It may very well be the users fault however the games inability to highlight the offending users or even warn prior to game start really is a huge detriment to the game being enjoyable. I also wish there was a vote for a draw - Out of 6 games over the last day I have lost 5 won 1, 3 of those were concede on our side due to lag, one win was the other side and 2 genuine losses. Tals
Really great update. The premades argument is a difficult one, i'm hardly playing (read never) because my own friends - which you could term premades, are not playing. If they came along and as a result we still couldn't get a game in it's going to make gaming even less likely :(
Great idea - I suspect the time zone won't be great for me but would love to join in.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="25" id="2374691"]1. It's not dying. There are charts on the number of games being played daily by the number of players and it's remained pretty steady. 2. Demigod isn't a "casual" game. However, it is not designed for the hard core either (IMO). It is designed so that gamers can sit down and play it without having to learn 50 different tricks to be competitive. Games like HoN and LoL are outstanding games that cater to the competitive crowd that I
I'm hoping the rematch or restart can also be used to allow players to return to the start of a game should there be an issue. i.e you start he game it's obviously laggy then restart option used and hopefully the next time minus the player who caused the issue :)
Also can I suggest that the demo is also made available on impulse for non DemiGod players - I can see it but I don't think non DG players can?
They need to post the announcement of the Demo in here or at least to provide links from a sticky in the forums. Not sure why no post has been made in here - this is where people will look when they first browse for a game that a friend has told them is called DemiGod Tals
[quote who="Obscenitor" reply="20" id="2314544"]Honestly I think that saying the forums are full of trolls and unproductive is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Just ignore who needs to be ignored and ban who needs to be banned and continue the dialogue.[/quote] I'd agree Stardock appear to be almost willing the community to be this way, certainly seems no different from any other publisher or developer forum. Tals
Great updates, really looking forward to them. Connection info, probably missed the boat :( But can it show percentage of player disconnects and also if it had any way at all of determining players upload ability to number of players in game that would probably kill lag once and for all Tals
DG demo will have MP - frog boy already stated this. The people I game with arn't on a lan basis they're on an internet basis so I wouldn't be giving my account details and they wouldn't be coming to my house :) I'd agree the demo should have been released months ago - but with a dwindling population it really needs one in it's stable regardless of other aspects they do. Frogboy intimated that its likely demo players won't be able to play with current players which is a shame as it wo
Use it as a marketting tool and arrange the chat through xfire, they host dev chats and advertise it through xfire. Their chats are as controlled as much as required Out of interest the way xfire does it is they have a devs chat room which is read only and a communal one. You post questions in the communal one and then the devs answer in their area. This allows control to stop the devs room getting out of hand
I totally disagree. You all maybe happy to illegally pirate a game and call it a demo but I and I suspect the majority of people are not. I have friends who want to try this game but are waiting on that demo to decide. Also when they are pirating the game they are not seeing the multiplayer functionality but rather the very poor ai so they really do not get a feel of how good the game is Tals
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="22" id="2306829"]Regarding extra Demigods: I'd like to see modders being able to make more demigods. But if you expect GPG (or Stardock for that matter) to put guys on making them, $9 for 2 is likely your best case scenario. So if the feeling that they should be a couple bucks (or free) indefinitely is widespread then you just won't see those demigods. [/quote] Although the basic economics stack that way it actually do
HoN sorts this out nicely, you see how many times your opponent has disconnected - more than 10% of games and they get a thumbs down icon. Less and a thumbs up.
[quote who="Istari" reply="2" id="2310988"] This is true of every game - DG is not unique. Most games hire community managers who's whole job is to manage the communicty scene. It's analogous to a customer care center. People who are happy with a product never call a customer care center. All communication with the developers is through this person who can filter out all the vitriol. Stardock has many game communities. Sins of a Solar Empire and Gal
Doubles of any isn't good as much because there are 8 different Gods use them. But a regulus double is the worst, 2 double snipes is just too much. Obviously can be countered but the double snipe is not fun to be against or either to play. To be fair its not hard to work out what No Doubles means!
Agreed pings of under 350 are fine and I play regularly with people of pings of that level. The big issue is peoples connections not being able to handle the upload (or having background apps on that use the bandwidth). Unfortunately the game has no current way of spotting if someones upload is not sufficient or when it is happening who is lagging the game. Would improve things no end if they could have a traffic light system based on upload bandwidth/against player numbers. T
[quote who="uvfragm" reply="21" id="2310260"] Quoting aymanra, reply 20Maybe my expectations are low, but the game is more than fine as is imo. Indeed. As it stands, I believe the game is complete, and fantastic. Anything more - extra DG's, extra maps, team support, VOIP, modding etc - will just be an added bonus, and in my eyes that's awesome. [/quote] Agree - the game as it stands rates in my top 5 games of all
Played HoN, The lobby and Game Host are very good. Actual game and community I prefer DemiGod and haven't the inclination or the will to get past that with HoN. Tals
I'd be sad if frogboy has really decided to stop posting in here due to a minority of individuals. I've found his posts inciteful and his enthusiasm for the product has helped to keep it going. I'm not aware of any other publisher who has been so proactive towards a product they publish looking forward it needs that enthusiasm if its going to develop. Tals
Great idea, I think the premade games option is much more wanted than possibly realised. I would far prefer to play alongside friends than with random players. I really wish the Voip aspect could be sorted as well, would make a big difference to random games. If you get a chance check out Heroes of Newerth lobby interface - really is what DG should have aimed at IMHO. Handling for Noobs, rage quits, comments after games, ability to load stats to own server - the list goes on. Still prefer
[quote who="Polynomial" reply="1" id="2307457"]Until you can provide us a way to play ranked games with my friends, no. As in a team automatch.[/quote] Agreed
I don' have a problem paying for Demi-God's 9$ for 2 isn't so bad - the odd map wouldn't go amiss either :) However if you go this route can you ensure that people who don't buy can still play with those that do - the ones who don't buy just can't use those DG's and those who do can even in the same game. Otherwise with the player Pop as it is you'll kill the game Tals
Nice app, thank you
For the game to increase we need a demo for it to last we need modding and clan support