SMITE Midseason Update 8.7 Patch Notes | Attack of the Fanboy attackofthefanboy.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from attackofthefanboy.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Starter Items will now appear when using the search bar in the item store
In the case of an early surrender, the winning team will now acquire a reduced amount of MMR (Losing team still has no gain or loss of MMR or TP, the player who disconnected still loses full MMR and receives deserter penalty, even if they reconnected)
Adjusted the default audio volume levels for new players
Decreased the Volume of the crowd noise in the Arena mode
MOTD
Grab Bag 2.0 has been updated to include the complete god roster
Ranked
Season 8 brought some big changes to our ranked systems. The removal of variance has allowed a lot of our best players to reach the MMR cap rather quickly. To keep the very top end of the leaderboard competitive, we are going to be re-implementing MMR/Rank resets for only the top players. Players at all other ranks should see no changes. This should lead to a new race to Grandmasters!
Image via Hi-Rez
The solo lane, the shortest lane in Smite, has you going up against a single god, and it’s a battle of endurance. Many players believe it to be a more boring lane because nothing really happens, but if you fail here, the rest of your teammates will feel it, and it’ll be hard to be helpful to them during the late game. It’s critical you win, or at least remain at the same level as the enemy’s team solo. With the changes to the starter items in Season 8, you have a bit more variety, and these choices can impact how well you do in this lane.
Image via Hi-Rez
Update: We’re adding the new changes to each starter update following the bonus update 8.2 and 8.3 for Smite. There are a handful of changes coming with Update 8.4, alongside the release of Gilgamesh.
Starter items are the first piece of equipment you grab for your role in Smite. These are critical to how you start the game, giving you an added edge while playing. All of the previous starter items you’ve been using in Season 7 have been scrapped, and there is an arsenal of new and returning starter items for you to pick in Season 8. Not only will these items serve in your starting build, but they have the ability to evolve when you reach level 20, further driving a definite playstyle to your build.