if your gonna pre order pre order now because i think they stop giving acess in like 6 days. Also conectivity for me at least is pretty good. I tell this to everyone who think about joining. The beta is not finished hence its name beta and right now is when were going through massive balancing and bug fixing. I personally find it very fun and I do like a game very similar to dota on battle net and found this fun.

You should wait until this game is released, see if the reviews are positive and then wait for a demo (IMO).

Another feature of Demigod that adds replayability and results in variation from one match to the next is the ability to upgrade your Fort. This is not something you can do in Dota. The tech tree for your fort is even larger than that for the individual demigods. Naturally, players are often reluctant to use their hard-earned gold to upgrade the fort, and instead by gear for their demigod. However, when players do put their gold into the fort, this can definately change the way the match develops.

I didn't mention in my first post that as in dota, Demigod features item shops. Although there is not as many items as in dota, there are still dozens of things to purchase. Separate from the item shop is a Favor Mall (basically items that are purchased with a different kind of currency).

All of these things add up and together it really does ensure variation in the way matches are played.

I don't think I'd characterize it like that.

1. The beta process has gone exactly as expected.  It seems like every single beta project we do we get a handful of users who say exactly what you said above.  The Demigod beta is going a lot better than the Sins of a Solar Empire beta did (we had a lot fewer resources then) and certainly miles better than the Twilight of the Arnor beta.

We pushed Sins of a Solar Empire back 6 months.  We moved Twilight of the Arnor back 3 months.  Demigod we pushed back 2 months total from the original goal and that was in order to implement Generals in a more sophisticated way than the design we had originally had.

Each time we do a beta, we always get people who think the beta should be some sort of demo.  I remember the GalCiv I beta back in 2002 where there was a huge flame war over whether it should have been labeled and alpha.

2. The beta IS closing next week.  Since I'm the one who decides when the beta closes and put it on the internal calendar for closing the beta 30 days before the game goes gold (which originally was going to be in March but we pushed it to April) we've been on track.

That said, people should generally wait until the game ships and wait for a demo.

Well you sound delightful.

We are working hard to address the bug of mean people being on the Internet. Stay tuned.

I actually LOL'd reading that.

Evanescent, your post would go over a lot better without the "American" descriptors left and right.  There's 300 million of us so we have our share of douchebags, but last time I checked stupidity and lack of manners is pretty much a universal human trait.

That being said, if you don't mind playing with a dirty buck-toothed American, I'd be happy to play a game or two with you if you dont mind the pings.

I have played many games and never have I come across insults, and i am American and the only time I curse is when I mess up badly but that still is rare. So stop saying Americans are  all people who curse and insult people. Some day some game company maybe Stardock and Gpg are gonna decide u no Evanescent i think we just arn't going to sell are awesome game in your country, I'm sry maybe next time but u did call us cursers and unsulters, so u had it coming.

I doubt that would actually but I would rofl if it did. Seriosly whats with the prejudices, i mean u call us bad I hear what your saying alot. your all a bunch of hippocrites.

Soccer194, you are just being Ignorant. You were never in a position of being kicked out of most online games because your ping was always over 200 to the majority of the players, so don't act like you are above it all please. When you have experienced many years of constantly getting kicked out of online games because there are barely any non-american players/servers or because they themselves are ignorant to the fact that hey! there are actually people outside of North America, then it starts to get annoying. Generally i don't care about it because i am used to it but when i saw this display on a BETA, it was just disgraceful.

Does a 200-300 ping make any difference in this Beta? No

Are you an idiot to kick someone out of a Beta testing game because they have 200-300 ping? Yes

Soccer you are talking from no experience, so i would just stop acting all high and mighty about the situation because you have absolutely no idea. You and your fellow countrymen take online gaming for granted just because North America is the center of it all. If you were discriminated and kicked out of ONE game you would be annoyed at it, try it for years.

Yes i am used to the pings, and No i don't mind playing with Americans. I played with several of them in a game of DoTA today. The problem is sorting through the masses to actually find the decent people to play with. In fact, some of the more loud mouth beta testers on IRC (hi HD300) understand the fact that this is a beta and that having someone with a slightly higher ping will not effect the game that much and is still able to enjoy playing it.

Hello,

First i want to say, that a beta is always good for a finsih game without bugs.

If a Beta is open, many players test the game and help to find bugs.. And If there are a

lot of bugs in the beta.. The Producer of the Game can find them and can kill them

I play not very often, but I am from Germany (thats far away too (from USA) ) an my ping is beetween 100-300

I think it depends on your download/upload and on the host of the game too, for example if the pc of the host, is lagging, you won't get a

low ping .)) ( So i think)

To answer your question: Should i buy the game?

If you are sitting in a room, with 6-10 players and all play Demigod, you will have a lot of fun.

For example, you kill somebody and then he will cry :" Cheater, that was a lag..... "

I think the game will make a lot of fun in this way, but if you want to play singelplayer, this game won't make so much fun like killing friends

I´like dota in WC3, too, and it makes a lot of fun, and so i think, that Demigod will be a good game.