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But I know what LoL players would think of Smite "theres no jungle" , "You can see everything coming" "So imbalance"

The same with some Dota 2 features.

Though, Hi-rez should keep its originality in concepts.

Actually, I found it to be the exact opposite. Since field of vision is limited purely to what's in front of you, and maybe any wards you set up, it was always very easy to gank in SMITE. Even if your enemies called MIAs, that was really the only cue they had to go by. They didn't know where you went missing to (back to base, or into the jungle?), they didn't know how long you'd be missing (you might be grabbing camps before ganking), they didn't even know which lane you'd try to gank! Believe me, I've had several occasions where an MIA from right lane turns up one minute later all the way on the left side of the map and catches my lane completely by surprise because we were expecting them to strike mid, not left. You'd only see everything coming if you warded, which almost nobody did in casual queue.

For the record, the only "imbalance" was the slew powercreep gods we've been getting for a while now. Anhur, (buffed) Thor, Apollo, Ne Zha, and Poseidon being some of the biggest offenders right now.

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Can someone explain what they mean by powercreep?

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Sunfall, I find that "advanced" ganking more fun and more action packed. And with I didn't mean I find it imbalanced, but I think LoL players would consider it at some points.

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Can someone explain what they mean by powercreep?

Powercreep is a term used to refer to when it feels like the "average" power of new gods is significantly greater compared to those that came before them.

Case in point: Artemis. Originally the only physical ranged god, and was considered to be good until Anhur showed up. Anhur's kit was super-loaded with utility that made Artemis seem much worse by comparison, and every ranged carry since Anhur had varying degrees of both power and utility. Meanwhile, Artemis had been completely neglected while each new ranged carry proved to be a much better pick than her.

A lot of other gods that were initially around since the start of beta have been struggling to find a place in the current meta. Sun Wukong had to be remade because he had fallen off in usage so much, going from being a superstar to nearly forgotten before the Hun Batz makeover. Bastet already had issues competing with the other assassins at first, and now she's considered to be one of, if not the worst god in the game right now, and powercreep is largely to blame for this.

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