SMITE 2's first Alpha Weekend launches later this week and Hi-Rez Studios have put together a video showing what to expect in the game.
The video explains some of the changes you will see on the Conquest map including the new interact key, updated buff camps and the Ancient Fury. One of the biggest changes however is how items work. Instead of having a separate pool of items for Physical and Magical gods, items will now be split into Strength and Intelligence and any god can buy any items available. Some items will also have active abilities like you would see in League of Legends where you press a button and items will activate different attacks or buffs.
I have been playing the original SMITE since it was in beta way back in 2013 and I am very excited to jump into SMITE 2. A lot of the changes I have seen are things that I feel will really separate this game from the original and I am very excited to see how Gods will get some changes and all of the new builds we can try out with the new item system. While it won't be available in the Alpha im really excited to see if they make any changes to the Arena game mode which I primarily play. I am hoping we may after all these years get that 10v10 Arena mode that was advertised a long time ago.
The first SMITE 2 Alpha Weekend will run from May 2nd to May 4th.
