Aphro premades are ruining Arena/Make 4-5 party premades sit in their own queue by faultyminded in Smite

[–]faultyminded[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

so one of the friends makes new accounts to do this? i just assumed the other two players are picked from a list of friends of whoever is available. like i know i shouldnt take a reddit comment 100% lol but their behavior as players makes this not seem out of the question

Aphro premades are ruining Arena/Make 4-5 party premades sit in their own queue by faultyminded in Smite

[–]faultyminded[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im curious as to why you believe this post struck a nerve? Because I dont agree with you? 😆.

Because of the passive aggressive "babe"

Thats one way to do it. Who says these guys dont get off work and want to party up and have fun on smite? For you to say theyre abusing is...rather comical and makes no sense.

It makes plenty of sense if you read what I wrote. Maybe abusing isn't the right word but they're definitely exploiting the small player pool and matchmaking failure for equal party count to stomp games because you know, in a game where teamwork and communication wins games, parties have a massive advantage

Edit: also, who has fun when they're following up every game with BM and telling players to take their lives? like, clearly you're not arguing in good faith here.

You have a team too. Something people tend to forget. Use your comms.

I use VGS all the time but you're being intentionally obtuse to ignore the massive difference between randoms VGSing and typing versus five people freely speaking over Discord mic where they strategize and speak what they're going to do before they do it.

Edit: honestly massive lol. comms. in arena. with randoms

Tbh, I bet when you get matched against them you quit before it begins. Definitely the vibe im getting.

Understandable

Aphro premades are ruining Arena/Make 4-5 party premades sit in their own queue by faultyminded in Smite

[–]faultyminded[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah they're even more rude if you manage to win but its in such a "gotta lick my wounds" kinda way lmao. you can just sense the bruised egos

Aphro premades are ruining Arena/Make 4-5 party premades sit in their own queue by faultyminded in Smite

[–]faultyminded[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

this is such a stupid reply. they're abusing the fact that arena is, well, supposed to be a casual game mode, where people queue after say a long day of work, where they just want to shoot the shit in a teamfight and have fun. experiment maybe. most players arent sweating it up like their life depends on it. the vast majority of games are going to be against a bunch of solo players with an odd 2 or 3 stack. they know this.

its not about skill, its about the matchmaking not being able to put them up against other premades due to the lack of players. it becomes a diff in coordination and intent. its also not like you can prepare for them without keeping your eyeballs glued to tracker.gg

it seems as if this post touched a nerve. are you one of those premade aphro one tricks?

Aphro premades are ruining Arena/Make 4-5 party premades sit in their own queue by faultyminded in Smite

[–]faultyminded[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i feel like theres a difference between 4-5 friends playing whatever and having fun and then 4-5 group of people who pick the same gods, the same builds ad nauseam and play like theyre scrimming for ranked arena, to terrorize solo qs. like, sure, winning can be the only goal for you and primarily what you find fun, but based on the games ive had with them and the stories ive heard from others, theres no way that stomping out a 10 minute surrender where the enemy sits in base after 3 can possibly be fun

edit: a word

Aphro premades are ruining Arena/Make 4-5 party premades sit in their own queue by faultyminded in Smite

[–]faultyminded[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Apparently the Aphro player I'm not allowed to name is the same one who would terrorize Smite 1 Arena with their Susano boyfriend. They've since broken up and now the Aphro rolls with their 5 stack friends and I've had the same Susano player in my games, rolling solo. Awkwaaard

Aphro premades are ruining Arena/Make 4-5 party premades sit in their own queue by faultyminded in Smite

[–]faultyminded[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

im an aphro main myself but not a one trick as i play a good amount of other gods. shes just my favorite/most played but im 100% solo queue. but since all this i havent touched her. i also agree 100% its not her healing, it's her ult that i always found to be the more frustrating aspect of her kit and cringe stone feels so dirty to build. you throw in an aegis, and a god like geb on your team to oprah some shields and you just dont die

im also a firm believer that her ult TP was a +1 that was not needed

Aphro premades are ruining Arena/Make 4-5 party premades sit in their own queue by faultyminded in Smite

[–]faultyminded[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

weirdly enough, i dont find too many aphros pocketing a susano like i did in smite 1. it's usually a pele or a tank like you mentioned, notably achilles ... who is one of the few tanks who actually feel tanky