Demeter and how her minor gods should have been (my ideas, suggestions, connections)

Age of Mythology: Retold Discussion
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Hi.

Two simple things:

  • First i want to point out that King Midas would be generally a great choice but he feels very underwhelming currently + i think he would be SO MUCH better with Dionysus as a minor god cause he basically got “cursed” by Dionysus.
    Also King Midas fits the theme well with gold and greed and here comes Plutus the greek god of wealth and - be surprised - the son of Demeter! And what unit would fit amazingly well to a god of wealth? YES, the gryphon…

  • The gryphon would be a much better mythic age myth unit cause:
    → its a big monster
    → it could tank better and attack everything (and be an actual useful unit)

→ i can come up very quickly with some cool specific features for this unit without overcomplicating things like Siren does:

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tl;dr:

  • Gryphon would be a big monster and center piece unit similar to Fafnir
  • Gryphon could be a more straight forward myth unit still with synergies
  • It could be easily connected to wealth and the god of wealth who is actually the son of Demeter
  • Gryphon could have syngergy with King Midas who is also connect to wealth and gold (and actually also to Dionysus)
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Demeter’s myth units feel so underwhelming, a Gryphon would’ve been so cool.

But most importantly they robbed us of a cool and spammable fortress human unit like the Amazons or a strange type of siege unit like these below:

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Way better than the useless Harpy in the fortress.

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i feel you.

so basically:

  • Persephone heroic age with siren but siren like harpy
  • Mythic age Plutus with gryphon and King Midas
  • Fortress unit horse archer amazon with Penthesilea on horse instead of Iolaus.

(i doubt we will get a 5th greek major god for retold so i highly request these changes.)

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Sucks they didn’t go with Amazon as the fortress unit for Demeter.

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Looking at the Greek major gods:
Zeus emphasizes aggression and myth power dominance.
Hades leans into durability and strong myth units.
Poseidon focuses on mobility and cavalry advantages.

An Amazon-style elite human unit would:

Synergize better with her economic/military scaling.

Differentiate Demeter from the other Greek gods instead of making her feel like a variant of Zeus/Hades.

The Fortress in the Mythic Age is typically where Greeks unlock their strongest defining units. For Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon, the Fortress reinforces their strategic identity.
For Demeter, Harpies feel like a mismatch:

They are fragile.

They are raid-oriented.

They don’t scale as well in large late-game fights.

A powerful human unit like Amazons — perhaps ranged anti-myth specialists or elite infantry with nature-themed bonuses — would be arguably better

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i am thinking about sharing this on crazy Reddit. x)

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Plutus - god of wealth and agricultural yields
Focus: defense, siege, gold

GP

God Power - Magnificent Fortress

→ transforms one fortress into a magnificent fortress with improved stats and giving a gold-mine-aura* very slowly generating gold.

*good for syngergy with his myth unit

Myth_unit

Myth unit: Gryphon

a big majestic monsterous unit which has increased stats and attack speed near gold mines and magnificent fortresses. can get an upgrade to improve its protection against pierce damage. Can fly slowly.

Plutus_tech1

Tech: Bronze Plumage - improves Gryphons to Gryphon Matriarchs with increased protection against pierce damage.

Plutus_tech2

Tech: Successful Conquest - upgrades Petrobolos with burning stones soaked in pitch increasing their dmg vs military units and also adds additional health and hack armor to Helepolis.

Tech2
Tech: Elysian Fields - reduces gold costs of everything near placed farms.