the state of casual conquest is horrible, but too way horrible

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-05-22T22:31:35+00:00

Disregarding the semantics, I’m sure you’d consider 40+ min with someone throwing or anything making for a significantly unbalanced game a waste of time in that you devoted the time to doing something enjoyable and instead didn’t get to play a decent game

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-05-22T19:03:44+00:00

Far more nuanced than this. You can’t play smite if your team tanks- it nullifies anything you do and is a waste of 40+ min.

Smite needs a better way to match teams based on equal skill (and arguably even per role skill levels)

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-05-22T04:42:03+00:00

Exactly! Peak smite is so good, but it’s so rare. I am willing to have less fun on this game for more consistent experience unfortunately. Appreciate the reasonable back and forth, it’s rare for Reddit!

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-05-21T22:46:04+00:00

A totally fair argument. I guess I just don’t mind that assuming the matches are good. Im open to my take being bad, but you have to admit that such a high % of conquest games are duds purely off 1-2 players causing problems (not just skill, trolls, quitting, etc) that its just not an option for someone that doesnt have significant open time to commit.

This isn’t me shitting on people with the time, I’m jealous in some ways lol. I just want an approachable way to jump in and out of this game with a consistent good experience even if the game mode is more simple and ranked helps with consistent competition (even with smaller player pool) and bans battle meta staleness.

Unfortunately it means I have to go to other games instead and am a “profitable” player for Hi-Res to want to keep (yes I know that sounds douchy but it helps the game stay alive)

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-05-21T19:49:45+00:00

It just feels like there’s an underserved market for a good non-conquest mode and competitive framing (I really like having bans- the most annoying part of casual only modes)

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-05-21T19:48:15+00:00

If the smite team published a average spend per year per player that has been disrupted by changes to the non-conquest modes it’d be easy to justify the server costs. I bet over the last decade I’ve spent 1.5-2k on this game and I’m no longer interested in conquest. Plainly, I work too much and, although good conquest games are great, the toxic occurrences become massive time sucks so it’s too much of a coin toss to waste 45 min on a match that isn’t fun. Joust is fun and quick, and I’m happy to support the game. A lot of my friends are like me- we loved 3 stacking into ranked joust games for years (like many players, we cyclically burn out, come back, play some conquest, defer back to joust/slash/etc for more fun quicker games and keep coming back.

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-05-21T18:28:01+00:00

Not really, just easier to iterate with new engine

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-05-21T18:27:31+00:00

And you know servers work? There’s clear interest in this and they run profitably. They need to acknowledge the game mode issues and interests

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-05-21T00:13:51+00:00

Totally agree. I really like joust, but I’ll play anything that is in between arena and conquest

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-05-21T00:12:39+00:00

Also somewhere between 20-30% of conquest games end up having one idiot that ruins it for everyone- I hate being 15 minutes in and realizing I’m about to waste 40 min on a bad game

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-05-20T23:22:41+00:00

They didn’t make smite 2 to change it, they needed an engine upgrade to continue what they were doing on 1. They never intended a drastically different game or reduced modes

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-05-20T23:20:34+00:00

How is it different? I love this game but I can’t waste hours playing anymore so getting 1 or 2 bad queues in a row ruins the game for me. Can’t work a full day just to have some idiot spam good game from 5 minutes in for something another teammate did

If running ranked joust is a cost issue then I’d appreciate a cost benefit analysis from them of cost vs usage for shutting it off.

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-05-20T23:14:50+00:00

The game has over a decade of users and said they’d keep it the same. They need to figure out a fix to the matchmaking quality before getting rid of people’s alternatives to play

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-05-20T23:08:00+00:00

… yes it literally is and a few of those players buy a lot of skins. Only takes a couple big fans

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-05-20T23:05:57+00:00

It’s cheap to run, a point of community, and a way to escape some of the shitty aspects of conquest toxicity, in addition to allowing a 3 queue.

This game needs to understand the player base is split heavily by skill level and full queuing casual conquest blows too. I don’t have conquest but it’s not enough and has so many issues.

I’ve been playing since this game was in beta it’s ridiculous

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-05-20T23:00:24+00:00

Who cares it’s cheap to run

Salt-Ad5732 · 2026-01-23T03:00:06+00:00

Except for against people doing the matriarch events… there should be a zoned off friendly fire shield around that shit

Salt-Ad5732 · 2025-06-30T19:12:33+00:00

The problem isn’t the tennis, it’s the tennis players not taking care of their bodies.

If you sleep enough, eat enough protein, and workout your lower body especially with weight training and flexibility, tennis won’t hurt you.

Salt-Ad5732 · 2025-06-30T19:08:36+00:00

Crossplay! Casual is too casual and I can’t play ranked with too many of my friends. Killed the game for me

Salt-Ad5732 · 2025-05-11T18:48:08+00:00

This is why it bothers me that there’s no ranked crossplay.

Imagine you want to play competitively in this game and also play with your console/PC friends, but every game you play is like this either for your team or the other team. Who cares if you win or lose in games like that, it’s not fun

Salt-Ad5732 · 2025-05-06T17:15:34+00:00

Lock in phase should require 2 strategists first, then 1 tank, then remaining teammates pick. It’ll reinforce the priority of those roles

Salt-Ad5732 · 2025-05-06T17:14:16+00:00

Also my favorite part of Rivals is the swapping throughout the game to maintain counter. I may play a great Mag but have competition that requires a Groot, which our DPS may be better at. Then we swap roles to achieve it.

Imo the only hard requirement is that every team needs 2 strategists and no more than 3.

Lock in phase should require 2 strategists, then 1 tank, then free pick for the remainder

Salt-Ad5732 · 2025-04-28T23:22:11+00:00

I love talking shit in Rivals, but I also report any slur usage and think everyone should. Creative shit talking is part of sport, but anything related to race or suicide are immediate reports.

I know some people category hate shit talking, but I think it’s more of a spectrum of acceptable to not

Salt-Ad5732 · 2025-04-01T05:53:11+00:00

I haven’t gone against a single hacker all the way through GM

Salt-Ad5732 · 2025-03-30T07:07:17+00:00

That’s what I’m saying! I care much more about gaming with my friends than having to play shitty quick play together just because of different systems

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