Something like this would be pretty good, bit of work to sort the items and balance out - but that is the same with adding new items anyway.

I like the paths as opposed to the annoying DOTA recipe system.

That's a really awesome idea. PLEASE, Brad. NO item-merging. EVER! How can a pair of knives, some boots and a mask ever become a flaming axe?

This is certainly beginning to look better than the current way items are done.  Most of them are pretty junky or repetitive.

haha, no one's posted in here for half a year! This is a good idea though, and needed a bump.

Yes there are many redundant items.

Like You could have 2 armor items with upgrades do more than replace the current 9(?) armors.

Like the +400 hp +5hps armor could be upgraded to be either like nimoth or helburg of life, then nimoth could be upgraded to be like godplate, or helburg like something else.

It would actually make balancing easier because of the requirements to get bigger better things.

If this was implemented they'd be doing away with many of the equipments.  Adding upgrades to the current number of items wouldn't be balanced right and would be too many.

I realize that this is an old thread, but it is a fantastic idea.  

MacGyver would show you how!

Also changing the in game currency from gold to dollars would be an enormous improvement.

Maybe it has something to do with the way my Demigod can wear 5 pairs of shoes?

Rook fitting into any boots is a stretch

Unless those boots are size 50000....or just some "one size fits most" he might be able to fit his fat feet into some flip flops...teehee

Soo this is the first thread to reach 100+ replies in the ideas forum.  That means it gets added, yes?

Really nice, OP.

Why dollars? These guys are fighting from all over the universe aren't they? or at least from many worlds in some quadrant of the universe. We have plenty of different currencies on just our planet. If anything, I think it should be changed to a made up currency, rather than to dollars. I don't see the problem with gold though.

EDIT: *ahem* I just noticed that the pictures in the OP have dollar signs. Oops!

Very sorry, dude, but in this day and age I'd much rather have gold coins than $, £, DKK, Zlothy or whatever currency.

It's GOLD!

Hmmm, very nice idea. Would definitely solve the repetitiveness of some items and make space for some new unique items, like one that gives you invisibility, for a short time, or something else besides the generic dmg/mana/hp/speed/arm type items, that plagues the game right now. I hate to make this comparison, but DOTA had far more interesting items than Demigod.

I'd much prefer an activatable item that gives invisibility than an invisibility demigod.  Yes

Though, of course would need to expand on the anti-invis items.

And you're right, more unique abilities and stats besides spreadsheet stuff are needed.  Weren't my suggestions more unique though?  Like a chance to double-hit, (like double damage, but 2x chance to proc things too), and the increasing %chance effects.

Also on the $ thing.. I think it might of been like that in Beta?  Or I was lazy..

This is an excellent idea.

Holy shit this thread is old.  As mentioned, throughout the thread, excellent idea and far better than the current system.  It would reduce item redundancy and add to the amount of thought needed for gear loadouts.

As many others have said, it's an excellent idea! Especially because these items would be available from your base and always on you to upgrade, it would save the time and hassle of returning, and give a losing team a fighting chance because they could upgade their weapons (as opposed to now when they have artifacts and you don't so you lose, or have 50,000 gold saved up by the time you retake the artifact shop.)

I'm in the "100 replies, therefore it has to be implemented" crowd.

I was just replying to a thread where somone commented on dota recipies and I remembered this one.  Good to see it resurface again since its such a fantastic idea that would surely bring lots of replay to the game and hopefully quell those dota fanatics that miss their beloved combine recipes.  I love dota myself but this would surely be a better implementation in my opinion.

I FUCKING LIKE THIS IDEA

IT'S UNIQUE AND IT'S SIMPLIER THAN DOTA RECIPES (not that I don,t like them I am a Dota old-timer, but recipes just don,t fit demigod's style.)

FUCK YES FUND IT

I think this is a really really great idea. Early game its all about grabbing your stuff and running out on the field to set up or cap that first flag. Well this way it'd be a good bit easier to grab that cheap common item and go. Then while you are out on the field and have some downtime, which happens plenty, you could look through your upgrade paths so that the next time you returned to base to upgrade you'd know what to get really fast.

This would also allow for many more items to be created and/or modded in.

I think artifacts could still be upgradable but they start out differently. They still start expensive but not as expensive as they are now. But they would give you the special ability first and then upgrade with some of the mundane stats. Example, Cloak of Invisibility...allows you to cloak for 5 seconds...further upgrades might give slight mana boosts and perhaps dodge %.

I contrast to normal items which start off with the basic +armor and +HP style of upgrades and then end in the final upgrade giving it either a powerful stat or new ability.

I hope someone with some sort of power reads this topic.

This post is rather interesting if i say so myself.

Innociv has a good system going here, for myself the system is to basic. I am after all a genius, but thats aside from the point. No innociv, you have a good thing going here that will help hundreds (maybe thousands) of people. Just stick with it kid

Oh yea

really cool idea, just genius, hope they take this into effect.

Very awesome, should be added, everyone likes upgrades.