So I'll start off by saying I don't post much, though I like to read the posts. Second, I'm a casual player, and I'm in school for computer science and math, so I feel for the developers. Though I have some issues with Demigod, even though I love the game.

First I'll start off by saying I bought two copies of this game at like 40$ a piece and on the whole (and 2 more at 20$ for 2 friends to play with us), I feel I got my moneys' worth. But I still seem to have some issues.

The first issue I seem to run into is with favor points. I play the game often, at least 10 or so games a week (I enjoy offline even if the AI is easy, I still find it fun), but my fiance does not. We both have busy lives, I work 2 jobs and go to school, she works full time and does school at night. So our time is limited. Because of this, she cannot get a lot of favor points and is constantly gimped in games. She likes the UB for the UB's simple play style (just spit and smack people) but without BoTF (which I use) she's always at a disadvantage. Does anyone know a way around this (ie. someway to disable favor for LAN games or custom internet games) and we don't want favor items off all togather (they help make the game more unuiqe).

As it seems this game will not be getting new maps or content like that (even a map editing tool), does anyone know a game like Demigod that has more of these features. I'm just getting bored of the same few maps and same game types, we usually find a combo that works and then have little motive or incentive to change. Also, does anyone know if they are ever going to add teams (I refer to with friends) to the pantheon, the PUG style is rough and often you cannot communicate with the other players in those types of games (so you almost have to use a solo-ish build because its hard to communicate stratagies)?

I don't mean to rant or flame, I do love this game (and I will keep playing even if the patch ruins competative play because I play mostly with friends). I must say though I am dissapointed in GPG overall, not just with this game, but with Supreme Commander (which I love and play, often with the fiance/friends/cousin) also. I feel GPG releases games with great idea's and then quickly abandons them for new games. Supreme Commander suffers some of the same issues as Demigod in terms of support (damn GPG net still crashes on my machine running Vista, every time). I do like their games, but their support seems to be continually lacking.

So any advice on making the game more enjoyable or easing my fiances complaints (and silly number of deaths, party from not having good favor items) feel free to post. Thanks for any response and have fun

PS. Great job Stardock, I love you guys and so far love all your games. Please keep up the great work and know that I'll keep supporting you. (yay SoaSE!!!)