Melric

[quote who="kryo" reply="2" id="2282419"]The system does try to match teams of similar rank, but I believe it currently prioritizes getting games going fast more at present. So unless a lot of people are queued up at once, it'll tend to just match who's there as best it can.[/quote] Any chance you could reduce the priority and increase the priority for competitive games? I enjoy getting into a game quickly, but I have also been party to some really bad stomps. Pantheon sho

[quote quoting="post"] Incidentally, it is not hard to find a game with no premades. It takes a little effort, but this is not difficult. [/quote] So what is the secret? You can ask once you join, but that places a lot of trust in the host to be honest. You can check Pantheon, which is what I do, but that is tedious, especially if you are the last man joining and everyone wants to launch. Or you can keep a list of host that regularly do premade game

Well the latest patch has made the game crash more frequently, but not that frequently. So the issue has to be some type of incompatibility with one of the computers.

info: KILL VO : [KillHero_hrook] info: Sim crashed hard in DoSimBeat(): ...\demigod\dgdata.zip\lua\ui\game\hud_msgs_failure.lua(20): attempt to call method `SetText' (a nil value) stack traceback: ...\demigod\dgdata.zip\lua\ui\game\hud_msgs_failure.lua(20): in function ...ames\d

I had two crashes last night and before patch, I didn't have any. I crashed once in lobby when the host booted another person. (Known bug). I also crashed about 5 minutes into a game that immediately followed the lobby crash.

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="16" id="2277853"]It's a tactic, and a viable one. [/quote] More often that not, it happens by luck. I cannot imagine that the developers thought to themselves, "I want to see an epic fight where the victorious team that won by a sliver gets nothing because ooze ticked off the last 5 HP of UB." We had this happen last night. It was a very close match between teams. It's just we started to fall behind because ooze ticked off the last

Rook's towers are only effective en mass. Solution: do not let him get set up. Rooks's towers are only effective when concentrating firepower. Solution: attack en mass with grunts, minions, and other DGs. Rook's towers' firepower is diminished by armor. Solution : get some armor. Rook cert

[quote who="sefridon" reply="25" id="2278293"] But thats the problem with the game now. I didn't pay $40 to play the first 5 mins of a game. It's not like most games last long if a teams getting absolutely rolled, 12 mins or so on the most played maps. [/quote] Sefridon, you were in one of those games. I managed to kill the same DG on the other side 5x within about 4 minutes. Not because I was good, the other guy just had no idea what he was doing.&n

Erebus needed a nerfing and is just fine now. They have all the statistics so they are in a much better position to judge what needed nerfing and what didn't. [quote]He wasn't that tough to beat to begin with though, so I can't imagine him being any harder, outside of more people from the community being better.[/quote] If the player behind Erebus didn't know what he was doing, then he wasnt that tough. With someone that knew what they were doing, he dominate

[quote who="Sakhari" reply="7" id="2275136"]There are plenty of games where I would have willingly paid for my opponent to get priests early rather than buy my own exp. upgrade, especially when playing a character with a decent AOE. [/quote] Now there is an idea, change the current system so you can buy priests for the other side. [e digicons]:D[/e]

Well there are lots of unknowns. Is it possible that UB games with an AI UB are counted as games, but for the purpose of win/loss % the AI UB is not counted?

[quote who="Shadow_Avenger" reply="22" id="2276726"]They do have advantage in being an established team and knowing each other better, but that's about it.[/quote] Um, no. A premade has a level of trust that cannot be found in a PUG. When I play in a premade and my teammate calls for help, I respond. When I ask my premade buddy to go capture a particular flag, he does it. When we want to spring to catapults I know he'll pitch in on the upgrades. When I pu

[quote who="g0chu" reply="12" id="2276803"] That tells me that the devs are going to tend to the every needs of the whiners, regardless of the validity and necessity of the issue(s) at-hand.[/quote] It doesn't tell me that at all. What it tells me is that they listened to the community, looked at the evidence, and then implemented a change. GPG has been very responsive to addressing balance. Erebus needed a nerf. Priests should not be a liability. HoL was way ou

[quote who="g0chu" reply="8" id="2275634"] That being said, yes, the priest/angels nerf was definitely not a priority issue. Are you telling me that you would quit playing this game if they did not nerf the priests/angels? I certainly hope not. However, many people would probably quit due to the pathing bugs, Fire TB auto-attack bug, and/or foul grasp bug. Why? Because it hinders the gameplay in a more serious manner. [/quote]

[quote who="Misfortune" reply="11" id="2275752"]Must admit that after looking at pantheon games since patch a bit more, it seems like they work much better now. The percentage of successfully started games is a lot higher it seems (or rather pretty high). I guess we will need to give it more time.[/quote] That's because the premades are farming PUGs in custom games to get their favor back. Give it a couple of days. [e digicons]>_>[/e]

[quote who="Dead Ghost" reply="17" id="2276211"] But it needs some polishing: -all players from the team must agree -when some players asks for concede, the simple small white text message at the top of the screen is NOT enough, as i barely see it. I suggest making the text red, and/or putting it in the chat box. Or better, make a dialog box pop up for every team member, with a Concede? and Yes! or No! buttons. Basically a vote system and you get to see who voted fo

[quote who="Scroggage" reply="21" id="2275053"]The concede thing doesn't solve the underlying problem... I'm not playing for some stat that says how many games I've won, I don't care, I just want to play a game of Demigod online rather than stomping the woeful AI all the time.[/quote] That's addressed by the current system. If the other team concedes, you collect your win and you can get into another game. You do not have to sit around and play the computer AI now. I

[quote quoting="post"] It's not that we want to play against pugs, we absolutely enjoy playing against other teams, but we can never find them. [/quote] Then you are not looking hard enough. At least 50% of the games listed in the custom game list at any one time are premades. They don't say it in the title, but the more you play the game, the more you recognize names and their associated premades. Whenever I join a game, I do two things: 1) ask if

[quote who="Deepjay" reply="6" id="2275383"]Do we keep previously bought items?[/quote] No, and the irony is that so far, I haven't kept my newly bought items after the wipe either. I have now bought the charm of life for 4 straight games. The only saving grace is that my favor points do not seem to decrement for the next game so at least I am not losing favor.

The difference with foul grasp is that it can be interrupted even after it takes hold. Minor difference, but one all the same. And in the 2 UB scenario, I would recommend not fighting two UBs solo anyway.

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="15" id="2265809"]No, that is not a logical conclusion. The logical conclusion is that a team with more experience playing as a team will have an advantage over similarly-skilled individuals playing as a team for the first time. You will never eliminate the factor of "premade team has their Demigods precisely picked while the random is random".[/quote] That makes no sense at all. What happens when a team wins? Their rank gets be

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="5" id="2265800"] As a practical matter, there is not a lot we can do to keep people who drop out of a game as soon as they discover what map or who they are playing with. [/quote] I'm not sure that this is true. Right now, it is very easy to see who your teammate is before you launch into the game. So people game the system because it is easy to game the system. You can make

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="13" id="2264797"] But premades inevitably have the correct combination of Demigods and strategies, while the random people are thrown together for the first time with no guarantee of Demigod synergy and with no experience playing with each other. Even if all the players are of similar skill, the premade has a clear and inherent advantage.[/quote] Follow that logic through though. Those premades will beat random teams of equal rank an

I do not believe that the numbers include QoT's shield as part of her hitpoints. That should be included at least at the outset. It's a rare build to see a QoT without a shield.

Do I also get to complain that Rook is so large that everyone just clicks on him to attack, thereby ignoring all the small DGs?