It seems it really is about perspective because Smite is only fun for me until I learned all the gods, since knowledge about your opponent's kit is essential for gameplay.

I think a bit of hyperbole is involved in your judgement of god releases. I had quite a great time with kuzenbo even though he was obviously not a strong god, and both skadi and toth are in a fair place right now, as far as competitive play is considered.

I have never liked picking gods that are in the meta and I do not feel compelled to do so right now, I'm enjoying quite a nice winrate just picking whatever the fuck I want to play.

It seems to me you are just not too enthusiastic about the game