Need to introduce Ranked Joust

[FGoots]

I may be in the minority, but I prefer Joust over Conquest.

As a new player Joust was much quicker and easier to pickup because it didn’t have the many nuance’s of Conquest.

Joust offers quicker gameplay for people on a time constraint. Also, I consider Joust much more combat indusive. Gods start at level 3 and the smaller map allows gods to quickly get back into the action.

Don’t get me wrong I do enjoy Conquest, but the beginning of the game can be cumbersome with farming and lane management (which I know people enjoy).

I’d like to see ranked Joust back in Smite as I feel it appeals to a different demographic, who can enjoy the glory of the game, but in a more accelerated version.

[Geardo]

The issue here would be teams

The company stated once Smite 1 Ranked Joust was more team oriented than even Ranked Conquest
Meaning you should expect a 3 man to stomp a team of Duo + Solo or 3 Solos a lot
They even once forced Ranked Conquest to be all Solos while 3 mans and Duos were allowed in Ranked Joust

Might be they do not see enough 3 mans to bring it in yet

[Lorska]

Pretty sure they already said there will be no ranked joust.
Apparently even the smite 1 ranked joust players went to play casual joust instead so it was a very dead mode.
I believe they stated somewhere that they really want to separate competitive and casual and not do casual ranked modes, so no ranked joust or arena.

[ele]

I don't play Conquest at all, just Arena. There'll never be ranked but ranked is always the worst mode in an online game anyway.

[John Rivers]

I don't see the appeal of conquest at all; it wastes time and ruins moods.
Can fit in two arena matches and not feel like youve been doing this all day.

[John Rivers]

Ranked Arena would separate the men from the boys.

[John Rivers]

Originally posted by ele:

I don't play Conquest at all, just Arena. There'll never be ranked but ranked is always the worst mode in an online game anyway.

we start a petition? :)

[ele]

Yeah, we got mobile games for tri-lane that are 10000x better than Smite 2 for that mode with matches that are over in 10-20 mins.

[John Rivers]

Originally posted by ele:

Yeah, we got mobile games for tri-lane that are 10000x better than Smite 2 for that mode with matches that are over in 10-20 mins.

alr but we like smite rn :)

[Geardo]

Originally posted by John Rivers:

Ranked Arena would separate the men from the boys.

Either you do not know or are in the minority that know and choose to ignore

[John Rivers]

Originally posted by Geardo:

Originally posted by John Rivers:

Ranked Arena would separate the men from the boys.

Either you do not know or are in the minority that know and choose to ignore

I mean, it is an unsaid ranked mode anyway; your name is what players remember and see when the match begins. Doesn't have to be 'ranked' to know I took you down a notch.

[FGoots]

Originally posted by John Rivers:

Originally posted by Geardo:

Either you do not know or are in the minority that know and choose to ignore

I mean, it is an unsaid ranked mode anyway; your name is what players remember and see when the match begins. Doesn't have to be 'ranked' to know I took you down a notch.

You bring up a good point. There is clearly a loyal following to each game mode.

I’m far from a developer, but to appease all parties they should include ranked matchmaking for each game type. (Don’t really see the downside in this)

[Lorska]

Originally posted by FGoots:

You bring up a good point. There is clearly a loyal following to each game mode.

I’m far from a developer, but to appease all parties they should include ranked matchmaking for each game type. (Don’t really see the downside in this)

The downside is massively splitting the play base.
Smite is already considered a special case with its unprecedented amount of modes for a moba.
The ranked player base for some modes would be incredibly small leading to completely impossible matchmaking.
Something inherently casual like arena or assault would only generate a tiny ranked player base.
Joust only worked because 3-man premades are very common but even that ranked mode was completely screwed over by ranked players migrating towards casual.
So no there is a massive downside to making a ranked mode for everything.

[John Rivers]

take away joust and/or assault then.

[Lorska]

Originally posted by John Rivers:

take away joust and/or assault then.

That would lead to extreme backlash.
Both have been absolute staples from the start and at least for joust it would lead to a bunch of people just leaving because it's the only small group mode.

Not like you care about anything besides arena though so of course that's your suggestion...

[John Rivers]

you understand however that i could say the same about the way you feel about joust lol.
wish then , theyd just TRY ranked arena again
but okay, we concluded that it is unsaid ranked