I just wish the game automatically took 20-30% of all the money you earned, and put it into some kinda of citadel fund, which you had no choice but to spend on upgrades.

I've been seeing an anoying trend latley, and this seemed like a good place to post some advice regarding it.

You see all that infor above you? when people put that much time into strategies for something, it probably means its an important part of the game. So all you noobs to the game, upgrade the citadel. seriously. do it. I've lost a lot of game recently because my team mates just refuse to upgrade the citadel. Even if we can take out the other demigods 2/3 of the time. They have highly upgraded catapults hitting our inner towers, while someone on our team just bought death penalty reduction.

Furthermore, if your going to sink all of your money into items, atleast be good. I've had so many games where someone sinks all their money into items, and then still gets taken out constantly by demigods.

Well I have to say I sort of disagree. First no one should use his starting 1000 to get the hp to towers upgrade (600g i think).

Instead he should get an item that will help him stay out longer so as to creep and earn gold/exp. The towers aren't going to be destroyed within the first 6 levels unless there's an unharassed rook. Damage from creeps isnt significant either. Demogod's usually prefer avoiding attacking towers due to loss of hp. They will never attack a tower so early if you have your demogod there.

But the main reason to not get a hp+ to towers is because the main defender is your demogod and not a pile of bricks. Your demogod should be preventing your opponents from gaining any foothold and being able to harass your tower. If due to being physical(buying cit upgrades when the other team buys hps+ items) weaker than the other demogod you forced to retreat, that's a loss (just a small loss, no reason to rage quit) and already the other demogod has time to creep while you hurry back to heal up.

anyway importance of tower upgrades:

1. HPS to towers 1

2. Gold income 1

3. During this period you buff your demogod equipment.

4. Purchase priests only as late as possible.

5. angels + cataphets should be purchased at the same time and near the end of the game or for the enemy portal flag capture strat.

6. giants to finish the game

7. everything else is rather not important , well perhaps the splash damage is an alright upgrade as well but not required.

Anyway last weeks game I played where a team went all items and no cit upgrade at all (except for gold), while the other team went lots of citidal upgrades. It ended up with one team at 17-18 while the one with cit upgrades was at 13 at game end. And those level 13's were only a little better than the ai giants.

You impling that by level 5 that a single demogod will leave you very short of towers. Perhaps you meant they will destroy 1 or perhaps 2 towers,highly improbable that there be more than 2 unless its the whole team helping each other (than the hps wont have even made a difference).

Anyway the main point was to not buy the Hps for towers immediatly but instead equip yourself with an item such as the +400 hp +4hps  at the start to allow you to stay longer and haress the other player instead of having to return for health. If he returns first you wont even need the hps to tower's since they didn't lose any hp. So you get something called opportunity cost,where the gold could of been used to much great benefict by getting an item.

It seems that everyone believes Giants = Win.  

Not true.  It is still reasonably possible to come back from the other team getting giants before you, BUT it depends on what DGs you have on your team.  IE: TB or any other AoE DG.   Farming giants grants huge amounts of experience and gold, easily enought to buy giants of your own, or if you can't, powerful items for yourself.   I've come back from numerous games from where the other team got giants before us.  Just fous on killing them, gaining massive exp., surpassing the other team, then use that gold in an intelligent way.