I would like to see it at least tested. Maybe queue times would skyrocket and we'd have a deeper appreciation for the AI matchmaking, but it seems to me that if people aren't busy playing AIs that's more people to be paired against. I mean while the AI does fill slots in these games it's also pulling people out of the queue, so I'd really like to see what the effect would be if it stopped doing both.

Also seriously, light/dark has gotta go.

I noticed whenever Prussian-Havoc sees humans in a match, he leaves. I can see it in the connection window. His name is there then it vanishes real quick.

Sounds like he is exploiting the exp from AI to remain on top.

Oh i have played against him once and with him once..some time ago both times. And yes...very poor indeed.

Is this being looked at SD?

Is taking exp from AI only games out of the equation being looked at?

He clearly appears to be abusing the system.  He's active in the forums, so I'd bet he's read this.

Havoc - Any chance you'll actually stop this on you own?

Given the feedback we've seen from SD I would say that pub stomping premades who climbed the ladder were perceived as abusing the system and we're seen that dealt with indirectly.

I'm currently rank 8 and I doubt SD will find my desire to be rank 7 especially compelling. What I think we need to focus on is that every time someone quits out of a game to dodge human players the players left behind must then sit in line again for a new game.

Why would they reset his stats? He hasn't broken any rules.

Is not exploitation covered somewhere in the ToS? Maybe he has broken some rules....

Either way, a jerk he is and the community knows about it. He is #1 in his head only.

Right... and a solution to 1 of the stat problems would be pretty easily solved by not granting experience for human v ai games.  The only reason I even looked into Prussian in the 1st place was because I noticed he was ladder #1 and I was surprized I haven't played him.  You can be polite and a nice guy, but still be a jerk.  I didn't even consider that he was exploiting a weakness in the system at the time. 

Tired of seeing more things wrong or illogical with dg... /closes eyes. 

Oh my... ok then.

Great points all... please consider that the 20-match-pull that you considered was right after the reset... for whatever reason, all the Pantheon was giving me at the time was a 15 or so string of AI matchs... one right after the other (look at the dtg's)... it wasn't until I checked up on the incomparable Myp that I saw he was pulling non-AI matches, I immediately restarted my app and began pulling non-AI matches as well... please pull my last 50 matches and note that I have been most fortunate to encounter Obscenitor  (in a... partner challenged moment) and pull a win, as well as other lucky wins against notable opponents...

...okay, another question being put to me, in gentle (and sometimes in the best non-gentle but purely dark fashion) is, do I play against AI... yes I do, at every opportunity!!! ... we all know that new players gravitate to the light at first and then (if they stay!!!!) to the dark... i play AI with new players (some of the best Light players drop AI matches immediately and I fully understand why) and I buy gold 1 through 3 as well as some of the exp upgrades... it gives our fellow new players a good feeling, it encourages them to stay in the Demi community (at least until the next Erb gank) and yes, i do get favor for the light out of it...

...ask those that have played on my side, I snipe at first opportunity for them, i buy gold 1 through 3 first (for the most part)... even if that means I have to run lightly equipped and only pull in flags... I work hard to push the best dark players for long games... my gold buys pay off in spades during a 45 minute match... just imagine not just giants but fully enhanced giants...

anyhow... that is my case... agree / disagree, but I know we all have a vested interest in a vibrant, expanding Demigod community... think about that the next time you see a fellow teammate verbally accost the new player on your team... I remember a short 6 weeks ago when i was that new player... verbal beratings happened repeatedly and frankly I am surprised I stuck around... but now, I am ever so glad I did... go ahead, reset the Pantheon, or better yet - set a monthly reset rule, publish all exp guidelines and let's have balanced, fair and open ranking competitions...

Good luck, good gaming and Good Hunting!

thx Ob (you are always the Great Ob to me) anyhow... Neilo is right, I am a jerk... I never hit the forums and was unaware of all the... dare I say it... HAVOC, I have generated... but seriously, I have only played this game for 6 or so weeks, of course I am a weaker player (currently) than many of the notables who regularly comment here...

... but you know what I do very, very, very well - I have a 260 player Excel database on many of the most active Demigod players and I have some minor military experience... now, ask yourself, knowing that light players on a 1 to 1 basis are vastly more likely to be new players than your average dark Erb or UB monster, should I chose to stay in a match with the imcomparable Myp, the great Ob, or the not-so-friendly-but-spot-on Neilo when my partner (whom i also keep records of) is an 2 and 32... "challenge but still trying" player... what would you do if you know your one and only (or two and only) partner is not a match for Cold and Homer standing at the other Cit...

...I am weak, I chose in the best Sun Tzu fashion, to not take the field... and no, I do not strand most of these new players against dark pro's, the match refuses to launch and I meet the new player in the next (or future) AI match where by example or if asked, I can provide some clarity to the newest member of our community...

Good luck, good game and Good Hunting!