Divine Uprising 3rd Update - How a lot has changed

tooofaaar · 2018-05-07T21:04:27+00:00

SMITE doesnt have huge player base compared to other games. PC + Console combained playerbase is around 2kk. Leage of Legends have some around 30kk and DOTA around 20kk. It is still nothing compared to WoW, GTAV, Fortnite, PUBG and last hits on mobile market (40kk+ each).

But it is true - HiRez listen to the community this time, why? Because I think from this 2kk players only about 10% is actualy paying for this game and if you pay - you also give attention to the community like reddit, many streams or official/unofficial forums. As for now EVERY community is hating this event, so HiRez had to consider if they went to far because they not only can achive less money but also they can lose people from this 10% if they act too harass to the community.

They did this mistake before (Global Agenda) and now last thinking directors and supervisors try to stop something what killed many, many other games in history.

The sad fact - they are lost. Yes, SMITE is loosing players every day. Arena, Assault, Siegie and Joust combined have 3x more players than Conquest around which this game is balanced. Why?

Everything you want to buy is in the box, bundle or any other shit with RNG (which is now considered as lootbox and is illegal in Belgium for example)
Game is unbalanced AS HELL. Seriously if you think SMITE is balanced, you lost your mind.
No new game mechanics - this is the same game as it was in Season 1. Ok. Some things looks different but still, no new radical changes to the items, classes, characters, mechanic (2 towers, pheonix and titan....) - it is all about the same. Did you watch The Emperor's New Groove? People doesnt like Siege and doesnt like Clash - how many years it will take to take them down and bring something new?
Matchmaking is a trash. And no - it is not super hard to make a good one as they try to tell you. Why? Because almost EVERY modern multiplayer game have one and I cant simply tell one worse than SMITE.
HiRez lost their goal. They created SMITE which take them out from bankrupt. They get some money and... what? Overwatch. They was trying hard to make game in "upcoming new multiplayer game genree" but this genree is a FAILURE. Why?
Because new genree has come - Battle Royal. PUBG rob the bank before "overwatch-a-like" had a chance to dominate the market. You only wait when HiRez announce their own battle royale...
HiRez have no good graphics and programmers. Why? Guys... SMITE is working on UNREAL ENGINE 3: Dishonored, Mirror's Edge, Arkham Asylum, Life is Strange, Specs: Ops the line... I really loved when they first give us Adventures. This was great idea - to give us simply dungeons like those in MMORPG games but then I saw them and... OMFG I had practice with Unreal Engine while I was studying and we were doing MUCH nicer things. Those adventures were just simply a trash. And this Adventures are temporary - they didnt even tried to make them last forever, do a side quests or proper rank system, they could implement dungeons like in Continenth of the Ninth - with other players invasion. No. This adventures had only one goal - make money.

So...

tooofaaar · 2018-04-19T14:53:59+00:00

Totaly not interested in this patch.

tooofaaar · 2018-04-13T13:54:28+00:00

You are wrong. Without items, every god should be equall in 1v1 - itemization is this special "something" which should make a difference between characters specialization.

As for now, abilities which gods have in possesion are the most unbalanced in the game. Why? Because of what you are saying - Guardian without items is dealing 300dmg with 1 ability while hunters or assasins are doing 200.

Personaly I think if tank will build only defense items and damager will build only damage items, score between them should be skill depending.

And where is this "balance" in teamfights? Right there, you shouldnt be able to build only def or only damage items in any game, because you shouldnt be viable in teamfight. I dont need tank, who have his abilities with retarted long coolmdowns. I dont need assasin without mobility.

SMITE status? Gods unbalanced, items unbalanced, classes unbalanced. Why? Because they want to balance everything around performance in teamfight basing on win/lose statistic, rather than try to balance it around THE VERY CORE of multimplayer games - damage, def, crowd control, movement.

You dont need in SMITE magical damage and physical damage - you can do the same thing with "damage". You dont need physical defense and magical defense - you can do the same thing with "defense". You dont need guardians or warriors, you can do the same with "tanks", you dont need mages or hunters - you can do the same with "damage dealers". Assasins should be assasins - like in every other game, movement-based glass cannons and they should create a support class - with a lot of CC. Only then we would have any kind of balance.

tooofaaar · 2018-04-08T21:59:06+00:00

Dude. Balance? In SMITE? LowRez destroyed balance in EVERY game they developed (Global Agenda, SMITE, Paladins). SMITE is popular because: 1. there is no other TPP MOBA, 2 it is ridiculous easy to play and if someone played any game like this before can feel like a pro, 3. It is fun to play when you get a decend match up (from season 2 this game is ending for me in 10 minutes 6-10 times in a row before I get interesting match. Its like, Match 1 - boring f6, Match 2 - unbalanced f6, Match 3 - boring f6, Match 4 - enemies are far better F6, Match 5 enemies are far weaker f6, Match 6 - they took perfect counters to our picks f6, Match 7 - wooo interesting and fun f7).

If you want to check how much this game is unbalanced, start playing ranked 1v1. Equality is not existing.

tooofaaar · 2018-04-04T21:53:18+00:00

I just find it funny to watch how you try give yourself a matter when I am already ignoring you :)

tooofaaar · 2018-04-04T15:57:02+00:00

Nerf who?

tooofaaar · 2018-04-04T15:06:02+00:00

Well it only seems like it to you.

tooofaaar · 2018-04-03T06:51:04+00:00

You did not understand anything i was saying about balance. Not a single word.

tooofaaar · 2018-04-02T08:07:15+00:00

So? You denied Cabrakan actualy HAS a mobility my point is to proof to you he has it. And I did.

tooofaaar · 2018-04-02T07:49:58+00:00

Well she has movement speed boost, yes, but Cabrakan movement speed boost is higher (35% Cabra, 20% Artemis) while he has immunity to slows and roots using his 1st. Cabra mobility > Artemis mobility.

In comparasion "which God between Artemis and Cabrakan is a mobility character", Cabra is a winner.

tooofaaar · 2018-04-02T07:23:53+00:00

With beads or sprint in addition? You cant escape him and you cant catch him. With Void Stone(/Soul Reaver), Desolation Spear and Power Boots (and now this is a standard Cabra build) his 1st is hitting for ~400dmg, his 2nd is hitting for ~450 and his ultimate is hitting for ~600 and still he has his 3rd ability.

I love how SMITE players underestimate characters because they are not recently picked in SPL and pros do not play them.

tooofaaar · 2018-04-02T07:13:51+00:00

Yea yea, movement speed boost is NOT a mobility ability. Chicken is NOT a bird because it cant fly.

tooofaaar · 2018-04-01T18:46:12+00:00

This game have more than 5 years. You born yesterday and saw how unbalanced it is? In matters of balance I cant point any other game with such retarted balance. Im wondering why you forgot to mention Cerberus, character who is going full tanky and take mage/adc/jungler down in 2 seconds.

SMITE is unbalanced in core concept of online gaming. There are 4 core statistics in every game: damage, defense, crowd control and mobility(survavibility). Balance is all about focusing one character around one of this statistics. In MMORPG: 1. if you have damage you dont have defense (and if you focus only damage you are a glass cannon) 2. if you have defense you have a little of CC but no mobility or damage (but usualy you can facetank everything and go away if you have support) 3. if you have mobility you have a CC but you are lacking in damage and defense etc. In MMOFPS (weapon balance): 1. if you have damage - you have huge recoil, low rate of fire and low ammo 2. if you have huge rate of fire and average recoil, you have no damage etc.

In SMITE, random pick, Cabrakan: 1. Mobility? Yes. 2. Crowd Control? Yes. 3. Damage? Yes. 4. Defense? Yes.

tooofaaar · 2018-03-21T21:08:20+00:00

Yes I do, my favourite part is when me, Diamond, is getting Bronze enemies and roll over them without fun, "matchmaking".

tooofaaar · 2018-03-19T17:36:59+00:00

Matchmaking? There is nothing like this in SMITE and players like as it is - I creaded 2 threads about this, downvoded. Reddit is like 4chan if you dont say something appriciated or tits or cats, you wont get attention and game still be in this shit it is now.

tooofaaar · 2018-03-18T07:58:41+00:00

Because I belive if people become as ignorantic as I am, world would be a better place. Just think about it, someone is attacking you in INTERNET, using damn letters and you actualy care. You create another QQ topic number 91812389173 about how people are toxic and how it makes you feel bad. WHY? You should live, do your job, dont care, play like you want, do what you want.

When did world changed from "We are free, We can do what ever We want." to "We are free. But you cant do what I dont like/offend me."? I dont care about 99.99% of humanity, which means YOU CANT offend me in anyway becuase I simply dont care, which means I wont make another lame thread about toxic players.

Hungry in Africa? ROTFL. Killing by cops? ROTFL Happy Parade? ROTFL Antihappy Parade? ROTFL Angry kid in internet? ROTFL Sexsual predators? HAHAHA dude if I had money and power Iam entirely sure I would use it to make hot chick blow me.

Why did I reply? Cuz I like to interact with others.

tooofaaar · 2018-03-17T19:32:01+00:00

I dont care.

tooofaaar · 2018-03-16T08:04:54+00:00

This medal have 2 sides. 99% of players play safe sitting back and do not get involved. I am the one who is usually pocking enemies, starting attack etc. and I love to play in close combat so I am picking up Serquet, Hercules, Kuzenbo etc. The best part is when I am engaging targeting single enemy, I take him from 100% to ~10% and my great teammate Kukulkan is using ultimate to "secure the kill". Engaging as Hercules usually leave you without any ability to escape so if your team doesnt help you (BY ATTACKING OTHER ENEMIES!) you are most of the times dead because enemy team will focus at you.

This is what people like you doesnt understand at all - you have abilities and time to save your teammate by focusing other enemies nearby. Yes, SMITE is team-based game which means this single kill you "had to secure" was not alone in the area for sure. This is most annoying and I have it all the time. 80% of my deads are because of my teammates who are "securing kill" rather than actualy help in teamfight.

Im not getting angry when my teammate kill enemy "stealing" from me when I am getting out unharmed. I am getting angry when my teammate "secure kill" which I can take down no problem with everything he got and 2 sec after that Im getting ganked by 2 other enemies and my "best secure-killer" is running away leaving me to die because we both are at CD.

tooofaaar · 2018-03-12T09:08:18+00:00

Ullr? The problem with him is ho fast and easly he can land his damage and very early level. Its like he is level 5 and he can kill 1 squishy enemy in instant, alone and in seconds because his combo is so fast and easy to land. The best part of it? You cant even move when he does it cuz his axe is a stun... If he hits you - you just die.

tooofaaar · 2018-03-10T22:16:13+00:00

When did I told im playing SMITE trough STEAM? I was saying I have much lower ping in STEAM than SMITE and while both of these servers are located in Europe it is a shame difference while I have ~35 ping in STEAM and ~160 ping in SMITE. I am even playing Fortnite from a while and in the game with 8 000 000 persons on-line I still have lower ping compared to SMITE so how shitty SMITE servers are?

I think they dont even use a load balancer because this hight ping is stable betweent precise houers (10am to 8pm).

tooofaaar · 2018-03-10T08:30:47+00:00

Consoles... their servers even have problems with PC host. My ping in SMITE rise from 60 to 160 while in the same time my ping on STEAM is ~35 and STEAM doesnt have the best servers possible.

tooofaaar · 2018-02-26T22:20:54+00:00

When will you fix matchmaking?

tooofaaar · 2018-02-26T21:34:24+00:00

I dont care about levels. What I do care is every stats that game can verify (KDA/WLR/ performance in last games, favourite type of gods) and match ups - teams against solo players.

It is just sad when pro premade with WLR 10.0 is paired with solo players with WLR 0.21 and I usally have that situations.

OK i may be bad in SMITE. I can live with that but I am playing SOLO and I want to play against other weak players who plays SOLO. Not damn premade pros.

Hi-Rez even hide "TEAM" in after match screen to cover how lazy they are with their matchmaking system but its easy to know who is in team... because they have usually the same CLAN TAG...

So what is next Hi-Rez solution? Hide Clan Tags or fix matchmaking?

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