Its not about being a fanboy. The problem is that YOU are still having connection problems but MY connection problems have largely disappeared so I can easily get into games regularly. You have been unfortunate enough that the patches they have put out do not help you however my situation is proof that the patches have helped people, just not you or the people with you connection problem. Therefore, to you it looks like they are sitting around doing nothing while, to me, it looks like they are hard at work fixing problems.

Unfortunately, you will have to exercise a bit more patience than the rest of us because, for some reason, you are having connection problems that are going above and beyond what others are experiencing. I really do wish your connection problems get resolved since the more people that are playing online, the better for the game's community.

Seems to be the advice everyone's giving huh?

no i am not haven connection problems i connect fine. I sit there and look at the connection tab and other people have the problems. So they leave more comes in and it seems the game gets all confused and a rehost is needed. When i host if someone hangs for 1 minute i kick them and i do let them try agian but if they can not connect after 3 tries i tell them srry do not come back cause u have cpnnection issues.

Dude, I can see the vein in your head pulsing from here... all the way across the interweb.  That CAN'T be good.

Lol, Stardock published the game and they have been working like 12 hour days for 7 weeks to make the game better for you.


Im sure GPG has been working around the clock on the core game issues.

Im sure this is the only game you own, the way you are reacting.  Perhaps go pick up another game from the store to bide your time, My MP works fine, trust me its worth sticking around. 

hmm my mp has no bugs at the moment

Yeah but your not the entire online community eh?

you cant compare this to dow 2 cos it may have bugs still but at least you can play the game and there was never a time you couldnt exepted when the steam ath server whent down which i may add is annoying but it still not as bad as not being able to.I have no problems as its ether the game or there side which is very annoying.

That's why I said publishing, not development. Of course I give props to Ironclad for DEVELOPING Sins, but we're talking about Stardock here. Don't get me wrong, I really like Ironclad too, I was just trying to explain to this idiot wha the real deal is.

Thing is, being a publisher, they did not HAVE to do that. I am not saying Stardock isn't in anyway responsible, but it's absolutely annoying when a person comes in here without getting his/her facts straight. Point is, that is seperate from actual "development" of the game. Stardock created net code that utilizes IMPULSE, whereas GPG worked on the netcode that is on the demigod client side of things, atleast from I've heard.

That's actually ironic. I had did indeed have a lot of coffee this morning. lol. And it definitely wasn't decaf.

No not ALL of the multiplayer stuff. GPG wrote a lot of the multiplayer code on DEMIGODS side of things. Stardock did optimizations and coding for demigod to use IMPULSE and IMPULSE REACTOR.

I keep reading mention of the other Stardock game Sins of a Solar Empire being an example of Stardocks "stellar" track record. Isn't that the game where the ships in outer space keep bumping into each other?

Guys....

Stop argueing....

OP is correct, it doesn't matter who made the game or what not...

The issue is were weeks past release, and many people are still stuck with a game that has more waiting then playing. We all know someone fucked up big, which is why were getting the 50% coupons, of which are useless if your disgruntled cause I dont need 2 disfunctional games, Im unhappy with just my original.

I really hope this game becomes something great, but atm I dont even play anymore because it waste to much time.

My hope is that once all the network and crap gets fixed, they go the DOTA route and begin balancing and expanding the characters so that the game has no variety, but thats far away since they still need to sort out their current problems.

Fact is, the engine came with P2P. SD decided against proxies for everyone due to bandwidth issues. Try Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance. The previous game with this engine has nothing like these problems. Using P2P was never a choice. Moreover, nobody predicted or could have predicted these problems.

Stardock did not write the net code for Demigod.

The 1.0 release day NAT fasciliator was licensed from Raknet.  That is, Raknet connects player A to player B and then handed the socket over to Demigod.

Last week, Stardock released a new multiplayer setup system that it designed, developed, and made available in less than 3 weeks. This new setup includes smart direct connect and proxy servers.

The OP's premise is flawed IMO.  

Demigod has been out for about a month. Not almost 2 months. The single player part of Demigod works fine. Nearly everyone at this point can play multiplayer fine. 

Since last week, when Stardock replaced the existing connectivity code with code that we developed ourselves the change, I think most would agree, has been dramatic.  It is not as if people have gone 4 weeks with no progress. 

I'm not knocking Demigod's heroes, but you realize most of their abilities were lifted from DoTA heroes, right?

Also, at the beginner level, the dota heroes seem imbalanced.  This is similar to Demigod's constant posts of "xxx killed me, therefore he's imba."  However, at the pro level for DoTA, the balance is quite good. 

I can't comment on Demigod's balance - it seems pretty well balanced so far to me, but I'd hardly consider myself a pro.

Lol.  It always turns into some stupid comparison of a stupid WCIII map.  Game is not broken, Your setup has to be broken.

Get better internet or computer, disable extra LAN cards, Foward ports.

If you've exhausted every possible option then its okay for you to come online and say m"I give up, I need help"  Its not okay to trash stardock for not fixing your probloem when Im willing to bet half of your issue is your fault and not them. 

be pro-active and stop bitching.  If you're going to quit the game, great,. don't post on the forum about it. 

I dont know what you call fine... But for me and all the other people I know of its still not easy to get a game going.

Well it might be a lot faster to start a game than before, but if you are in a game people drop. People rage quit or it desyncs due to someone leaving.

There is no match making for me and my friends to find opponents of equal skill, there is something that randomly disconnects everyone from games, so I cant say its fine yet...

You have to know that all the people complaining here really love the game, and only because they love it so much they are so unhappy with its current state.

btw I am fed up with this stupid anti DOTA behaviour here from fanboys... The people who played dota or aos for a long time have a lot of knowledge about that kind of game. So listen to them and discuss suggestions, but dont flame like stupid kiddy fanboys!

what single player game. wow you should be banned to even imply this game has single player game. The AI sucks ass hell a blind person could play better then the AI.

this week will be the 7th week that the game has been out so mabe i added a week 6 to 7 weeks after launch is not acceptable to have the same problem as it had at launch like playen in the lobby.

Also I am not saying there should have been a single player game IMO its a multiplayer game and i have np with that but at least have the main part working.

Um i am ccna,mcsa,and a++ certified i may not know everything bout networking but let me tell you i have everythen running fine on my machine and i have no problems connecten to people. I sit there and watch the conection tabs. People are still getten stuck.

They need to dumb it down like have options you select on how you want to connect in the menu options .

Lol...Dude still you're freaking out.  So...you basically said you can play but it takes some time.  Im sure the extra 5 minutes is really going to hurt you