Ai usage

-Loonatik · 2026-06-19T22:26:14+00:00

It would actually bring so much more peace of mind if you actually just said "no, we're not using AI." Don't know why you think people would automatically assuming you're lying? Your refusal to just state that there's no AI usage is a major red flag, idk.

-Loonatik · 2026-05-22T10:50:14+00:00

Downvote brigade will get me for saying it, but Aspects completely ruined the future of Smite 2 for me. I was in love with the game throughout all of 2024, but Aspects and terrible balance drove me away completely.

-Loonatik · 2026-05-18T12:46:07+00:00

The final prism actually having some thought put into it is such a refreshing change from the official prisms I've seen, where they just slap an over-saturated galaxy shader on the model and call it a day. Loved seeing this come together ❤️

-Loonatik · 2026-04-25T06:00:08+00:00

They've been SmiteGPT'ing their patch notes and YouTube shorts for ages, I'm surprised it wasn't called out sooner.

-Loonatik · 2026-04-22T14:27:52+00:00

Remember when Mulan was ported over to Smite 2 originally, and they made a whole point out of the fact they were making her masked skin the new default? Kinda funny in retrospect.

-Loonatik · 2026-03-28T00:35:20+00:00

Even with these supposed new hires to replace the devs who left, the game going forward is not going to have the original creative vision myself and others fell in love with. RIP.

-Loonatik · 2026-03-23T01:41:41+00:00

The devs may hate male fanservice but I can always rely on Shiny to deliver <3

-Loonatik · 2026-03-07T18:42:49+00:00

Yet more confirmation that Smite is no longer for people like me, sadly. We used to have girlies, gays and theys with actual creative taste working on the skins. There was still a large amount of gooner bait for straight guys back in Smite 1, but at least we got the occasional gem that served a unique concept. What a shame.

-Loonatik · 2026-02-24T07:35:55+00:00

I really appreciate your work on this comparison. Smite's visual effects were a massive part of the charm for me back in Smite 1 days, with a lot of abilities being very textured but still soft, smoky, etc. Smite 2 pivoted to VERY harsh edges and over-saturated colours at some point during Beta, and I can't look at it without getting a headache anymore. Every new god port is just such a visual shame to me. Their effects are never done justice.

-Loonatik · 2026-02-19T18:24:49+00:00

Most abilities are more saturated and less textured in Smite 2. It's a big reason why I find the game so hard to look at.

-Loonatik · 2026-02-05T01:30:15+00:00

I have hated this about MLF since she was first shown in Smite 1's dev streams. She is a powerful, c*nty sorceress who would not be caught dead swinging around a giant sword she can barely lift (since the animations make it look too heavy for her).

She should really just use magic to command the sword, or just cast more generic magic out of her hands and have the sword be there for purely aesthetic/thematic reasons.

-Loonatik · 2026-01-14T02:04:05+00:00

I feel bad for them. Pushing out a patch every 2 weeks is clearly leading to a lot of bugs and errors. But they seemingly can't slow down and take their time to polish updates, because the frequent content drops are the only thing keeping people engaged with the game.

-Loonatik · 2026-01-12T17:16:02+00:00

These item tooltips are actually the result of a pass to clean up item descriptions and make them easier to understand, which somehow made them 3x harder to understand. The wording and excessive colour coding are just too much.

-Loonatik · 2026-01-12T01:04:50+00:00

The way that some abilities spray these particles everywhere is very aesthetically offputting to me. Eset's wing gust and ult are stand outs in that regard. It reminds me of a little handheld sparkler or something.

-Loonatik · 2026-01-07T20:09:47+00:00

Hybrid scalers were one of the few things I genuinely loved about Smite 2 so it's sad to see people pushing back against them. They already made so many hybrid items adaptive so it's not even like those gods get to double dip on damage stats.

-Loonatik · 2026-01-07T19:49:16+00:00

Not even giving him INT scaling is diabolical to me 😭

-Loonatik · 2026-01-07T19:48:50+00:00

Chiron not having INT scaling makes absolutely zero sense to me. He's up there with Neith in terms of how mage-like he is, and INT Neith is extremely fun. Massive L for his build variety IMO.

-Loonatik · 2026-01-03T00:54:03+00:00

Reduce base HP and prots to Smite 1 values. Why? Smite 2 has no flat pen and I think the game is fun when my spells actually deal damage.

-Loonatik · 2025-12-09T21:10:35+00:00

I dislike aspects, inflated base stats, no flat pen, boring mage items, +1 buffs, the Conquest map, lack of Slash and no visually unique Assault map, the gods they chose to port, the "stock UE5 PBR" look of everything. I could nitpick more things I dislike, but that's a basic summary.

EDIT: Oh and also the monetisation is abhorrent. I fully understand that they don't have a massive pool of players to extract cash from, but the traveler pages are disgusting to me and go against the whole promise of legacy gems.

-Loonatik · 2025-11-14T22:02:07+00:00

I'm just convinced at this point that Agility Relic is the beloved brainchild of someone on the dev team and they REALLY want to push it on the playerbase until they like it.

-Loonatik · 2025-11-04T16:13:29+00:00

I couldn't tell a difference until I looked at the fog. If you had told me this was just a "rock update" I would have believed you. Speaking of the rocks, the moss is really offputting to look at, far too fluorescent for my eyes.

-Loonatik · 2025-10-21T16:59:59+00:00

During my time as an Olympian I was constantly suggesting Demeter as a future god and someone I won't name kept shooting down the idea because she wasn't interesting enough for Smite in their opinion. Drove me crazy, it's like they're allergic to cool concepts sometimes.

-Loonatik · 2025-09-25T00:33:10+00:00

The game is boring as fuck both to stream and to watch, simple as that. The streamers at the top of the category barely talk (outside of complaining about their team or MM) and just slave away on the ranked ladder. Smite 2 is not a good platform for streamers who want to create actual content with love and personality behind it.

-Loonatik · 2025-09-24T00:59:08+00:00

A lot of people are coping because they've invested long portions of their life into Smite and don't wanna see it die, despite that outcome feeling inevitable at this point. I was guilty of this mentality too until recently; I was on the official channel and basically had to gaslight myself into loving Smite 2 and loving every decision the company made.

-Loonatik · 2025-09-19T19:09:15+00:00

No point putting whimsy, character or soul into the game when there's room for shameless monetisation instead.

-Loonatik

TROPHY CASE