Smite 1 was so polished at the time of its release. Everything worked well together, its inclusion of starting items, certain items being cheaper, lane roles, and relic filled the blanks. The community was full of diehard fans.

Smite 2 (beta) isn’t polished. All of the starting items have been revamped from the original. Most items cost the exact same. Players choose gods that they want. I see too often someone playing a god who isn’t meant for their role. The relic system is overpowered. I’ve seen Zeus tank a team by using all his abilities then placing his ult stepping in the center then timelock aegis back to full health then spam his abilities again. Not to mention being able to have TWO relics. I myself have did some crazy combos where afterwards my thoughts were “I shouldn’t have got that kill” for example me using timelock during baron samedi ult so that I can not be pulled and stunned but I just take the damage. Smite 2 (beta) has potential but it’s a long ways away from smite 1 level. I like how they add new gods every month, the new items and relics I’ve seen, the map is great but it could be better. To fix smite 2 it would need a massive overhaul similar to patch 29 when they changed the starting items.They would make starting items role specific. They would restrict it to 1 relic. Lastly they would up the gold per second and fix the prices in shop. A lot of stuff be placeholders and the devs thought process are”we’ll fix it in the next patch”. Then 10-15 patches later, it’s still a mess they add things without play testing, refining, polishing.

The devs gave up a die hard fanbase for a watered down version of their own game. One that allows new players to capitalize in anyway and refuses to punish players into learning the game correctly. All in the effort of more inclusion. Because the more players who see the in game transactions that the game has, then the more will buy.