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Lord Barrius -> =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 12:30:10)

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August 16, 2011
Balance Breakdown, and your normally-scheduled update
Hi there EpicDuelists. By now you’ve heard about the way that the latest version of Adobe Flash forced us to delay the update by a few days. We should release later today (Tuesday) or early tomorrow (Wednesday) assuming a bit of code Titan is currently working on works the way it should. Again, we sincerely apologize for the delay. Working in the Flash environment means that we have to constantly adapt to a changing language, and sometimes updates to Flash cause problems for us, and we’re not always able to predict what a new update is going to bring.


Break it Down

Here’s the deal on the new skill scaling. Fixed-damage skills (eg Fireball, Plasma Bolt, etc) will be calculated with a level 1 base damage, the stat factor, and either an Improve value after level 20 or a Reduce value before level 20, so essentially lower levels (where fixed-damage skills tend to be overpowered) will see a reduction in effectiveness. At higher levels, these skills will essentially receive a buff. This should really improve things for caster mages.

Percent based skills (eg. Double Strike, Berzerker) will work differently than they had previously. How it works right now is that they’re calculated by (base damage + weapon damage - [defense/resistance]) x % bonus = your damage. After this update, it will look more like Deadly Aim, in that your damage = (base damage + (weapon damage x % bonus))- [defense/resistance]. This should be a buff for builds that do not rely entirely on strength, but players will insane amounts of strength should see a slight reduction in damage. The goal was to encourage deeper investment in skills that scale too well with only one point of investment

We’re still going to implement the change to robots. Using either the robot’s special attack or the robot’s attack will cause both options to go into cooldown. The cooldown is staying at 3, however, to keep bots from being the "instant kill" weapon they have been in the past.


Weapon Mutation

Another obscure feature of this release is a change to the way items that switch classes (Founder Armor and Beta Gear) now work. They have been recoded to work dynamically, meaning faster performance for the database, and the ability for us to add class changing items in the future! This change involved standardizing the base states of these weapons, so you may notice a slight difference in the stat configuration. Your enhancements, however, will remain the same regardless of class.


Friday Friday, gotta get down on Friday...

We also have things planned for Friday! Because everybody’s looking forward to the weekend. Nightwraith’s confirmed that we’ll be releasing some bazookas and guns (although I haven’t statted them yet, so I can’t tell you the prices. Sorry). However, I can tell you that they will he high level, with both varium and non-varium options.


Old Fortune City

Many players have collected the Old Fortune City Key, and wondered what it means or what to do with it. It’s unsurprising, many of the planet’s inhabitants wouldn’t know about Old Fortune City. Many years ago, before the scourge of Baelius, prospectors from all over the galaxy made their way to Delta V to mine her precious varium lodes. They called their little shanty town “Fortune City” because of the promise of untold riches. They built the city up from the few ramshackle tents, however its glory was short-lived. The varium lode they’d been mining was larger than previously anticipated, and the vein continued under the city. The settlement sunk beneath the surface of the planet, and was largely forgotten. Decades later- perhaps out of a desire to romanticize the harsh lifestyle of the prospector, perhaps out of an odd sentimentality- Baelius commissioned Fortune City to be rebuilt over the ruins of the old mining town. Now known as Old Fortune City, Oz and the other exiles were able to excavate enough of the town’s structures to use them as a base for their operations.


Insect Fact of the Week

Slight correction to last week: termite colonies include male workers.

Ants are fascinating animals, and some species maintain agriculture. There are only four known animal groups that have discovered agriculture- humans, bark beetles, termites, and ants. It is about this last group, ants, that I will speak today.

Leaf cutter ants are true farmers. The workers of the colony collect leaves and use these leaves to cultivate their fungus gardens, which provide food for the entire colony. One such species of ant is entirely female- there are no men in this species at all!

Other ants keep other insects as livestock. In these species, the ant colony maintains a herd of aphids, which they can milk for honeydew- a sweet, delicious (to ants at least!) substance that aphids produce. The colony is able to maintain control over their herd through chemical signals- the aphids follow chemical tracks left by ants, which keep them from wandering away from the herd. In return, the ants protect the aphids from predators, such as the ladybird beetle.

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ORIGINAL: Ashari

Here's a summary of all the balance changes in this update. Not everything was included in the Design Notes and a recap is always nice! ^^

General Changes:
  • Both robot attack and special now share the same cooldown. Using either will put both into a 3 turn cooldown.
  • Maximum block chance reduced to 40% (down from 45%). Shadow Arts can increase block chance up to 50%.
  • Critical Strikes now ignore 50% of defenses (down from 75%). Maximum critical strike chance is now 20% and you now have +1% chance to critical strike for every 7 support over your opponent. Minimum crit chance reduced to 1% and base crit chance is now 4%.
  • Assault Bot's special now reduces Curse (more of a bug fix)
  • Percent based skills (Double Strike, Berzerker, Massacre and Bludgeon) now use the damage formula: damage = base dmg + (weapon dmg * % bonus) - defenses. The percents for all of these skills have been adjusted.
  • The follow skills now have their base damage scaled by level: Field Medic, Plasma Bolt, Fireball, Overload, Plasma Rain, Super Charge, Artillery Strike, Multi-Shot, Surgical Strike, Bunker Buster, Plasma Cannon, Stun Grenade, Plasma Grenade, EMP Grenade, Technician, Field Commander, Reflex Boost, Malfunction, Intimidate, Smoke Screen, Defense Matrix, Blood Shield, Hybrid Armor, Assimilation, and Toxic Grenade.

    Class changes:
  • Multi-Shot increases damage per 4 Dexterity (down from per 5 Dex)
  • Plasma Rain increases damage per 4 Technology (down from per 5 Tech)
  • Static Charge's energy restore effect is no longer affected by defenses. It now uses 80% of your damage BEFORE defenses when calculating the percent energy restored. The percent on Static Charge has been reduced by 5%.

    Item changes:
  • Gamma Bot's base damage is increased by 1 (to 12-16 damage).



    Static Charge will now work by taking 80% of your combined base damage from strength and primary weapon damage. That will be the number that is considered for the energy restore.

    For example, if your primary damage was 13-16 +28, let's take 14 + 28 = 42 * .80 = 33.6 (rounded up to 34). At level 1, Static Charge now restores 28% damage to energy, so you would get 28% of 34, which rounds up to 10 energy. In addition to this, if your actual damage dealt is higher than your combined strength and weapon damage (like when your crit on an opponent with low defense), the actual damage will be used to determine how much energy is restored.

    The actual damage you do with Static Charge is still effected by defense or resistance and is 100% of primary damage (same as Strike).


  • Last thread was removed due to flaming. If people do that here, too, you can guarantee that the punishments will be severe.




    Ubear -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 12:32:07)

    Ahh wondered where the thread went.

    Have they released anything new yet? Friday Friday, gotta get down on Friday :D




    Drakadh -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 12:33:43)

    Cant wait! ( ITs Friday ) O.O




    Stabilis -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 12:35:34)

    Will delta weapons become a translating weapon as well? One sword and one class weapon?




    sylar67 -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 12:58:50)

    @green : hahahahha funny you -,-"




    Lord Barrius -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:10:23)

    I highly recommend that people get back on topic and stop whining about how I deleted a thread FULL of flaming.

    There's always the option of not having this discussion at all, if it bothers you so much that I expect you not to call each other "dumbass", "brainless", etc. (actual quotes from the previous topic)




    One Winged Angel1357 -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:13:57)

    anyone else notice super charge is listed twice

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    Plasma Rain, Super Charge, Artillery Strike, Multi-Shot, Surgical Strike, Super Charge, Bunker Buster,


    Fixed that up! ~Ashari




    Drakadh -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:15:24)

    I dont know if there was flaming, but I do know this.

    Flaming is not allowed due to kids below 18 are in the forums, heck even kids below 12! and, who wants to be flamed? I am sure I dont want to be crisped. O.o

    xD I would like to see a community that does not once in a while, and its been a while now.


    REALLY Cant wait, hopefully not in 4 hours since its going to be midnight till then. xD




    Ubear -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:17:25)

    I'm looking forward for the new equipment, if there's equipment that I hope for then I'm changing to Cyber Hunter [:D] We've been guaranteed new guns and auxs but I wonder if they will be any new bots




    Drakadh -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:20:23)

    @Ubear

    Same, its going to be fun seeing new bots, it would make ads for ED more interesting. :D




    beastmo -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:20:34)

    New Bots wont come at all i bet. The gear will be overated and cost tons of var and enhancements just like usual ^.^

    EDIT- Why do people have to pay so much to win for a browser game




    Dragonnightwolf -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:21:27)

    interesting, I like that additional damage for the robot.




    Drakadh -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:21:45)

    @ Beastmo, there are going to be Non Var stuff <_<

    Can any admin confirm when will the release be? :3




    One Winged Angel1357 -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:22:01)

    well it seems they fixxed the old coding so new bots can be allowed but i hope its a good one or an uber pricey credit bot so you have to work for it




    beastmo -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:22:45)

    @ Drakadh

    Why does that matter non var have a 25% chance to win against a varium 33.




    Ubear -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:23:07)

    @Drakdh: Ads more interesting? I hope i'm not the only one getting seriously bored with the lack of bot options and bored with there not being a robot that increases my strength :) Hmm I think you pwnd me in 1v1 :)

    @beastmo: It's not like cheap items are going to be better than current items. Should be thankful that if they are expensive then they will be kickass. Or maybe not so kickass because they're not rare... or are they?




    Drakadh -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:24:34)

    @Ubear

    Ow I ment commercial vids xD Not ads, those things are annoying. O.o

    Edit: And You pwned me back xD




    beastmo -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:24:56)

    @ Ubear There has been tons of expensive items that are "considered kickass" that just get outdated in a week ^.^




    Digital X -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:28:20)

    Kind of leaning towards wanting an Aux more than a Sidearm for one of my characters, as Stars and Stripes is his only one, and would really benefit for an energy equivalent one, (or better than Stars, is good too. ) :)




    Ubear -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:29:31)

    @Drakdh: Oh haha :D

    @beastmo: Can't disagree with your there...




    Jatar The Legend -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:31:26)

    My aux is Cupids Sorrow. Kinda hoping for a good energy Aux xD
    @Beastmo Doesn't ED make its money off of people getting the "Best wep in the game" and then in a month and a half or however long they take to make new ones, the old ones suck?




    Drakadh -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:34:50)

    Isn't it like real life? They say its the best ( and it is ) but then people wanted more SO they made something better, am I right? >_>

    I am hoping for a Energy Aux that is a Support build type of an aux. xD




    Fay Beeee -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:35:30)

    Did we get a 'hint' a while ago from Cindy?? May be an Insect Bot?? Or was that just for fun. Have to say I cannot handle spiders. Any other sort would be ok though. :)





    beastmo -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:37:48)

    @ jatar All weapons are outdated except Delta gear im sure this updates gear wont last more then another week and yes thats how they make money by making worthless weapons




    Wraith -> RE: =ED= Design Notes August 16th - Balance Breakdown is LIVE! (8/19/2011 13:41:41)

    @Fay beee:

    Maybe it will be a bug BOSS: The Buggernaut. Juggernaut+Bug=Buggernaut.

    Well, if there gonna be any MORE rare items...*gets out the sledgehammer* I will beat up the NPC that sells them.




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