Zechnophobe

Reply to Queen of Thorns - Number of Games Played in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="CosMoe" reply="18" id="2285283"]Thanks, pseudomelon. Zechnophobe, may I ask if you read what I wrote already 3(!) times in this thread? If YES, why do you not understand my question? If NO, why do you post here? PLEASE DO NOT POST HERE IF ALL YOU DO IS WHINE. TYVM.[/quote] I did read them, and I did not think it important to limit my input to the community by it. You may feel that being the OP somehow entitles you to some a

Reply to bad/funny teamate strats you've been stuck with? in Demigod Demigod Forums

Two things that always make me laugh, though I notice it more in opponents than my teammates: Regs who snipe me when I'm at full health, and have priests, and am under no immediate pressure. The Beast who is spitless, and spends most of the game doing basically nothing but running around hoping people fight him 'fair'... and often ends up getting double teamed. Lastly is the Sedna, who thinks she is being truly helpful, because she heals you in 2v2 scenarios

Reply to minion swarm in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

My general impression is that part of the reason minion strategies are effective right now, is because people just aren't used to fighting against such strategies. I remember the first time I played reg vs an oak who just sat back and swarmed me with spirits... I really didn't know what to do. A few times getting hit by 10 spirits at once is a harsh learning process :P. Kinda like the first time you try to attack rook in his tower form.

Reply to Thoughts On HP Items: Why they are a problem in Demigod Demigod Forums

Let us not turn this into a war of hyperbole. I have strong thoughts expressed in my Original Post, and hope I do not come off as 'whining'. The concept here is not that the HP items create an unplayable system (re: JagerJack) but rather that the system is noticebly not as good as I think it would be if the system were changed. That is all. So yes, 'fix' may not be the right word, as that implies it is a bug. 'Alter for the betterment of the game' is what we want.

Reply to 2 PC in lan playing with others over internet = DESYNC in Demigod Demigod Forums

There is a known fix for this in the Problems forum, please look it up, and please post technical problems there, not here.

Reply to The real regulus problem. in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

[quote who="lifekatana" reply="8" id="2285407"]Regulus is not OP, damnit. He was however not intended as siege DG, which he does much better than Rook fot instance. P.S. And Yes I play as regulus.[/quote] He wasn't? He does? I mean, he may take down a tower nicely, but Rook holds flags a heck of a lot better, and can tank multiple towers at once in a pinch. And let's be hones

Reply to Thoughts On HP Items: Why they are a problem in Demigod Demigod Forums

Well, Attack items are weaker mainly because of three things: Fairly obvious imbalances. Gauntlets of Brutality give +25 damage (Armor modified) and Banded armor gives 400 hit points. That means it takes 16 hits against a zero armor target to equal things out. HP are effective for almost every task. They let you run when out matched as well as press for a kill when under matched. Good HP and HPS helps you take down towers, and ninja portals. Lastly, es

Reply to [Balancing] HP Items should be nerfed in Demigod Demigod Forums

Hit points are what counters ability damage, and while you can increase HP almost indefinitely, you cannot increase Ability damage. I think you actually have the truth of it backwards. If you really want to argue this point, though, I would suggest you do it in a different thread, where the OP isn't simply spouting off rhetoric, and QQ ing about how TB owns them. http://forums.demigodthegame.com/358032

Reply to Underused Item of the Week #1 in Demigod Demigod Forums

Cloak of Flame makes the circle of Fire. The actual circle, however, is generally secondary to the 20 mps, and +30% attack speed it gives you. All three things make it a pretty decent artifact pickup for late game (Kills waves of creeps, also makes you deadlier). Not that I often buy anything from artifact shops other than Rejuv elixirs.

Reply to Queen of Thorns - Number of Games Played in Demigod Demigod Forums

Qot Only has 3 valid skills. It isn't surprising people don't use her very often. It doesn't take many players long to go "Hmm, I tried shamblers, and they didn't work, what else is there... oh my god, only spikes, spikes, and shield? Geez."

Reply to Wishlist for patch 1.2 in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="comanoodle" reply="25" id="2284987"] Quoting Zechnophobe, reply 13Make them balanced more equally to the two sides (some are a little off). Do you mean sides as in light/dark or sides as in sides of the map? If it's the latter, then that makes no sense, because all the maps are mirrored.[/quote] No they are not. Exile is not a mirror. The closer health crystal to the forces of darkness is a Mana regen flag, whereas it is a health regen flag for forces of li

Reply to Rain of Ice damage in Demigod Demigod Forums

Rain of Ice Damage: = damage listed +/- 5% Just did some testing on it, and, for instance, a rank 1 rain of ice did between 190 to 210 damage, every single time. Rank 2 did 380 to 420. This looks to be just a little bit of randomness that I'm guessing is present in a lot of effects that we simply were aware of. I have no idea why this is done, but there it is.

Reply to Camera spins around...? in Demigod Problem Reports Demigod Forums

I had the exact same problem occur, so it is not just you. Also happened with the 'q' command. I will bet an entire chocolate donut, it has to do with the intro animation where the camera spins around to show the DG's being set twice by accident, and only one is ever unset.

Reply to Underused Item of the Week #1 in Demigod Demigod Forums

Universal Gadget is pretty awesome. I almost always get one or two throughout a game. (especially for 'no chase' dg's like rook). I almost always get 1 extra kill because of it, and it offsets the cost of the item. And even just healing with it in emergency cases for a good solid 2k is worth it.

Reply to Rain of Ice damage in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="xcodered" reply="23" id="2284782"]Pretty sure you guys are talking about this item... http://demigod.wikia.com/wiki/File:Bulwark_of_the_Ages.png[/quote] The Bulwark may be responsible for a few of the reports in this thread, but those talking about the slight randomization of damage are definitely not. Test it out yourself. Start a game, choose TB, get rain of Ice, and cast it on a group of creeps. look at the damage numbers.<

Reply to Stat cheating... either its real or a bug -- SD please take a look in Demigod Demigod Forums

Nah, just coat the cables with something that will repel the dog, Like Arsinic! He won't lick THOSE cables again.

Reply to Rain of Ice damage in Demigod Demigod Forums

I doubt it is a bug, probably just an unlisted feature. :P. Honestly though, it is harder to do damage wrong like this, than right. I mean, you set the damage number, you apply it to targets... really simple. In order for you to accidentally randomize it... I just can't imagine that.

Reply to Custom Games in Demigod Demigod Forums

Well, I rarely get to play pantheon or skirmish, so I can't talk about that much. In custom, since you can often end up playing a more coordinated team than yours (especially if you are forces of darkness), it might make the lack of coordination on your own team a little more distressing, causing the bitching that we have all experienced. Just a guess though.

Reply to Wishlist for patch 1.2 in Demigod Demigod Forums

If you have nothing to add, don't. I'm not trolling here, I mean it. Dev's have to read these threads to get a good sense of player desires. Spiking the punch with random negativity doesn' t help anything. So I'll just thank you for whatever good reports you've done, and ask you to refrain from making unnecessary posts.

Reply to The real regulus problem. in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

[quote who="Milskidasith" reply="2" id="2284617"]Err... how is Erebus good against towers? He has minions, sure, but his actual DPS is pretty weak; Oak is probably a lot better against towers, I'd think.[/quote] Erebus' minions take hit for him (retreat for a second if he is acquired by towe). Priests heal minions, and you, negating one hit or so every 8 seconds. Ultimately you can attack for a long time, and the dps of the minions adds together nicely to hit hard. A

Reply to Rain of Ice damage in Demigod Demigod Forums

Yeah, I really can't imagine why they'd add in a completely weird damage randomizer for AoE damage. All I can think of is some that AoE always has some spread based on the center of the target. I'll explore this a little bit tonight when I get home, see if I can discern some numbers.

Reply to Wishlist for patch 1.2 in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="JagerJack" reply="16" id="2284578"] Make it easier to make friends [/quote] Sorry Jager, I don't think SD or GPG are powerful enough to help us with this. It is part and parcel of being a gaming Nerd I'm afraid. We can hope though right? [e digicons]:'([/e] ... right?

Reply to Wishlist for patch 1.2 in Demigod Demigod Forums

maxxy, we are seriously trying to be helpful here, and that isn't. I've got a whole list of little map changes I'd like considered, but that will be in a seperate post. In general my goal is to: Make more maps viable for 'average' play (No crazy twists in the game play). Make them balanced more equally to the two sides (some are a little off). Make some a bit more surviveable. Some maps are very hard to play with n

Reply to Rain of Ice damage in Demigod Demigod Forums

HPS? You mean hit points per second? That couldn't explain it. We are talking about the numbers shown above people's heads, not the amount of HP they had after casting.

Reply to Wir Scheiss-Deutsche mal wieder ... in Demigod Demigod Forums

Wait a minute.. Frogboy... that word.. Fraugh Bois... Isn't that a French/Hebrew name? No wonder his suspiciouns have strayed towards Germany. (total sarcasm).