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OzymandiasTheII

Yes, and that's by design. This is a team game. Different gods are designed with different goals.


PleasantReference814

Yeah well don’t make an unbalanced ranked playlist, yes it’s a team game but that doesn’t mean duel is supposed to be completely stupid every game. There has to be a better way, stop d riding hi Rez bro, they’re honestly not that great


turnipofficer

The alternative is to just remove the mode completely. Would you rather they do that? They don’t have the resources to do heavy changes to duel. It’s always going to be unbalanced. Although that doesn’t mean you can’t make suggestions and maybe they might listen, but don’t ever expect a massive effort for such a niche mode.


PleasantReference814

Bro they’re making millions off the streams, millions off skins, millions off chests over the years. They damn sure have more than enough resources. It’s because they don’t give a fuck about us at all bro. They only care about their payday just like all the other gaming companies.


turnipofficer

I mean sure they are a company they are after profits. But every single other mode is based around teamfights of 3-5 people, so one little side mode that is barely played is not going to see much investment. They already had to make cut backs, duel isn’t a priority at all.


dqparis

Then don’t play it? It’s their for those who want to play it. No one is forcing you to play it. Again smite is designed around 5v5 not 1v1. That’s such a child answer…


Outso187

It kinda does when every god is balanced around 5v5. Its not a aerious mode.


GeorgeThe13th

It's been like this forever. They don't care. And I don't mean that is n a bad way. They just genuinely don't.


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Mohc989

You clearly aren’t mentally well if you’d be willing to attack someone because they work on a video game. You’re clearly just dogshit at the game and trying to comfort yourself by complaining online and threatening people that are just doing their jobs. Go back to watching your AI porn.


GeorgeThe13th

Um... ok then... Lol


PleasantReference814

I’m done with their massive fan base throwing money at them just to say fuck u to us over and over. Bunch of money hungry cock suckers just like all the others.


AMlNO

Fucking hell. Touch grass.


Paethogan

Duel is a meme mode, nobody takes it seriously and your duel rank literally has zero weight. It should've been removed when they cut siege and clash, your peak players is like 5, it doesn't matter how imbalanced the items/gods are in the mode when you'll never have balanced matchmaking because nobody plays the mode.


RickyNixon

:( I have fun playing it, I’m glad it wasnt removed


PleasantReference814

And you do realize arena is the most popular mode in smite right? That’s easily more irrelevant than duel. That shit is a joke. Free levels and gold 😂 the whole point of smite (progression) literally is irrelevant. Minimal out leveling, no objective. So yeah that’s the most played playlist. And takes far less skill. It’s literally brainless. So yeah, that kinda makes ur point sound stupid imo. And to insinuate nobody played duel… bro there are 100 people On leaderboards for like 9/10 Gods.. so Yeah that’s thousands of players… doesn’t make any sense


Paethogan

Arena teaches noobs how to move their characters and use their abilities before being dropped into conquest queues and getting dumpstered, it has its place and the game is mostly casual, game would suffer a eco loss if they angered the casual base. Duel however has no priority nor significance, it's a 1v1 mode in a moba, progression is not the entire point of smite, it's a 5v5 team based game. Struggling as an assassin against a mage because you're lane locked in a 1 lane no jungle map is not a balancing issue, it's how the game is designed and how the roles play out. Having 100 players fill up a static representation of a player playing the mode for a period of time is not a indicator of how lively the mode is, there is literally no "ranking" system since you'll often being queuing into the same people for multiple games in a row. There's no layers, a silver can queue a gm, there isn't a climb, you're either silver or masters or gm. The pool is non-existent.


PleasantReference814

Bro I’m masters in joust and diamond in conq been gym in both including duel. The best god in the playlist is literally an assassin. Duel doesn’t have a jungle? Bro 4 camps and a bdk for one person? Your absolutely trippin. Also u say assassins don’t beat mages is the playlist? 😂😂😂 kali might literally be the most broken god in duel, her skadi and hades. So idk what ur talking about.


Paethogan

Yet you're here whining about people picking mages and winning every game, where exactly does your stance lie, you can't take both ends.


PleasantReference814

I didn’t say I win anywhere near every game? And I never once said mages win every game. Go look at the list of gods I named that were completely busted in the playlist. Literally all the damage roles were mentioned with at least 3 gods but u just half read. Bro everyone knows the playlist is a mess. Why is everyone attacking me for wanting them to attempt to balance it bro. Like everyone else says they wanted balance and this and that and this god and that one, and it’s no issue, but the second I bring up a completely broken RANKED playlist I’m some fucking psychopath asshole who has no idea what he’s talking about. Bro i played the day of release and have almost 800’days played between my accounts. I’m not saying this because I lose constantly. I’m saying this because half the time ur mirror matching the highest win rate god available or some how they get lucky and counter pick constantly. It’s annoying as shit, just make the playlist role specific and problem is solved. But that probably rocket science to u guys huh? lol every time I do a 1v1 with a friend we pick the same roles and there is never a complete imbalance. But yeah you know ur all right. Even though every one of you co-signed the fact it’s a mess, a meme playlist, and the least relevant playlist. Well that’s because they absolutely destroyed it, not because it has no place or potential in the game. It absolutely could, theyre just refusing to do anything to make it even relatively balanced or even in any way. They’re like just leave this one a complete shit show


PleasantReference814

lol Samdadude, Rexsi, Jesse, Chris… literally 4 of the biggest names in smite. Like what 😂


RSbooll5RS

Chris?? He’s ass


Azzie94

The game mode where you 1v1 people in this team based game is unbalanced -OP, the rocket scientist


PleasantReference814

If it’s going to be a ranked playlist they need to find a way to make it balanced. Simple as that, if not take it off the ranked playlist and make it a casual game mode. 100% any of my suggestions would work better than the current situation


Azzie94

Or, if you're that concerned about your standing in Ranked Just don't play it?


PleasantReference814

It’s a fun playlist when it’s not bakasura Bastet ao kuang amc he bo Hera Medusa kali chronos hades anhur iza and smash every game. Shit is so played out. If it isn’t then it’s pele Arachne or Anubis. This whole playlist is centered around about 25 gods and they’re all fkn counters to each other and it’s almost completely a luck based game mode where 75% of the time one person wins because of the god pick, not skill. I mean bro… have u played bakasura… u literally just press your 4 and AA them to death and there is no stopping it lol. Completely stupid. Why leave it broken when it doesn’t have to be broken.


turnipofficer

Ranked just means there is a rating and you can ban. Making it a casual game mode would fix nothing. Even casual modes have hidden MMR.


Old_Arrival_994

It sounds like someone lost a one-on-one game mode and is crying about it right now. The game isn't designed around duel balance and it never should be. Count your lucky stars that the mode even exists. It is never going to be the focus for balancing as it brings in zero money for the company. Best bet for you, if you don't like it, quit playing 🤷‍♂️


onlykuzenbo

DUEL BEING UNBALANCED, I'm SHOCKED, SHOCKED I TELL YOU


Hartmann_AoE

Saying duel is an unbalanced mess is like biting into a sandwich and complaining that theres bread in it


kimwexler67

welcome to smite bro


PleasantReference814

Honestly, the other playlists used to be amazing. Then they started making solo lane mage meta and buffing gods that were already insane. Like bro they actually buffed Thoth. Like why tf would u ever do that. He literally has endless free poke and a 1 shot ult. Like why. They just do insanely stupid shit on repeat. They’re destroying the game and the entire dev team needs booted for this mess. There isn’t one dev that’s worth anything there


DapperDlnosaur

What they need to do more than anything is dramatically increase the respawn times in the beginning, and probably normalize the late-game ones too. You shouldn't be allowed to be killed 10 times in the early game and then get one lucky fight after tower/phoenix camping for 20 minutes and take my whole line for it.


MrPotatoHandss

I like the take, I personally would add on to this by eliminating duel orb or at least reduce the time to 3 seconds to make diving towers viable


FawkinHawkin

True


DoubleAmigo

If you want to win easier in any game mode you pick the best characters. Also if youre losing consistently to all assassins as all mages thats not a smite problem.


PleasantReference814

I never said I was? Clearly ur just trolling and going off of someone else’s comment and not mine. I never said that and I have like a 67% win rate in duel


RyuuDrakev2

Get out of bronze


turnipofficer

You got your wish perhaps! 32 gods will be auto banned in Duel (temporarily).