[quote=@WrongEndoftheRainbow]
IMO a smaller world allows us to put in more detail and do more intrigue. I'd save everyone going to their own planets until the puny mortals create FTL drives and start going everywhere.

Also I'd be all up for not downplaying demigod powers. Let's give us some power. Totally no bias here. Not at all.
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Demi-God power isn't downplayed, it's just a stage.

From Weakest to strongest it's

Mortals/Monsters

Heroes

Demi-Gods

Gods

Without help from the Gods to create something, it wouldn't exactly make sense if a Hero could just duke it out with a God. Or for a Mortal to smash a Demi-God.  Demi-Gods can fight Gods, Heroes can fight Demi-Gods, Mortals can fight heroes without getting curbstomped. But without an edge, the lesser powered ones will lose.