1) No ultimates, long cooldown powerfull spells.

This stuffs sucks and should never be put in.

How about we add recipes?  That's another stupid thing from dota.

Because dota did it doesn't make it good.  Ultimates are a terrible gameplay mechanic.

Agreed. I do not have the game, but have been reading forums to make sure my purchase is worth wild. Perhaps the game was designed more for casual gamers? In that a few games a night a few days a week will do.

Based on the simple style of the maps, only 8 demigods i think this is the case... OR they have released it and are doing the delayed gratification strategy. Release some, let them play and get used to almost sick of, then release more content and so on?

This game is NOT DOTA. Just like Warhammer is not WoW, different mechanics different rules. However I do see that this game lacks potential longetivity. Perhaps this is just the foundations for something much greater?

I think the idea of new maps with fog of war limiting stuff (trees, rocks ect, maybe a river that slows movement speed but makes you get across the map in a more direct line) would be good. would add another element. I am sure these will come in time. Once all the connection problems, favour issues ect are addressed then the developers can focus on this stuff.

I think the the one thing that DOTA has is that after you kill the first tower you need to be carefull because the 2nd one is deep into enemy lines and you could easily suffer a gank attack.

I think the reason that DG doesnt have this is more a function of map layout rather than the game itself.

Looking forward to developements in the coming months.

Why should this be what determines "skill?"  Recipes just add artificial complexity to the game.  It adds a bunch of stuff you need to memorize, but there's a fairly obvious ceiling on this.  Once everyone has them all figured out, it's the same as DG's streamlined item system, except that DG's system is a bit easier to learn and gets people where they need to be for real, competive play faster.  You should be able to beat noobs by actually being able to outplay the opponent, not because you understand a needlessly complex item system.  If you feel you need an artificial advantage like recipes to beat the so-called noobs, maybe you ought to reassess your own abilities (or maybe the game doesn't really support high-level play, in which case, artificial mechanisms like recipes won't fix it, just make it harder to get to that same low level of play).

Stuff like terrian features are good though, and I admit that the maps in DG are a bit disappointing in that regard.  Perhaps something GPG needs to consider for the next maps they release.

LOL! This isn't DOTA, this is Demigod. Maybe this isn't the game for you, go play Dota instead I guess.

Man, there's too much Dota slang in the first post , probably just tells it all. 

Dunno, for me Demigod is a fun game to jump into.. I dont have many hours a week to game, so I enjoy the few hours I do get on Demigod, but other games also. I've seen no boring game yet and I've only played one Demigod as well. 

Maybe the problem lies in trying to play a game to death? Which a more casual game, like demigod, is not meant for? It sure is a game that with needed improvements might well grow into a game that great to play tournaments in though.  

This is obviously not dota and the game designers seem to have a difernt idea in mind as far as game play.. dota was all about ganks and team work. Demigod is about citadel upgrades, war score, and capturing flags.  If they want to make more hero vs hero battles movementspeed is one of several things they need to fix.  I think they should increase movement speed of all demigods by a significant amount or make affordable items such as the boots of speed give a much larger speed increase than 10%.

The reason ganking is not as common as dota is because dota has 3 lanes, and inbetween thoes 3 lanes is the "jungle" trees and areas to walk and hide. The dota map is also very large and movement speed is fast. On a lot of maps, in between demigod lanes are random holes that are unpassable. Players very well could group up and catch some1 from behind and gank regardless, but it feels like people dont tend to do that because  of how slow movement speed is. Maybe its because if you leave your lane early on the opponent will own your tower by either outranging it with his cross bow..  uprooting it again out of range.. or tanking the hell out of it and draining its health into your own

Another reason Ganking and hero kiling seems boring or not balanced is items and regeneration.  When i was still kinda new i played a 2v2 against a sedna/ unclean beast combo. they were nearly impossible to kill.. sedna could sit in the back and end up healing for 1500 dmg every 5 seconds.. never runing out of mana because of the heart of life and ridiculous regeneration.  From what ive seen if the game ever does progress to "end game" where heros are lvl 20 and have artifacts.. i see heros with 7000 life  and what seems like 100 or more regenerated per second. If they would add a "weapons" category to items perhaps people would go for offensive items than having almost entirely hp/mana/regen items to choose from.. unless of course u save up like 18k and get an artifact

As far as ultimates.. Im not sure you neeed an ultimate in the same fasion as dota, but some sort of useful spells or skills at the end of the talent trees would be nice.. .. with appropriate cooldowns. Some balancing of abilties and maybe even changing ablities to make them more towards kiling demigods rather than say raising towers all over the place.

So basically this game is a lot of fun but frustraiting @ same time. item and character balance are still needed. This game is not dota nor do i wish it to be but one thing dota did have that this game lacks is often  times 45 minutes into a game its still a battle and nobody knows who is going to win. its competetive and close til the end or at least it can be. Rarely do i see a demigod game that very soon into the game u cant tell who is going to win.