it sounds to me like your wanting a game that takes no skill. being able to run out of the fog with a few movement speed items and plow someone in the face with a hammer slam before they have time to react isnt skill, setting yourself up where you stun them with a boulder, or have a teammate stun/snare them just before being ready to hammer slam them is and it is quite doable on normal speed if you are good.

also i dont understand why we are comparing the movement speed of this to dota, the 2 are completely seperate games, each balanced for its respective map size and character attack range. If you havent noticed most of the ranged characters in demigod dont have as much range comparatively as a ranged hero in dota except for maybe regulus and the maps are not as large as the map was in dota untill you get into the 5v5 maps so it makes sense that characters would move slower. On fast game settings a melee character can easily be on top of a ranged before the ranged has time to do anything about it.

I play with speed at -3 and the game is MUCH more enjoyable to me.

DeanCo--

Rooks hammer slam is a great finisher for stunned enemies.. the wind up animation is filled with tension. You should look to hammer slam stunned players, thats what i believe its designed for.

BTW: quickly running out of the fog and smiting an enemy is skillful... You have killed an enemy... thats the point of the game...

First of all my english is not perfect nor i care for it to be but i am sure its better then most of the people who dont use it as their primare language, second i can speak english as well as my motherlanguage and third i dont see your english perfect either since i had to fix some things for you(watch bold text above). Last thing about this language talk, why do you even mention it, having grammar error here in there makes my posts less valid? Way to go with the trolling, i am sure your credibility shines now.

On the topic your comparison with spectre makes no sense, spectre has global teleport ultimate which has nothing about gamespeed we are talking about. Also this is not about dota cloning, its simply about the most appropriate game speed for enough challenging play, if you think normal speed in demigod is normal for competitive play i feel sorry for your reflexes but on the same time understand you so why not simply search for normal speed ladder games to match with people like you? Others who believe fast speed is appropriate can search for fast speed matches no?

Its like saying being able to shoot enough fast forehand in tenis is no skill since the guy has no time to react to it. Your sounding as demigod is a chess game where only thing that matters is strategic part while real time focus and reaction part needs to be away, if you really want just strategic part then play games that are strategicaly way above demigod.

We dont compare things that are different in those 2 games, we compare things that are same, and you want to tell me there are no those same elements, remember this games idea is based on dota if you forgot so sure there are things you can compare.

I like the game speed on normal, yes it does make walking to the action or to base a little long winded. This game to me is a strategy game and I am not a click fest person. I'm old I don't have the reflexes of a cat lol. It gives time to learn your opponent and the combat is slow enough to learn your opponent and react accordingly. If I wanted a click fest I would go play a fps (which I rarely due cause click fest are boring). Just my 2 cents.

More maps, and more open maps with less towers (so maps different from the current) is certainly something I want. But about the gamespeed, if you speak about the speed, I played starcraft for years competively and my small brother still does (high rank B on ICCUP and having about 250 apm in average) yet we don't think it is too slow. In fact I think it is even a lot faster than Warcraft and dota. Of course the fights in dota are shorter but that doesn't a make the game faster it just means there is less actions per fight which can alter the outcome.

I still can't agree with you, the game does require player focus. At the end of the day it isn't so different from DoTA , speed wise. DoTA is a bit faster, yes, but I don't think Demigod would benifit much.  I won't repeat what Xin basically said, but that's how I feel as well. I think Demigod is fine, but like I always say..options, options, options. Give them what they want, I suppose, but the current pace is fine to me.

Honestly, DotA is not much faster in terms of actual game speed than Demigod.  Yes, it's more micro intensive, but Demigod on fast looks like it's on fast forward.  DotA doesn't play like that at all.

I think that the game could be easily normalized at a +1 or maybe even +2 speed setting as default. It is a bit slow right now and since there is not much micro management, it is fairly easy to keep track of everything, even when the shit hits the fan late game.

The maps are simply boring in a way as far as variety but definitely not visually, the prison map is awesome. What is that guys name under the ice? There's one thing about map imbalances like in DoW2 that really pisses me off, all of the maps which seem really cool, have blatant and horrible unbalances as far as cover and distances to vital victory points or resource points and garrisons etc etc. This style of map gets rid of those issues, thankfully.

I drank my beer hat.

i agree with the 2nd idea on the maps, they are kinda weird since you are like meant to go in only a few directions, the thing i liked about dota is that its more open, rivers, lands, forests and you can juke people or run in a way where whoever is chasing you can get ambushed by your teammates.

in DG, you basically either go forward or back no obstacles or anything

Lol...if people have realized (I know its been pointed out already in this thread) but there is a Game Speed Option in Game Options before you start a game....you can have Slow,Normal, Fast and Adjustable so don't complain about speed anymore! Thanks!

Maps depend on the person so its not really debatable when it varies from player to player.
Speed on the other hand is just obliviousness to the options. And if these options aren't 'good' enough for you then tough luck, you'll survive, it's a game...

-Phalnax