EpicDuel PVP Game Design Notes

January 24, 2020

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 Prizes

After 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:

• Armored Omega Wolf Mutation
• Avatar of Nightwraith P
• Avatar of Nightwraith E

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

• Blood Mage: Fire rain improve with every .45 instead of .35
• Tactical Reload (Aux) cost 100 instead of 40
• Elimated warmups on Dark Omen, Curse, and Salvage

The biggest change will be noticed by Cyber Hunter in the form of a new skill: Neurotoxin:

• Cyber Hunter: Because energy manipulation was so strong with Cybery Hunters with the combination of Memory Leak and EMP, Neurotoxin replaces EMP Grenade. Neurotoxin is a Support debuff.

War Resumes

The 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 Prizes

At 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

Balance 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

Secret and Silver Secret Package Status

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.

Gifter Prizes

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 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:

• Due to prevalence of skills designed to lower or bypass defense, the 4th tier of returns for Defense and Resistance has been eliminated
• Crit Chance base reduced to 2% instead of 4%
• Wolf's Fury: Stun chance reduced to 15%
• Malfunction (Tech Mage): Improves with every 5 Dex instead of 4
• Heart Attack: 100% damage; reduces buffs 60%
• Ice Shield: Can only target self
• Armored Roots: 40% instead of 45%

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:

• Lvl 9: 3500 Rating Points for 65,000 Score
• Lvl 10: 4500 Rating Points for 100,000 Score  

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:

• Grand Legendary Hoarder 5500
• Ultra Legendary Hoarder 6500
• Epic Legendary Hoarder 7500

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

In 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.

• Inventory Space maximum increase to 600
  • New achievements for 400, 500, and 600 Inventory Slots
• Bank Slot maximum increase to 2000

Balance Changes

• Bounty Hunter
  • Multi-Shot: Changed Dex scaling to .35; Increased base damage values by 20
• Cyber Hunter
  • Adaptive Offense: Changed Dex scaling to .35
• Tech Mage 
  • Malfunction: Changed Dex scaling to 4

• RNG Changes to increase the likelihood of blocking or deflecting when you have more Dex or Tech than attacker:
  • Reduced maximum block chance % to 30% from 35%
  • Base block chance changed to 5%
  • Reduced maximum deflection chance % to 20% from 25%
  • Base deflection chance changed to 7%

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:

• Improved gifting event with new gifting streaks and daily leaderboard.
• Celebrated it's 10 year anniversary!
• Enlisted artists Deuce, Bido, Junny Osan, Lae, and Tyronius
• HeroMart restocked with old and new EpicDuel items!
• Passive Skills returned! Blood Lust, Reroute, Shadow Arts, Deadly Aim and more all return in their former glory!
• War rewards improved to allow players with a high enough contribution to win the top prize regardless of Alignment.
• Evolving Buyback and Bank Slot achievements!
• Artix Game Launcher V2 launches, future-proofing EpicDuel for the imminent demise of Flash. 
• Introduced new mission chains to battle new threats to Delta V, including Nightmare 
• Charfade and Nightmare Titan!
• Returned Dragonoid Brain Boss, which had been missing since Delta.
• Huge PvP reward boost!
• Class Revival! Replaced many duplicate skills with new, unique skills like Maelstrom and Nanotech Shield to differentiate the classes.
• A new Home Decor contest!
• 4 new promotional packages packed with new items and skill cores!
• Too many new achievements, weapons, armors, bots, hairstyles and home items to count!

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

Merry 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.

Changes:

• Hybrid Armor: 
  • Lvl 1: 7
  • Lvl 2: 9
  • Lvl 3: 11
  • Lvl 4: 13
  • Lvl 5: 15
  • Lvl 6: 16
  • Lvl 7: 17
  • Lvl 8: 18
  • Lvl 9: 19
  • Lvl 10: 20
• Plasma Armor: 
  • Lvl 1: 12
  • Lvl 2: 14
  • Lvl 3: 16
  • Lvl 4: 18
  • Lvl 5: 20
  • Lvl 6: 22
  • Lvl 7: 24
  • Lvl 8: 26
  • Lvl 9: 28
  • Lvl 10: 30
• Mineral Armor: 
  • Lvl 1: 12
  • Lvl 2: 14
  • Lvl 3: 16
  • Lvl 4: 18
  • Lvl 5: 20
  • Lvl 6: 22
  • Lvl 7: 24
  • Lvl 8: 26
  • Lvl 9: 28
  • Lvl 10: 30
• Static Charge: Improves with every 5 points of Tech instead of 7
• Low HP threshold for cores like Wolf's Fury and Yeti Fury reduced to 40% instead of 45%
• Rewards for Juggernaut victory slightly increased

Fixes: 

• Ice Shield: Greatly reduces damage in the event that an attack bypasses the block/deflection buff.
• Lionhart's Shield: Greatly reduces damage in the event that an NPC targets player.
• Blood Bullet: damage was at 125% instead of 115%
• Hatchling Rush: No longer freezes and skips turn when used while rooted by Armored Roots or Tentacle Prison

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 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 Decor

Decorate your Winter wonderhome for the season with some new seasonally-themed home items!

Seasonal Styles

Check 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 3.0

The 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

December 13, 2019

Gifting continues at an incredible pace as players new and old experience the most exciting time on Delta V. Since Gifting attracts so many players out of hiatuses, we thought it would be a great opportunity to bring back nearly all seasonal rares for the duration of Gifting! Visit the many merchants from across Delta V to see what weird, wild weapons, armors, and cores you may have missed throughout the years!

Bundle Balance

Some small changes have been made to the promotional item cores. These should increase their utility without making them too overpowered.

• Frozen Fist: Unlimited use. Reduced max damage to 140%
• Frozen Rift / Improbability Gate: increased % of bonus damage to 10%

Armor Up

Visit Edgar Boothe in Frysteland to try on a brilliant assortment of new armors created by Deuce! Since some are very anti-cape ("NO CAPES!"), there are caped and capeless variants as well as CC and non-CC variants. Something for everyone! These will also count towards the Festive Coal Collector acheivement!

• Festive Frostwalker
• Festive Frostwalker CC
• Caped Festive Frostwalker
• Caped Festive Frostwalker CC

Friday the 13th in December???

I almost didn't believe the calendar, but it's Friday the 13th...in December! Not very festive, you may think, but that all depends on your aesthetic. In honor of this rare occasion, we're bringing back Nightmare Dage for a limited time! Through yourself against this formidable foe once again to try and claim his rare Nightmare Paragon armor. If you already have it, help a struggling friend overcome this supreme challenge! In addition to a returning boss challenge and returning Friday the 13th rares, there is additional new themed content to enjoy!

• New Friday the 13th Achievement!
• New Friday the 13th Hairstyle!

Tags: Nightwraith

December 06, 2019

The first week of gifting has been a wild ride as early gifters start strong to secure their places on the leaderboard. Whether you're giving or receiving the storm of generosity, this is probably the most amazing time to year to visit Delta V!

Remember, the winner of each Daily Gifting contest receives a Secret Package, while the top 5 receive Silver Secret Packages. You can also receive a Silver Secret Package for giving more than 15,000 gifts in a day!

Festive Coal Collection

Edgar Boothe has increased his stock of Winter seasonal rares with a brand new collection from the talented Deuce! This beautiful assortment is perfect for completing your holiday look! Look for the armors in a future update!

• Swords
  • Festive Coalbringer P
  • Festive Coalbringer E
  • Festive Coal Cleaver P
  • Festive Coal Cleaver E
• Wrist Blades
  • Festive Coal Sickle P
  • Festive Coal Sickle E
• Clubs
  • Festive Coal Crusher P
  • Festive Coal Crusher E
• Staffs
  • Festive Coal Curser P
  • Festive Coal Curser E
• Auxiliaries
  • Festive Coal Buster P
  • Festive Coal Buster E
• Sidearms
  • Festive Coal Cannon P
  • Festive Coal Cannon E

Purchasing even one of the items listed above from the Festive Coal collection will earn you the Festive Coal Collector 2019

Festive Travels

Edgar Boothe is also stocking a new way to travel...a Festive Tree? Why stop at ugly sweaters and Santa hats to show your holiday spirit when you can dark around Delta V as a completely-decorated, color-changing tree?!

Note: The Festive Tree is not a part of the Festive Coal Collection and doesn't contribute toward the achievement.

Daily Gifts

Have you been logging in every day to claim your prize? Some of these are credit and Arcade Token prizes, but many are also unique house items and weapons never before offered in game! Plus, each claim goes towards the evolving Yeti for Winter 2019 achievement! Free stuff just for logging in? Why not? Of course, while you're around, you might as well stick around for the gift rain!

Tags: Nightwraith

November 15, 2019

Call in an orbital strike or summon a bloody firestorm against your foes with two new ultimate skills in the latest update: Annihilation and Maestrom!

Balance

This latest balance update is packed with updates, buffs, and 2 new skills for Blood Mages and Tactical Mercenaries!

• Tactical Mercenary
  • Surgical Strike replaced with Annihilation
  • Annihilation: Fire a concentrated physical beam that reduces target's Rage by 50%; 30% lifesteal
• Blood Mage
  • Replaced Supercharge with Maelstrom
  • Maelstrom: Summon a bloody firestorm ignoring 30% of the target's Defense
• Tech Mage:
  • Supercharge: Remove rage bonus
• Hardened Armor: No use limit. 4 turn cooldown
• Armored Roots: No use limit. 4 turn cooldown
• Nanotech Shield Buff: 5%
  • Lvl 1: 17
  • Lvl 2: 19
  • Lvl 3: 21
  • Lvl 4: 23
  • Lvl 5: 25
  • Lvl 6: 26
  • Lvl 7: 27
  • Lvl 8: 28
  • Lvl 9: 29
  • Lvl 10: 30

Item Changes

• Ember Slayer: Active Core Unlocked
• Frost Slayer: Active Core Unlocked
• Frost Destroyer: Active Core Unlocked

World Changes

World 7 now available from the world map!

War Cooldown and Gifting

You may have noticed the the latest war cooldown is longer than usual. Much longer. For EpicDuel regulars, that means gifting is coming up! New achievements and seasonal UI systems are being setup to enable gifting, which means the latest Frystland War will be the last for 2019. Congratulations to the Exiles, though Legion did manage to score some wins this time around.

Look for more formal announcements concerning the next gifting event soon!

Tags: Nightwraith

November 13, 2019

First of all, I want to extend my appreciation and thanks to everyone who participated in the EpicDuel Heroic Housing Contest 2019! I also want to thank our judges who took their time to collect all the entries and tally the votes. We had a tremendous response to this contest with dozens of creative, beautiful entries to evaluate. It was very difficult to narrow down the list the 25 final winners. We considered many factors when selecting winners including interpretation of the theme, concept, color schemes, patterns, function, and overall creative effort put into the house design. Humor, though not required, didn't hurt.

Winners will receive 5,000 ArtixPoints, a rare Achievement, and a rare Home Item! 3 Grand Prize winners will get a rare Achievement and home item, plus 10,000 ArtixPoints! If you weren't among the winners, please be good sports to the winners and judges, even if you disagree strongly with our decisions. Contests should be a joyful, fun experience for the community to celebrate creativity and their love of the game. Spamming with hate won't change any decisions. After all, there will always be more contests to enter! 

Without further ado, presented in no particular order, here are your winners!

CurseOfHonor

.Romanian Hunter.

...EPIC QUEEN...

.Seaf Max.

.Valencia.

l BLACK LEGEND l

Alien fundador

PeroXide

MapWarCyber

Romanian King

The WhiteBeard

Alkimos

Jestericious

Diogo.Gamer

GodOfSanta

Emolicious

Majesty Luna

DanielStoSve

Machaon

Shru.

I God of Death I

Howl.O.Scream

The Three Grand Prize winners of the Heroic Housing 2019 Contest Are:

Legro Inmortuorum

Eldor The Beast

.K I M O.

Congratulations! Again, judging was very tough as some entries were very close in quality, but ultimately we had to choose a cutoff for the entries somewhere! Thank you again for all who participated and helped judge! As with last year, we ask that winners of the contest please not change your house ( other than maybe adding your trophies ) for a few weeks, so that visitors may see your epic house creation! Also as a heads up, since we need to add prizes manually onto your characters, it may take a few hours or so before you receive your achievement, trophies, and Artix points. All prizes should be awarded by the end of the day!

Once again we thank our EpicDuel community, and we hope to see your creativity shine again in the next contest!

Tags: Nightwraith

November 07, 2019

The nefarious ne'er do well returns from the Nightmare Dimension to once again challenge Delta V's mightiest warriors for a chance to win his rare armor! Will you accept?

A Bold Bounty Returns!

After a year, players will once again have a chance to earn Nightwraith's armor! If you're already among the elite duelists who've completed this challenge, you can help your fellow Delta V citizens overcome this challenge by partnering with them in battle and sharing strategies for overcoming one of the toughest challenges in the game!

For completionists, the mission chains Party Business and OneX6 Retrieval have also returned to grant easier access to Nightwraith's trusty ArmoryBot!

Nightwraith's New Stock

Nightwraith has refreshed his shop with new rares to celebrate the anniversary of AQW and AQ Classic! This exquisite equipment crafted by Lae will only be available for a limited time and vanish permanently after they're gone!

• Paladin Great Sword P
• Paladin Great Sword E
• Paladin Sword P
• Paladin Sword E
• Paladin Daggers P
• Paladin Daggers E
• Paladin Mace P
• Paladin Mace E
• Paladin Staff P
• Paladin Staff E
• Chaos Sword P
• Chaos Sword E
• Chaos Scimitar P
• Chaos Scimitar E
• Chaos Claws P
• Chaos Claws E
• Chaos Club P
• Chaos Club E
• Chaos Staff P
• Chaos Staff E

Balance

Some balance changes have been introduced to bolster some bots while mitigating the overpowered strength of others. Cyber Hunters should also see a buff to the new skill Memory Leak to make it more competitive with Venom Strike.

• Cyber Shark
  • Feeding Frenzy: Now does 75% initial damage rather than 100%
• Plasma Fly
  • Infernal Sting: Does 100% damage instead of 75%
• Memory Leak: Buffed levels of HP/MP loss per level
  • Lvl 1: 20
  • Lvl 2: 30
  • Lvl 3: 40
  • Lvl 4: 50
  • Lvl 5: 60
  • Lvl 6: 70
  • Lvl 7: 75
  • Lvl 8: 80
  • Lvl 9: 85
  • Lvl 10: 90

Contest Completion

The Heroic Housing Contest of 2019 is over and the turnout was incredible, with even more entries than last year! Judging is currently underway and the winners will be announced and rewarded next Wednesday, November 13th!

Tags: Nightwraith

October 31, 2019

Surprise! EpicDuel just dropped a spooky new release with new weapons, cores, and styles for those last-minute Halloween shoppers!

New Styles

10 new styles are available for each class, letting you complete that last-minute Halloween look!

Weapons

New seasonal weapons and cores are available now at Snork!

• Chain Scythe P
• Chain Scythe E
• Sinister Pumpkin Sickle P
• Sinister Pumpkin Sickle E
• Plasmic Chainsaw P
• Plasmic Chainsaw E

Cores 

In addition to new spooky seasonal rares, Snork is introducing 4 new primary, active cores! Few skills give you an edge in battle like a giant, summonable saw blade!

• Crow Frenzy P: Summon a bloodthirsty murder of crows that attack and grant 30% lifesteal.
• Crow Frenzy E: Summon a bloodthirsty murder of crows that attack and grant 30% lifesteal.
• Saw Strike P: Summon a saw blade to rip through 15% of your target's defense!
• Saw Strike E: Summon a saw blade to rip through 15% of your target's defense!

Some changes have been made to existing cores to either ease their power in increase their usefulness in battle.

• Infernal Fortitude: Reusable with 4 turn cooldown. Energy cost increased to 100.
• Radiation Burn: 35% chance to reduce to reduce melee attacker's Defense/Resistance by 25%.
• Captain's Charge: Reducing effects 5% overall (-35% Defense and Resistance, -35 Strength and Support).
• Hardened Armor: Energy cost 0
• Armored Roots : Energy cost 0

Heroic Housing 2019

Remember, EpicDuel's Heroic Housing 2019 contest is nearly over! The theme is "holiday harvest" so it's the perfect time to get into the spirit of the season and show off your best decor for the chance to win Epic prizes!

Tags: Nightwraith

October 11, 2019

The Harvest continues on Delta V with the highly anticipated 2019 Ghoulzookas! Visit Snork to get these awesome auxiliaries preloaded with the (unlocked) Soul Siphon core!

Weapons

Visit Snork in the Minetower basement for 2 new 2019 edition weapons. These weapons will become new permanent rares when the rest of the Harvest rares leave!

• Ghoul Cannon 2019
  • Soul Siphon (unlocked): Reduce and absorb enemy energy by 25% of normal auxiliary damage.below 20
• Spectral Blaster 2019
  • Soul Siphon (unlocked): Reduce and absorb enemy energy by 25% of normal auxiliary damage.below 20

You may be wondering, "Why only 2 weapons?" Well, I decided to put some extra time and effort into these two weapons to really make them stand out amidst dozens of other seasonal rares that typically pour through Delta V's merchants. There's still much, much more to come including new styles, arcade games, armor, and more before the Harvest ends! 

Balance

As mentioned, there are still differentiated skills planned, but were not quire ready to be implemented this week, so only a small adjustment was made to the previously introduced Fire Rain.

• Blood Mage
  • Fire Rain: Improves with Support instead of Dexterity; Improves with ever .25 levels above 20; Weaken for ever 1 level below 20

Heroic Housing 2019

Remember, EpicDuel's Heroic Housing 2019 contest is still underway with plenty of time to enter! The theme is "holiday harvest" so it's the perfect time to get into the spirit of the season and show off your best decor for the chance to win Epic prizes!

Tags: Nightwraith

October 04, 2019

Let the harvest begin! Bido has unveiled his latest haunting seasonal rares in the Afterlife, and the shops of Snork and Xraal are once again stocked with returning harvest gear!

Balance

This update features some much-needed balance adjustments, including a replacement for the little-used Blood Mage Plasma Rain. We're eager to replace several other duplicate skills in the near future!

• Tech Mage
  • Overload: Improves with every .32 Dexterity instead of .36
• Blood Mage
  • Overload: Improves with Support instead of Dexterity
  • Plasma Rain: Changed to Fire Rain. Deals Physical damage with 10 Defense ignore
• Mercenary
  • Surgical Strike: Improves with every .33 Tech instead of .35
• Cyber Hunter
  • Venom Strike: Requires Technology instead of Dexterity
• Lifeline: To combat heal looping it now heals for 250 HP instead of 300
• Spirit Meld: Cannot be used when Energy is full
• War Balance: War drop multiplier increased slightly for 2v2

Bido's Harvest

Epic artists Bido has outdone himself and created some hauntingly beautiful weapons of war for our harvest season! Visit Bido in the Afterlife to check out his spooky new stock!

Harrowing Harvest Slayer P
Harrowing Harvest Slayer E
Harrowing Harvest Claws P
Harrowing Harvest Claws E
Harrowing Harvest Axe P
Harrowing Harvest Axe E
Harrowing Harvest Staff P
Harrowing Harvest Staff E
Harrowing Harvest Bow P
Harrowing Harvest Bow E

Also, all returning Halloween rares should be available at Snork and Xraal!

Heroic Housing 2019

Remember, today is the first day to submit entries to EpicDuel's Heroic Housing 2019 contest! The theme is "holiday harvest" so it's the perfect time to get into the spirit of the season and show off your best decor for the chance to win Epic prizes!

Tags: Nightwraith

October 02, 2019

Greetings, EpicDuelists! It's been ages since our last EpicDuel contest (about a year) and with the holiday season barreling towards us at an alarming speed, it's the perfect time for a new contest! Show off your creativity and get festive (for the potential to win big prizes!) with our 2019 Heroic Housing Contest!

Contest Time Frame

The contest will run from Friday, October 4th to Sunday, November 3rd at 11:59 PM EST. The winners will be announced via Twitter and Design Notes posts after judging concludes.

How to Enter

Winners will get 5,000 ArtixPoints, a rare Achievement, and a rare Home Item!

3 Grand Prize winners will get a rare Achievement and home item, plus 10,000 ArtixPoints!

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 while keeping to the "Holiday Harvest" theme! We'll consider your creativity, attention to detail, coordination, adherence to the theme, 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! If you have multiple fabulous rooms in your house, choose the best and submit that as your entry.
• 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 #EpicDuelContest2019 . 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!

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