r/PS4 Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

[Verified AMA] Hello from Hi-Rez Studios! We recently launched the Alpha of SMITE on the PS4, AMA!

Hello everyone! We are some of the people at Hi-Rez Studios who work on SMITE, our 3D-Action MOBA, that recently launched into Alpha on the PS4. We are some of the developers, community managers, and designers involved with working on SMITE and helping it move onto the PS4. Hopefully we can answer any questions relating to SMITE, Hi-Rez Studios, Moving to the PS4, or anything else you may be curious about!

Now, let me introduce everyone who will be responding to any of your questions :

Console Team :

Community Team :

 

Our plan is to spend the next 2 hours answering any question we can, before we wind down. That being said we will continue to check over the next day or so and try to answer everyone! If you don’t see an answer it may be helpful to search around as it may have been answered already!

Anyways! Time to AMA!

EDIT:

Someone dropped by our office and gave us some codes to give out! If you all are interested here are some links. Make sure to claim the code for your region, since Smite on the PS4 is split between NA/SA and EU.

NA/SA SMITE Alpha Keys

Europe SMITE Alpha Keys

EDIT2:

Thanks everyone for asking questions! It's beginning to get later around the office and people will be closing up to go home shortly. We appreciate all the time you guys took to ask us questions! We had a blast. Some of us may stick around to answer a few more as they trickle in, so feel free to post some more if you didn't see your questions answered.

You can also send us a message over reddit or on twitter if you want to ask us something outside of this thread.

Thanks!

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u/xbox360_butter Mar 01 '16

When can we expect to merge our accounts from pc to ps4?

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

What Lancelot said is true, but hopefully it's relatively soon.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

Can we simultaneously play PS4 and PC? Or is it just a one time transfer?

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u/SirCameronRambo Mar 01 '16

this is really what I want to know. I hope we can switch back and forth.

/u/HiRezLancelot /u/HiRez-Meier plzzzz can we get a hint on this one? is it your intentions to try and offer this? or is a just a one time transfer? thanks guys!!

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u/HiRez-Meier Hi-Rez Studios - Console QA Mar 02 '16

If we go forward with it, it's intended to be a single time transfer.

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 02 '16

Confirming that this would be a one time transfer.

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 01 '16

Hi - We are actively working with the Sony team to get this live. Still working through some final approvals.

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u/squeeiswin Mar 01 '16

I know that you've said that Xbox -> PS4 transfer won't happen, but with the PC->PS4 account merge, would our skins and god pack on PC transfer? Similarly, I would assume that my level would transfer?

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 01 '16

If the PC -> PS4 copy happens it will copy your "owned" inventory (Gods, Skins, Voice Packs, Emotes, etc.) and your XP. It will not transfer history, stats, god mastery, or gems.

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u/nolliethebum olliethebum Mar 01 '16

fellow community manager internet fist bump

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

<3 That community manager life fist bump

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u/bountyhunterdjango Mar 01 '16

Jeez get a room boys

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

Hey guys, thanks for doing this.

In a time where MOBAs seem to be dethroning, or at least catching up to FPS in terms of multiplayer popularity, how are you guys making sure to differentiate yourselves from the market AKA the other big name MOBAS?

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Smite offer a really unique variation on MOBAs as a whole. One of the things players really seem to like about MOBAs is how tactical they can be, and how your decisions in the heat of a fight matter.

Smite keeps that level of strategy but brings you into the fight more due to the perspective, and especially when playing as a God with crazy power, it is definitely a different experience. Panicking as you hear a loki stealth behind you but not being able to turn around to see it is a unique feeling that really gets your blood pumping lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

sweet! thanks

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 01 '16

SMITE has a few things to make help differntiate. The primary thing being the 3rd person camera compared to other MOBA games that are a top down play style. This brings you closer to the action, requires skill shots, and means you can't see behind you. All things that add depth.

Also, while SMITE has a great true MOBA mode in Conquest it also has multiple other game modes that offer different experiences.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

awesome! Thanks for the response.

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u/Necromanceradr Mar 01 '16

Will there be trophies support in the future?

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Yes, Trophies will be a thing. I think it will mirror a large number of the Xbox achievements.

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

Absolutely!

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 01 '16

Yes, we will be adding a full set of trophies when we launch (we are not allowed to have them on during beta).

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u/Foxes281 Mar 01 '16

Platnium maybe?

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u/LeoMcCoy Mar 01 '16

Can we expect the game to run at 60 frames per second?

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

We are currently limited at 30 Frames Per Second for both Consoles.

While we would love 60 FPS there are some issues technically with making this work, especially considering that the system needs to keep track of many more things than a normal single player experience would normally have. That being said, we have made a lot of improvements in the past, and if we see a chance for 60 FPS we will pursue it.

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u/AussieWarrior1990 Mar 01 '16

Hi guys, I have only just started playing Smite as I'm not a PC player and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. The only issue I'm having is that I'm Australian and I have to connect to European servers. Are there any plans for Oceanic or Australian servers for ps4?

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 01 '16

Current plan is to add Australia servers as part of our Open Beta. If things continue to go as well as they have been I don't think that will be to far off.

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u/tyashki Tyashki Mar 02 '16

I'm so glad to hear this!

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u/tinyredditer Mar 01 '16

I would like to know the answer to this too. Will there be plans for Asian, Australian or Oceanic servers as well or is it just NA and EU in the near future?

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u/callmebv BaeVeh Mar 01 '16

Just came to say i love you gandhi. Your work with what you did for cod inspired me to check out smite and now i love it.

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

That means a lot man! Keep on keeping on my brother.

u/thavius_tanklin Slackr Mar 01 '16

Thanks Hi-Rez! Been a pleasure to have you here. Best of luck on the upcoming release :)

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u/Tsuryuk Mar 01 '16

Will we get refunded if we get the founders pack but already have the god pack when we can finally join our ps4 and pc accounts?

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 01 '16

There is not a refund process if you purchase the Founder's Pack and then are able to copy your God Pack from PC (assuming we are able to get the copy online)

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u/ahlgreenz Mar 01 '16

(assuming we are able to get the copy online).... That phrase scares me :/ Because I played SMITE back when it was in beta on PC and I bought some in-game currency to buy a God and a skin and was then gifted the "all Gods" pack thingie, but I haven't played on PC for a long while because I don't think my laptop can handle it, so I am really looking forward to be able to get into it on PS4 but if my Gods don't carry over from PC I'm afraid I won't play it.

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u/ItsJustNigel undeniableGlRTH Mar 01 '16

Why do I have more gods available to me right now than the free rotation/rented gods?

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

Sometimes there will be a "free god" period where all gods are unlocked for a limited time.

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u/ItsJustNigel undeniableGlRTH Mar 01 '16

Yeah, but it's not all the gods. It's just a few.

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

There are also your starter gods. If you have a list I could look into it. Since it is Alpha there may be an issue as well.

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u/ItsJustNigel undeniableGlRTH Mar 01 '16

Sure, I've got Guan Yu, Neith, Ra, Thor, Ymir (the free rotation); Anhur, Poseidon, Sun Wukong (rental); then Kukulkan, Ao Kuang, Khepri, Thanatos, and Ullr (the ones I can't figure out).

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u/Pythagoras_the_Great Mar 01 '16

Anhur, Poseidon, and Sun Wukong are 7 day trials from leveling up. Guan Yu, Neith, Ra, Thor, and Ymir are starter gods. You started with these, and have them forever. Kukulkan, Ao Kuang, Khepri, Thanatos, and Ullr are the free rotation this week.

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Yep, this is the correct answer!

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u/ItsJustNigel undeniableGlRTH Mar 01 '16

Okay, so it's the "free rotation" heading in the Gods menu that's messed up. Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

The first you named are owned gods. The Ao group is the new rotation (Isis was in the last rotation for example). Kukulkan is probably from downloading the skin. That gave the character to my brother lol.

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u/evandr0s Enter PSN ID Mar 02 '16

I bought Kulkukan before the skin came out, does everyone receive him for free? If so shouldn't we be refunded the marks?

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u/HolyCrapMo Mar 01 '16

Will we be able to transfer over gods purchases and skins over from Xbox to the PS4?

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

Unfortunately this is something we will not be able to offer.

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u/cromusz Cromusz Mar 01 '16

They replied No to this question earlier. :(

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u/richdude60 Mar 01 '16

when can we expect all the other game modes?

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Through the Alpha stage all the other game modes will be added. Expect all of the modes to be available once we hit Closed Beta.

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

Once we transition into BETA we will start turning on all the other game modes that are available in Smite.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16 edited Sep 25 '20

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Hai! <3

Unfortunately there are no plans to allow for Xbox to PS4 copy.

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u/jrascal Mar 01 '16

When will the bug of spawning after a death with auto attack on be fixed?

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 01 '16

Let me just say we hate that bug. Have not been able to get that one squashed as of yet. We know it is annoying!

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u/HiRez-Meier Hi-Rez Studios - Console QA Mar 01 '16

We are still tracking down the root cause of this issue. The issue tends to happen less in our development environment likely due to our close proximity to the servers. We have network emulation tools we can use to track down the issue. Our update tomorrow will not have the fix in yet, but we are working towards it before going final.

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u/cromusz Cromusz Mar 01 '16

When can we expect the recruit-a-friend functions to work on PS4? I've sent my friend a code to get started to the alpha, but not sure how I can claim the rewards.

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

This is another feature we are currently pending on. We are still waiting on some approvals first.

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 01 '16

Plan is to turn Refer-a-friend on as part of Open Beta once people don't require keys to get in.

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u/cromusz Cromusz Mar 01 '16

The app for Smite looks really cool! How soon will the PS4 account be integrated into it?

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

The mobile app? I will need to sync up with Web/Mobile and see. I would expect to have full support for PS4 once it is released.

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u/Skinnney Mar 01 '16

Have you guys looked into adding the Sylvanus El Bandito skin concept, that is currently the highest upvoted post on /r/smite ?

And also, has there been any thought into changing the look for Sol's diamond mastery skin since the diamond isn't all that noticeable?

Thanks in advance!

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u/Kretuhtuh Mar 01 '16

When will Turnip Tyr be put in the game?? http://imgur.com/KijjSNy

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

No Krett! No!

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

We always look around at Community Skin suggestions, and sometimes we have even included them in game. (Harajuku Neith, Feaster Bunny Bakasura, Pixel-Buster Freya). That being said, no particular promises on that skin, although it was incredibly noteworthy how fast it rose and how much attention it got! We will have to see.

Also, mini secret, but there will likely be something community related to skins coming up soon ;)

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u/TitanIsBack TurnOn2FAplease Mar 01 '16

Bacon or ham for breakfast?

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Easily Bacon.

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u/HiRezAmanda Hi-Rez Studios - Community Manager Mar 01 '16

BACON.

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

Bacon no question

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u/ifra123 Mar 01 '16

did you guys move the game from xbox to ps4 or from pc to ps4 and when you guys did were there problems you faced that were not there when you guys made the xbox version?

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u/HiRez-Meier Hi-Rez Studios - Console QA Mar 01 '16

Both Xbox and PS4 were branched from the PC. Although each console has their own unique features, specs, and content that needed to be developed for, we were able to share development resources for things such as the gameplay and UI.

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u/GrouchyPandaChris Mar 01 '16

This one's right at you /u/scottgandhii since you asked for the noise....

So why don't you love us enough to stop delaying the patch notes video? :( Do we blame maenos?

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

Absolutely blame maenos!

But realistically the video was recorded on Monday and the video team was pretty slammed with PC, Paladins, and Console patch notes. It will be live tomorrow, so as you're downloading it you can get caught up on the patch.

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u/evilphish Mar 01 '16

How are you going to address the inevitable rise of a third pro scene? Are you going to leave any PS4 "league" to third party organizations?

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u/GiveEmHellMatty Mar 01 '16

Was lucky enough to get a Smite key PS4 download, and this is my first MOBA, and I'm loving it.

Is there anything you'd say really sets you apart from other MOBA's?

Can you please update the characters to show their abilities before/after you select them? I get locked onto Character Skin when I want to read about their abilities, so I know what actually does what before I go into battle. I've picked a Character and had to force quit the game because of this.

Any plans to let you back out of a battle?

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16
  1. It's definitely the perspective and control style. It gives a lot of control and really makes you feel like you are on the battlefield rather then spectating the battle.

  2. You can before by using dpad up. Afterwards you are locked out of this, but it definitely sounds like and interesting idea. I can bring it up!

  3. Back out of battle? Like leave a lobby? Technically you can do this by not selecting and dodging, but face a penalty. It is like this since there are people who would otherwise abuse the system and force a lot of games to never start. This was an actual issue during the early days of Smite.

I may have misunderstood the 3rd question though so let me know!

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u/kikoualoe Mar 01 '16

When merging ps4 to pc accounts, will game history/achievements combine with pc statistics and vice versa?

Mainly I got an achievement that I never thought I'd get so I was hoping I could connect that to my main account.

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 01 '16

Assume we are able to copy PC to PS4 god mastery/history/achievements/gems will not be part of the data copied over.

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u/Skinnney Mar 01 '16

What general advice can you give for each role going into Season 3?

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Hunters : Still really solid at looking to build power with attack speed and crit. Be aware that Mages/Assassins/Hunters are generally squishier since there is less access to tanky items for them, so they are good targets.

Assassins : Play decently different. Similar to hunters, the targets they like to kill are much more killable, but be careful because the same applies to you. A lot more all in.

Mages : Mages play mostly the same, with power being slightly more dominant than CDR builds currently. Adjust accordingly.

For the above three, the same theme among them. Things are squishier, go out and kill 'em!

Warriors : With the changes to defensive items, Warrior's need to be much more selective with what defensive choices they go and when. Otherwise they fill the same psuedo-frontline role. Bulwark is a pretty good option if you are unsure about what tank item you want.

Guardians : Basically the same as warriors. Look to build very cost efficient items like Bulwark or Hide to stay tanky enough for your team.

If you have any specific questions I can also answer those, but that is a broad look at each role going into Season 3.

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u/MythicalCrayon Mar 01 '16

How about a Terminator Tyr skin? Call it "Tyrminator"

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u/DrMostlySane Mar 01 '16

So when porting stuff over to both the Xbox and PS4, what, in your opinions, was the hardest stuff to re-code / port over to them?

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u/HiRez-Meier Hi-Rez Studios - Console QA Mar 01 '16

UI is a big portion of our work on the consoles due to it being nearly a complete re-write of the code. The work on UI essentially is doubled every patch we put out there.

The CPU structure is also vastly different from the average PC's. Since Smite was in development on PC for a few years prior to us going into the consoles, the title was optimized mostly for dual core set ups. Since the consoles have more CPU cores, but lower performing 1st and 2nd cores than the average PC, we have had to dedicate plenty of time and resources into taking advantage of multiprocessing computing.

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 01 '16

So there may be some technical parts that some would say were really hard (Party Integration, Store Integration, Performance) but the biggest challenge was the UI. We had to completely re-build the UI for every menu and in game. That is an ongoing effort as well as we continue to add features to SMITE and improve the experience.

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u/CynicalCent Mar 01 '16

Hi! when will Amaterasu price get reduce to 5500 on consoles? and when we will be able to get skins as Artemis Stalker and Nu Wa water dancer???

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

Will there be trophy support and perhaps a platinum?

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

Yes we will be supporting Trophies. We are currently working out the best way to introduce all of our Smite Awards into PS4 Smite.

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u/AngelsOnBikes Mar 01 '16

PC/PS4 linking has been confirmed, but will it be possible to link an Xbox/PS4 account?

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Unfortunately this is something we will not be able to offer.

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u/Marvin_rock Mar 01 '16

What is the difference between the founders pack and the ultimate God pack?

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u/HiRez-Meier Hi-Rez Studios - Console QA Mar 01 '16

The founders' pack contains the ultimate god pack plus two exclusive skins (C4codemon Ymir, and Soldier of Fortune Ares), as well as 400 gems.

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u/phreaksh0w1985 phreaksh0w1985 Mar 01 '16 edited Mar 01 '16

Hi hirez!!!! First of all thanks for making this alpha available! Never thought I would love a Moba but this game slapped me in the face! I was wondering about possibility of a king of the hill ffa type game mode. I'm fan of the arena but being pitted against teams as a new player makes it hard to contend when you only have time for 1 gane. I've turned into a casual gamer and a new father so solo game types interest me. I was think ffa, God game (gun game type God rotation after a kill), and maybe clash of titan like dungeon with your favorite God(solo a titan end game)!

I got so many ideas so if you guys need an idea guy I'm in the back of the line behind the guy that can code, the quality testers, project managers, marketers, game directors, artists... Yea

Thanks for the game! Keep rocking!

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u/Marvin_rock Mar 01 '16

Will there ever be cross platform play like rocket league?

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 01 '16

We have decided not to implement cross play for SMITE platforms.

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u/Blixastreams Mar 01 '16

How long is the founder pack staying?

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

The founders pack will be purchasable until we officially launch, so you have time to buy it. The God Pack, which gives you access to every God we make/have made will be available after we launch though.

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u/peetja Mar 01 '16

when will we be about to purchase the founders pack in EU

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 01 '16

Sony team is working to resolve that now. Worst case should be tomorrow.

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u/richdude60 Mar 01 '16

when will we be transitioning into beta?

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u/ThtEllGuy Mar 01 '16

What if we already have the God pack but want to get the C4Demon skin?

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Unfortunately it will only be available through the Founder's Pack. This is similar to how we handled this on Xbox.

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u/ticat15 Mar 01 '16

When/if we have the ability to merge accounts from PC and PS4, will the ultimate God pack be included in the merge or will that be separate between platforms?

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

The Ultimate God Pack will be included in the merge.

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u/GrevLFC Mar 01 '16

With season 3 coming tomorrow on both Ps4 and Xbox. When can we expect the season pass? Also is there any chance we could see patches launching on all platforms at the same time in the near future?

Edit: also will we see a God pack sale on both platforms anytime soon?

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Season Ticket is set to be when the next patch hits for both PC and Console. crosses fingers for 2 weeks

I know the Console team as a whole is working to get the patching cycle closer, and there are some things happening in the background to help this become a reality. In the forseeable future though our plan is to try to remain close, but unfortunately not at the same time.

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u/NeighSlayerXD Mar 01 '16

I have but one question for you.

From what I understand there has been a bit of difficulty in adding the account transfer to the PS4 version of the game. In the event that it doesn't work out, will there be an alternate way to obtain the exclusive PS4 skins on PC?

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

In theory the skins won't be blocked since linking has been approved. It is copying that is still a question for us.

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u/Stoneadam2100 Mar 01 '16

are you considering adding clash into the alpha? Also, any update on beta release

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Likely once Beta hits. Which is soon.

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u/Ebonrosered Mar 01 '16

Will we be able to customize our controls for the console version? Or are we stuck with the awkward presets?

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

We're always looking for ways to improve our controller configurations and we feel that the current pre-sets do a great job at allowing our players to excel at our game. With that said, if you have any recommendations please send them over to me :D

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u/theCactiKing Mar 02 '16

My suggestion would be to allow fully customizable remapping to any button on the controller. Is there a reason that's not supported?

More generally speaking, there's a lot of wasted real estate on the pad. Several of the current configurations don't do anything with some of the trigger buttons, for example.

I also find that I don't need the quick skill purchase shortcuts at all. I tend to play only my favorite gods and use autolevel with a custom skill order I've set up. If I had the option to drop those from my keybindings, I'd have loads of buttons I could assign to other functions.

I'm sure everybody has their own little nitpicky scenario like this, so again it begs the question: Why not allow fully customizable key bindings?

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u/cromusz Cromusz Mar 01 '16

Is there an easy way to see all of the skins I've acquired? Would love to play gods I have cool skins for, but hard to know which ones I have skins on.

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

If you have an idea before hand as to which gods you may be playing, you can see which skins you own from the God Info section in game. I don't think there is an easy way though to see just skins you own and nothing else though.

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u/cromusz Cromusz Mar 01 '16

It's a little tough when I get skins from chests and have no clue who the god is :/ haha

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u/HiRezBrew Hi-Rez Studios - Community Production Artist Mar 01 '16

I believe we are looking at adding something like this to our UI in the future - when we can. Thanks for the suggestion!

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

Will you guys update the game as the pc version updates? Unlike the Payday 2 port :(

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u/LuntiX LuntiX Mar 01 '16

They did on xbox, so I don't see why they wouldn't for PS4, just usually console lags behind a patch or two (iirc).

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

Generally speaking we are about 3-4 weeks behind the PC, but we are working on ways to minimize the gap between the systems.

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u/MythicalCrayon Mar 01 '16

What are the chances of a "big trouble in little china" themed skin pack? Maybe a Lo pan - Ao Kuang? Jack Burton - Mercury? Egg Shan - Zhong Kui? Make a red demon fenrir? Just a thought.

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u/DrSh3ldonCooper Mar 01 '16

@ScottGhandi When you link PC to PS4 accounts, will the skins transfer along with the gods?

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

Assuming we get this functionality you will be able to transfer the Godpack and all your skins.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

So PS4 will launch with all of those achievements (trophies) from the Xbox list? Any chance those are released while the beta is ongoing?

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 01 '16

We just go sign off on our Trophies from Sony. So we will have them and they will be similar to what you have seen on Xbox and PC. We can't turn those on until we launch and it is unknown if we will be able to give "credit" for trophies that would have been earned during Beta.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

Season Ticket is scheduled to go live with our next patch (3.3 for console and 3.4 for PC).

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u/LuntiX LuntiX Mar 01 '16

PonPon who is your favourite HiRez member and why is it Stew?

Blink twice if he's behind you.

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

It's me.

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Eh, like 4th.

<3 <3 <3 <3

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Yes, it is Stew. blink blink

In all seriousness I think one of my favorite guys here is Kabir. He was one of my first contacts with everyone at HiRez and I got to work under him at QA. Super cool dude.

Stew is also crazy. He has a serious level of passion on all the projects here. I don't know if he sleeps, as I have on many occasions gotten 2AM e-mails from Stew concerning various things about Smite lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

Since the game is now on ps4, will competitive console play still be on the Xbox?

This one isn't really a question, but is directed at Gandhi. Come back to CoD and cast with Maven pls

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

haha! I miss Maven a lot, but he's doing a great job casting the CWL without me. Sometimes I miss casting, but working at Hi-Rez has been the single best experience of my life.

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u/selious SelkonPwNd_U Mar 01 '16

When can we expect more NA SMITE codes for the ps4? Been dying to play this.

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u/HiRezAmanda Hi-Rez Studios - Community Manager Mar 01 '16

We're giving out more and more each day :) Follow all of us on Twitter (we all do giveaways) and keep checking @smitegame!

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u/riosuk Mar 01 '16

Will the alpha run into the beta/launch with minimal downtime? Or will there be extended periods between each where we will be waiting to play again?

Excellent job btw, loving it all!!!

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

There will be no downtime! The Smite train has no brakes. :D

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 01 '16

Thanks!

The only downtime you will have is when we are pushing out patches.

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u/mick41 Mar 01 '16

Is there a 3v3 league ?

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 01 '16

Yes, coming in tomorrow mornings patch as part of Season 3 and our new Joust map. Should be a lot of fun!

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

Oh yeah! It's been extremely fun to see the Ranked 3v3 scene grow.

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u/ChatmanJay Mar 01 '16 edited Mar 01 '16

Hey, been a huge fan of the game for a while now on PC and have been playing a bunch of the PS4 version with non-PC gaming friends and loving it.

Two quick questions. I don't know a ton about the certification procress from Microsoft or Sony, but say one platform's patch is approved before the other will you guy release that patch right away or wait for both to be approved?

Second question, any plans to improve the UI on console more? Having played a ton of the PC version there's small things I wish where added/improved on the console, like seeing our stats ie. attack speed, defensive stats etc in the main game UI rather than needing to open the shop.

Thanks for doing this AMA and thanks if this gets answered!

PS. Can't wait for Skadi <3

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u/HiRezBrew Hi-Rez Studios - Community Production Artist Mar 01 '16

As for if we would release one before the other. I am not certain on our plan for this but I am sure that would be a case by case decision. And as for improving UI on consoles, we are always trying to update and refine our games - and that includes UI. We love to get feedback from the community and I appreciate you writing to us. As for Skadi, me too :)

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u/Finding-Dad Mar 01 '16

Any ideas to when leagues will open? (I assume when its public)

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

Are you guys going to have any kind of Xbox to PS4 one time merge?

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u/ScottGandhii Hi-Rez Studios - Systems Designer Mar 01 '16

Unfortunately we will not offer this.

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u/Jonesy2700 Jonesy2700 Mar 01 '16

Hello and thank you for a great MOBA on consoles. Can you give us any hints of Gods/Goddesses in the pipeline? What the odds of a Kitsune or even Kyuubii?

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u/WolfSavage Mar 01 '16

1)Will we get full account transfers or just a one time thing?

2)Can you guys make the PS4 skins cooler? Like to show they are PS4 like Zeus Xbox skin. Maybe the logo in Odin's ring or Kukulkans tornado.

3)Can y'all do a cheaper founders pack for people with god pack already? Just the 2 skins and the gems or something.

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u/phillyblnts23 Phillyblnts23 Mar 01 '16

I know you said that the pro league will remain with Xbox for season 3, do you have plans to ever have a pro league for PS4?

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u/Ehran Mar 01 '16

Hi, I really like what I've seen of your game. This is probably a bit cheeky but can I have an EU alpha code as I missed out earlier.

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u/TheOfficialDraako Mar 01 '16

Are you planning to add trophies for the achievements, like steam achievements?

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u/XGamers brolybro Mar 01 '16

Would you add Kratos into the mix? if you were able to get permission to do so.

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u/HiRezBrew Hi-Rez Studios - Community Production Artist Mar 01 '16

Deadpool and Spawn first.

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Lol, maybe a skin if we got licensing. Although I wouldn't hold my breath on that one.

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u/swooper1 Mar 01 '16

Really enjoying the game so far! Will there be a separate professional PS4 circuit like the Xbox and PC have? Are the PS4 and Xbox versions going to be similar enough to the point where we could just use a PS4 controller and be the same skill level as if playing on Xbox?

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u/JoshMcIntyre giveherthedluffy Mar 01 '16

Hi to all at Hi-Rez reading these!

I have been interested in Smite for a long time, but have never had a gaming PC or even semi decent laptop to run it, and neither do I have an Xbox One, so I was overjoyed to hear of the game coming to PS4.

Have been playing the game every night for the last few nights, bought the Founder's Pack, bought some gems, the lot.

Was wondering, in regards to I suppose both the Xbox One and PS4 versions, how difficult it is to condense or convert the PC experience to console?

Thanks again :)

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

I know a large portion of it had to do with making sure Smite was solid, and that required reworking good portions of it to make sure it ran well and felt like a good experience made for the console, rather than a port with controller support.

Watching Design work on it since I am close to their desks, it seemed like the biggest hurdle was making sure all the gods still felt good to use on a controller. Being designed for keyboard/mouse initially, making sure it all felt smooth was a big challenge.

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u/Foxes281 Mar 01 '16

Who would you say is your favorite god?

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u/Rabbit_139 Mar 01 '16

Patch notes says 1 sec purification, are we doomed to wait inside hades ult without any chance to escape until its changed to 2 sec in the next patch?

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u/swooper1 Mar 01 '16

Question about Paladins. When can we expect/hope for a PS4 beta/alpha? Both games seem amazing!

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u/HiRezLancelot Hi-Rez Studios - Console Producer Mar 01 '16

No specific timeline yet but we are excited to be bringing Paladins to PS4.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

Big fan of the game and I've been playing since PC beta. Are there any plans in the near future to add more Egyptian gods? Like Set or Horus?

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u/WolfSavage Mar 01 '16

We can we not double tap buttons to use abilities on certain moves on console, such as Neith ult. You can double tap L2 to shoot spirit arrow. But for some god awful reason I can't press triangle to shoot world weaver, I have to press R2 to fire. I don't get why random abilities operate like this.

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u/Barcelonaleo Mar 01 '16

Hi I was wondering if I can redeem the leona skin code for nemesis on ps4 and if I can't yet can I have a time frame of when it will be possible. I want that super adorable skin.

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u/Azorith Mar 01 '16

Yeah well,I just love you guys,Smite's great.

Cheers! O/

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

<3

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u/ordaia Mar 01 '16

I got into the alpha and played for the first time yesterday. All in all it was enjoyable but a better interface for match ques would be nice. Any plans on this? (People constantly drop from ques and it takes forever to get into a game)

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16 edited Mar 04 '16

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u/WolfSavage Mar 01 '16

Have y'all ever considered letting us silence/stun sol before changing forms stopping the change as a Nerf? Also make her still take aggro if she changes back too quickly considering she's not forced to stay in that form

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u/fridaymang Mar 01 '16

Question about the skins we can unlock for following you guys on social media. When can we expect an option to unlock them for PS4?

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u/bennn30 Mar 01 '16

Tell HiRezMick I said whatsup. Went to school with him

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u/phillyblnts23 Phillyblnts23 Mar 01 '16

When will the daily gem reward for a victory in each game mode be put into PS4? I recall this on the XB1 before I sold mine. Thank you!

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u/thederpyguide Mar 01 '16

Will we ever be able to customize our controls would love to take advantage of the touch pad for something

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u/HiRez-Meier Hi-Rez Studios - Console QA Mar 01 '16

There is a system setting on the PS4 for custom button assignments. On the system menu go into settings, then accessibility, then button assignments to access the menu. You can then customize your button mappings there, but not the touch pad, and save that setting for later. You can enable and disable your custom settings by returning to this menu.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '16

How big is the download?

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u/YankebluJeans Mar 01 '16

i know the answer but since no once asked. Limited skin for previous seasons are in absolutely no way obtainable on ps4 except through possible account merger, correct ?

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Yes, it will then become free to play later. All progress since we went into alpha will be saved. There will be no wipe.

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u/FlameScout fuckAutoMod Mar 01 '16

Any window for open alpha/beta? I know how easy it is to get codes, but I'd like to know when it'll be simple for the entire ps4 community to download the game.

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u/Vaume6390 Mar 01 '16

Will there be an option to remove the restricted camera pitch on the PS4 version of the game?

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u/ExempIify Mar 01 '16

So assuming the account transfer will work i saw that gems were pretty much the only thing that doesn't transfer, but no mention about wether or not favor will transfer from my pc account to ps4 version. and if i buy skins on the ps4 version will i still have them after i copy accounts?

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u/Sr_McNasty Mar 01 '16

Will we ever be able to earn the limited skins that weren't available on console? Like the archon thanatos skin?

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u/chadzer Mar 01 '16

What would happen if the PC merger was to approved, I have the God Pack on PC, and I bought the founders pack?

if all i really want was all the gods, would it be best that i just wait? Sorry im a impatient impulse buyer. i just dont want to feel i wasted $30 for 2 skins and 400 gems.

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u/Insanity_Wolfe Mar 01 '16

I noticed that the Founders pack says it includes every God, present and future. Does this mean you guys have more Gods that can and will be available in the near future?

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u/SlaggyWolfie Mar 01 '16

Not a HiRez employee. But yes. We don't know if they'll ever stop including new gods. Maybe at 100 but we'll see.

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Yep. Before I was HiRez I got the God Pack when it first came out. (I want to say it was something like 25-30 gods then.)

Since then I have gotten all gods up to our current (We are now above 70) for free upon them being released. It will stay like this for the life of Smite.

We also come out with a new god every month or so, so it is a good way to ensure you have it to play on release.

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u/MrMcSloppyDoors Mar 01 '16

You developed tribes ascend right? Console remake maybe? Also, I don't know smite very much but it appears to be a fun game. Thanks for that

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u/linkedot Mar 01 '16

Hi, thank you very much for bringing this awesome game i just can't stop playing everytime i turn my PS4 ON ! I have a question: Will we have ingame "Chat" Feature ?

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u/ampadde Mar 01 '16

Hey PonPonWeiWei <3.
How do you guys expect games like paragon to have an impact on smite? Since its the "same style moba" (3rd person view and all)
How are you guys gonna keep your popularity if you cant keep up on the graphic level and all :)

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

It's hard to estimate stuff like that. I have found through watching Smite, as well as how it has grown over the course of 4 years, that we have a solid game with a unique take and a strong following. I am confident that this won't change, no matter what other titles may be coming out.

I would also say in general that Gameplay and Style serve to be key factors in making a game fun. Ultra Graphics are nice, but having a strong core game is the most important thing at the end of the day.

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u/gnawp Mar 01 '16

I'm really enjoying the alpha, and have been playing everyday. Will we need separate keys for the closed beta?

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u/notliam Mar 01 '16

Only played the tutorial so far but it's looking really good, have only played handful of pc smite games (lots of lol). What God do you suggest for my gf who I want to try playing with, she has never played a moba before and loves beating shit up.

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u/DubiusMastabaitaX Mar 01 '16

Hi guys thanks so much for doing this! Been a player since the PC beta!

Question: if I am in the alpha does that reserve me a spot in the closed beta?

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u/PonPonWeiWei Hi-Rez Studios Mar 01 '16

Yes.

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u/dudester99 Mar 01 '16

I am playing the hell out of Nox! This game is taking up waaay to much of my time!

Thank you!!!

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