Ive never fused any epics, but My belief was that it was a temporary dismissal from the start, just based on how gree plays its cards. The same way free gems were temporarily taken away, and once these quests ended (i.e money was made) they brought it back, If its not back in full swing, my guess would be that after this beast chest is over, it will be. minor things like this, dont discourage most players, just causes already paying players to pay a little more. Now, my guess would be, as they have started to do, if epics are back, they are going to bring a lot more craftables to the table. good one for them would be wurm, and aegis of drag, to keep from easy tect, those two mixed with cloud king, can cause a rather long go around in trying to get an armor that probably only has a 1% chance of fusing.