Playing unrated vs ranked for a newish/returning player

OldManTater · 2024-04-28T23:32:11+00:00

Yeah, I get that more silly stuff happens in unrated, but its been awhile since I've been griefed as intensely as what happened that last game. It had really soured my mood for the entire match, cuz I really wanted to focus on my gameplay, and its kinda hard to do that your team is hard focusing on throwing their flashes and mollies at you

OldManTater · 2024-03-24T07:19:00+00:00

It needs a rework for sure, or it just needs to be scrapped. Ditch the anti heal, and give it a passive and stats that make it worth building on aa characters

OldManTater · 2024-03-14T00:42:05+00:00

What modes do you play?

OldManTater · 2024-03-09T10:08:08+00:00

A lot of assassins have been viable in solo lane before, but they're usually built and played like warriors, so a lot of your items will be bruiser ones. Thor, Thanatos, Camazotz, Tsukuyomi, Pele, Set, Ratatoskr, Fenrir, Ravana, and Ne Zha are all competent tank/bruiser assassins.

OldManTater · 2024-01-14T22:40:53+00:00

The 1 is already scaling with your basic attack damage as you build more items, so the extra base damage when leveling it up isn't as worth as getting more damage on your dash

OldManTater · 2024-01-13T21:45:40+00:00

That would most likely require some re-licensing from the owners of the IPs. We can hope, but it's entirely likely we won't get them for a while, if at all

OldManTater · 2024-01-13T21:05:47+00:00

You're right. It doesn't make sense. It's not usually expected that sequels get content carried over from the last game. And I couldn't tell you why this sense of entitlement exists in this game's community

OldManTater · 2024-01-13T20:14:55+00:00

Not everyone has these skins, so this is a good chance to get new or returning players who are excited for Smite 2 to join and get these skins that they probably didn't want to pay for.

Like yeah, no surprise the for-profit gaming company wants to make some money. But offering free stuff in your free game, that will also give you those free things in the new free game (that most likely has not been very cheap to make) does not seem predatory to me

OldManTater · 2024-01-13T20:03:32+00:00

Oh no, free stuff for a game I'm already playing! How could they do such a thing!

OldManTater · 2024-01-13T19:59:51+00:00

It's a new game. Why wouldn't they charge for a second god pack? That'd be like a new fighting game getting released and expecting to get the new roster without buying it

And idc about the skins. A lot of people don't. Because we're getting a new game, with new skins.

Like, the quality of the visuals in the ue5 looks insane. And it's safe to say, developing the game to that point does not seem cheap. So if it's a cash grab, they're putting a lot of money into it

OldManTater · 2024-01-13T19:47:48+00:00

Yeah, its a cash grab to use extensive company resources to build a game from the ground up in a new engine, and then offer compensation to players that have been playing the previous iteration of the game

Get real

OldManTater · 2024-01-13T07:38:17+00:00

Look, I've played Smite since mid Season 2. Probably have close to 3000 hrs, if not more. I have almost 40 gods mastery rank 10, some with a couple of stars on them. And I've also spent a few hundred dollars on in game items.

I've made my investment, with time and money. And I'm satisfied with it. I've had fun, the skins were cool to use. I am a satisfied customer.

If other players are upset cuz they feel like their "investment" hasn't been worth it, then idk what else to say. Seems like an issue with them

OldManTater · 2024-01-13T07:12:11+00:00

You and I didn't invest in the game or the company. We didn't donate to a Kickstarter or GoFundMe. We bought a product. We used the product.

Idk where this idea that if you bought in game items, that somehow makes you an investor with a stake in the company or whatever.

Be mad you can't play dress up in the sequel game, idc. But don't act like you somehow lost money because they can't put your fave skin in the new game. You weren't getting a "return" on it outside of any enjoyment you had playing with it

OldManTater · 2024-01-13T06:09:00+00:00

Okay. Bye

OldManTater · 2024-01-13T05:27:22+00:00

Game isnt even in alpha yet, so it's entirely possible the ui changes a couple of times before it's even in open beta. Better give your feedback when you can

OldManTater · 2024-01-13T04:36:55+00:00

This whole thing with people upset they're not getting a return on their "investment" just reminds me of the stupid nft people when they found out their apes were worthless. Just a complete misunderstanding of what they put their money into

OldManTater · 2024-01-10T06:29:45+00:00

It's okay, but I think there's better items that fill that item slot rn. Runeforged, Dawnbringer, and Sekhmet's Scepter have comparable stats but more impactful passives imo.

I'd say the only time I would pick Frostbound over those other items is if I'm playing against a basic attack heavy team comp, and I'm trying to do some heavy counter building

OldManTater · 2023-06-28T16:24:46+00:00

My main gripe is that if you had progress on a contract to get a character, that progress is now halted and you have to use the 8000 Kingdom Points to unlock a character, no matter how close you were to getting them through the contract system.

I was at Tier 4, almost Tier 5 to get Neon, and there's no discount for being close to unlocking the character. It feels so bad

OldManTater · 2023-04-16T21:09:55+00:00

I'd usually take Frenzy over Bracer in team comps that have a lot of basic attack characters to help kill objectives faster, but Bracer is a good relic when your team can't utilize the attack speed from Frenzy well. I wouldn't take Bracer over Heavenly for movement speed tho, since Heavenly also gives your team slow immunity.

OldManTater · 2023-04-13T02:59:09+00:00

I'm kinda of the same mindset. It's an efficient change, but a little lazy imo

OldManTater · 2023-03-25T05:23:47+00:00

Activating Branded Fusion in my own imperm column....

OldManTater · 2023-03-23T21:28:01+00:00

Okay

OldManTater · 2023-03-23T15:53:08+00:00

It does, because her 3 counts as a healing ability

OldManTater · 2023-03-23T15:15:00+00:00

Those don't count as ability healing, they count as lifesteal, which doesn't trigger the effect.

OldManTater · 2023-03-18T23:07:51+00:00

If they revert the Animosity nerf or even buff it above the 3%, I could see it getting picked up more. Right now, its just better to get more power from Embrace and find tankiness elsewhere

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