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Rygar 8 Bit said:
hes not that bad hes still a beast in group fights even without his heal his damage and his cc are still great even with fist of the gods nerf
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Yeah I rented him a couple times yesterday and he has a nice stun and his ult does a crapload of damage... But every time I used my ult I would get focused and die really fast. His spells are all pretty close range so he is tough to play in Arena.
 
Luap said:
Yeah I rented him a couple times yesterday and he has a nice stun and his ult does a crapload of damage... But every time I used my ult I would get focused and die really fast. His spells are all pretty close range so he is tough to play in Arena.
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run into the people who are focusing you use your 3 then right when the duration ends use fist of gods then run away laughing like a girl like i do teehee

edit: also purification beads are rad on him
 
^ I played him a couple more times and I just wasn't really feeling it. He's definitely a strong god but not my style.

So I've gotten a lot of free Gems by doing surveys on the Hi-Rez website. I learned about it on reddit when I read this thread. I did one but it felt a little sketchy so I checked out the privacy policy on the main survey website (Bigbuck Surveys) and they straight up say that they sell your name, address, email, and phone number to third-party marketing companies. I'm not too cool with that, so here's the way I get around it:

Step 1 - Set up a junk email address or use an old one that you don't care about anymore.

Step 2 - Get a fake name and (U.S.) address on this website:
http://www.fakeusaaddress.com/index.php

Step 3 - Write down some basic details about your fake identity: ethnicity, education level, income, etc. This is because you need to be consistent in the surveys or they will disqualify you for posting fake information. I hear it's best to make yourself sound as average as possible (e.g. white college student who plays Xbox and makes like 10 grand a year living in San Francisco).

Here is the link to log in on the Hi-Rez website and do the surveys:
http://account.hirezstudios.com/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=/rewards/smite.aspx

The best surveys in my opinion are in the SponsorPay tab. Do the surveys that give you 60 gems, as they are pretty much the same formula so you can get into a flow and quickly grind through them. Obviously don't do any of the ones that make you download software or sign up for trials of stuff (the only exception was the Audible.com trial, which I signed up for, downloaded a free audiobook, and then cancelled my membership the next day).

Cheers!
 
Official Release Announced for March 25, 2014

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Hi-Rez Studios, a leading developer of free-to-play online action games, today announced that the 3D MOBA game SMITE will officially launch in Europe and North America on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. In addition, a $100,000 LAN Tournament to celebrate the release will be held the following weekend.

The company also announced their mythology-themed 3D action MOBA game has accrued over 2,500,000 registered players to date through its extended Open Beta phase.

The $100,000 SMITE Launch Tournament will take place on Saturday, March 29, and Sunday, March 30, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia in front of a live audience. The tournament will include the top four teams in Europe and the top four in North America who will have qualified from the SMITE Weekly Tournament Series beginning on January 4, 2014. The event will also be live-streamed worldwide via twitch.tv/smitegame.

All player progress in SMITE's Open Beta will carry over to the game's general release.
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Time for a dumb question: Some characters (all characters?) have a meter/bar over their picture at the bottom of the screen.

Sometimes it seems to fill up whenever you move, sometimes when you do damage, sometimes when you get kills, etc.

What the heck is it?
 
Immortal_Daemon said:
Time for a dumb question: Some characters (all characters?) have a meter/bar over their picture at the bottom of the screen.

Sometimes it seems to fill up whenever you move, sometimes when you do damage, sometimes when you get kills, etc.

What the heck is it?
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It's part of their passive skill. Not every character has one that needs a meter. Check the passive skill on that particular character to see what it's showing.
 
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edit: could of used some defense on those mages and not just straight defense id go with like a sovereignty or if the enemy team is mostly magic a bulwark of hope also a cool build if you want defense and cdr off the bat is pen mage boots and a breastplate of valor specially for hebo pen boots, breastplate of valor, voidstone, polynomicon, sovereignty(or bulwark), rod of tahuti he dosnt really require high magic damage because of how fast he can get his spells off if you can stay and fight them youll be able to drop them no problem id use the same build for isis as well
 
Rygar 8 Bit said:
owch

edit: could of used some defense on those mages and not just straight defense id go with like a sovereignty or if the enemy team is mostly magic a bulwark of hope also a cool build if you want defense and cdr off the bat is pen mage boots and a breastplate of valor specially for hebo pen boots, breastplate of valor, voidstone, polynomicon, sovereignty(or bulwark), rod of tahuti he dosnt really require high magic damage because of how fast he can get his spells off if you can stay and fight them youll be able to drop them no problem id use the same build for isis as well
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Thanks. Since Arena/Domination are quicker, less serious game modes, I usually go full retard and just stack as much damage as I can because it's fun to blow people up. But in the last couple of days I've noticed myself getting matched up against much better players, so as you can see my lazy item builds are not exactly cutting it anymore. I'll follow your advice and build more tanky.

Some guy on reddit posted his 50 win streak with Bakasura:
https://account.hirezstudios.com/smitegame/stats.aspx?player=rememberIme

Check out his recent matches and look at his item builds. He's builds tank/attack speed. I really want to try that out.
 
for high end play should always build some sort of tank items mixed in your build other wise youll be nuked down hard 1 or 2 items helps a ton and to know who is doing the most damage on the enemy team and build counter to them
 
Yeah I adjusted my builds and I had a much better few games.

I tried out that Bakasura build I posted above and it worked really well. The HP from Ankh was really nice to have early on and it helped me last until the "late game" (in Arena, so about 15 mins in). After I had my Hastened Fatalis and Qin's Sais I was able to shred people down with Butcher Blades. The Magi's Blessing made me even scarier because that bubble was a big "fuck you" to whoever tried to CC me. I went with Void Blade last but I'm gonna try other items for my 6th slot. Frostbound Hammer might work well since the HP gives me extra power with Ankh. I went 12-1 that game.

Then I built tanky Isis and He Bo and did a lot of work with both of them. Isis is my latest purchase and I really like her. With Breastplate of Valor and Chronos Pendant her stun is on a 4 second cooldown.
 
Rygar 8 Bit said:
think we might get a double dose of gods this week nu wa and kali revamp dont disappoint me bort
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Oh god that would be great.

I keep having teammates give me shit because I only have 1 mastery level. "GG matchmaking is broken giving us a lvl 1 mastery noob on our team." These whippersnappers. I probably hit level 30 before some of them even stated playing. Back in the good ol' days long before mastery was added into the game.
 
Luap said:
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There is certainly no Meepo counterpart in SMITE. No god is that hard to play. But yeah the assassins are the most difficult, IMO.

Take Thanatos, for example: he does great damage but his spells cost HP and he is already extremely squishy, so if you miss his skillshot you are likely going to die.

I would also advise against:

Loki - Very squishy
Anhur - His stun and ult can be hard to land
Agni - One of the most difficult mages to play well
Aphrodite - She is SMITE's Io
Odin - Incorrect use of your ult can fuck you and your teammates over (kinda like Faceless Void)

*Edit: I should add some suggestions. Gods I think are easy to do OK with:

Ao Kuang - Max his 3 (tornadoes) and use it to easily clear creep waves. Use it in the middle of teamfights to apply a painful DoT to everyone in its radius. Use it to zone. Use it on top of yourself if you get ganked. His 3 is amazing. His other spells are good too, but seriously all you need to do is make good use of his tornadoes and you will make a positive contribution to your team.

Cupid - He was my first main ranged carry and I did very well with him as a beginner. He has a great kit: a nuke, a heal, and a dash. And his ult is a huge AoE mesmerize.

I'd write more but I'm typing this on my phone in bed and it's taking too damn long. I'll edit this post with more info tomorrow when I get on a computer.

Someone posted a similar thread on Reddit's r/smite board earlier today:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Smite/comments/1r23vv/which_gods_would_you_recommend_to_a_new_player/
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For noobs I recommend Ra and Hades. Ra is easy to learn with his relatively straight forward powers, same with Hades. I've been in Jamaica for the last 10 days, had big time smite withdrawals lol
 
Rygar 8 Bit said:
for high end play should always build some sort of tank items mixed in your build other wise youll be nuked down hard 1 or 2 items helps a ton and to know who is doing the most damage on the enemy team and build counter to them
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Hilariously, I've seen dudes bitch at people for buying defensive items in arena. They're always the morons that go like 11/12 and run past the minions going into our portal (presumably because they think they're playing Team Deathmatch Quake or something.)
 
Luap said:
^ You go on a lot of vacations don't you lol.
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nah man that was only the second one this year. I enjoyed it as I haven't done a beach resort since 2009 ... but overall wife and I think we are going to stick with cruising. I love chilling on the balcony watching the ocean roll by while drinking a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon.

The only issue I have when away is not having access to my consoles and PC. The last resort was great though, it had wifi so I got my daily doses of GAF.

Now that I'm back I'm probably going to be splitting my time between Smite and my PS4... I barely got to play with it before going away.
 
^ A good cruise is great, but sadly I tend to get seasick very easily, so I'll probably avoid them in the future. A shame, because the cruise I took to Tahiti was absolutely amazing. I got seasick on steak and lobster night. :( I love a good beach resort though. Traditionally we'd go to Cabo San Lucas but we haven't gone in several years.

Patch notes are live!

Nu Wa getting the skank treatment I see!

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New God: Nu Wa - Guardian of Heaven

Elemental Crystals (Passive)
Nu Wa draws upon the power of the five-colored elemental crystals. When she uses an ability, it activates its corresponding crystal for 10s, granting her an additional bonus. When all crystals are active, Nu Wa transforms into her true snake form, refreshing the duration of all crystal bonuses for another 10s.
Earth Crystal Bonus (always active) - +10 HP5

Fog
Nu Wa condenses moisture into fog at her location which follows her at 95% of her movement speed for 8s. She and all allies are stealthed while inside the fog. Attacking breaks the stealth effect. Enemies caught inside the fog cloud are slowly choked for 10/20/30/40/50 (+10% of her magical power) magical damage every second. This ability also activates Nu Wa's Water Crystal, granting her an increased move speed aura.
Water Crystal Bonus - 10/15/20/25/30% Move Speed
Cost - 70, Cooldown 14s, Fog Radius 20 ft

Clay Soldiers
Nu Wa conjures clay minions from the earth. These minions have health equal to 200 plus 20% of Nu Wa's maximum health and will push lanes and attempt to attack nearby structures. Using this ability also activates Nu Wa's Earth Crystal, granting her a physical protection aura.
Minions Summoned - 1/2/3/4/5
Minion Damage - 20 per hit
Minion Lifetime - 8s
Earth Crystal Bonus - 10/15/20/25/30 Physical Protection
Cost - 60/70/80/90/100, Cooldown 18s

Flame Strike
Nu Wa conjures an intense burst of flame at her target location dealing 60/100/140/180/220 (+60% of her magical power) magical damage, stunning enemies and enemy structures for 1s and igniting them for additional 5/10/15/20/25 (+10% of her magical power) magical damage every second for 2s. The damage increases the closer Nu Wa is to the source when cast, up to 1.5x at point blank range. This ability activates Nu Wa's Fire Crystal, granting her basic attacks splash damage that applies on-hit item effects.
Fire Crystal Bonus - Basic attacks hit targets within 15 ft for 50% damage
Cost - 70/75/80/85/90, Cooldown 12s

Pillars of Heaven
Nu Wa summons the pillars of heaven to imprison her enemies. Four metal pillars create a square with an electrical field. Enemies who pass through the field take 100/150/200/250/300 (+50% of her magical power) magical damage and are slowed by 35/40/45/50/55% for 3s. This ability also activates Nu Wa's Metal Crystal, granting her basic attacks increased damage.
Metal Crystal Bonus - 2x Basic Attack damage
Cost - 80/90/100/110/120, Cooldown 60s

New Skins:
Amethyst Nu Wa
Golden Thanatos
Golden Zhong Kui
Voicepacks:
Nu Wa

General
The Friends list has undergone a major UI overhaul. It is now accessed through a new user interface on the bottom right side of the main menu screens. The Party menu is accessed from the PLAY Screen. Expect future improvements to the Party and Play systems in the future.

The new-user Tutorial has been revamped.

Preliminary support for DirectX 11 with Anti-Aliasing has been added to the SETTINGS menu under the VIDEO tab. Users may discover some visual oddities in this mode. Please report any discoveries. Improvements will be made in future versions.

The background on the God Screen and Home Screen has been modified.

Jump is now enabled on all gods. For this patch, the following jumps were added: Arachne, Artemis, Kali, Loki, Nu Wa, Sobek, Vamana, Vulcan, Xbalanque

Deployables like Ymir’s Wall should no longer collide with player cameras. Instead you will see red or blue overlay meshes for characters hidden behind them.

Fixed an issue with ‘Featured Videos’ not showing on the landing page widget when first loading in.

Changed the wording of store bought actives from ‘Abilities’ to properly say ‘Actives’ on the Scoreboard.

When in a party AND in queue, you will no longer be able to change your Loading Portrait. This is subject to change at a later date.

The default tab on the Profile screen has changed.

Fixed a rare issue in which someone could be assigned an unreleased god in Assault.

Several minor bug fixes and cleanups to bot AI in practice matches.

The free god rotation is now Bastet, Hades, He Bo, Tyr, and Xbalanque

Spectator:
Tweaked the height and view angle of the overview camera in assisted mode.

Made some minor art adjustments in the Conquest map based on the new height and view angle. Future patches will have further refinements.

While in assisted or directed mode, clicking on a player's in-world avatar with the mouse cursor will set that player as the view target and move the camera to their position.

Added a zoom feature to assisted and directed mode, bound by default to Z for zooming in and C for zooming out.

Improved audio quality; more sounds from the play-space should be audible in directed and assisted mode.

Fixed an issue where a synced spectator's camera view could get reset when the sync master rewound.

Items:
Aegis Amulet’s highest tier has been split into two tier 3 variants

Aegis Amulet
Using this item makes you invulnerable to damage for 2s, preventing you from taking action. After the invulnerability fades, you gain a 20% damage reduction buff for 4s. This can be used even while under the effects of crowd control. Cooldown - 120s.

Aegis Pendant
Using this item makes you invulnerable to damage for 2s, preventing you from attacking but allowing you to move. Crowd control effects will still apply. After the invulnerability fades, you gain a 20% damage reduction buff for 4s. Cooldown - 120s.

Eye of Providence
Tier 1
Cooldown increased from 60s to 90s
Tier 2
Now spawns a standard Ward instead of Sentry Ward, which cannot see through stealth or reveal other wards.
Tier 3
Now spawns a Sentry Ward instead of Super Ward, which respects Line of Sight and can’t see through walls.

Gods:
Agni
Rain Fire
The warmup hit area indicator FX now shows 0.5s earlier for both friendly and enemy players. Note: The warm up did not get longer, the FX are visible earlier (more warning).

Ah Muzen Cab
Swarm
Fixed an issue where the projectile could explode if it hit an enemy deployable.

Aphrodite
Back Off!
The explosion for this ability now goes off at both Aphrodite and her target’s location. Any targets within the overlapping area are hit only once by the explosion originating from Aphrodite, applying Knockback but no Slow.
Updated the description to indicate that the knockback applied always pushes enemies back to a set distance away from her (25 ft).

Arachne
General
Now gains 0.9 magical protections per level, to be consistent with all other Assassins
Broodlings
Fixed an issue where sometimes the spiders would spawn underneath the map.

Ares
General
Fixed an issue where he could still cast Bolster Defenses while continuing to recall.

Athena
General
Magi’s Blessing was not properly referencing the highest tier in her Recommended Items

Bacchus
Drunk-O-Meter
Fixed typo in the passive meter. We were a bit ‘Tipsy’.

Bastet
Cat Call
The Ground Targeter should now properly indicate when this ability can’t be used

Chang’e
General
Fixed the rabbit getting stuck near the Phoenix in Joust.
Fixed an issue in which some of her Recommended Items were not properly referencing the highest ranks whereas Sprint and Meditation were incorrectly using the highest ranks.
No longer gains magical protection with each level, to be consistent with other mages
Moonlit Waltz
Reduced the invulnerability duration and fire time by 0.2s on the tail end
Moonflower Dance
Reduced damage and healing from 50/80/110/140/170 to 50/75/100/125/150

Cupid
General
Improvements made to jump for the Lil’ Devil skin.
Share the Love
Improved the visual treatment when the ground targeter is in an invalid location.

Fenrir
Ragnarok
Targets that are stealthed when grabbed are now revealed while held

Freya
General
No longer gains magical protection with each level, to be consistent with other mages

Hel
Inspire
Increased move speed granted from 10/12.5/15/17.5/20% to 15/17.5/20/22.5/25%

Hercules
Earthbreaker
Fixed an issue where targets could jump to avoid being tossed.

Isis
General
Her 3D targeting meshes have been turned back on.

Mercury
General
Removed a few random ‘s’ characters in his description.
Made You Look
Now correctly indicates that it scales off of Basic Attack damage rather than Item-based Physical Power
Sonic Boom
Hydra’s Lament and Hydra’s Demise no longer proc when the targeter is canceled.

Ne Zha
Wind Fire Wheels
Ne Zha is now immune to root effects while dashing

Odin
Shout
Fixed typo showing % physical power in the K screen.

Sobek
Lurking in the Water - High Seas Skin
Fixed an issue in which the canons were not playing their FX when damage occurred.

Sun Wukong
General
Sprint and Meditation were incorrectly using the highest ranks in his Recommended Items
Undefeated Body
Reduced the health threshold at which the protection and critical strike bonuses apply from 50% to 35%
Somersault Cloud
Cooldown increased from 90s at all ranks to 110/105/100/95/90s

Thanatos
Death Scythe
Increased healing on successful hit from 50% of damage dealt to 75%
Hovering Death
Bonus move speed while flying increased from 100% to 150%
Fixed an issue with his landing animation playing twice.

Thor
Mjolnir’s Attunement
Reduced cooldown from 14s to 12s

Tyr
General
Meditation was incorrectly using the second rank in his Recommended Items
Fearless
Enemies caught in the pushback that are stealthed will be revealed

Vulcan
Backfire
Fixed an issue in which Vulcan could be stuck moving backwards.
Fixed an issue in which Vulcan could sometimes get stuck in “hunchback” pose under some circumstances
Inferno Cannon
Fixed an issue where it would target towers.
Magma Bomb
Updated the targeter to be more clear where the center of the blast will be.

Xbalanque
Branching Bola
Toggling this ability will no longer interrupt basic attack refire times.
Right-click no longer cancels the toggled on status.
Fixed an issue with multiple buff icons showing up.

Ymir
Shards of Ice
Updated visual FX during buildup. This should also fix an issue where the FX were playing to completion even if this ability was interrupted early.

Zeus
General
Basic attacks will now apply an electrocution death to minions they kill
Chain Lightning
Now applies an electrocution death to minions it kills
Lightning Storm
Increased the buildup time from 0.6s to 0.9s
Reworded the tooltip to indicate each hit applies a charge

Zhong Kui
Demon Bag
Buff tooltip text updated to show correct value of 2 protections per stack
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Sluttiness aside, Nu Wa seems incredibly strong and versatile.
 
only did one game with her she seems like she could be pretty cheap level your 3 all the way at the beginning gives you massive lane clear and as for build i went for

shoes of the magi, demonic grip, polynomicon, focused void stone didnt get to finish the game because we won but i most likely would of finished off with a telkhines ring and a sovereignty (or ethereal staff)
 
I had two games of Assault in a row with her on the enemy team last night, she didn't seem nearly as bad as I expected. Hilarious, actually, because the entire enemy team would go into her fog for "stealth", except when you have five people in a cloud that small it effectively gives you a nice obvious target for AoEs. The clay soldiers don't seem overly scary (and I found out you can eat them with Basakura! Can you eat the cats from Bastet's ult?)

Also, I'm loving the visual tweaks they've been doing lately. The new effect for Thor's Berserker Barrage is awesome. I'll have to try out Alienware Ra. Surprised there's talk of nobody having him though, didn't they give out 8 billion codes for him?
 
TxdoHawk said:
I had two games of Assault in a row with her on the enemy team last night, she didn't seem nearly as bad as I expected. Hilarious, actually, because the entire enemy team would go into her fog for "stealth", except when you have five people in a cloud that small it effectively gives you a nice obvious target for AoEs. The clay soldiers don't seem overly scary (and I found out you can eat them with Basakura! Can you eat the cats from Bastet's ult?)

Also, I'm loving the visual tweaks they've been doing lately. The new effect for Thor's Berserker Barrage is awesome. I'll have to try out Alienware Ra. Surprised there's talk of nobody having him though, didn't they give out 8 billion codes for him?
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Lol. That's one of the first things I thought of about that ability in anything but Conquest (and maybe Domination). I think everyone's first instinct is to group up in it but it makes for a very good enemy target. The clay soldiers I think are effectively summoned minions so all minion rules should apply to them (in other words I don't think you can eat Bastet's cats lol).
 
TxdoHawk said:
I had two games of Assault in a row with her on the enemy team last night, she didn't seem nearly as bad as I expected. Hilarious, actually, because the entire enemy team would go into her fog for "stealth", except when you have five people in a cloud that small it effectively gives you a nice obvious target for AoEs. The clay soldiers don't seem overly scary (and I found out you can eat them with Basakura! Can you eat the cats from Bastet's ult?)

Also, I'm loving the visual tweaks they've been doing lately. The new effect for Thor's Berserker Barrage is awesome. I'll have to try out Alienware Ra. Surprised there's talk of nobody having him though, didn't they give out 8 billion codes for him?
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They did give out alot of Alienware Ra codes (I think there was thousands of them maybe around 20k or so) however, that was almost a year ago which is an eternity in game time (players leaving the game). Smite has also grown alot in terms of the fanbase with many players coming into the game long after that contest ended. I rarely seen Alienware Ra anymore and often get comments from other players when I play Ra with that skin.

Alienware Ra is actually one of the rarer skins, with the only other skin rarer I think being the Artemis Convention one.

edit: With the new graphics on Alienware Ra however, it wouldn't surprise me at all if Alienware/Smite release new codes for the skin on a time limited basis.
 
Bamelin said:
Alienware Ra is actually one of the rarer skins, with the only other skin rarer I think being the Artemis Convention one.
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Yeah, I don't have that Artemis, but I paid $4 on Ebay for this year's Tomato Kali.

My goal next year is to hit up a con where they actually show up, so I can just get the 2014 one myself. Hope it's a good one.

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Makes sense, yeah.
 
Are there any population numbers for smite? I'm having a tough time tracking some down, just wondering how active it is relative to other stuff.
 
SteveWinwood said:
Are there any population numbers for smite? I'm having a tough time tracking some down, just wondering how active it is relative to other stuff.
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It never takes me more than 3 - 6 minutes or so to get into a match of 5 on 5... and that is at ANY time of the day, be it 3 in the afternoon, or 4 in the morning.

If I were to guess, I'd say the population is very high.
 
TxdoHawk said:
Worth a double-post for the bump. HiRez put up this voting form for new skins 3 hours ago on Reddit:

http://fs12.formsite.com/HiRez/form56/index.html

They are going to do all of them apparently? This is to pick what to focus on first. They also posted some concept art on Imgur:

http://imgur.com/a/rmPZX#0

YES at that Kiddie Pool/Release the Quacken Posiedon. I WILL BUY IT. I WILL BUY IT TEN THOUSAND TIMES. But most of those are awesome.
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Also I voted for Soviet Athena. Athena is my go to god, and my absolute favorite to play. A shame she almost always gets banned from competitive ranked matches.
 
TxdoHawk said:
Worth a double-post for the bump. HiRez put up this voting form for new skins 3 hours ago on Reddit:

http://fs12.formsite.com/HiRez/form56/index.html

They are going to do all of them apparently? This is to pick what to focus on first. They also posted some concept art on Imgur:

http://imgur.com/a/rmPZX#0

YES at that Kiddie Pool/Release the Quacken Posiedon. I WILL BUY IT. I WILL BUY IT TEN THOUSAND TIMES. But most of those are awesome.
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Oh man all those are awesome with the kind of exception of Apollo's. I like the direction but it needs a little more character to it. I think I was just expecting more than him in a suit with guns when they were teasing how bad ass it was.

I went ahead and voted for Sci Fi Anubis mostly because I'm not a huge fan of any of his current skins and also because of my nostalgia for Stargate lol. I'd probably buy any of them though.
 
Played a few matches last night. Nu Wa isn't that scary. Her ult is kind of underwhelming. She's fun to play with/against though. Had a really good one on my team.

What do you guys think about Hastened Fatalis on hunter gods like Artemis? I've been testing it out and the passive is awesome but it gives no power or penetration so it's a tough call between it and Executioner/Asi.

SteveWinwood said:
Are there any population numbers for smite? I'm having a tough time tracking some down, just wondering how active it is relative to other stuff.
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Get out of my thread Winwood.
 
IRC Spoilers from Reddit:

Hirezerez: New Kali this week
Hirezerez: New model, new abilities
Hirezerez: kali can jump/dash

Hirezerez: New Vulcan ult this week
Hirezerez: yes, it's a BIG bomb

Hirezerez: Testing lower cast times on AO Kong (Ao Kuang)
Hirezerez: Kaung

Hirezerez: no cast times on Active items
Hirezerez: some did (when someone asked if actives ever had cast times)
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I'm excited to see the Kali changes.

In regards to the Ao changes:

We are working on getting all the cast time at .5 seconds or lower, and testing it on Ao. This is mostly QoL so the gods don't feel laggy. (never feels good to press an ability after another and nothing happens because of a backend cast delay).
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Apparently the way they are doing this stuff isn't going to impact stuff like the time between button press and first tick of damage, so these aren't going to be buffs. That's the gist I get, at least.
 
Im surprised the Game doesn't seem to get much love on GAF. Its been my go-to PC game for almost a year. Even sunk 110 dollars or so into it mostly for voice packs over the year as well as the core game god unlocks.
 
Boken said:
what are they doing to her
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Full skill rework and model rework. Lots of changes to the Chinese Pantheon lately due to the contract with Tencent. They're also experimenting with lowering the delay after casts (nothing to do with cooldowns) on gods and using Ao Kuang as an initial test god for it. Vulcan is also getting a new ultimate.
 
I usually hate playing tanks in solo queue, but I had a lot of fun in a couple games as Odin yesterday. I built Vanguard, Tabi, Ankh of Golem, Frostbound Hammer, Shield of Regrowth, and Voidblade. This way I am quite tanky and capable of being the team's front line fighter, while having the auto attack slow utility of the Hammer, and doing ok damage. The Shield of Regrowth is awesome since he already has beastly HP regen, but I'm wondering if Bulwark of Hope might be better on him, especially since I have Ankh. I need some sort of magic protection because by the later half of the game I start getting burst down by the mages.

Boken said:
most importantly: will she get skankier?
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If Hel and Nu Wa are any indication, yes. I'm guessing nipple tassels and a g string. 600 gem skin for topless stripper Kali.
 
Patch Notes:

New Kali. Plus Holiday Skins.

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God Re-make: Kali, The Goddess of Destruction

Marked for Death (PASSIVE)
A random enemy god is selected as Kali's Death Mark. Kali gains a physical penetration bonus against that god, and if she lands the killing blow, she heals for 80% of her maximum health and receives a +25% gold bonus. A new Death Mark is selected any time her current target dies, or if Kali dies, it is set to whoever last hit her.

Nimble Strike
Kali leaps forward, damaging enemies in the target area for 70/120/170/220/270 +80% of her physical power, and healing herself for 20% of the missing health from the most damaged target she hit. Cost - 70. Cooldown - 12s.

Lash
Kali throws 3 blades that converge upon the target location. Each blade deals 30/40/50/60/70 damage +20% of her physical power. A hit will apply a 3s bleed effect of 5/10/15/20/25 +5% of her physical power every 0.5s. This bleed does not stack. Kali gains 5/10/15/20/25 basic attack lifesteal against targets affected by this bleed. Cost - 60/65/70/75/80. Cooldown - 15/14/13/12/11s.

Incense
Kali hurls her incense at her feet, exploding it. Enemies hit are stunned, while Kali gains a 10/20/30/40/50 physical power bonus for 3/3.5/4/4.5/5s. Cost - 70. Cooldown - 18s.

Destruction
Kali becomes an unstoppable force of destruction, creating a damage aura around her of 20/25/30/35/40 +5% of her physical power every 0.5s. During this time, she can be reduced to 1 health, but cannot die. She is immune to knockup, slow effects and protected from root, but still vulnerable to stuns. Cost - 60/70/80/90/100. Cooldown - 90s.

New Skins:
Wreck the Halls Fenrir.

Holiday exclusive. Available to purchase only until January 8.

The Kali Demon Slayer skin has been reworked.

Golden Odin

The Jingle Hel and Bacchus Father Chrismash skins have been re-released and will be available to purchase only until January 8.

General
The Play Screen has undergone a significant UI overhaul. This includes significant changes to how parties are formed. NOTE: These changes represent only the first phase of modifications to the PLAY screen. Further changes are expected in future releases. User feedback is appreciated.

The Friends list has undergone some improvements and bug fixes:

A “Recently Played” area has been added to the friends list. This shows people that you recently played with, making it easier to add them as a friend, etc.

Fixed a bug in which the friends list UI would reset if a friend came online while you were browsing your friend list.

Several other minor usability improvements.

A bug has been fixed in the profanity filter.

Spectator:
Fixed a crash condition on return to lobby.

Items:
Polynomicon
Increased the cooldown for how often the bonus damage on-hit proc can occur from 2s to 4s

Hydra’s Lament
Increased the cooldown for how often the bonus damage on-hit proc can occur from 2s to 4s
*Note: This change is a result of the Polynomicon change. We are currently evaluating potential future changes to make this item more desirable.

Gods:
Ah Muzen Cab
Bees!
Base damage per tick increased from 5 to 8

Hive
Increased the maximum number of hives out from 4 to 6

Ao Kuang
Squall
Time before projectile fires reduced from 0.5s to 0.4s.
Time after projectile fires, before another ability can be used, reduced from 0.5s to 0.1s.

Slither
Time after activation, before another ability can fire, reduced from 0.25s to 0.1s.

Tornadoes
Time after the tornadoes appear, before another ability can fire, reduced from 0.5s to 0s.
Tornado lifetime reduced from 5s to 4s

Bakasura
General
Base Attack Speed gained per level reduced from 2% to 1.6%

Chang’e
Crescent Moon Dance
Now grants magical protection in addition to physical protection
Protections granted to allies increased from 10/15/20/25/30 to 20/25/30/35/40

Moonflower Dance
Healing reduced from 50/75/100/125/150 to 40/60/80/100/120

Waxing Moon
The projectile’s width has been reduced by 25% to match that of the targeter.

Fenrir
Brutalize
Fixed an issue where this ability would deduct mana cost and cooldown but not properly attack Vulcan’s turrets

Mercury
Maximum Velocity
Mercury is no longer immune to slows while this ability is active
Attack speed bonus reduced from 30/40/50/60/70% to 20/30/40/50/60%

Nu Wa
General
Adjusted her proportions slightly on the default character card
Fixed a bug in which Nu Wa’s snake form would not display correctly.
Base Attack Speed gained per level increased from 0.95% to 1.7%.

Fog
Fixed an issue where Fog wouldn’t apply on-hit ability effects like Gem of Isolation and magical lifesteal

Ultimate
Limited the number of hits per second (sorry, shake and bake fans). The fastest rate new damage can occur with consecutive rapid touches is now 0.5s.

Sun Wukong
The Magic Cudgel
Mana cost now scales with level. Now costs 50/60/70/80/90 instead of 50 flat for all ranks.

Master’s Will
Reduced knock up strength slightly. Approx 1.25 > .75 seconds of knock up.
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