Do you spend your money on yourself or the citadel?

I like to wait to be able to buy the best possible items for my Demigod, therefore, in the early game it seems to make sense to spend on the citadel (since there is no loss by resale).

Not sure I understand.  If you buy gold or experience early on in the citadel it's the gift that keeps on giving to your entire team.  With more gold you can more easily make up enough money to buy that special breastplate you always wanted.

Both. Experience upgrade is critical. It translates to a 3-4 level advantage if your opponents don't get it.

The thing is, you must balance citadel upgrades with Demigod upgrades.  Often you won't need to upgrade your citadel until you're level 9 or so.  For instance, if you get priests too early then suffice it to say that your opponents will often welcome this decision; that is, early priests can sometimes "feed" your enemies.  That is, if you don't have good enough control of the map, they can creep grind and gain more levels (since priests are just another thing to kill for EXP). 

Basically, you have to choose your upgrades wisely and timely.  I am aware that you weren't implying that you don't EVER upgrade your Demigod, but this can be just as important.  You don't want to get utterly smashed in a 1v1 versus an opponent of the same level or even lower.

I'm still getting used to the game...  So far I've overwhelmingly been spending on my demigod, but recently I've been thinking I should get the first level of gold with my starting cash instead of waiting for the vlemish face guard (I play erebus) and going face guard after that or exp bonus if someone else gets the gold

Both

Depends on what's going on.

If my DG is doing well on the front, then Citadel. If I'm having trouble, my DG.

I have been waiting till about level 5 to bother upgrading the citedal. Thinking back i'm not so sure i'm going about it the best way, but so far it has been working for me.

It's a continual learning process.

I agree though that a decent balance is needed with a slight favor to your Demigod.

Getting EXP int he citadel early though is crucial.

I do what's nescassary to win. So, if my Citadel needs upgrading then I will do so, but if upgrading myself will help the team more then I will do that instead.

I try to be balanced about it.

F*** the citadel.

Eh, I don't normally bother with citadel upgrades. The most I'll do is invest and get all the reinforcements, but only at the end of the game if I'm trying to destroy the enemy citadel... which doesn't happen often.

Well, it generally depends on the person and the person's progress.  If the person say got the 1st kill and already has 1,500 gold in their pocket, they should atleast pick up one or two citadel upgrades so that their team goes farther.  If, however, they've been dying multiple times...self upgrades would help the team better by helping them not die as much.

I spned maybe half my money on the citadel.  My teammates always buy the wrong upgrades...

The structural health upgrade is a must... I always wind up buying though.

Both. At the beginning of the match usually just myself, I'll spend the 1k on myself, then the rest will generally go to citadel for a bit.

Put your ranged/support demis on the citadel, put your damage demis on items. EZ 'nuff.

ranged demigods don't deal damage and support demigods don't need mana and health?

Usually I buy velmish helm first cause then I dont need anything else for a while. I usually focus on gold and xp unless they are dieng then I go for shorter res time.

I usualy try to split it up evenly. Right off the bat I tend to buy the building health/healing citadel upgrade so my towers can survive a beating better and the unit health/durability upgrade just to give my guys an edge over the enemies when I'm not there to help them out. Also makes them a bit more annoying to enemy Demigods.

I find upgrading citadel a faster way to win, or better if you have a crappy team but you're better than your opponents. However if your opponents are actually good you'll probably have to upgrade your demigod first.

To put it in a simple manner, demigod kills give much more exp and gold than anything else, If you're having no problem demigod killing and not giving your enemy kills then upgrading the citadel to make the game end faster. However if your enemy is good then you probably need the gear to have the upper hand.

Of course a good balance between the two doesn't hurt, I mean especially if the whole team is helping to upgrade the citadel it pays back in no time, and you still get your gear. However I'm yet to be with such a team

It all depends on if your Demigod can stand toe to toe with the enemy demigods or not. If you can usually win 1 on 1 fights, or almost always slaughter the enemy team when staying with your teammates and working together, then it makes good financial sense to upgrade your citadel while you still have the upper hand at the demigod level.

If you don't have the upperhand at the demigod level, upgrading your citadel will only help if it stops them from being able to push through your line. - I.e. +splash damage and +regen, you'll probably want to get that extra item to push you over the top edge wise, so you can start getting those sweet gold bonuses for killing enemy demigods.

As I often play Regulus, I am usually spending more on myself than in the Citadel. But crucial upgrades like gold, exp, and +regen are absolutely critical. They will win or lose a game for certain.
-Aleckor

I'll usually try to get the Heart of Fire first, and then xp/gold at the citadel, and then equip depending on which char I'm getting. Once I see we're approaching a win (Conquest), I'll upgrade the units all the way to Giants so we can make the final push.

Hmm, now I wonder why that might be.

My guess, sadly, is disconnects