how about the changing skirmish to a custom game with random settings instead of taking it out .  i mean ppl dont even use settings that arnt normal in custom game, might as well use it for skirmish since it already is randomizing the map and mode.  im sure it will have an appeal to ppl who want to test their adaptability and mastery of demigod.  I would make it so that u can also make it premade vs premade.

Taking skirmish out would probably be better in the short term though.

Hmm...I think that would be the only good reason against getting rid of Skirmish.

this is off topic but I really want to know the answer. Frogboy, is there actually going to be mod support? it seems this was just promised to get people excited. How can you tell people demigod will be able to be modded and then tell everyone that they will need a 12,500$ program(granny3D)  to get anything in. just wondering when this SDK will be out, considering August is over and it not out.

I uninstalled demigod over a month ago.  I liked the game, I found the pantheon match making less then impressive.  I was under the impression that the system was supposed to match players based on ladder rank.  I was constantly being matched against players in the top 100, I was ranked 15000-20000.  It wasn`t fun.

I think this happened because the system was trying to get me into a match as fast as possible.  I don`t know though???

What I`m asking is, Has there been any changes or improvements made to the match making system? 

As someone who only plays this game in skirmish and Pantheon, as long as there's no waiting period between Pantheon ends and beginnings I have no problem with this. I prefer Pantheon to skirmish because of the seperation of light and dark demigods.

Focusing on one will be fine, but I prefer Skrimish because no so much doubles and triples like in Pantheon. It is a little bit boring with this 3 UBs or 3 Erebus teams.

What this game realy needs to improve is a machtmaking system that makes it possible to take 2 or 3 friends and get into a queue finding an random opponent team to play a 2v2 or 3v3. I hope Ready to Play will make that possible.

Try to make variations in Pantheon Tournaments, like only random demigod one time, or like fast tourneys for only 2 days with just one map ( the winner is King of Mandala) or something else.

Please fix the Pantheon ranking system, take a look at the last Forces of Light ranked ladder:

Guys with few games played are always on top with a few wins, that is stupid. If u want win a pantheon buy a new account and play = instant win! LAME

If you drop skirmish can you stop locking us out of pantheon for days at a time?

I'd also love to see some team match making implemented

theres a skirmish option?!?!?

I would simply merge Pantheon and Skirmish. So it might not exactly fit into the original background, but it would make a better game.

Look, the reason no one uses the "skirmish mode" is because nobody likes to play fortress on exile with only 3 other people!  What really needs to happen is for stardock to create a better skirmish system that works more like a b.net matchmaking system.  I don't understand why I can't choose what map or maps I'd like play on, choose what type of game I'd like to play, and then how many players (2v2, 3v3, etc.) I'd like to play with, and then have the matchmaking service find people with the same game interests and set up a game.  I end up going to "custom game" because it's the only way I can find a game that suits my interests.  If the skirmish mode were a little more controllable you'd find that all the people who don't want to play premades would chose that route to play their 3v3 cataract conquest.  I realize you guys built your system from the ground up, but what we've ended up with here feels like a 1990's era game hosting system.  I also know that you guys don't want to spend the time or resources ond "GUI-based" issues so this idea won't be implemented for a while, if ever.  But for now try changing the skirmish so that it only uses the conquest victory condition, change the map choices to only the most popular 3v3 maps, and set the players to 3v3.  I bet you get a lot more people using it. 

How about find out the true reason why people quit and quit this BS of blaming people and players for what you think is the reason without looking at the difficiencies of the product as a cause. Case in point, I have quit and seen many others quite when getting placed in a skirmish or pantheon match by yourself vs. 3 human, or any number of the other pointles matchups that happen.

So your argument is(based on previous threads): So the system is balanced based on skill, that one persons skill matches or outweighs the three opponets combined.

My argument is: When the setting is flag domination, I don't care how good I or anyone else is, you can't stay on top of 3 areas of the map at once and win unles the other guys dont move from their crystal. So this ends in a quit(after letting the other team know I am quitting)

That being said I have played and won a 3 vs me matchup on conquest setting, but you could tell these guys probably just installed the game for the first time, which isn't a good or encouraging experience for them when they get dominated by one guy on the first try.

people play custom more more often than skirmish with pantheon together because it is the most flexible mode and let see some picture about enemy choices, tactics, gamestyle, allow to counter them in start effectively.. but pantheon and skirmish is just... a roulette. u know nothing about game and hope that your starting choice will be right, hope that u have competent teammates, hope that teamplay is not just word for them, hope that enemies wont be AI because its sooo boring, just hope, hope, hope and by theory of probability it SOMETIMES happen! In my humble opinion its just foolish.