Smite 2 government producer KillGoon has defended the sport’s controversial pricing construction following waves of criticism from gamers after the launch of the 24/7 alpha.
The 24/7 closed alpha launched on Aug. 27 throughout all platforms for gamers who bought one among Smite 2‘s three Founder Editions, with one of many foremost bonuses for the acquisition being doubling the quantity of Legacy Gems obtained.
Legacy Gems in Smite 2 are a type of forex given to gamers primarily based on how a lot laborious forex was spent within the unique Smite, rewarding them for his or her loyalty and offering a unique choice to make purchases than Diamonds—Smite 2’s premium forex.
Gamers have been upset with what they’ve discovered within the store, nonetheless, as nearly all of skins in Smite 2 are usually not absolutely purchasable with Legacy Gems, and as an alternative, half of the fee is required to be in Diamonds.
In a Reddit put up on Aug. 29, KillGoon offered additional particulars on the construction of pores and skin pricing in Smite 2 and the way the types of forex work, explaining that the intention was by no means to be “malicious” or “cash grubby.”
Within the put up, the dev defined that the unique Smite rewarded gamers for buying the bigger bundles of Gems, with twice as many Gems per greenback within the $100 pack than within the $5 pack—one thing he described as “extra aggressive than some other recreation” and “unwelcoming to gamers” who wish to spend smaller quantities of cash.
The earlier value factors additionally didn’t work with Smite 2, he defined, on condition that the brand new Ascension Passes will price $10 per God, which might have required gamers to buy the $15 bundle because the $8 bundle wouldn’t have been sufficient.
The dev shared a comparability desk of the 2 currencies with the adjustments in his put up, exhibiting a $4.99 pack of Diamonds in Smite 2 offering round 120 Diamonds per greenback, whereas a pack of Gems with the identical value level within the unique Smite offered simply 40 Gems per greenback.
KillGoon additionally emphasised that “pores and skin pricing can and can change” sooner or later and skins will probably be priced primarily based on their Rarity. Any basic skins added to Smite 2 could be bought totally with Legacy Gems, just like the Joki Loki pores and skin and Meltdown Sol after the present Twitch drop occasion.
Two basic skins are deliberate to be added in “each replace for the foreseeable future,” with the following pair to drop being Tokyo Knight Ares and Scorching Diggity Odin. No date for the following replace has been offered.
