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from Demigod Forums

Strongest Grunts, Weakest Towers, and Draconic resurrection.

I could have sworn I just saw a post that said this, but it has disappeared and I have a headcold, so until we get a patch let's just make this default. 

Peace

demigod
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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

This drastically reduces the effect of both players.

It reduces the game to 'he who holds the most portals' and 'he who has the most AoE spam'

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

It reduces the game to 'he who holds the most portals' and 'he who has the most AoE spam'
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Have you tried it?  It actually makes skill alot more of a factor than current default settings, and games end faster.  I play mostly on Prison with a stat-based Regulus so the above doesn't really apply.   

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