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May 17, 2011
Juggernaut 2.0

Jug Hugs!

Thank you so much for helping us test our new battle mode! We DO read your feedback, and we’re fixing up the mode. We really needed a large-scale test of the system (as fun as it was for the four of us, we don’t represent the game at large), so thank you! As a reward, all of the players who help test the feature by purchasing a Gold Skull Card during this week will receive the super-rare Battle Tested Achievement! Good news for rare hunters too: the Gold Skull Card is going to be marked as “RARE” and will increase your rarity score.



The Battle Tested and Juggernaut Achievements!

The Silver Skull Card

Since it’s not entirely fair to let Varium players have all the fun, we’re opening up Juggernaut mode to Credit players too, with the NEW Silver Skull Card. Now, for a number of Credits, ANYONE over level 20 will be able to play this unique battle mode... from the other side! MWAHAHAHA! *cough* Sorry about that.



Bug Smashing

As with ANYTHING new, there’s bound to be problems, and Titan’s been hard at work to fix them all for you! Starting with this update, you’ll be able to see your Juggernaut record on your stats page. Addtionally, many of the glitches with creating a Juggernaut battle have been fixed. We’ve also fixed the damage issue with low percentage hits. You may have noticed that sometimes moves like Cheap Shot, Berzerker, or Rage attacks were showing damage along the lines of 0-2-1 or other very low damage markers. Well, no longer will you hit for 0 damage!



Matching Sets

In addition, a lot of you have been complaining about the level range for Juggernaut battle. Originally, how we’d set it up was the Juggernaut’s level, subtract 9 and then add or subtract 2 to that, and that’s how you’d match other players. But, that didn’t present enough of a challenge for the Juggernaut, and serves to discourage lower-level players from playing team battles. We’re altering the matching system to increase the level of the Juggernaut underdog by 2 and increase the range by 1. So now, instead of a level 33 Juggernaut facing two players from 22-26 the Juggernaut will face two players in the 23-28 range, which should solve this problem.

Back to the Hutch!


With this update, the Egg-zooka promotional items are going RARE! Congratulations to all who got these awesome weapons. Hopefully they will serve you in battle for many duels to come. With the 'zookas coming out of the game, the new promo item for summer will be...


Boom! Headshot!



Some of our players have suggested a weapon that has a unique battle move, and we thought that idea was really cool! So, after sending those adorable bunnies back to their little hutches, we’ll be introducing the promotional Stun Cannon and Stun Blaster with a 5% chance to stun! These beasty and beautiful sidearms will be available as soon as go live with the update with purchase of the $50 varium package!

To accomodate for the greater opportunity to stun available to all players who own these guns, we have complely removed the defense reduction on stunned players (previously -15%). Also, the stun chance on the gun will not be affected by Shadow Arts.

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I felt as though I should make a post here. Hopefully this will be beneficial for you all, though some of what I will say is a warning. But I'll start with this. Many of the points expressed in this thread are valid, and beneficial. I applaud you all for taking the time to discuss your opinions in a way from which the game developers and the forum staff can learn.

However. Some of what I have seen here is still very inappropriate. We expect there to be civility between everyone here, and that includes civility towards the game staff that works so hard to bring you a game you enjoy playing. Civility that has been very lacking in some of the posts in this thread. This lack of respect, this name-calling, this judgmental and argumentative tone, will stop now.

Onto a more troubling tendency - recommending that others not play the game violates the Terms and Conditions of the game you agreed to when you signed up to play. Specifically:

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You agree not to disrupt the normal flow of the games and dialogue, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other people’s ability to use the Service

This is findable here. This can have repercussions on your game account. It can also have repercussions for your forum account, as our forum rules prohibit any content that breaks laws. This is something of which I would like everyone to be aware.

My advice to everyone would be to keep posts constructive, to trust that if they are offered with beneficial intent then they will be considered with equally beneficial intent. And to refrain from telling others not to play, or not to buy Varium, etc. Because if that sort of talk does continue here, I am sorry to say, it will be met with harsher and harsher punishments.


Everest
Forum Administrator

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ORIGINAL: Cinderella

The Battle Tested cheevo will be 1600 ratings points and the Juggernaut cheevo 2000 rating points

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3) A weapon is just as rare as an achievement except I can use a weapon to beat people, and in a PVP game that is everything.

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well then maybe the ED staff should start making polls of what possible "rewards" it could be.
they give u a few options and then "others" if u bote others then u have to post what ur "other" idea is.

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Btw don't personally attack sage, I'm sure he knows how to spend his varium just as wisely as you do ^.^

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Stop it Gold.

This is not a competition about who is better. It is his choice what he buys, SO LEAVE HIM ALONE (please) and get back on topic.