I don't know.  This is Demigod, not mystic cave adventures.

Well, I like the idea of neutral force. But i'm not sure about your sugestion how it could look in game.

I think that idea, that there is some mines on map that are controlled by neutral force is good idea. I am just not sure how it should looks. Of course it should be place where only demigods, can go. Question is if neutral forces will be defeated they are out from game, or maybe they will respawn let's say few minutes later.

Or maybe instead of mines it should be somethink like place where you can go, kill monsters, take treasure and be back few minutes later, when another monsters will be there?

You could include neutral forces to the whole idea of "road hazards," but not make them exclusive to it. For instance, one map could have a big honkin' demon dragon hovering over the northern path making it dangerous to go that way. And thats fine, but other maps would have non-creature hazards, like meteors hitting a part so you need to get out of the shadow it casts.

I woudn't want the whole thing to turn into WC3 where you fight little monsters and upgrade first and then you move into big-boy mode and fight real people. I enjoy the immediate pvp action.

I think a good idea would be to make a capturing point (like the flag in the middle of the water level ) but if you have it you spawn extra creeps, or you spawn a unique creep. The fight would mostly take place to hold that flag but if there were 2 flags?

erm. odd where did the rest of my post go? anyway, i *was* going to say;

i personally prefer the specific map-hazard (say, meteor shower or a big ol' floodgate) over extra creeps or a lone mega-creep.

(I beleive the forum ate the last post, sorry if this is as doublepost)

Redirecting creeps would be a great option as long as you make it optional. I'll use the Beta1 map for an example. You cap the flag but you like your creeps attacking the side towers. So you cap it and lock it if you want.

If you want the creeps to run straight down the middle, cap it and place a "Rally lock" on it (or you can left-click the flag and click the button 'RALLY TROOPS,' whichever is more balanced). Then all of a sudden your creeps go down the middle for a head-on assault. It won't be too overpowered because its the same number of creeps, just going somewhere faster.

i heard some mention of it somewhere yeah.

Do you think creeps spawning over your flag could allow the flag locking to be toned down a bit?

I like the idea where neutral creeps protect mines/portals.  Perhaps in a 1v1 map healers(or insert unit here) doesn't spawn.  The only way to spawn them is to capture a portal defended by a large number of them.

I was also was inspired by this.  WHat if you had neutral creeps on an alternate path(that the team creeps would not go to).  This means it would be constantly under fog unless a demigod was there.  It would be a sneaky backdoor/tunnel into the opposing teams base but would have to be cleared of neutrals before use.   I think it would add to observer wards since you'd wanna keep sight incase the other team is clearing the tunnel out to your base.  Currently I think the game has too much sight everywhere and its fairly difficult to move around unnoticed.