Its not going to keep recieving as interesting updates.
The updates it does recieve cuts into time spent on smite 2, literally smites future. Be that on Art, Game modes, Monetization systems, God changes/reworks, more gods being added, smite 2 original gods, game polish, QOL settings (like having individual abilities on instant cast per god) a way to look at items outside of games while in client, optemization, skin development.
All of that needs to be put into overdrive before open beta, let alone f2p release.