Review the SMITE 2 Closed Alpha 7 update!

I really enjoyed the Closed Alpha 7 update, as it brought a very good balance between new content and improvements to the game experience.

With regard to the new gods, such as Thor, I think he's a little weaker than the other new ones. I think he deals little damage but has a good ability for group control. His wall ability I even found quite effective. Poseidon came with excellent mobility and attack speed, but I think he has a longer learning curve than the others. Cupid, on the other hand, is a very balanced God, more so than the others; he's a very solid addition and I think he came with some good proposals.

With regard to buffs and nerfs, Baron Samedi continues to receive much-needed nerfs!!! Morrigan has also received well-deserved buffs.

The update has made the bots smarter and the game a lot more interesting... and the interface updates have made it look a lot nicer!

It wasn't anything too drastic but the changes were welcome and I'm already looking forward to the next one!

I really like new technologies, so the addition of DLSS is great! It allows for a much better quality of the game, many players will feel the difference!

In addition, I've noticed that the interface continues to improve, and that's something that's been much needed! Smite 2's interface is still very simple, so these small additions really help to flesh out the game (the gods' screen has been improved, it looks much better visually)

As for the new gods, I'll tell you a bit about each one:

Thor: I've always liked his mythology (not Marvel's) and he proved to be a very strong warrior in the games I played with him, a definite berserker!

Poseidon: It was playing Hares that I started to like him more and wanted to play him in Smite 2 hahaha. The God is a very versatile character. I liked how he put pressure on with his abilities and increased attack speed, while also having a lot of presence in the game with his increased movement speed!

Cupid: I've only tested him once, but he's an interesting character, I have no idea of his potential, but I had a good match with him and I can see that the community really likes him!

Other than that, we had some necessary buffs and nerfs, such as the Morrigan and Thanatos buff and the Anubis and Baron Samedi nerf

It wasn't as big a patch as the others, but it was an accurate patch, the game is still evolving little by little, so updates are always welcome!

I'm glad to see 3 gods being added. Nerfing Baron Ra and Anubis was very much needed. in general the buffs and nerfs were all pretty goo in my opinion. Added in the Berserker controller layout I know was a big win for people that play on controller.
After playing and facing cupid I feel like he is the most balanced out of the 3 gods. hes okay early on but really scales up in the late game.
Pos could probably use a buff he doesnt seem that strong, but i could just not be very good with him yet, didnt play him alot in smite 1. however facing his cripple is honestly really annoying lol
Thor also seems a little weak. I actually havnt played him yet but facing him, his damage seems on the lower side but his CC combo seems to last an eternity to make up for it. i have found his wall to be super obnoxious, but that could just be becuase I was facing every game after release.
over all pretty good update

The new update, the closed Alpha 7 of SMITE 2 brought 3 new gods, with the arrival of the 3 new gods, being Thor, Poseidon and Cupid. The latter wasn't so cool for me because it didn't make much difference on the battlefield and from what I saw in the community they agree with me, the first two were very desired by the community. Thor and Poseidon, they knew they couldn't change characters that much that were already good, that's why they almost got "Ctrl + V" to their versions from the first game. Thank goodness they have been a lot of fun to play since the first game, with only a few small updates that improved some things about these gods. Poseidon is my favorite, he is my favorite god and he is very strong in team battles. When the enemy team sees that someone has this god, they should be suspicious. Thor came as a very good character. He is very strong, but I didn't find him as broken as Poseidon. Cupid is far from that, he went through a complete kit change that tried to improve the character, trying to make him a little cooler and more playable than he was before, but I think it wasn't very effective so I wanted a little more of this god. Also, the game helped the weaker PCs, improving the game's performance on them. The bots are much smarter, this has made it much harder to fight and a little more competitive when we want to train with them or test gods against others, before, they were very dumb. I hope the next updates are as exciting as this one, especially the January one, I have high expectations.

Let's start with the new gods:

1 - Cupid: I think it was a GOOD release, it seems balanced, I think I still need to get the hang of it, I found it a bit sluggish.

2 - Poseidon: The king of the seas arrived like a king haha, extremely strong. But I think this “flaw” is normal, since it's already been corrected (No one beats Baron's launch).

3 - Thor: I liked the fact that his classic style was preserved, but he seemed a little below the other gods.

Balance Adjustments (I've only selected the ones I thought had the most impact on the game):

Anubis: Nerfed his ult, increasing the cd and reducing the scale. I believe this is an important change aimed at weakening this god's direct confrontations.

Baron: I believe they will nerf him until the god dies, he came extremely unbalanced, so usually developers nerf too much and then buff, I can't judge at what point he will be balanced.

Neith: Gained a lot more scaling in Unravel, with the aim of making him a god with a greater impact on the game. I can't give my opinion, but I think it's a good attempt.

Ra: He's been nerfed on two points but buffed on another. Ra is a very dominant champion, especially in ranked, and this hasn't been changed, let's see how the developer solves it

Note: I missed an alligator in the list of buffs haha

Performance:

I've seen A LOT of reports complaining about the game on ps5 on reddit, even after the change, although they have decreased, I hope this can improve, I've seen people describing the game as “unplayable”.

Opinion: The game is developing well, I still have a few moments to find a queue, but in the end I find it. I like to see how the developer is trying to do something about balancing, I think Sobek is missing a nerf, he's very dominant in the roles he plays.