicDuel and Artix Entertainment! Tags: Nightwraith |
| December 27, 2019 Gifting 2019 Balance UpdateMerry Christmas and Happy Holidays! We hope you had a joyous, relaxing holiday! It's hard to believe that 2019 is almost over! This week, we've implemented a small update to help some of the underperforming classes and fix a few bugged skill cores. Currently, Bounty Hunters and Tech Mages are very strong, while Mercs seem to be having a difficult time in 1v1. Rewards for Juggernaut victories have also been slightly boosted.
Fixes:
Secret and Silver Secret Package Donation Since these packages are so valuable and difficult to attain, we've decided to make having duplicate packages worthwhile by allowing the top 15 gifters of the 2019 Gifting season (not daily) to donate their excess packages to their friends. These gifts can be donated at the end of gifting. Tags: Nightwraith |
| December 20, 2019 Gifting 2019 Continues
Gifting 2019 continues with new home items, new styles, a new achievement and new gifting prizes! The prize pool has been expanded with some new prizes that may give you an incentive to check the gift before turning it in for store credit(s)!
Festive Home DecorDecorate your Winter wonderhome for the season with some new seasonally-themed home items!
Seasonal StylesCheck out new Frost Knight styles in CC and non-CC varieties to complement Bido's Frost Knight armor! But where is this armor? Be sure to collect all the daily gifts and your prize drop gifts to find them (there are 2 varieties to collect)!
Frost Warrior 3.0The old Frost Warrior 2.0 has been retired and updated with a 3.0 variant. Boost those rating points by collecting a new seasonal achievement! You should have plenty of credits by now so it should be an insta-buy from your personal Achievement shop! Tags: Nightwraith |
