Demi god is useless?

[OTDABAJIKA]

Can not go to adventure any more => no resource farm, cannot get exp from believes, cannot fix disasters.
His state always switching to Practice, this mean I cannot make him train to get exp.
As result after I breakthrough my cultivator to Demi God, I actually cannot learn new Demi god skills, no exp.

Its feel stupid. What for I put that much efforts?

[jiko25]

Well, they can be used as a permanent feeder for Spirit Trees. Also, because they enter maps immediately you could use them as a formation gank squad. Or you can ascend them. They leave statues that give stuff depending on the law I think. First, I think they each give Protection for 9 Incense which translates to +5 Weather Buff for ALL LAWS. Second, they give specific stuff for 25 incense I think, One of the Guides in the guides tab states that a primordial Alchemist would give full body remolding. like the body remolding miracles.

but back to the demigod bit. For Sect Branches, the cultivation branch needs someone in the demigod stage for the state bonus. It could be Emotion Severing, True Sun Refining, or Sixteen Steps. the sect branches page in the ACS Wikia page will tell you the specifics. Also for the Sixteen Steps law, you need to be a Demi-God to use the qi Aqusphere miracle that they got. Why is this important? that miracle increases Qi Recovery for the Same Amount that Qi Recovery Pill does, Which is great for the none elemental laws. And I checked you can use Air of Cultivation(the Protection option for Ascension Statues) with Qi Aquasphere.

Oh Just in case you don't understand why Qi Aquasphere would be useful for none elemental laws, Qi Recovery slows down qi drain when they form their golden core. by the way, this is true for everybody. check the guides pin in the discussions tab, the second guide for more details.

[OTDABAJIKA]

PS state also shown as 5+ when I changing branch leader.
My problem, that I make my first ♥♥♥♥♥♥ PS (had only ~300k Qi) to Demi god, I had to study manuals and learn defence skills. Used all inspiration (exp). And now I have Demi god cultivator without inspiration, and I cannot get it. WTF :(
This cultivator is weaker them my other PS cultivators, no skills for attack, learned only reconstructions miracles.
I think I will use his life span to reconstruct my outers, then ascend him.

[Atrophus]

Originally posted by jiko25:

Qi Recovery slows down qi drain when they form their golden core. by the way, this is true for everybody. check the guides pin in the discussions tab, the second guide for more details.

Thats wrong. Qi recovery contributes plain nothing to golden core forming. The following factors influence golden core forming, taken from the ACS discord FAQ code divers:

"Cultivator's Current/Max Qi.
Qi of tile that you're perfoming the breakthrough on. (Biggest contributor, that doesn't mean you should ignore other factors)
Element of Qi on the tile (influenced greatly by Qi gather items , but also flooring type, cushion type etc.)
Match Law %.
Cultivator's Luck stat.
Cultivator's Mental state.
Yin Yang
Season/Weather

Asking if stat X influences golden core (Qi regen, cult speed etc.) is pointless this is a list of everything."

[Normal Paradox]

Weird, i tried many times and i end up with better core every time i feed qi regen pill + spirit stone/cristal for qi attunement versus feeding nothing.
Can you give us a link to your sources, i'm curious about it.

[Atrophus]

Originally posted by Normal Paradox:

Weird, i tried many times and i end up with better core every time i feed qi regen pill + spirit stone/cristal for qi attunement versus feeding nothing.

Well, if you have breakthroughs by different people in different locations at different time points, you have eight factors that all differ from each other. Of course you get different results.
The qi of your cultivator drops by a steady 30 per second, whatever you do with regeneration does not change that. (Except maybe for a spiritual breath chant exploit I once read about, but didnt try replicating yet)
It may be that your qi was not full, restoring it helps of course. You can easily check: Save, and start GC on the same person without and with feeding reg stuff each at the exact same time with same weather, tile qi and other factors I gave you. You will notice no difference.

Originally posted by Normal Paradox:

Can you give us a link to your sources, i'm curious about it.

Hop on the discord: https://discord.gg/ktdbMaHQ
That was from the FAQ. The code divers will be happy to show you that regeneration does nothing in the game files.

[Normal Paradox]

When i do my test i stick to the classic 3 times minimum with the same setting, i take a save file and use it 3 times without and 3 time with qi regen pill and spirit stone/cristal.
Every time i end up with better result with qi regen and siprit stone/cristal, all the settings are the same, same cultivator, same qi room, same weather, same day/hour.

[Atrophus]

Does the cultivator have 20/20 qi sense before taking it? Levels, not ability rating. Those items temporarily increase that too if I remember correctly, and qi sense increases your max qi. That would help of course. But qi regen does not.

[Normal Paradox]

Never made my test with a 20/20qi sense cultivator for a simple reason : i'm currently playing on trib9 setting, having a 20/20 qi sense dude is a pipe dream even with all the +qi sense manuals.

[Atrophus]

Well that explains the difference then. Qi regen still does nothing, but the qi sense does come in handy.
Never bothered with trib 9 so far, maybe when I have finished the regular immortal game x)

[OTDABAJIKA]

WTF, some of my Primordial Spirit cultivator reached maximum cultivation, and then count down for tribulation started, I even didnt clicked any breakthrough options.
Now my PS cultivator also become useless as Demi God. He stop adventuring. Cannot get more exp. I can switch his mode to Practice, he start practising, but exp not growing up.
Why developers did that? What a point? Why not let top cultivators adventure and practice like any other cultivators.
Now game become even more stupid, why I need make my units become stronger, when they become completely useless. Why I spend that much exp, learned skills, I even didn't taste them in battle, and now they stuck on my base.

[Atrophus]

The jump from PS to demi is a tiny one, they dont get all that much stronger. It is a state where you *should* go to heaven, but dont have to. Gotta live with the penalties if not, or leave him PS. Some laws automatically go demi once you cultivate to the limit, there you should remain at the limit before demi.

[VoiD]

Originally posted by OTDABAJIKA:

WTF, some of my Primordial Spirit cultivator reached maximum cultivation, and then count down for tribulation started, I even didnt clicked any breakthrough options.
Now my PS cultivator also become useless as Demi God. He stop adventuring. Cannot get more exp. I can switch his mode to Practice, he start practising, but exp not growing up.
Why developers did that? What a point? Why not let top cultivators adventure and practice like any other cultivators.
Now game become even more stupid, why I need make my units become stronger, when they become completely useless. Why I spend that much exp, learned skills, I even didn't taste them in battle, and now they stuck on my base.

they aren't stuck in the base, they can enter any map instantly by teleporting directly, talk to anyone, kill anyone, attack anywhere with 0 travel time, they are also nearly impossible to kill, if you lose a skull, a heart, a torso in battle and return to the sect they are still not going to be locked in dying state, they also get the best bonuses for branch leadership positions.

They just left the more menial adventure tasks to lower inner disciples

[OTDABAJIKA]

Problem, that I leared Magic skills, but didnt learned defence skills yet... Exp is over, where I can get it when my cultivator stop adventuring and not getting exp when practice.
Its sad, I feel big waste of efforts.
I can use pills to get exp, but I dont understand why its disigned that way :(