Everything You NEED To Know For SMITE 2's Open Beta Patch!

[@jordannng7180]

Smite 2 really has come a long way the past few months. I can’t even complain. Super excited what 2025 will bring for it

[@Inters3ct]

Absolutely, insane how bad it was in the first alpha and how good it is now / will be in January

[@TempuraBoy]

If smite 2 didn’t come out this early and they kept it hidden for a year it would not be what it is today, that’s a fact

[@whowantsfreepizza4507]

That’s definitely true. The bad release we got was a bad thing that needed to happen. After all the feedback and player gameplay testing, the future is looking pretty damn promising

[@chrisr4066]

Where it's at today is still subpar compared to Smite 1 imo. You would think they would copy paste Smite 1 and build upon that, instead it's like they didn't learn from over 10 years of Smite 1 patching... and instead are trying to add mechanics from other MOBAS to appeal to their player base.

[@jetvoidweller]

​@@chrisr4066 Sorry you feel that way but i strongly disagree. Smite 2 is way more fun than smite q

[@whowantsfreepizza4507]

@ They can’t copy paste a lot stuff due to the two engine generation jump. A lot of stuff has had to be completely rebuilt from the ground up, including the basic, most foundational code of the game. If they hadn’t released Smite 2 when they did, this upcoming Open Beta release would be further back than we are now. And the big Hi-Rez layoffs didn’t help.

[@forsterjurgen]

​​@@chrisr4066 i wish you understood how impossibly hard that would be before saying that. Its a legit 2 gen jump and worse than that smite is based off a custom UE3. So hiring new people would have required them to all have brand new training on the custom engine just so they could not use it as they would be in ue 5 anyways. Like come on and think about that for a sec

[@Ermac43]

I’m happy to see Smite 2 shaping up from the launch of the Alpha. It feels like they’ve done quite a bit in a really short time and some of that was just catching up to what Smite 1 has done in 11 years more or less. If they keep a similar pace the future will be exciting.

[@stormraingreen7543]

the 'normal' jg mobs droping consumables is a very nice idea. It opens things up a bit for interesting things to fight over.

[@BrotherShaw]

Finally, junglers can actually jungle lol. I'm glad Smite 2 has come so far since the closed alpha weekends. Looking forward to the new year.

[@thenegusayo]

Finally getting back into Smite 2, really great to see the direction its going in!

[@PrinceMekso]

Waiting for the first person who tries to use Aladdin's 3 to jump the walls in Assault

[@bryanhernandez4020]

i saw a geb jump over the walls when the pts was up last week

[@PrinceMekso]

@@bryanhernandez4020 Then what happened?

[@jombii-7090]

I have a feeling that they're gonna go all out on King Arthur when they drop him. Hes got his own map theme now!

[@zombieslayerj9525]

I was literally gonna suggest a video like this before the big patch. Definitely a great idea

[@Sevarate.]

The cut of Slash really is for the best as sad as it might be, I remember thinking it was crazy when they added Siege, too many modes

[@HurleyHaZz]

I’m pretty sure the death recap update was in the last 2 flash tests already

[@IcyfireGaming]

Just started playing Smite 2 over the last week and it feels so good! I can’t wait for the 15th! Mulan looking real nice!

[@REF_1.34]

I love that Hi-rez is getting so much free scaling into the game, big numbers make my brain happy.

[@mikehenderson7730]

Still dont like CC buffering for leaps specifically, but most changes i think are fire i feel like the 3k pot stacking and luxury items are a bit much tho since its hard enough to get ppl to ward in ranked games around fg etc come late and now they will justify it with saving for another 3k pot. Especially on hybrid scaling picks

[@Inters3ct]

Agreed on Leaps, I do think they should be addressed differently. Either non-bufferable or at least the full CC duration applies after the leap completes, not ticking down mid-air.

[@rubyrose6452]

I only have one question and that is will joust have a ranked mode later on or will they just scrap that mode all together?

[@Inters3ct]

No ranked is the current plan but they are thinking of doing an opt-in leaderboard system within the same queue

[@GoDzWarden]

Probably will wait for more players before it’s considered, if every mode gots a ranked version it splits the player base up to much

[@revan5293]

Them not wanting clash is criminal

[@Kyydon]

I think them having clash was criminal

[@alexquinones8747]

Super unpopular mode so it makes sense

[@Lone1Wolf8]

They should maybe do something with the lighting on the joust map. I like the design but it kinda looks bland. What do you think of a more sunset theme? Also do you think Hirez would ever add some sort of a time setting transition effect that makes it where the map goes from Day-to Night or vice-versa. It'd be random if you start the match during the day or night. That could be something that adds a little variety to each map, but curious of what you think. Edit: just got to this part of the video. didn't expect there were already discussions for it so I'm exited to hear this. Thanks. A lot of times, when i watch your videos, i feel like playing S2 😅

[@jettblade]

Seems like a lot of really good things being added. I was hoping for all 5 new gods being out by this time but they still have a while longer to go before the official release of the game, they still went a long time before something new was added. I do like they're porting gods over at a larger rate, I feel a majority of the gods are in decent spots so they don't need too much changes to being brought over much faster. I honestly do like the updates they've done with the gods so far though I feel Zeus probably should have had more changes (he should have had a dash where he turns into an eagle) and Yemoja should have had passive changed (she's going to dominate the competitive scene until she gets nerfed into the ground to become useless again). I feel they could have done a little more with the Joust map and the side jungles in Conquest. I think the Chinese map is the best they had but needed a little more stuff on the side but not as much as the Corrupted Jade map, that one was too much. With the Conquest I think having some sort of mobile camp or turret objective would have been neat, something that makes ganks from that side jungle more difficult.

[@darkknightx0992]

Are we gonna be clearing the first wave before jungle buff now?

[@Inters3ct]

Probably yes, but we're yet to see what will be optimal. After the vegas tournament I'll make a video on what starts the pros used and why.

[@glorifiez]

Okay what day does this patch go live tho? 👀

[@vontecontroll1556]

No clue some say Jan 15 others say the 5 no one knows

[@Inters3ct]

We don't have an actual date yet, but likely Jan 12 or 15

[@TheDogeman]

when is this patch coming out?

[@JustFollowingOrdersYT]

January 15th

[@cougarclifford3035]

I'm so glad they did the alpha phase before the open beta phase. Imagine if we were getting some of the awful mechanics from the beginning of the alpha coming when more people started playing the game.

[@tyronemagnus1736]

When does the Open Beta release exactly

[@Inters3ct]

No exact date yet but Jan 12 looks likely

[@grey984]

Late game build stagnation changes seem like a double edged sword An early game team with a lead can keep that lead... So what happens to late game characters? Will the scaling on late game characters show their bigger stats? or will the new late game characters be the ones with easy hits, potentially easy oneshots?

[@Macaburugaming]

Sending this to all the homies who are on the fence but liked smite 1

[@panleya8464]

What I really need to know for Smite 2's open beta patch is the starts, even with 300 hours starting from CA7 I still don't know the starts and without ingame chat and almost no online resources I can't find them. OBow being added makes me sadge because when I saw they gave SunBeam the OBow art it gave me hopium copium that Odysseus would be added :( He still could be added but :(

[@RJ...........]

I think with the camp changes. You will start lane. Unless you have a crazy strong lvl1 clear. And sunder.. or if the jungle wants to help with blue before red, before yellow... Which is unlikely

[@dougdimmadabs5001]

i havent played smite 2 in like 4 months. Have the players come back? When I last played it only had 800 players on steam, so went back to smite 1

[@Inters3ct]

Averages around 2k concurrent on Steam at the moment, though I expect a lot of people will come back with the free to play launch and the game is faaar better than it was 4 months ago so hopefully they'll stick around this time.

[@JustRowingthruGames]

Intersct plz help me respond i quit smite 1 at when they said smite 2 would come out i bought the 100 euros pack to support hirez before i went on break ,now that i am back i can never find any match to que, que goes to more than 8 min ,is this normal is it always like this.

[@sunshineandrei2569]

It's just a long queue because people are on smite 1.

[@Inters3ct]

What region are you on and what time do you queue?

[@deathjesterr]

As someone who only played Clash/Slash, hearing they have no plans for the mode in S2 pretty much killed all hype I had for this game. Guess it's finally time to move on.

[@sunshineandrei2569]

Clash and Slash are super unpopular from what I know, they don't want to spend resources for something people dgaf about.

[@alexquinones8747]

@@sunshineandrei2569yea that makes sense, maybe down the line, but it would be a huge waste of time to work on it rn

[@sunshineandrei2569]

@@alexquinones8747 yeah, they might add it later when the game is fully released by like 2026.

[@deathjesterr]

@@sunshineandrei2569 They might be more popular if they had actual support from the devs.

[@cougarclifford3035]

To be fair they basically just play out like arena 2, not really offering anything unique so it's better off just having the player base on already more popular modes. No reason to spend resources on one of the least played modes.

[@tannerkennedy4192]

4:30 wait why is this a thing this is essentially a nerf to stuns for no reason. What a shit change

[@panyema4773]

You know that massive ad campaign they did for smite 2 back in like may of last year? Now is when they should have done that... Hadnt they spent so much on marketing a year before the game was even coming out, maybe they would have Tina still in their team. Such a waste of money, but here is hoping to then flipping this into a story of victory...

[@sunshineandrei2569]

Yep, the marketing for the unfinished buggy product made no sense.

[@grey984]

I feel aladdin is getting heavy nerfed, he has 3 passives with the lamp, the wishes and the recast genie, his 1v1 lets him ignore alot of positioning disadvantages not to mention heal and turn a lossing figth, he has 2 dashes and a projectile, he has a fast triple cleave auto

[@Inters3ct]

Yeah he's definitely way too strong but at least he's fun and innovative, they should hopefully balance him fairly quickly.

[@ilphaesn]

I CAST MANUAL BREATHING

[@ajzorger93]

:c

[@jowasijo]

Reported, blocked, DOXXed, get ready to learn Chinese, buddy

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

_I CAST… _*_ENDOMETRIOSIS!!!_*

[@MathhewCuster]

in 9 years.. on the eve of your birthday.. I you shall experience testicular torsion.

[@TheUndeadLegend66]

Bruh wtf why you do this to us😂

[@SkinnyShrimp]

I'm really happy with the fact that mulans name is now Hua Mulan because that's how she actually was named in her mythology and the fact that her mask is her base skin because in her mythology she pretends to be a man to join the army so she covers her face with a mask (correct me if I'm wrong I don't know much about Hua Mulan)

[@SamReers]

I don't like it she should be more scantily clad.

[@guitargod3545]

does smite 2 feel choppy to anyone else? maybe its just my pc but it doesnt feel smooth

[@IcyfireGaming]

You might need to lower your video settings in game. My desktop runs on HIGH but my laptop needs to run it on MEDIUM so it doesn’t appear choppy.

[@guitargod3545]

@IcyfireGaming i tried running it on all low. Have a 3060ti but idk if this game is cpu intensive or not

[@Asiabozz]

No Siege? Maaannnn...

[@HiHi-yk1mv]

Why isn’t this available for Playstation users?

[@sunshineandrei2569]

Wdym?

[@HiHi-yk1mv]

@ This Beta Patch is not available for playstation users we cannot play him at all and they stop updating playtest.

[@sunshineandrei2569]

@@HiHi-yk1mv and? That's not a big deal, they update on PC first since it's easier.

[@HiHi-yk1mv]

@@sunshineandrei2569 Okay so why tf you underneath my comment go make your own with that nasty ssa attitude of yours

[@HiHi-yk1mv]

@@sunshineandrei2569 How exactly is it easier? Pull me a source. It does not add no other layer of difficulty. They’ve done it before and could do it again and gave no communication whether they would add it to playstation for testing as well which they decided not to. But idrgaf this game is already dying.

[@NanoBruv]

cc buffering is horrible

[@xxjayxx517]

Honestly the changes they add to god kits is like whoa dude it sounds broken. If I play this you gotta help me out Inters3ct you gotta let me on your team. 😂

[@Inters3ct]

It might be broken at the start like all things are when first added but they can balance them over time and it seems super fun!

[@xxjayxx517]

@ just please no sobexecute 😂😂🤣🤣 op

[@funwalkthroughs1285]

So excited

[@saygo-png]

Will there be god renting in Smite 2? Thats how ive played most gods in smite 1, id just rent them for 1 day

[@vontecontroll1556]

No more renting in smite instead every time you level up your account you'll get a god coin to unlock a god

[@vontecontroll1556]

Also if you buy the founder pass instead of a god coin you'll get diamonds up to 5k till more gods are added

[@Inters3ct]

They've not mentioned anything about it yet, but perhaps they might be open to it. Best way is to watch Titan Talk live and ask them in chat, they're generally pretty responsive on there.

[@Pohatarunic6]

The most important part about this for me is figuring out how I will be able to transfer my data from pc to ps5 from smite 1 to smite 2, as my potato pc no way can run smite 2

[@sunshineandrei2569]

I don't think you can? It might be possible, barely any games have a system like that though.

[@ezecarol11]

You can't since Sony doesn't allow Cross Progression in smite 1

[@Pohatarunic6]

@@sunshineandrei2569 According to what some people say and what is on their main website it says cross progression between all platforms, just no other word beyond that

[@sunshineandrei2569]

@@ezecarol11 which makes sense, Sony isn't affiliated with Microsoft.

[@Pohatarunic6]

@@ezecarol11 Talking about smite 2 though? Like even with a potato pc I could still launch smite 2 just not play it haha

[@grey984]

My friends might not play smite 2 if it doesn't get clash

[@Lone1Wolf8]

If they do add clash(big if, but not impossible imo), it may be something you have to wait for the full release instead, of open beta. I don't even believe og smite had a clash equivalent in it's beta but i could be wrong.

[@timgood9818]

Wait, saywut? I get Assault soon? AND we can bank rerolls for when some numb nuts trades out a GREAT god?! Ooh. Ooooh. Me likey!

[@Inters3ct]

Yup! Reroll bank won't be there on launch but I doubt it would be too hard to implement so probably soon after!

[@harryg9203]

I was almost going to go for smite 2 but no siege or slash is sad

[@tyronemagnus1736]

No immediate plans. It will likely come when the Game leaves beta

[@sunshineandrei2569]

They don't wanna spend time on modes that aren't popular rn

[@grey984]

The god tocken seems stupid, every other moba out there has a way to earn all characters by playing If we earn another token every level and can level up to the current number of characters that would be a different story A weird sistem but since leveling takes more xp every level, it seems monetizable and new player friendly... Tho kinda old player un-friendly

[@Inters3ct]

At the moment you do gain another token every level up to 50 and this patch will have 50 Gods. For the future I think they do plan to have a currency system to buy Gods for free.

[@xxjayxx517]

Wow Geb is going to be broken. Still haven’t played this game yet. Do you think these changes they’re giving to gods kits is a good thing? A lot of it feels like they’re just adding things just to add them, but maybe it’s cause the game plays differently now cause of int and str scaling?

[@lamewing_]

The changes were def needed to make the game feel like a newer game instead of the same game. All gods are pretty much versatile in any role for example the other day i was rocking Intelligence Danza Mid and it felt much more refreshing to be able to try something new

[@xxjayxx517]

@@lamewing_ that’s what’s up

[@Lone1Wolf8]

@@xxjayxx517 Playing Str. Zeus in carry was very enjoyable 😈

[@acybercena89]

No sun wukong no party

[@vontecontroll1556]

As cool as that would be I think he should be out by late next year cause trying to capitalize on BMSWK in its beta state may not be the best while they're still building the interior fully

[@AchillesofOblivion]

Hirez is going to go bankrupt

[@BiggDaddysCheese]

The game still isn't out yet😂

[@EarthQuaKKi]

Concord 2.0

[@thedoomslayer5863]

Not looking forward to this tbh. The balance will be SO BAD at launch.

[@karlopuma170]

Balance will always change when new stuff is added to a game. Worrying too much about balance is counterproductive in a game that is under development. By your logic every smite 1 patch that changed the game was bad for the game, because it changed the balance. Whatever is OP will be nerfed and something else will be OP to take its place.

[@ajzorger93]

@@karlopuma170 even if the game was perfectly balanced people would still complain. It's like talking to a brick wall with these people.

[@thedoomslayer5863]

@@karlopuma170 Game right now is actually not that bad balance wise. This patch is adding too much at once and changing too much at once and it will be a shit show. Time to play something else for a month or more while they iron it out.

[@sunshineandrei2569]

Smite 1 on launch had balancing just as bad, don't treat it like the game with over a decade of dev time.