HiRezAjax

We had that type of queue for many years. Players were generally unsatisfied with it. Its not that hard to implement as we've had them before, so we could re-enable them. Weve actually posed this question to the community before and it was pretty unanimously struck down.

Timed queues have 2 main advantages

1. players know exactly when the queue will be ready
2. its very easy to understand what the threshold is for players in a match - its exactly the best people we have at the time the queue pops

The old type of queues were unpredictable in timing and in matchmaking, and wouldnt solve for an extreme low pop issue such as this.

We have investigated many reports just like this one and the result is always the same - These are the only 10 players in the queue for that region on that mode at that time. Here is how Ranked matchmaking works:

1. the queue pops
2. all players who are in the queue are ordered by MMR from top to bottom, best to worst
3. matches get made from the top down - best 10 players are match 1, players 11-20 are match 2, etc (with some departing from this strict list based on pre-made parties or people who were already rolled over once before)
4. We always give a match to the best players (top10)
5. Players can be rolled over to wait again - "more time is needed to find you a match" - this can happen anywhere down the list depending on where bad MMR gaps are, but we never roll over the top 10, intentionally (see below)
6. Once the 10 players are selected, then they are split between Order and Chaos to have the closest average MMR between the 5 player...

this is the correct answer. Jungle bosses immediately destroy all player made walls - fury destroyed your pao lao, this is working as intended.

yes she does, giving your ally a passive power buff is still a passive.

it was implemented last update to increase to increase the amount of game experience required before players can enter ranked

you do not have enough masteries. you now need 20 gods at rank2+ to play ranked

can you share your in game name, platform, and queue you were attempting to join to help us troubleshoot this issue?

yes this was hotfixed early in last patch - but please do let us know if anything seems to be not working as intended with mute features in todays patch

Glad you caught this! I was looking forward to sharing it ever since I saw the final cut of this cinematic.

Enjoy a higher quality version here: https://twitter.com/HiRezAjax/status/1442646391562588166

this effect is not intended, and will be fixed soon

If you own the season pass and its not showing as owned, just relog and the skin should be acquired.

If you don't own the season pass youll nee to purchase that to unlock each new gods "Ascended" skin

From 8.4 Patch Notes: (and nothing more has been said or shown since then)

• This map is planned to launch in Q4 2021.

• This new map is being designed to feel like both the Siege Rework and the Clash Rework, but at the same time. We are aiming to create a mode that both Siege mains and Clash mains will enjoy playing.

• When looking at the problems with Siege, the team noticed that many aspects of Clash could be applied to help improve it. Clash had similar issues to be solved using Siege mechanics.

• The two maps occupy a similar gameplay space in SMITE: Higher Combat, Lower Strategy – but with real lanes, towers, and jungle objectives. These design conclusions are what compelled us to merge them into one map. As the merging of the best parts of each map is such a primary goal – the name Slash will be sticking.

• It will feature both Maya and Egyptian environments – each tied to the respective bases.

• ...

Can you DM me the "Support Ticket ID" number or at least the player IGN you are trying to report? So I can see what happened.

Looks like you followed all steps correctly and if the player really said what you are describing, I would expect some form of ban to be handed out. Thanks

This is absolutely correct. I think OPs title is a bit extreme - this is not ignored by everyone.

We on the design and balance teams discuss this all the time, and we are generally hesitant to make these changes for a few reasons, some of which you already listed correctly. Some other things id add

• Players absolutely underestimate how huge of buffs these are. We have seen this across many different data points in SMITE history. Making an ability easier to hit - faster animation speed, larger hit area, etc is one of the biggest buffs we can give a god. The increase in win% is often much larger for these types of changes even when compared to larger damage buffs and cooldown buffs. Zhong is already seeing pro play. Hades is one of the winningest gods in the game (except pro play) - we specifically discuss and choose not to buff in this way all the time

• We also have recently become much more open to these buffs. Apollo, Anhur, and Neith were fe...

the tutorial does not prompt you to build meditate anymore btw (but this certainly could still be part of it from the old days)

Should be fixed now:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Smite/comments/oz9ekt/mmr_issue_update/

Should be fixed now:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Smite/comments/oz9ekt/mmr_issue_update/

thank you for testing this - i will share with the team right now

my assumption would be (if its fixed)

• play another ranked match

• this should queue you back in the MMR level you had before

• then you would gain/lose the usual amount

This match was played before we attempted the fix. I'll need more recent check