Epicor Legends — Release 99: Enemy combat timing and reactions

• Enemy hit reactions remain visible during post-contact recovery for weapon, spell and summon hits. Active attack warnings are preserved.
• Enemy attack and recovery playback follows shared timestamps instead of restarting a fresh windup when an update arrives late.
• Boss idle howls and growls wait for attack recovery. Approved Karema audio is preserved.
• Attack damage, cooldowns and controller assignments are unchanged.

Verification: 59 game-rule checks passed; native goblin and imp presentation review with simulated delayed updates. Existing saves are preserved by the launcher.

Open to play while development continues.

Epicor Legends — Release 98: Blocking and unarmed guard

• Holding R1 during a melee attack now raises the guard when attack recovery finishes. Releasing R1 cancels the pending block.
• Unarmed blocking uses closed fists protecting the face, with matching entry and release motions. Quick releases reverse the partial entry.
• Controller assignments and committed hit timing are preserved.

Verification: 58 game-rule checks passed; native front, side and three-quarter animation review. Existing saves are preserved by the launcher.

Open to play while development continues.

Epicor Legends — Development 97: Character Artwork Pass

Playable development update by Cayde Entertainment, a brand operated by Fusion Foods LLC.

• Refined the default brown-haired hero toward approved Design 02: shorter crown spikes, natural brown irises and curved eye fitting.
• Remodeled boots with slimmer calf and foot proportions, solid angular gold knee cuffs and fitted toe trim.
• Refined leather grain and gold/cloth surface separation. Character creation and gameplay use the same revised asset.
• Preserved the original rig, current movement clips and existing saves.

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Release 96 — Player movement

• Refined running posture and arm swing, with a less compressed crouch walk.
• Improved acceleration, braking and turning, and reduced animation-speed filtering.
• Preserved stride phase when entering or leaving weapon-ready locomotion.
• Matched crouch entry and exit timing to the revised clips. Existing travel speeds and saves are preserved.

Verified with 57 gameplay checks, zero failures (three warnings), and matched native animation captures.

Ardeus’s new material study remains in development and is not enabled. Shared-world party tower instances remain unavailable.

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Release 95 — Controller and tower selection

• Hold R1 to block; hold R2 for ranged first-person aiming.
• Automatic target lock, with D-pad Left/Right target selection.
• Assign L2 actions in Player Menu → Macro.
• L1 + Up opens tower selection. Choose a tower and confirm entry.
• Corrected tower panel and button backgrounds so they remain within the bronze borders.
• Completed solo floors stay locked; first-clear rewards cannot repeat.

Shared-world party tower instances remain in progress and are not available in this release.

The launcher automatically downloads this update. Existing saves are preserved.

Release 94 — Bronze shop and HUD redesign

• Redesigned shop panels with dark metal, bronze framing and separate header, merchant, item and footer sections.
• Kept item names, prices, quantity controls and buttons inside their cards.
• Rebuilt the top-right controls with local time above Player, Settings and Mail.
• Reduced the circular minimap and inset its bronze rim and town nameplate inside the screen border.
• Renamed player-facing Ardmore labels to Battambong while preserving saves and town stock.
• Added defeat XP/Lv results and the inventory-only item-loss roll; equipped items are protected.

Development continues. Unfinished Ardeus and defeat visual studies are not enabled in this release.

Release 93 — Walk-in shops and clearer combat

• Added nine shared walk-in shop interiors in Hearthmere and Ardmore, with visible timber doors, clear entrances and furnishings suited to each trade.
• Moved the shopkeepers inside their buildings and updated their interaction locations. Elowen keeps her existing indoor auction hall.
• Refined Hearthmere grass and dark-brown dirt-path surfaces with more natural color variation and gravel detail.
• Automatic targeting now selects the closest eligible living mob, including behind the camera. R1 still releases the lock.
• Smoothed transitions between existing player and enemy poses while preserving attack timing.
• Improved moonlight and ambient fill so paths and characters are easier to see at night.
• Docked a half-width compass to the screen border, halved the XP bar width, and matched player, settings, mail and clock panels with bronze borders and consistent spacing.
• Mobs turn before advancing, stop without drifting into targets, and retain their attack follow-through. Goblin and imp strikes now match their hit timing.
• Removed overhead mob health bars. Names remain above creatures; the selected target has one health bar at the bottom center.
• Talking to Ana opens her own conversation card, with explicit journal, town-tour and rune-trial options instead of opening the player menu.

Existing player saves are preserved. This is an in-development Windows update.

Release 92 — Elowen auction hall and new shop offers

• Rebuilt Elowen’s auction house in Hearthmere and Ardmore with open double doors and an indoor desk.
• Elowen shows player listings and her approved portrait. Buying and listing require the shared world; the sale fee stays 2.5% gold.
• Added gold packs: 250,000 for $2.99; 500,000 for $4.99; 1,000,000 for $8.99 before tax.
• Added $0.99 Mystery Boxes with full reward odds shown before purchase: 80% gold, 20% Common equipment.
• Potion bundles now contain 25, 50 or 100. Older codes retain their original contents.
• Website carts combine offers and quantities into one Square checkout. One code redeems the full order to one account, without duplicate delivery.

Existing saves are preserved. Prices are USD before applicable tax.

Verified with 53 gameplay checks and isolated purchase, cart and redemption tests.

Release 91 — Hearthmere buildings and NPC surfaces

• Added jointed corner stonework, pegged facade braces, roof course seams and distinct shop signs to Hearthmere buildings.
• Beveled the new physical details for softer edge highlights, keeping shop entrances and existing collisions unchanged.
• Refined shopkeeper and Ana surfaces using their original paint, normal and roughness maps.
• Refined the cloth, leather, hair and staff surfaces on Simir while preserving character identities and animation rigs.

Update through the launcher. Existing saves are preserved.

Verification: 53 gameplay checks completed with zero failures (two with warnings), plus matching native Unreal building and NPC comparisons. This is an incremental detail and material pass. Dungeon runs remain private local play; shared-world party instances are unavailable.

Release 90 — Hearthmere surfaces and resident movement

• Refined Hearthmere with deeper green grass, gentle grass movement and darker dirt paths with blended edges.
• Added more visible grain, pores and weathering to Hearthmere wood, plaster and stone surfaces, preserving shop owners and access routes.
• Improved resident turning and spacing so a pedestrian behind them does not cause an unnecessary stop.
• Also refined castle furnishings and royal conversations, corrected Queen Noelle interaction after moving, and gave longer dialogue more reading time.

Update through the launcher. Existing saves are preserved.

Verification: 53 gameplay checks completed with zero failures (two with warnings), matching native Unreal before-and-after views reviewed. Dungeon runs remain private local play; shared-world party instances are unavailable.