Smite

SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.907.0 arrives June 7, 2012. Expect some server downtime while the patch is deployed.

General:

• The maximum party size that can join the match queue has been increased to 3.
• If a novice player (less than Level 6) teams with a Level 6+ player, the team may now join the Normal Match Queue (the higher ranked player must be the one that forms the party and joins the match queue).
• Players leaving the Match Lobby before a match starts will now incur a deserter penalty.
• Match invite changed to improve visibility. This particular implementation is temporary and will be replaced in a future update with a better treatment.
• Other deserter handling tweaks.
• In Match chat size and position tweaked.
• Earliest time to surrender has been changed from 15m to 10m.
• Reconnecting to a match now remembers the number of stacks from your items.
• Mute functionality has been added.
• Toggle button that allows players to mute/unmute individual players.
• Mutes VGS, pings and in match chat.
• Mute lasts only the duration of the single match.
• Back button has been added to the video streams menu option.
• Spawn locations now damage enemies considerably.
• A targeting line has been added to all ranged gods basic attacks.
• Coins now fly into the air to give you feedback when you get the last hit on an enemy.
• Matches no longer end after 60 minutes has elapsed.
• Exit button on the Escape Menu now says “Exit Game” to be more clear during a match.
• It also makes the player aware that they will incur a deserter penalty.
• Tooltips now appear when you hover over your abilities while in a match.
• Logging in to the same account twice now properly disconnects the original client.
• Furies have now moved in to some of the jungle camps in the practice map.
• Players that have been idle for 3 minutes are now kicked from the match and incur a deserter penalty.
• A new bar has been added to the top of the screen during a match.
• Shows your current values for your primary stats.
• Shows the 6 items you have purchased from the store.
• Death Recap and God Stats shortcuts have been added to the hud bottom bar.
• Friends list is now sorted by online players first.
• You no longer continue moving in a direction automatically after using the voice command system.
• In the End of Match Lobby, the scoreboard now has 3 new buttons available next to each players name:
• Add Friend
• Add Blocked
• Report Player
• Favor changes:
• All gods have been priced at 5500 favor and 520 gems.
• Each player level gained gives players a bonus of 1000 favor.
• Enemy teams no longer get notified of surrender vote failures.
• Players that are immune to stun/fear/silence/root based on an ability being used now show an fx to indicate to players of their state of immunity.

Key bindings:

• Free Mouse has been moved from Alt to Spacebar.
• Suppress Help has been moved from Spacebar to H.
• Surrender votes have been shifted from F5 and F6 to F6 and F7 to make it less likely to be pressed accidentally while training skills.

Jungle:

• Health and Defense camp locations have been swapped to make early game jungling easier.
• Fire Giant applies a 40% healing debuff when hitting enemies with his Flaming Boulders.

Item Store:

• Qin’s Essence has been renamed to Qin’s Blades to sound more “stabby”.
• Heaven’s Will item has been removed from the game.
• Art pass on icons for the items.

Gods:

• Arachne
• Cocoon
• Has been changed to deal physical damage.
• Now scales off 50% of her physical power.
• Artemis
• Passive – Still Target
• Now working properly.
• Reduced the number of stacks to 3.
• Transgressors Fate
• Now scales off of physical power properly.
• Reduced the physical power contribution to 30%.
• Kalydonian Boar
• When the boar spawns, he delays 1s before stunning his first target.
• The boar only stuns the same person once.  He will still stun 2+ enemies one after another.
• Now has a ground target proximity to let you know how far the boar will run.
• Kali
• Siphon Blood
• Has been changed to deal physical damage.
• Damage and healing now scales off 30% and 20% of physical power, respectively.
• Frenzy
• Has been changed to deal physical damage.
• Now scales off 15% of physical power per hit.
• Odin
• Lunge
• Has been changed to deal physical damage.
• Now scales off 40% of physical power.
• Ring of Spears
• Has been changed to deal physical damage on the outer edge of the ring.
• Now scales off 10% of physical power.