So, I played HotS...

here is a video of a LoL vs HotS explaining the differences. And as LoL and Smite are more similar to each other (only big difference is view & controls)

Also guys can I remind you HotS is going to be the most casual (because no items and team lvl) MOBA out of the most known MOBA's (and most casual MOBA I know) on terms of basic stuff you need to know. (DotA is the msot hardcore MOBA I know if you are wondering followed by LoL and then smite and IC (and DG shared place) mostly because of itemization and some other mechanics)

Also all top down moba's feel a lot slower because the feeling of action is less. But HotS games are around 20 min while smite is around 40 min (CQ)

yeah a basic mistake that a lot of new (as in never seen or played the game but played other MOBA's) will make. The objectives are a lot more decisive (it's even displayed in the score screen) in this game. Because you got on one map a bombardment of enemy fortifications, on another a curse that halves health of towers and gives 1 hp to minions for x min, a giant statue that does massive damage, etc.

Also a UGP is not a thing every game has (most f2p games go as LoL). and I'm happy they didn't take a sort of Runes system as LoL has (they were planning too but decided not to or that's what I made of it)

My computer runs it at such a choppy speed that I gave up with it after a couple of hours ._.

I don't like the game either...the idea that only experience determines who is ahead is kind of off putting (aside from things like killing the mine monsters and such, but I'm talking on a character level).

I've tried it, just not my cup of tea. I'm like that with MOBAs. At the same time, I played many games in it, so my suggestion is trying it a bit more before you give up on it. It could really be fun to you after you learn the ins and outs of it.

Play a few more games, before you judge a game like HOTS.

Also considering that every map has a different "mechanic" to it, it will naturally be more confusing than most other MOBAs (if you accept this term).

Oh. Well...dude. Have you seen a game of HOTS? Because, no offense, it's kind of obvious that objectives > everything else. The only kind of heroes to push towers are if it's opportunistic, or if you're a dedicated sieger like Sgt. Hammer or Zagara.

But pushing is definitely not priority in this game.

That's what I like about it: It's intensely team-based.

And if you think Smite takes skill...my god, Abathur. See any clip of an Abathur game. It is INSANE.

Well, idk. I don't like weak ultimates.

This is going to sound EXTREMELY childish, but, I like playing Smite because I feel powerful, strong, and when I ult, I feel like I'm casting the ultimate spell that's going to totally obliterate, and it feels SO satisfying.

HotS' ults don't really feel like ults. I don't feel super crazy powerful.

Not to mention, er, it feels really slow compared to Smite. Like, even on a mount, you don't feel like you're moving that fast, and the lanes feel extremely small. The depth perception is weird. While you say Sonya's ultimate has insane range, I found it's range to be obnoxiously small. Idk.

How is the game confusing? Well. My first game of HotS, I was popping in expecting to push up a lane, take tower, etc. No, instead there's this seed ********, and suddenly there's this gigantic ****ing seed monster raping everything. I try to kill it, but suddenly the ***** possy roles in on their stupid *** horse mounts and totally rapes the **** out of me.

I would've gotten away, but everyone is slow as **** in that game, and I was frame skipping at the same time.

Idk. I guess it's just not for me.

All of the ultimates are a bit weaker than Smite's. Some people have bursty, flashy ultimates like Abathur, Murky, or Valla. Some have utility ultimates, like Sonya's Leap (who was the one you played) and Chen's Barrel Roll. You shouldn't call all the ultimates lame - they're a lot more like Arachne's new and old ults, instead of, say, He Bo's or Poseidon's ult. (Also, Sonya's ultimate has insane range, and always stuns, and the upgrade turns it into an odin ult, too.)

And seriously though it takes literally two or three games to unlock all talents. That's two-three 20-30 minute games, compared to Smite's 35-55 minute games.

You losing could be thanks to the top-down system versus the old system. It takes me a game or two to get re-used to it, when I switch from/to Smite. It's probably worse for a beginner.

Also, seriously, how is the game confusing?

first off. It takes like 2-3 games to unlock all the talents IF you have a friend along for the xp boost. So its not really a grind on that. Just party up with some random people and add them. So you don't really need to sink into it, let alone go ocean deep just to have all the talents on one guy.

And if ur looking for a "Champion pack" its still in Alpha so don't expect it to have everything.

The lag is understandable. Its a problem that everyone has with the servers their using