Stardock Releases Demigod v1.2, New Demigod Added

November 24, 2009

Stardock
Releases Demigod v1.2, New Demigod Added

Stardock and Gas Powered Games are
pleased to announce that Demigod v1.2 is now available for download. The new
version includes improvements based on player feedback and adds a new Demigod to
the mix – the Demon Assassin. Demigod is a real-time strategy game that combines
action and role playing elements. In the game, the player takes on the role of a
demigod, a single powerful being whose goal is to ascend into the pantheon of
the god. The demigod does this by earning favor points with the gods through
combat in a series of arenas (www.demigodthegame.com).

The single player game includes both
a skirmish mode as well as a “pantheon mode.” Online, players can choose to play
custom games with an endless combination of options set by the host (with new
options added in v1.2) or play in the Pantheon in which the players choose to
fight for the forces of light or the forces of darkness in an effort to gain
enough favor points to allow their side to win.

Demigod multiplayer “epoch 3” is set
to begin next week in which player rankings and records from epoch 2 are added
to the pantheon vault and new stats begun from scratch.

A list of new features and fixes is
below.

• New Demigod added: The Demon
  Assassin.

• New AI option in multiplayer: The
  host can set what the death of an AI player does in terms of how much gold and
  XP players receive.

• New AI option: How much HP do
  Demigods get by default (very high, high, normal, low).

• Modding Manager. Demigod now
  supports modding. We will be releasing mod samples in the next couple of weeks
  to get the ball rolling.

• Mod System. Mods are treated in
  the game like options. If all players have a given mod installed and the host
  of the game has it enabled, it is used in the game.

• Fixes to desync issues (thank you
  to users who sent in data) and other problems reported.

• Citadel Upgrade: Graveyard Citadel
  upgrade: increased bonus to 15/30/50%

• Improved Torch Bearer’s attack
  while moving in fire mode.

• Additional improvements in MP to
  decrease apparent “lag”. Note to players: ping is not the only measurement of
  connection. Throughput is an important factor as well. For best online
  performance, disable background tasks that are consuming your bandwidth.

Updated favor items:

• Samm-El’s Cloak: Buffed cap from
  25% to 15%

• Dark Crimson Vial: Reduced cast
  time from 2 to 1 seconds

• Staff of the Warmage: Increased
  mana from 700 to 800

• Magical Coin Pouch: Buffed cost
  reduction from 10% to 15%

• Horn of battle effect changed to
  provide fewer total HP regeneration over a longer period of time.

Updated items:

• Hex Scroll: Reduced cost from 500
  to 250

• Capture Lock: Increased cast time
  from 1 to 2 seconds

• Duelist Cuirass: Reduced cost from
  3000 to 2500. Crit chance increased from 5 to 10%.

• Gladiator Gloves: Reduced cost
  from 750 to 450

• Theurgist’s Cap: Reduced cost from
  3000 to 2000

• Hungarling’s Crown: Reduced cost
  from 6500 to 5500

• Ironwalkers: Reduced cost from
  3750 to 2750

• Desperate Treads: Reduced cost
  from 5000 to 4000

• Gauntlet’s of Despair: Increased
  mana drain from 200 to 300

• Doomspite Grips: Increased weapon
  damage from 30 to 40

• Forest Band: Increased minion
  armor from 200 to 300

• Warlord’s Punisher: Unchanged
  

• Ring of the Ancients: Reduced cost
  from 3500 to 2500

• Parasite Egg: Reduced cost from
  4000 to 3000

Updated Game mechanics:

• Dodge Cap increased from 30% to
  40%

• Interrupts will no longer
  overwrite stuns

• Crit damage calculations fixes
  

• Item cost modifiers will now
  affect citidel upgrades properly. Previously, a citidel upgrade would charge a
  player the modified cost, but would not allow you to buy it until you had the
  full cost gold available.

• Improved shamblers to be a bit
  more capable of pursuit.

• Heroes will re-engage their attack
  target after performing an ability

• Fix for all of TB’s Rings of Fire
  going away after the oldest ones time out.

• Fixes for demigods chasing after
  old targets at inappropriate times.

• Added support for ignoring players
  in-game. Supported commands: /ignore /squelch

Queen of Thorns Buffs

• Summon Shambler: Summon Shambler
  now increases health and damage of Shamblers as you gain new ranks. The values
  are 5/10/15 damage and 125/250/375 health.

• Entourage: Shamber buff decreased
  to compensate for Summon Shambler’s boost. Damage reduced from 10/20/30 to
  6/12/18 damage and 250/500/750 health to 165/330/495.

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