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cyclonic posted:It was a promotion thing HiRez did to help boost interest in the eSports scene. You were supposed to buy the "Season Ticket" and basically bet on who you'd think would win in the pro games. You'd be awarded fantasy points for guessing correctly. Has there been any word on if they're doing this again for season 3? I didn't manage to finish mine because of how I stop playing for months sometimes but it was still interesting getting rewards every now and then for just playing.
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You can also just spend gems on fantasy point packs to get the rewards if you really want the Hou Yi and/or Sylvanus skins. Sylvanus skin is pretty good. "Sci-fi torpedo launch noises, pewpew pewpew pewpew!"
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cyclonic posted:It was a promotion thing HiRez did to help boost interest in the eSports scene. You were supposed to buy the "Season Ticket" and basically bet on who you'd think would win in the pro games. You'd be awarded fantasy points for guessing correctly. Awesome, thanks for the info. The only Season 2 reward that I only really want is the Japanese Pantheon player card. So I'll give season 3 a shot, there's no reason not to now that I understand what that is.
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Jimbot posted:Awesome, thanks for the info. The only Season 2 reward that I only really want is the Japanese Pantheon player card. So I'll give season 3 a shot, there's no reason not to now that I understand what that is. That's not in the season ticket. Do you mean the loading frame cuz that was part of the odyssey.
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kojicolnair posted:Has there been any word on if they're doing this again for season 3? I didn't manage to finish mine because of how I stop playing for months sometimes but it was still interesting getting rewards every now and then for just playing. No official word from HiRez about doing the same thing for Season 3. But it seems like a great idea - it both promotes their eSports scene and incentivizes people to play their game. It'll probably be more expensive or a harder grind the second go-around though.
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cyclonic posted:It'll probably be more expensive or a harder grind the second go-around though. I hope not, I play pretty regularly and I'm still not going to get sylvanus before this shebang ends.
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The dream! Rama Astral strike with red pot and full triple crit build through three people.
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This was pretty funny. Joined up for a second round against a guy who hated that we lost the first. I started loving with him, he left the game early, started feeding around 12 minutes in to try and make us lose, we somehow still pulled it back for a win. I have no idea how, I was playing like utter poo poo. I know my mic is far to loud i'll fix that sometime
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rip Ares, glad I already have him at diamond.
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Yardbomb posted:So we're really just not doing anything about Sol? Polynomicon doesn't proc off her 2 anymore. This is a step in the right direction.
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Looking for a clan invite, in-game name is Motsew. Normally poo poo at most MOBA's but I'm giving this one a go and hoping I don't suck as much since it's 3rd person and target based.
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Syrinxx posted:rip Ares, glad I already have him at diamond. I'm grinding out the last 90 or so worshippers I need this weekend and then i'll never be touching him again it seems.
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What did happen with Ares? Besides 9/10 "we went overboard" on nerfs.
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See this? "Ares throws chains out to all enemy gods in an area around him. All enemies hit by the chains are pulled to Ares after 2.5s, taking damage and are Stunned plus additional time for each enemy god hit by the ability." They're removing that bit. Now its a bit harder to really punish teams for grouping up like idiots, in addition to every character having beads from the get go if they really like.
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Man people are all bent out of shape with the changes or lack of changes in the last PTS notes, to the point of them threatening to quit Smite. I mean come on. Really? especially those salty diamond Sol mains. MY FREE DAMAGE THO  Ares is fine. They nerfed the stun after the ult.
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BUT IT WAS SO FUN My friends aren't good at the game and it takes them a couple of seconds to stack the realise i've pulled and stack the ults, so I really liked the stun It is a bit weird that they're leaving sol's 2 as a basic attack, but without the ability to proc poly. They should change that to something else just to avoid confusion, because I can see that throwing new players.
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Jan 28, 2016 16:15
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UGH! Yeah Sol players complaining that their free 500 damage is gone can go to hell.
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I'd rather them nerf the rampant CC in the game on a god-by-god basis over time than revert the Beads changes. Beads were essentially mandatory which was never very healthy for the game. I understand change is scary but it'll make for a much more interesting game if 1 out of 2 Relic slots aren't automatically spoken for no matter what your role.
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I did it! I carried as Ne Zha solo in a Conquest against Weak3n on PTS. edit: I'm going to try and find the game on his past broadcasts when he stops streaming. http://www.twitch.tv/weak3n/v/38215129 He spends most of the game blaming his team. coca bojangles fucked around with this message at 21:06 on Jan 28, 2016 |
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Here is the new Kuku skin in motion~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT9_inpiU7w
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dogstile posted:See this?
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dogstile posted:It is a bit weird that they're leaving sol's 2 as a basic attack, but without the ability to proc poly. They should change that to something else just to avoid confusion, because I can see that throwing new players. She still can Soul Reaver people. It's just with the Poly nerf she can't chunk out a third of someone's health at level 5ish anymore. Now she has to wait and invest more money. And now at level 14ish she can't chunk out 2/3 of someone's health in one shot. :smallest violin: Go play Ao Kuang you Sol mains, he got some much needed buffs  Shab posted:I'd rather them nerf the rampant CC in the game on a god-by-god basis over time than revert the Beads changes. Beads were essentially mandatory which was never very healthy for the game. I understand change is scary but it'll make for a much more interesting game if 1 out of 2 Relic slots aren't automatically spoken for no matter what your role. I'm agreeing with everything but I don't want a huge nerf across the board on all cc. People are complaining that %cc-reduction is useless on mechanics like pulls, knockups, etc; and that the gods with these mechanics are OP (Ares). This needs to sink in to those people: Season 1 & 2 beads was a crutch and now you need to adapt. Just like how HoG was for supports and the solo lane. There's plenty of ways avoid getting pulled by Ares but now you will actually need to sacrifice something (an ult, an item slot for Magi's, or several slots for Cloak of Sorrow/Bulwark) instead of having a 900 gold all encompassing get-out-of-cc-free-card (plus -5s cooldowns WTF). Those super glassy cannons with no immunities just became really glassy, but with the buffs to certain items they're also more...cannony. It's a bigger risk-reward now. coca bojangles posted:I did it! I carried as Ne Zha solo in a Conquest against Weak3n on PTS. Did you try Death's Toll solo on Ne Zha in another game? How did that go?
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Ares ultimate is basically a "use your beads now!" ability and it can get frustrating to have it whiff more often then not. If S3 changes cause less people to buy beads in favor of other actives or CC reduction gear, then his ult will probably stay around the same power level. I'm a lowly xbox player so I won't find out till everyone else on PC does.
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For the people playing on the PTS: How are those new items? It's always exciting when these kinds of games add completely new item trees to the game. On the downside I'm going to have to go through all my builds and switch things around. That's probably the first few hours of playing season 3 for me.
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cyclonic posted:I'm agreeing with everything but I don't want a huge nerf across the board on all cc. Yeah definitely, I'm all for having to actually think about countering these things through itemization (or picks/bans in league). I didn't mean to imply ALL cc should be straight up nerfed, only that people are freaking out about Ares when that's a very targeted, very sensical nerf in this new Beadless world we find ourselves in and similar approaches should be considered for other gods--and I don't even have anything in mind specifically as I haven't put much time into the PTS. One thing I think they absolutely should do is make CC Reduction apply to knockups.
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Jimbot posted:For the people playing on the PTS: How are those new items? It's always exciting when these kinds of games add completely new item trees to the game. On the downside I'm going to have to go through all my builds and switch things around. That's probably the first few hours of playing season 3 for me. There's a few really OP items (Spear of Desolation, Doom Orb), and a few "wtf is this" items (Runeforged Hammer, Frenzy); but overall I like them. Shab posted:Yeah definitely, I'm all for having to actually think about countering these things through itemization (or picks/bans in league). I didn't mean to imply ALL cc should be straight up nerfed, only that people are freaking out about Ares when that's a very targeted, very sensical nerf in this new Beadless world we find ourselves in and similar approaches should be considered for other gods--and I don't even have anything in mind specifically as I haven't put much time into the PTS. Agreeing with you again, I didn't think you meant all cc - I just wanted to add to the discussion. I remember reading somewhere that cc reduction doesn't work on knockups mainly due to some limitation the engine that Smite is on. It has something to do with having the animation line up with it - this was a problem when they reduced the timer on Chang'e's 2. And it was a problem for a way longer time than it needed to be.
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coca bojangles posted:I did it! I carried as Ne Zha solo in a Conquest against Weak3n on PTS. I mean he did have only one death, the most gold and kills on his team. I haven't watched the video but by the stats alone I can see that xballer was useless and most everyone was feeding their brains out. I like most of the changes so far, and I like the change to Ares' ult, even as an Ares player myself, if they're dead set on keeping beads on a high cooldown then there has to be some ability to counter it. At least this way you can beads every other time you get caught, and try to aegis the ones in between after the brief stun to try to mitigate the other three ults you're about to take. This will especially help in Joust, you can kinda spread out other places but the joust lane and jungle areas are very narrow, so trying to spread while fighting is incredibly difficult. Still going to either ban Ares in ranked or play a lot of gods with CC immunity regardless.
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Brannock posted:I wish this game had a random god button I play 90% assault these days specifically because I'm too lazy to pick a god.
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The Nastier Nate posted:Ares ultimate is basically a "use your beads now!" ability and it can get frustrating to have it whiff more often then not. If S3 changes cause less people to buy beads in favor of other actives or CC reduction gear, then his ult will probably stay around the same power level. I'm a lowly xbox player so I won't find out till everyone else on PC does. Gt?
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Admiral Cool - gt I typically play for an hour or 2 after my kid goes to bed.
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cyclonic posted:The dream! drat, people still use HoG?  Nice trip tho
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cyclonic posted:Polynomicon doesn't proc off her 2 anymore. This is a step in the right direction. no joke, poly was the first thing I'd rush for adc sol and goddamn
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dogstile posted:This was pretty funny. all I have to say about that Xing is...  not gonna play, but picks. Sits in fountain all game, then tries to feed once he realizes you're winning without him. I'm glad you guys won that, that was sweet Lastgirl fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Jan 29, 2016 |
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Lastgirl posted:drat, people still use HoG? That wasn't HoG. That was a proc off a new item in the PTS. quote:Cloak of Unrelenting Sorrow [New] The same effect procs off Ares when I chase him.
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Nucular Carmul posted:I mean he did have only one death, the most gold and kills on his team. I haven't watched the video but by the stats alone I can see that xballer was useless and most everyone was feeding their brains out. He played Amaterasu. I played Ne Zha. 'nuff said.
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