You got a point there. However at a high level there's always alot of potion/sigil use, even now. It is something new players neglect and therefore get killed when they think they have you. This can be used tactical and I don't think it's generally bad. One team having more money always puts them in a better position.

Anyway, i'm happy to accept other solutions to prevent health stacking from being the only viable strategy, because right now it basicly is.

As I previously stated, it makes much more sense to just boost all of the demigod's starting HP and nerf the HP items than to give every single equipment item an HP bonus.  You would end up with Demigods that have the same HP they currently have, but with more relative benefits from buying other equipment.

Again. Why must fights be longer?

Also what exactly is the point to 'fixing' health stacking? Do you people want to see HP totals come down, or do you want to get more people to pick differnt items?

Because if it's just health pools being too large that's your problem, you could 'fix' health stacking by changing the fortitude flag on Cataract to a debilitating flag and then you wouldn't impact the larger matches where the high HP totals are needed and which generally do not take place on Cataract.

It feels to me everyone wants games to be determined by demigod kills and nukes instead of strategy in the overall benefit.

Dropping health somewhat might make dps more interesting, if some items are boosted. The fights will get shorter though, so if this is unwanted there would have to be counter measure. But right now there's just one competitive game strategy, which is health stacking, and that is wrong.

Other strategies that should be viable would include...

+ mana stealing, draining

+ speed (this can already work)

+ xp / outleveling

+ high dps

+ reflect damage

+ dodge

+ minions (works for some, like erebus)

+ siege (also works for some. QOT could be better)

+ ...

Yes, DPS items should be buffed. Another thing you're entirely missing that these "alpha strike" combos are from the OP melee demigods. Ranged has a lot less, a combo of reg+ TB who both have quite some damage skills can do a lot of damage but its much harder to get that one burst; a properly healthstacked UB can usually endure multiple attack rounds. Once again, I understand your problem but health isn't required to be attached to items: base hp could go up too. In Dota it works, in HoN it works; although they suffer a bit from the alpha strike problem you described they're still (sort of) balanced. 

P.S. Well it wasen't a generalisation, but its playfield is bigger, coz more lanes take up more space. 

What I'm saying is what is so wrong with the current balance that you feel the need to make a big "balance" mod?

finally i can fully agree with polynomial.

and i like to qote ovscenitor for this very true phrase:

"People don't just health stack because it's mathematically superior to picking up DPS item, they do it because ability damage is so high than you can be killed very quickly if you don't do it."

Ok.

I can say now i totaly agree with obscenitor and polynomial too, but also lifecatana is right what he said in reply #45.

Let's not nerf, let's buff!

I shall continue on obscenitor idea

by saying that not just that is enough. Have you notice how most of items are stupidly made (and part of that is why most of the suck)? Why all helmets only give mana bonus? why cant they give also armor!? or health? They are helmets for god sake! They keep you alive! They should add armor & health too (but ofc not every one of them nor in the same way). Some of them could also give bonus dmg! Why not?! Or bonus att speed! Also very normal.

Next, the boots are also stupid. Only 2 give bonus speed (i would really like to see Assassins Footguards to give +5% mov speed a top of the att speed & dodge), and half of them give a weak health/mana boost (except Unbr. Boots), and none of them armor!!! Cmon, boots should give armor too! At least half of them! (i don't count Ironwalkers, they are shit - who takes them?)

Some gloves should also give small health bonus and armor bonus (some either health or armor, some both, some none.)

And lastly, armor/torso items; they are also very limited. They should ALL give some armor (ranged from 150 to 1200, except banded - its good already) And those minion boost should be bigger, they are too weak. Only godplate and expensive artifacts have really good minions health/armor/dmg boosts.  Also, i think that even some of (torso)armors should give some mana bonus. I don't see why none of them should.

There, my opinion. Which i think everybody should agree with. I'm serious, those items are joke.

I want talk about trinkets here, i think you got the point.

Edit: guys, you could have told me i made mistake with Platemail of Crusader, i totaly missed it.  

I just edited.  Lol at myself

I can seriously tell you. I even still have proof

I've always said there's no better TB player than Falcon505 was. I also have some nice Regulus numbers. Here's 3v3s, 4v4s, 5v5s. Torchbearer does the most damage per game consistently. Period. Notice the long game where he hits 811000 =P