Yeah.. I would like SOME skills scaling from equipment.

Sometimes armor ignoring is a benefit..

You should have skills which are effect by weapon damage(which sort of makes +dmg more important than atk speed for a skill heavy build depending on skills) but they are also effected by armor(but probably cap the armor to not reducing more than 30%).

This adds strategy in what is the most effective armor to get going against certain demigods.

It also would require some more thought with certain demigods.  Like Oak I would think that all of his skills would do armor ignoring damage.  For regulas his snipe and snare would be weapon damage and effected by armor, but mines not.  Then you'd have ones where weapon damage and armor could effect all skills like maybe TB and sedna's one attack.

So you'd have this variance that requires you to react to accordingly when playing against, and use certain items to play more effectively with.

If the enemy can blast through your shield with standard attacks then you need armor. I think balance would be thrown out of whack if abilities (besides minions) were scaled with items.

You all realise that Armor does nothing to protect from skills AT ALL.  Not even in the slightest, So skill damage happens with no reduction at all, so yeah... Like I've been chanting like a mantra for about 5 days now.

Wait a month and you'll understand why certain design choices were made.

there's something wrong with auto-attacking? Queen of Thorns even gets splash damage on her auto-attacks in closed mode, pretty good actually. 

i really don't see what the big issue is with transitioning from spell damage to attack damage as the primary threat to Demigod health. this tends to happen only in the late game so you've got plenty of time to prepare for it since you know its going to happen if the game goes long enough. 

there's also no replacement for AoE damage spells for creep clearing. this is still extremely important into the lategame as it is crucial to be able to efficiently push through large masses of enemy creeps in order to apply pressure to their citadel. 

my FIRST thought was the same

but second is different, i try to explain, many skill are really powerful when you take them, like fireball or regulus long shot i forgot the name

gearing up your demigod with attack faster and faster and hit harder and harder, having that AND skills scaling a lot would result in 1 shot always

i think the actual balance in this aspect of the game is ok, gearing up your demigod WILL be way more powerful even with main skills not scaling, i would maybe just make them scale very slightly but surely wouldnt want a big increase

Pretty much all you guys said. All but straight Melee pretty much blow by end game.

When you're meleeing for 600+ AFTER armor reduction that sheild doesnt last too long.