I'm not confident it will stay the same size without Pantheon/Skirmish/other networking issues being decisively corrected. 

The only way i see it growing is if they release an expansion(required to play online, no standalone), and have a commercial on tv or something. Most casual players wont look back at a game that didnt work when they tried to play it... and the casual gamer market is alot larger then us(the hardcore forum/ tourny guys).

The only way i see it growing is if they release an expansion(required to play online, no standalone), and have a commercial on tv or something. Most casual players wont look back at a game that didnt work when they tried to play it... and the casual gamer market is alot larger then us(the hardcore forum/ tourny guys).

A game like this? It's really, really hard to say.

At the very least, it needs the problems fixed and the new content already promised to have a chance for long-term survival. Needs a demo (With tutorial!) released soon after that, then SD can do the contact to the player base about the fixes. $$$ tournament will also help if it's a big enough prize. Needs mod support for sure.

If they pull that off, then they might just make it.

If I were to bet, I'm going to bet it would stay the same. 

The current size community, people playing online, isn't large enough.  I think it needs to grow but I don't see how Stardock can fix the never ending network issue.  Atleast not within the next 3 months.  Yes I would bet my money on it not getting fix for 99% bulletproof multiplayer like other games.  I would like to be proven wrong so I can eat whatever.

So people will slowly fade away, yet there are new people who are buying demigod everyday.  So the community size will stay the same.  The new features like new demigod, new maps, clan wars, etc will be another 3+ months which by then might be too late. 

Releasing this game w/o a map editor was a huge mistake. It would have given some folks something to play with while the online kinks were worked out. Releasing this game with only 8 demigods was another mistake. Variety is the spice of life and while Dota has many years to build their category, this type of game just isn't deep enough not to have released with double the number of demigods.

The longer they take to give the community the tools to allow us to mod, the greater the risk of a mass exodus.

The game is still relatively new and already I want to see newer towers to destroy, buildings to interact with, items to buy, newer troops to purchase (there really should be a tier of troops before priests and one between angels and catapults), higher war ranks (demigods level to 20, why not our citadel?) a CTF mode (never played a 3rd person CTF) and other ideas I've got floating in my head.

Don't get me wrong, I loooooooooove this game and thats the main reason why I hunger for more and only want it to succeed the way that unreal tournament and other heavily modded competitive type games succeed. I think its fair to say that a Stardock/Gas Powered games learn alot.

Demigod 2 is gonna be awesome and I have enough faith to say we'll see it one day.

In my experience an RTS/RTT game needs a solid competitive community and/or good mod community to increase and sustain a lage player base.  Demigod doesn't seem to have either of these things at this point.

If the games price and marketing stay the same the playerbase will shrink some and they stay steady at a small dedicated following.

I think the game will sell good over the course of a year

IF they

- add 2 demigods

- balance the existing demigods vs each other and balance the skills of each character intra-tree wise

- fix the connection problems so 5v5 is common & stable

- rework the items total + balance the favor items

But my prediction would be that the active player base will continous sink since the game, at least currently, lacks long term goals & fun.

Sorry to come with the demonic Dota but Dota and Demigod share the same faszinating gameplay but Dota has such a large heroe cast and so much versatility that you could play a year and still haven't played every heroe and could come up with totally new tem builds or team setups.

BUT I think Demigod will expierence a second Renaissance with the first addon.

To be honest I think Demigod will become only a complete game after the first addon if they double the character roster.

Only then would be double and triple usages of the same a rare situation and a real variety in the gameplay,tactic and item& skillbuilds develop.

An expansion pack that adds substantial content while fixing the numerous issues that still plague the game. Then start spending some money on marketing and you will be good to go.

You also have compeition coming out this year as well. League of Legends is slated for a September release. While it may not be everyone cup o' tea there may be some people who transition over or split their time between both games.

I think its going to shrink, GPG and SD kinda missed their window to get everything fixed, at this point they would have to do something amazing to overcome the stigma that this game has now, which suffice it to say is not good.

Starcraft2 will more likely be demigods downfall.