What Does SMITE 2's 24/7 Alpha Patch NEED To Succeed? 

You views on the MMR system are right, though in reality, Smite 2 hasn't got a big enough playerbase. Therefore, no matter how good of a matchmaking system they get, with no players, you are still going to be paired up with trolls and ragequitters.

Bro i absolutely HATED how they used the same icons, just recolored on items that're completely different. That shit pissed me off.

It needs ME 😎

Does anyone else enjoy the sick guitar solo at the end of intersect vids?

I honestly don't think they want for us to play SMITE 2 for 24/7. I think they need the servers to be live for testing, for 24/7. As in... there are things that might break with the game being live all the time. So I'm not expecting a lot for the 24/7 CLOSED Alpha. Maybe the F2P one, but not the closed one. Also, there probably won't be a big enough player base for MMR to work until 24/7 FTP opening.

I think that the 2 titanic Gods, Cthulu and Jormungandr would be great at showcasing what they can really do. Cthulus passive is a perfect way to showcase their great graphics too. Jorm should leave LINES of his puddle when crashing down from his Ult.

I'm so glad you mentioned familiarity for ported items, like who thought it was a good thing?

I’ll be happy if they add yemoja since cooldown has been reworked/uncapped i wonder if mid yemoja will be viable?

Very surprised that they haven't showcased more new gods or even hinted at what they'll be. That would be easy way to excite players to keep supporting. I honestly would like to see classes return or at least some sort of ideal role tag for the gods. I do get that they want to get away from tight categories like classes but they needs something more than just a list of traits that you have to break down and figure out where it would work best on your own. Just something more to help guide people, it doesn't have to be the design philosophy or even hard rules just something a little more than just a list of traits because that will get old quickly.

I think smite looks better on the old engine

The only way I’m playing is if joust is included and eset / Horus / Geb are included lol

I think it will be cool if they make some vote about what gods from Smite 1 should be release in Smite 2.

Bring back portal demon for the portals so they aren’t usable until a team caps it to make it feel like the gold fury now.

Smite 2 is in such a bad place. Most players hate the new item system, they don't like the intellect strength system, they don't like the map system. It's just not going in a direction that will result in players wanting to invest.

Nice watching this now after the dev insight and seeing a lot of it has already been fulfilled way before we know the entire patch

Be cool if it had map objectives that changed with each game, kinda like HotS (Hero's of the Storm) did

I personally believe yeah they should put in role ques and fix some items but I like smite 2 a lot and if it’s 24/7 I’d want another game mode besides arena like joust or assault honestly maybe a completely new mode unique to the game

Didn't I see you at that riot? Also, please don't ever use that screen shake effect again.

7:08 If they really want to have interact objective that isnt boring they should add a mini game to it. Maybe a rhythm type game similar to Helldivers 2. Could add skill gap to it as well as the better you are at it the least amount of time you are stuck on it.

When they add Agni i will play Smite 2. Thats the thing. A lot of people want to keep their favorite gods and when its not possible, why switch?

Honestly, I dislike the str/int system in general. It feels too limiting in what you can/can't build into, and some characters are really crippled in their options for it. Bacchus' leap for example scales off of strength whereas everything else scales with int, that just screws a big fraction of your damage just because of this design choice. It adds a level of inconsistency and difficulty (not the fun kind) to the game since now you have to remember which characters use which stats well for which abilities and it's not gonna be nice for new players. I suggest they revert it back to smite 1's beta days where there's just 1 kind of power. Also, classes should make a return. I get that they wanna move to a classless system but realistically it's still there because each god still has a tendency to be played in some roles. They were designed for them, after all. Removing classes just makes it more confusing and is again not very new player friendly. At least give them that label back. Lastly, in smite 2 they assigned specific gold costs to stat amounts, and this makes it so that theoretically each item is balanced because no item is more stat efficient than another. Of course, there are exceptions to this, like they made it so that intelligence + cooldown rate have a synergy together reducing their costs, but generally speaking each item is worth the same. While this is very nice for balance in theory, it kind of makes the game feel sterilized/boring in my opinion. There's less of a thought process with each build. I can't make a tradeoff to get a strong early game item that falls off lategame, or vice versa get a weak early game item that becomes more valuable lategame. It's perfectly fine for some items to be better at certain points in the game than others, I think that adds a fun layer of depth to building

Everything you say is true. But Smite was the game I grew up with. I was a kid when I discovered Smite and now i'm graduating school and still playing it. Smite 2 sounds good but saying goodbye for Original Smite... 😞

Serious question, when was the last time they released a solo laner that wasnt basic or boring. Outside of tyr and arthur there hasnt been an actually solo laner with any meaningful skill expression in years. Ama and cerberus are my favorite solo laners and theyre not difficult to play outside of hitting cerb stuns (3/4 when you need it the most)

You still need to but it to access it or it's gonna be for everyone?

Banning / longer queues for trolls / leaving teammates sounds good until it kills off the player base when teammates abusing the report tool gets players who can’t run the game or experience that famous smite downtime where people just disconnect 1 after another . They need to keep queue full of players during this alpha , I do think the solution is adding ranked and having it so if you troll a game and get multiple reports , or leave the game for 5+ minutes you lose the maximum amount of tp if your team loses or surrenders dropping you to a different pool of players . If your team wins with less people they get a small boost , and the person who left still loses some tp but at a moderate rate . Ranked for all purposes should be the MAIN game mode for smite 2 and should be the most popular game mode , so push the player base to enjoy ranked play as they once did playing casual . After consistent reports you get banned from ranked play for some time , and you’ll find the ranked pool to be more fun and competitive than the casual game mode where all the trolls will reside . * also add very specific report systems so if someone is abusing vgs/ voice chat (if they add it) , text chat (if it’s added) they get those features taken away for a period of time. + if a teammate is intentionally throwing like how in smite 1 someone will have a temper tantrum and sit in base for 15 minutes , they get super long queues in ranked , somewhat long queues in casuals and if their behavior improves they get into the normal queue time pool .

In smite 1 I build 1 defense item and I feel like I'm made of iron, while in smite 2 I build full defense and I still get one shot by Ymir str crit.

When does the 24/7 alpha starting?? Watched the whole vid

change back the cd rate to % will be really cool too

Mordhau is already planned to be added to smite 2, my game bugged a couple patches ago, I was able to see susano as a god on the roster before he was put into the game, mordhau was also on the roster, i posted an image and tagged hirez of it on twitter.

Needs scylla 😔

Do you or anyone know if the progress will continue into the Beta and when the game fully comes out?

More female ported Gods, Aggro literally just pushes all the male OTP's to get released.

Teleport should not be in smite 2, it is a bandaid for making bad plays most of the time in solo. The side teleporters let you rotate without a relic so it would only serve as another bandaid that makes poke and pressure mean less in 2 like it does in 1.

I’m a support main in S1 but I honestly can’t stand support in 2 I just play sol solo 😂

Actually good developers

Says a lot about smite when you see the official channel's recent video views vs content creators

I think a lot of tank r missing hp5 like they have one item with it and it's not good items do need fixed my pour tanks

I have to hard disagree on bringing back flat pen. It's too good of a stat and basically every non tank in smite 1 needs it in their builds to the point where hi rez has just been handing out flat pen left and right on random items to make an item more appealing in such an artificial way.

tbh i have zero faith in this game

I really dont think physical flat pen, magical flat pen, physical % pen AND magical %pen on everycharacter is a good idea

I think too much of what you said is just “keep it just like smite 1” You gotta let change happen and see how it effects the game

Honestly I'd be fine with 3 ported gods and 1 new one.

Until they get the overwhelming majority of Gods ported over, people will mainly play smite 1

Smite 2 gods rant video?

what does 24/7 closed alpha mean , it will be only 1 day ?

need skill tree or build complexity

At least 12 inches of smite 2

It’s JUST TOO CARTOOOOON LIKE!

Did smite just make it you can no longer buy voice pack chests with favor? 😂😂 bad decisions

Of all the relics to bring to Smite 2, why are you so hung up on teleport? It’s the lamest relic by far. Especially if we’re only getting one. You need to let it go.

dead game

4st

smite 2 looks bland

I've talked to my small subscribers about this and friends and some say the strength and intelligence is confusing for some people/new players. For example in smite 1 it was simple and easier to understand which gods are physical or magical. In smite 2 every god has strength or intelligence. If they revert it to just magical or physical i won't mind and I think some people might agree. I completely understand about not making smite 2 the same as smite 1 but for newer players most of them like how simple smite 1 is and it was easier to understand like builds and what gods do what.

Also, combat blink needs to go. Immediately.

i know im still going to be playing smite. my ass is going to be splitting the playerbase.

Stop fixing and changing things that were never broken!

This is just the same game with different graphics.