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coca bojangles
Nov 2, 2011

Superhuman hindsight




"Here at HiRez we don't apologize to our Bitches, we thank our Bitches."

coca bojangles fucked around with this message at 13:44 on Jun 26, 2016

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cyclonic
Dec 15, 2005

Teaser for upcoming sale(s?):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmeYImS2PJ4

Previous years it was discounts on gems and skins. Not sure what they plan this year since there was a big gem sale during Dreamhack. Chest sales? :shepicide:

Last year, they gave out 10 gems for first wins of the day. I didn't get much done yesterday because of how tryhard and toxic the games were that I were in (get first blooded, immediately rage quit). I'm really starting to hate the free gems on first wins and I wish there was another way. But I'm sure if there was something like "10 gems for just playing each mode" people would be loving AFKing in base.

edit-
Glad I'm not the only person that feels this way: https://www.reddit.com/r/Smite/comments/4q6kcr/discussion_gem_events_should_not_be_based_on_wins/

cyclonic fucked around with this message at 13:42 on Jun 28, 2016

Zain
Dec 6, 2009

It's only forever, not long at all
Lu Bu god reveal?

https://twitter.com/HirezChris/status/747851110786924544

Jimbot
Jul 22, 2008

DO NOT PURSUE!

cyclonic
Dec 15, 2005

Brightened version:

Mr. Neutron
Sep 15, 2012

~I'M THE BEST~
I want me some Greek gods again :(

VELOUR SPACESUIT
Feb 4, 2008

Well well well, this looks to be one disturbingly erotic post

cyclonic posted:

Brightened version:



In just silhouette I was assuming it was an Ao Kuang skin, but is it time for the Erlang Shen reveal? (The jewel on his headpiece will be his "third eye" I guess?)

It feels like they just released Fafnir...

cyclonic
Dec 15, 2005

Mr. Neutron posted:

I want me some Greek gods again :(

Gotta appease Tencent overlords.

Farecoal
Oct 15, 2011

There he go
Who was the last Egyptian god?

beaner69
Sep 12, 2009

Mr. Neutron posted:

I want me some Greek gods again :(

Same except mayan.

GuyUpNorth
Apr 29, 2014

Witty phrases on random basis

Farecoal posted:

Who was the last Egyptian god?

Probably Serqet. It has been a while indeed... still waiting for that Greek warrior.

Mr. Neutron
Sep 15, 2012

~I'M THE BEST~
Nah, Khepri.

An Egyptian god would be a nice treat, too. Anything but Japanese :(

Mr. Neutron fucked around with this message at 12:50 on Jun 29, 2016

Farecoal
Oct 15, 2011

There he go
Erlang is Chinese

Zain
Dec 6, 2009

It's only forever, not long at all

VELOUR SPACESUIT posted:

In just silhouette I was assuming it was an Ao Kuang skin, but is it time for the Erlang Shen reveal? (The jewel on his headpiece will be his "third eye" I guess?)

It feels like they just released Fafnir...

I was thinking Lu Bu because of how Chinese writing talks about how he's a demon and all that. Though I guess he wasn't really exonerated to godhood. But just that design definitely reminded me of how they generally make him look in other games.

Edit: But I guess Erlang Shen makes sense due to data mining.

Zain
Dec 6, 2009

It's only forever, not long at all
Incoming cute Dogo

https://twitter.com/SmiteGame/status/748191868572172288

Ben Nerevarine
Apr 14, 2006
Anubis buff teased

https://twitter.com/HiRezAjax/status/748149339906703363

Hi-Rez please stop messing with my feelings :negative:

Zain
Dec 6, 2009

It's only forever, not long at all
https://twitter.com/uglycatlady/status/748224035612303360

Welp! New god has a new dog.

coca bojangles
Nov 2, 2011

Superhuman hindsight
Oh God HiRezAPC resigned today...

https://www.reddit.com/r/Smite/comments/4qhho8/my_resignation_from_hirez_studios/

I don't even know what to say...

RIP

edit: For those of you who don't know who APC is - He is basically the main guy behind Smite eSports.

coca bojangles fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Jun 29, 2016

Ben Nerevarine
Apr 14, 2006
Golden Bow: GONE!

Zain
Dec 6, 2009

It's only forever, not long at all
I was thinking about "God when was the last time we had an actual warrior that's supposed to build damage and attack speed." So it's kinda cool. He doesn't seem THAT powerful, but the dog is a nice damage buff.

cyclonic
Dec 15, 2005

Zain posted:

I was thinking about "God when was the last time we had an actual warrior that's supposed to build damage and attack speed." So it's kinda cool. He doesn't seem THAT powerful, but the dog is a nice damage buff.

Osiris was one. But with this new guy, why would anyone want to pick Osiris for anything.

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Guan Yu buff out of nowhere? HE DIDN'T NEED IT.


:worship: Tencent :worship:

cyclonic fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Jun 29, 2016

coca bojangles
Nov 2, 2011

Superhuman hindsight
Guan Yu didn't need a buff... wait he's Chinese right? Ohhhhh

beaner69
Sep 12, 2009
That patch looks stupid as gently caress, yeah buff hel and nerf curse. The new gods dog can crit lmao, and td and gb gone cuz of reddit crybabies.

Farecoal
Oct 15, 2011

There he go
Actually all the changes you just described are good

beaner69
Sep 12, 2009
Nah.

Farecoal
Oct 15, 2011

There he go
Leaving Hel as the worst god in the game is good because

Ben Nerevarine
Apr 14, 2006
That is not a Guan buff. His potency came from his consistent high healing and now not only does his passive take 50% longer to stack, it can be burned on other abilities.

e: and partial stacks can't be used

Ben Nerevarine fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Jun 29, 2016

RGCrab
Aug 23, 2012
Curse needed nerfed, and Hel makes me leery because she was highly effective in joust but worthless everywhere else. They overnerfed her way back, but they should have made her self heal stronger instead of her team heal if they wanted to make her conquest viable again.

I'm a little unhappy about the golden bow vanishing act when they could have just reverted it to the season 2 version. I had some fun gimmick builds that just won't exist without golden bow, and I've been using those builds since season 1 with varying success. On the other hand, the current golden bow and hunter meta is unfun and turns the duo lane into a question of which duo has better CC so I completely understand just blowing up golden bow.

The new god is going to take some time to look at and get tuned. A shield+dash, a massive heal in his ult, a root... he is going to be decently hard to pin down and kill once he gets going.

The Guan change is hilarious and unneeded, and destroys the way a lot of late solo players used him as a machine gun healer in the middle of fights. Now he will just be a consistent drizzle of healing in and out of fights. I'm laughing pretty hard at how divided the community seems to already be over how this either turns him into a monster or utterly destroys him.

cyclonic
Dec 15, 2005

Shab posted:

That is not a Guan buff. His potency came from his consistent high healing and now not only does his passive take 50% longer to stack, it can be burned on other abilities.

e: and partial stacks can't be used

Incon pretty much had the same reactions me, Coca, and Ezell had watching these patch notes:
https://clips.twitch.tv/incon/BloodyChimpanzee4Head
DM apparently had the same reactions we did.

This, pretty much:
https://twitter.com/juiceDust_/status/748257151559344129

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https://clips.twitch.tv/incon/OddSeahorseDOOMGuy
Pretty much. Don't ever need boots on Odin ever in non-Conquest modes. But why would you get boots when Ritual Dagger exists.

cyclonic fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Jun 29, 2016

Ben Nerevarine
Apr 14, 2006

cyclonic posted:

Incon pretty much had the same reactions me, Coca, and Ezell had watching these patch notes:
https://clips.twitch.tv/incon/BloodyChimpanzee4Head
DM apparently had the same reactions we did.

This, pretty much:
https://twitter.com/juiceDust_/status/748257151559344129

edit-
https://clips.twitch.tv/incon/OddSeahorseDOOMGuy
Pretty much. Don't ever need boots on Odin ever in non-Conquest modes. But why would you get boots when Ritual Dagger exists.

I mean if you need credentials to back your opinion, Ataraxia had the same reaction as I did :shrug:

https://twitter.com/AtaraxiaGG/status/748261160911273984

But yeah, the new Odin passive is absolutely balls out bonkers. One of those fairly uncommon changes that is clearly imbalanced right there on paper, like that one brief time Nox had 90% scaling on her 3. Not to mention giving Odin a new passive is unnecessary/superfluous/never asked for by anyone. That one really is a baffling addition. On the other hand, I really want to make the argument that most of these changes are for the better--that Arachne change in particular is downright elegant--but all my gaming time has been almost 100% Overwatch since it came out. :(

fool of sound
Oct 10, 2012
The datamined new Odin passive was still powerful, but way more reasonable and tbh useful; burst hp and mp heal every ten autoattacks. This is bizarre.

Farecoal
Oct 15, 2011

There he go
i'm already burnt out on overwatch

Zain
Dec 6, 2009

It's only forever, not long at all
I don't think Guan was a complete buff. 30 stacks is going to be harder to get, and if you use the wrong ability it's pretty much gone. HE also doesn't get any bonus healing on anything other than max stacks. So it makes it a bit of a choice now.

coca bojangles
Nov 2, 2011

Superhuman hindsight
Guan Yu's heal was a problem because of all the CDR he's got in his kit.

Heal an ally -2s all cooldowns
Dash through an enemy -2s all cooldowns

Genji's - take magical damage -2s all cooldowns
Spectral - use a relic -3s all cooldowns

It doesn't matter that his passive is "harder" to stack, he's got more ways to utilize it now and a new item that lets him overcap CDR even more than he already does.

He has more potential now, and I am ashamed to have him diamond :(


edit: I can agree that this might be a nerf to his heal, but the rest of his kit got a buff.

coca bojangles fucked around with this message at 14:15 on Jun 30, 2016

cyclonic
Dec 15, 2005

Some results of people testing Erlang Shen:

quote:

  • If Erlang doesn't crit, but the dog DOES, Malice damage is based on the DOG'S power (15% of Erlang's basic attack damage)
  • Crits from either Erlang or the dog will refresh the duration of Malice on a target, based on the power of whoever first initiated the DoT
  • If Erlang builds Qin's Sais, the dog will also proc it. However, the percentage damage it deals is still multiplied by the 15% factor
  • If the dog's basic attack is the "4th" in the chain, the damage from Charged Bow and Odysseus Bow work off of the dog's power
  • The dog does not cause Stone Cutting to double-proc. This is either a very specific glitch or an indication that the dog's basic attack is not considered "melee" (probably the latter)
  • The dog will proc Death's Toll health and mana regen for the full amount
  • The dog will proc Bumba's Mask true damage for the full amount (thanks to /u/Asperion27 for pointing this out)

Those starter item interactions :psyduck:

But I'm more worried about his steroid getting reduced cooldown on auto-attack hits. That poo poo is going to be up all the time.

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HiRez, please don't ever fix this

cyclonic fucked around with this message at 13:36 on Jun 30, 2016

Mr. Neutron
Sep 15, 2012

~I'M THE BEST~
In other news, Aphro got a new passive that does not suck! Rejoice !

coca bojangles
Nov 2, 2011

Superhuman hindsight

Mr. Neutron posted:

In other news, Aphro got a new passive that does not suck! Rejoice !

Aphro support might be back y'all! Got her to diamond season 1 playing support, ahh the good 'ol days.

Farecoal
Oct 15, 2011

There he go
I like that Odin and Aphro got to keep their old passives

Zain
Dec 6, 2009

It's only forever, not long at all

cyclonic posted:

Some results of people testing Erlang Shen:


Those starter item interactions :psyduck:

But I'm more worried about his steroid getting reduced cooldown on auto-attack hits. That poo poo is going to be up all the time.

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HiRez, please don't ever fix this

Thought they said the cooldown reduction is only max 2.5 seconds on it? and it's a 14 second ability without it.

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cyclonic
Dec 15, 2005

It's apparently bugged on the PTS so :shrug: until we see it on the live client.

cyclonic fucked around with this message at 20:30 on Jun 30, 2016

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