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Reply to Table: The best damage mitigation for your gold in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

[quote who="Lugh" reply="14" id="2229357"]You missed some spell damage I added it in for you.[/quote] The main thing I see I missed was ooze. I didn't mention things like mist; I was trying to get the simplest description that covered the demigod's damage output well. [quote who="Milskidasith" reply="12" id="2228885"]...but practically every armor calculation I've found has been assuming you take 100% reducible damage (because that's how they compare health to a

Reply to t3h best Itamz in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

No mention of scalemail? This item is so ridiculously cost efficient there should be no excuse for running around with empty item slots not having bought it. Also, I grow further and further away from the plenor helm. If you had bought 1500 gold's worth the large mana potions instead, getting the plenor second after the vlemish faceguard takes in the range of 15 minutes to pay off. Keep in mind gold is worth more earlier because of the principle of investment. You buy, say, one potion

Reply to Table: The best damage mitigation for your gold in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

[quote who="Milskidasith" reply="8" id="2228612"]The problem is that EVERYBODY relies on spells, so pratically nobody gets a good mitigation from armor compared to health. Only... well, UB and regulus actually have a problem with mitigated damage, and even UB built for HP and Ooze isn't losing that much considerin his Ooze is still dealing full damage.[/quote] Towers - Mitigated by armor TB - Almost all spell damage UB - Spit is spell, the rest auto attack Rook

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[quote who="Chaoticon" reply="5" id="2228418"]Lieu the only way that would be effective at all is if you are vs machinegun regulus or beast. Fighting anyone else you will lose everytime. Having low attack damage and low hp = fb, pounce, bite, or any other spell will pwn your face.[/quote] *ahem* Allow me to quote myself. [quote who="Lieu-" reply="3" id="2228321"]of course, not from spells[/quote] Now, if you are confused about the term "effective health", it is

Reply to Table: The best damage mitigation for your gold in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

Armor does not actually reduce in effect the more you have. Plot armor against health/(1-mitigation) and you'll see. At 2500 armor you will recieve 50% mitigation and thus 100% more effective health. At 5000 armor, mitigation is 66.6%, making you live three times longer - that's 200% more effective health. Every 2500 armor is like adding your base health to your health bar. When shopping for items, it's useful to know 100 armor equals a 4% increase in effective health (of cour

Reply to Oak Invincibility in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

OP, you simply need to play better. 6 seconds of HoL is 1800 health. That's a potion or two fireballs at equal rank to the shield. Your spells are not affected by armor at all; his health was not "6000 effective" at 2k. He cannot do this as soon as he gets 5k gold; no armor items and he's so squishy and low hp that this trick is pointless. The items are worth more than the HoL. The earliest this could possibly be pulled off is at level 7 with rank 3 shield, but that would mean gimping himself

Reply to My Tier List in Demigod Demigod Forums

OP's tiers are laughable. Sedna bottom tier? Hilarious. Pounce is superb - it and silence instantly make any focus fire a complete pain train, heal is game changing, healing wind massively boosts sustainability and has very powerful priest effects and inner grace gives yet more sustainability and keeps her quick enough for any situation. All those abilities are extroadinary and she isn't even item dependant. Gold-deprived? Huh? Sedna simply does not need much to function desp

Reply to What is the big deal with ragequitters? Srsly... in Demigod Demigod Forums

The problem is people quiting before the game has been fully decided. Fine if they're outside your citadel and loss is certain, but such a huge number of people quit way before then. I'm talking in the first ten or even five minutes. People leaving because their warscore is a couple levels behind. People leaving because they died a few times. People leaving because they had a hard time holding the middle flags and they are at a disadvantage. If you're at a disadvantage, then guess wha

Reply to difficult regulus balancing issue in Demigod Demigod Forums

-Get some health items. -Don't lose too much health and then stand visible to the enemy. -Abuse your ability to harass. They have no good healing. -Hog all the flags with ease and out-level. -Proceed to steamroll as they get further and further behind as you press them. Seriously, 3 reg? Their composition is so lopsided having only one demigod that it's almost a criminal when you exploit it.

Reply to I didn't get a coupon in Demigod Demigod Forums

Same. I bought mine off impulse so it's registered and it was before the cutoff date. Hopefully they haven't finished and we're just queued up somewhere.

Reply to Highly skilled player looking for group/clan in Demigod Multiplayer Demigod Forums

[quote who="Euandros" reply="3" id="2222597"]Most/Many people play to win and find it more enjoyable, there are some people that play with the mindset that you are playing to win though, taking all advantages and strategies into account despite whether or not they might seem 'cheap' to the other player, and making an effort to not make mistakes in game[/quote] Just nitpicking here, but I just want to point out people playing to win (taking into account all strategies, disregarding che

Reply to Highly skilled player looking for group/clan in Demigod Multiplayer Demigod Forums

[quote quoting="post"]Fun facts. I hate losing, it pisses me off.[/quote] Fail. Losing is part of competition. Raging over losses hinders improvement. It hinders being good, which is what a competitive mindset is all about . A loss (or win) is meaningless in and of itself. Outcome is just a function of what you are really interested in. In fact, having your share of losses is indicative of good games and good competition - the best situation to improve in.

Reply to Oh noes, Shield+HoL in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

[quote who="Darvin3" reply="4" id="2217138"]The fact still remains that 1800 health/mana is a pretty significant amount. Fights are often won and lost by tiny scraps of health and mana. A big chunk like 1800 is enough to really turn the tides. Both shield and heart remain very powerful abilities separately, they just happen to have this great synergy when used in conjunction.[/quote] Sure, it can change the tide. But then many abilities change the tide. Sh

Oh noes, Shield+HoL in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

Oh, look, shield can be cast on other demigods and HoL is extremely popular. Every demigod can do this. Furthermore, 6 seconds of HoL is 1800 hp/mana. This is like shielding someone and them using a potion. By the time you can reasonably access the 6 second shield, 1800 is under 50% of peoples' hp. Yes, the combo is still powerful. Just keep the facts in mind when ranting about it.

Reply to Socialism Vs Capitalism in Everything Else Demigod Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="16" id="2216800"]You read encyclopedia entries that say socialism covers a range of implementations from public ownership of everything but small family businesses to a completely government run centrally planned economy where even the clothes on your back are community property. You then use that information to say a public fire department is socialism. Proof that education doesn't cure stupidity.[/quote]

Reply to Two Strat Q's: Gold Hoarding, and Where to Push in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

As some have said, defending is important. The key thing to note is it takes fewer demigods to halt a push than the number who are pushing. Defenders have a tower advantage and are closer to support structures. Also keep in mind against any push there are better demigods to defend against it than others, depending who is pushing and where, etc. Use this to your advantage. In your situation, I'd say have two defend against their three and have your third on another lane. First, they ar

Reply to Socialism Vs Capitalism in Everything Else Demigod Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="11" id="2214965"]Lieu, I now have less respect for you than I do for the shit for brains idiot that started this thread. I can cherry pick entries and make capitalism look like socialism just fine. I'll settle for putting the full paragraphs up for comparison. What you picked out of Britannica: ...This fundamental conviction nevertheless leaves room for socialists to disagree among themselves with regard to

Reply to Socialism Vs Capitalism in Everything Else Demigod Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="20" id="2213021"] Back to socialism. Your first accurate post Lieu. That is exactly what my view is. Now, go find an encyclopedia and look up socialism so you can stop being wrong and agree with me. You can't have collective ownership and administration of the economy without actually having collective ownership and administration of the economy, that's what public ownership of the means of production is. When yo

Reply to Socialism Vs Capitalism in Everything Else Demigod Forums

The problem here is pretty clear. Psychoak defines socialism as a larger requirement where public ownership of the "infrastructure-type" means of production is a component. Jonnan defines socialism as public ownership of any means of production. On a side-issue, but relevant, CocaColaAddict defines it as: "socialism—defined as a centrally planned economy in which the government controls all means of production" I would argue the modern usage of the term is in line with

Reply to BadOakplayersaysWhat? in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

I've never had a problem in MP and I play Oak too. First, what does your build usually look like? What items do you usually go for? What I find for Oak is that the early game is very specific to the situation. Many people seem to say he's weak early on. That may be true to a degree, but I think it's more accurate to say he has certain exploitable weaknesses early on and you must play your cards right. So, you may be finding you just can't seem to control that lane earl

Reply to Socialism Vs Capitalism in Everything Else Demigod Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="25" id="2208253"]You could have just said no, it would have been less typing. It probably wont matter, but I'll make it more obvious. My brilliantly comedic theory was supposed to point out that the inclusion of basic concepts that predate the philosophy by hundreds or thousands of years, does not make pre-existing conditions a hybrid of the new theory and whatever system they have already been using. Public roads predate s

Reply to Socialism Vs Capitalism in Everything Else Demigod Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="21" id="2207746"]I postulate an ass monkey market theory that includes our current copyright laws and mandatory buggery of the populace by the politicians, all production is to be owned by ass monkeys. Our system is now a hybrid of capitalism and ass monkey economics. Grasp the flaw in your logic yet? [/quote] You could have done the exact same thing but replacing capitalism with ass monkey market theory. So our definitions of things have

Reply to Socialism Vs Capitalism in Everything Else Demigod Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="12" id="2206519"] Lieu, go read a 20th century western civ history book that wasn't printed in the last 30 years. What you're trying to call socialism is the oh shit we fucked up modern hybridization of socialism and capitalism. Kinda like the commies in China aren't really commies anymore because it doesn't fucking work, they've hybridized the system with capitalism. Hybrids aren't socialism, they're hybrids..[/quote] <p

Reply to Socialism Vs Capitalism in Everything Else Demigod Forums

[quote who="Daiwa" reply="6" id="2205386"] "2. usa did it to gain controll over the oil" Delusional drivel.[/quote] Indeed. The oil theory doesn't hold up to scrutiny. All the complexities boiled down: they did it for a regime change. And "they" isn't a "they", more a collective of ideas and goals.

Reply to Socialism Vs Capitalism in Everything Else Demigod Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="2" id="2204719"] Lieu, you're not even remembering your last post before trying to confuse yourself. "Did you drive to work today on a road and not have to pay a toll? Socialism. Will a fire truck come if your house is on fire? Or do you go to a public school? Again, socialism." Yeah, you said that. This is now the second time you've argued with me for pointing out that there is a difference between means of