SMITE 3.12 Patch Preview - Mid Season Update

but all of the things they've implemented is things that the community wanted for a long time.
(taking examples from r/ smite cause hirez doesn't listen to us)

reddit asked for a viable god with no escape for a long *** time, and when they got it, they were happy.
Smitefire, us, however, weren't. and im not talking about Skadi's balance right now, cause that's a cancerous discussion.

So reddit started liking Ajax, Smitefire started hating him.

A large portion of the community (Smitefire/Reddit are split on this) have complained about not having a hunter that is an aa focused hunter with a kit less focused on clear that is viable, so Throwing Dagger was buffed. now, 3/4 of the reddit community wanted it removed. so they did.

CC has been the topic of discussion for a long time at the start of s3. mainly, knockups. knockups is the strongest type of cc, since you cannot cleanse it in the air. thus, Jing Wei was born.

now, the Jing Wei case is weird, me and a large portion of the community thought she was weak, but the truth is, she was balanced. she just has the highest skill floor out of all hunters, maybe even in the entire game, and that brought us to an unnecessary Jing Wei buff.

and then, Susano was born. the r/ smite community *****ed at Fish for "not being creative enough" so he made his most creative god, Susano. but what happened?

Smitefire loved him, r/ smite hated him.

i won't get into Susano's balance discussion right now cause that is also a cancerous discussion.

now, the wrost of the wrost and the most op god to be released this year: reworked Ratatoskr.

Reddit and the Ratatoskr community has been *****ing at hirez to rework him and keep his damage in mobility aspects, while giving him cc, but, the thing that broke him, is his damage and having a ****ton of mobility.

and hirez had a limited time. Reddit and twitch chat was *****ing at them every patch "WHERE THE **** IS MY REWORKED RATATOSKR!" so they were under a lot of stress, and what came out is a horrible and completely broken and overpowered result.

now, what happened is r/smite didnt hate Ajax. but smitefire hated him more. now, im not saying thats biased, but this is different from the pattern that we see here. the community is completely split, and thats proof.

regarding the Guan Yu and Odin buffs?

Guan Yu's passive has been hated on by the community by being too unoriginal. so they made it original.

Odin has been hated on for not fitting his lore, i think his new passive suits his lore more, but hirez did not want to deal with the countless Odin mains that love his passive, so they kept it.

now, the final example, Erlang Shen. all Fish wanted to do, was create a god that the community likes by creating an exciting kit from the things that the community loves.

His passive is a dog that deals bonus damage, Skadi is the 6th most popular god in the entire game.

his 1 is like Bakasura's Butcher Blades, which has been known as being super fun to play and exciting.

his 2 is like Khepri's root, which is the most popular support after Ymir.

his 3 is like Sun Wukong's 72 Transformations, which is known for the main reason people play Sun Wukong.

and his ult is an Athena taunt, which is the 3rd most popular support after Khepri.

and his kit has been requested a lot by the community, another aa based Warrior/Assassin.

And look whats going on on R /smite:https://www.reddit.com/r/Smite/comments/4qo2a3/creativity_fish_or_hirez_in_general/

now, what im saying is, the designers are not 100% pure, i admit, i dont like Fish and i love Ajax, but i may start appreciating Fish more, because i realize that the community is in charge for these crimes.