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Exyo -> RE: =ED= Ultimate Nostalgia Thread (3/17/2013 11:02:34)
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Well for me, it all started back in February 2009, I made my first EpicDuel character. He was a Mercenary of the name captiandeath. Back then this game was super fun and amazing for those who were not there to experience it. Mercenaries had a skill called "Iron Skin" the equivalent of TLM's Mineral Armor. Back then this game was actually balanced, all classes could win no matter what, granted Mercs were overpowered when we figured out the overused Tank Build. But it was fun, the 1v1 leader was JollyGreenGiant, he was on top with like 360 1v1 wins, which back then, was alot. The level cap I believe when I joined was 20. Then it jumped to 23, and a month later to 25.
This is when the real fun started, OP SuperCharge builds. Oh my god I remember the days, someone with a Apprentice Staff and some sidearm could wipe anyone. This infamous build was created by Chaos1x, he was my first EpicDuel friend. Me and him started off by boosting with each other and getting free wins off each other, which back then wasn't against the rules and was very easy to complete. They had a small button that said "Run Away" exiting from the match. anyways, back to the build. Max super charge with reroute and health boosters, I could easily do 90-130 damage with SuperCharge. This got nerfed within like 3 weeks but still, this was the most OP thing ever in Epic Duel history. Eventually we all got the message about the merge with AE (Artix Entertainment) and a lot of us were sorely disappointed (and some still are). But the thing we flipped about, was the banish of EpicDuel forums. The forums were the good 'ol days, the wondrous flame wars and amazing Mods.
After the merge happened, all of us original EpicDuel players got weapons call "Alpha", for being the first players to test EpicDuel, and right before the merge, we were offered to make a One-Time payment to last us forever and told that something big was coming. All excited, we bout it and got Elite status, giving us free Founder/Beta items and unlimited varium for about 1 week. After the unlimited went away, we were very confused and wanted a refund, the Devs screwed us over and only gave us 1k varium, lasting for about 2 items. Nevertheless, EpicDuel still found someway into my wallet so I bought varium. When the first Promotional Weapons were released, I believe they were the Bunnies (Bunny Zookas). Back then, promotional items only cost like 20$ in varium package compared to now 10k or $49.95. So I bought those, they were the best upgrade ever, 2 Auxillaries at level 25 and level 30 for only 20$, amazing. Not to mention they look amazing. So that went by and then Winter arrived, oh the first winter, more money left my pocket. And why? Because of the best looking weapon in game.... did you guess? Frostbane! This weapon probably made more money than any other weapons, or more purchases at least. I bought it the day it came out, the skull with frost along the light perfect blue blade, man I love it still to this day.
After Winter, came the release of my personal favorite testing phase, Gamma. I loved Gamma because of the class changes and bots, oh sweet Gamma Bot.During this phase, 5 focus ruled everything, specifically Mercenary. I believe as a Mercenary in Gamma, my win/loss ratio was 96%, which is ridiculous, considering my Omega W/L is like 60%. The Gamma upgrade package came with a Gamma Bot, and a Gamma Bike, which both look amazing. This was the beginning of a great EpicDuel, then Gamma was coming to a close. I got busy with sports and decided to quit, allowing me to miss Delta. I don't know really anything about Delta, but I'm sure t was better than Omega.
Omega. Sweet, Sweet Omega. Why so many nerfs? I come back from a nice, long 2-year break to this? I am so dissapointed ED has come to this, I understand they are making ore money, but really? This is what EpicDuel has turned into? I really wish I had a time-machine to go back to Beta and Gamma. Omega is about nothing but nerfs and OP and losing because of luck. the luck in this game is so imbalanced, in Alpha/Beta/Gamma you actually need strategy or skill to win. Now it's based off %'s and cores, just terrible, yet I still fell into the ED trap and already spent like 140$ since I have been back. But I do know this, the way EpicDuel is going, I do not see myself playing very often or much longer anyways.
And that my fellow forumers, was my EpicDuel timeline.
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