Even as a console controller player, I have to say that actives aren't hard; I was just forgetting where they were on my keybinds and when to use them.

Its the Console players that play on Xbox that are affected by active items. Its difficult to bind them to an easily accessible button. They just need to get rid of the button also to pick up stuff, we can use that button. but adding in 2 buttons for actives... just makes it more complex. Most people only roll with 1 item if they are console, because they DONT have enough buttons for that nonesense.

Weak3n I’m a casual, haven’t played ranked at all since Season4-ish and I agree with everything you say. Even if I’m not grinding ranked I like a game to be fun and challenging and enjoy learning the intricacies of things, such as active items. I don’t care if I’m loading up Arena, I’m not going to intentionally play bad.

With regards to the shop: I thought the Alpha 1 Shop was unintuitive and confusing; but the Alpha 2 shop was exactly what I wanted it to be. I'm confused how people could be confused by it, especially if you use the view that centers it and shows full text description of the tabs.

Great video love these break down videos

Combat Blink should replace beads and gods like ares/daji should be reworked when ported over for a change like this. If that happens Smite 2 will feel like a sequel. Because if a cc ability isn't instant you can combat blink it and dodge the cc entirely. Most casual players or new players aren't going to understand how beads works and why it's so important, it makes more sense from a casual and gameplay perspective to physically dodge an ability to avoid cc than to press a button to completely invalidate the mistake you potentially made being hit by said ability. I played the first alpha test and loved how Blink changed the way I approached the game, I wish it could be usable on every character base kit, and the game can be tweaked to be less cc-focused than Smite 1, it's a win-win in that sense.

3:13 did he just misspeak or do we think he’s played newer versions with heim in it?

Its not a hard fix for active items on controller, have a function when u hold down on the D pad or rapidly press it 2 times a radial menu pops up for avtive items.

Active items in smite one on Xbox don’t work sometimes they just don’t activate at all at certain times they need to fix that issue

would be like having 2 versions of smite 2 in one single game ,if they want us to build only 1 active item while the rest is passive items on console. I guess you could do a best console build and also have a best pc build but that's just confusing and more balancing. I think this is a major update but it has left some open questions in direction of item integration with to controls I guess the July update will be the decider for it

I think there should be diminishing returns on stacking buffs. For example: first buff you pick up gives 100% of the buffs benefits, second buff is only 75% effective, and so on. Would encourage people to give their teammates buffs if they are around, but is efficient if you are by yourself and don’t want to waste the buff by leaving it on the ground.

As a console player Death Metal became my favorite item i got 2 actives that are my relics from smite 1 super easy. And the shop just needs to be odered by price imo.

As a slash mainly keyboard player, the active items were awesome in 2

Plat consoler, I just forget I had them or wasn't used to their location and fumbled which one I wanted. It's just a learning curve.

But I do acknowledge that I haven’t played enough smite 2 yet to get used to it

No lie the active items feel a little clunky on controller and I had like 3k mmr on pc qs with the roller also the UI for controller shop on smite is slow

When I played Sol, she felt similarly slow like Anhur. I especially didn't like her 2-ult combo it felt terrible to use!

Real question. Do I just suck or is the update to the health a little over done. I think they should’ve went with 15% rather than 25%. But idk. Probably just a skill issue. I understand people out of position should be punished. But I don’t think I should die for it, I should at least be givin a chance to use my juke skills to get away. I die almost instantly if a team is playing all damage gods. It truly blows my mind how fast I die sometimes. I don’t remember it being this bad before

I know everybody is different, but for me I think they need to have alot more gods available. That's a big part of what makes smite interesting for me. I know it's an early access but not having choices made the game less appealing. Like I rather wait until there's around 100 characters ready

i didn’t like navigating the store too much as a console player, it wasnt ass just clunky and needed a few changes. as for actives, they were not difficult to use whatsoever. there was def a learning curve i had to commit to. but even the dumbest players can figure out which actives they wanted and which ones they didnt… they could better articulate which items had actives tho. there could be more color coding and ways to separate items (active items could have borders, different colors can be defensive, aggressive, utility, etc)

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I think the new active system is just not good for the kind of game smite is. not everything translates well from top down and the 2 active system is perfect for quick use by players of all skill levels. Telling people not to buy actives as a solution sounds like telling a soldier not to wear armor if it doesn't fit, it's not going to end well against others without that restriction.

mostly just forgetting to use the actives, hyper casual

Pretty sure by the time it’s open beta active items will be completely removed to cater to console if not, they’re just gonna play a different game and hirez isn’t gonna want to lose out on the console market.

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It’s the shitty Xbox players we can never have nice things. Active items are a must this game .

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Remove actives

The fact you have to explain how to read and learn to players is WILD 😂

The amount of buttons that are available to slot activities on console is very easy. Why the slow bros gotta make us look bad

Having strength and int is stupid. Just make smite but for the next gen. Stop trying to re invent the only successful game hirez 😂

They need to make the game more simple for new players. Simple and fun. Otherwise it won’t make it.