Season 2 PTS #3 Changes - Jan. 30th 2015
Season 2 PTS #3 - Jan. 30 2015
If you missed Season 2 PTS #2, see the list of changes here: http://bit.ly/15PMoyk
If you missed Season 2 PTS #1, see the list of changes here: http://bit.ly/1t7AZEL


“We have continued the changes from last PTS with further item balance. There are still more changes to be made before we complete the list for Season 2, and as always the content you will see in this PTS is not in its utmost completed state. We received fantastic feedback from the last phase of PTS testing and still encourage more feedback from our community as we speed towards the launch of Season 2.

Please note that while gameplay changes are documented in these notes, due to the nature of the work in progress, there may be undocumented features and adjustments you’ll find on PTS not mentioned here. As always, none of the changes here are in any way guaranteed to make it into Live.

As with the last test, the itemization, gameplay, and god changes allow for new ways to play SMITE so get out there and try something new this weekend!”

Maps

New Conquest
Further refinements to Conquest have been made, and we have made an improved collision pass.
Player spawn locations should now display the correct god icons and pantheon flags
Additional environment life critters have now been added on higher video settings
Various performance related improvements and optimizations


Misc

A visual gamma slider has been added into the options menu.
Additional improvements to Auto-Optimize for video settings have been made.
Video settings have been renamed and now range from “Minimum” to “Maximum” to better match their intended purpose.


General Gameplay

Conquest Jungle Camp Changes:
Attack Speed Buff (Purple)
Now adds +15 Magical Power from Basic Attacks and +12 Physical Power from Basic Attacks, in addition to +15% Attack Speed.
Known Issue: There is an unintentional cap on In-Hand power that may affect a small number of gods at maximum level using this buff.
Known Issue: The help-tip description for this buff was not updated.

Camp Spawns
Fixed incorrect Leashing Mechanics
Jungle Mobs were not correctly retargeting a valid target within range after it loses the target it is on.

Known Issue: Significant improvements are being made to the spawning sequence for jungle camps, to avoid missed shots, but will not be available in this PTS phase.

Mid Harpy Camps
These camps are now on a delayed spawn. They first appear 3min into the match.

Lane Mechanics:
The time to earn rewards from tagging (damaging) minions has been reduced from 10s to 5s.


Item Changes


Achilles’ Spear
Now provides 30% movement speed for the duration.
Attack Speed increased from 25% to 30%.
Now Branches off of Sprint I.

Bloodforge
Cost reduced from 2625 to 2265
Lifesteal decreased from 20% to 15%
Max stacks reduced from 5 to 3
Lifesteal per stack increased from 2% to 3%

Bluestone Pendant
Now provides +5 MP5.

Charged Bow
Now triggers lightning every 4th hit, instead of randomly.
Reduced Attack Speed from 25% to 20%.
Reduced cost from 1350 to 1200.

Charged Morningstar
Added back +4 MP5 to this item

Death’s Toll
Increased Health gained per hit from +5 to +6
Decreased Mana gained per hit from +1.5 to +1

Fist of the Gods
The changes from last PTS were fully reverted.

Greater Purification
Reverted the change to beads from last PTS, and made the following change:
Cooldown reduction reduced from 5s to 3s.

Hydra’s Lament
Fixed an issue with “next successful attack” not working properly.
Fixed an issue with damage not being +25%.

Hydra’s Star
Fixed an issue with “next successful attack” not working properly.

Lotus Crown
Passive Changes to: Any gods affected by your heals gain +20 Physical and Magical Protection for 5 seconds. Cannot be cast on the same target again for 10s.
Decreased cost from 2250 to 2100.

Manikin Scepter
This item has been removed.

Magi’s Blessing
Cost increased from 2100 to 2250.
Removed Crowd Control Reduction from this item.

Magi’s Cloak
Removed Crowd Control Reduction from this item.

Ninja Tabi
Decreased Physical Power from +30 to +20
Removed Cooldown Reduction from this item
Added +15% Attack Speed

Odysseus’ Bow
Now triggers lightning every 4th hit, instead of randomly.
Price reduced from 2650 to 2450.

Polynomicon
Fixed an issue with “next successful attack” not working properly.

Runic Shield
Passive Aura has been changed: All enemies within range 55 have their Magical Power reduced by 50.
Reduced magical protection from 70 to 50.\

Shield of the Underworld
​Passive change: Upon activation you reflect 40% of tall the damage you take, before mitigations, for the next 5s back to it's owner as Magical Damage. While this is active, enemies cannot lifesteal from you.

Shoes of the Magi
Increased Magical Power from +50 to +65.

Spirit Robe
Decreased Physical and Magical Protections from +45 to +40.

Soul Stone
This item has been removed.

Sovereignty
Increased Physical Protection from 30 to 55.

Temporal Purification
This item has been removed.

Transcendence
Added back +6 MP5 to this item.

Warlock’s Sash
Reverted changes from the previous PTS test.

Watcher’s Gift
This passive on this item has changed: Being within range 60 of a minion death without dealing the killing blow awards +4 bonus gold, +10 health, and +5 mana.

Witch Blade
This item no longer provides movement speed.

Warrior Tabi (Tier 3)
Increased Physical Power from +30 to +40
Removed Attack Speed from this item


Gods - Balance/Updates/Fixes



Ah Muzen Cab
General
Base Attack Speed increased from 0.92 to 0.95
Attack Speed per level increased from 1.35% to 1.7%

Anhur
General
Base Attack Speed increased from 0.85 to 0.9
Attack Speed per level increased from 1.5% to 1.7 %

Apollo
General
Base Attack Speed increased from 0.9 to 0.95
Attack Speed per level increased from 1.5% to 1.7%

Artemis
General
Base Attack Speed increased from 0.9 to 0.95
Attack Speed per level increased from 1.2% to 1.4%

Chronos
Stop Time
Fixed not reducing enemy attack speed.

Cupid
General
Base Attack Speed increased from 0.92 to 0.95
Attack Speed per level increased from 1.5% to 1.8%

Flutter
Fixed ranks 1 and 2 not giving him attack speed.

Hou Yi
General
Base Attack Speed increased from 0.85 to 0.9
Attack Speed per level increased from 1% to 1.2%

Kukulkan
Whirlwind
Fixed whirlwind damage over time still lastings 2s instead of 2.5s.
Fixed description still saying damage over time “last 2s”.

Neith
General
Base Attack Speed increased from 0.91 to 0.95
Attack Speed per level increased from 1.4% to 1.6%

Osiris
Judgement Tether
Fixed issues with healing and mana received not applying to owners.

Rama
General
Base Attack Speed increased from 0.92 to 0.95
Attack Speed per level increased from 1.4% to 1.7%

Sylvanus
Wisps
This ability now only affects gods.

Ullr
General
Base Attack Speed increased from 0.92 to 0.95
Attack Speed per level increased from 1.2% to 1.5%

Xbalanque
General
Base Attack Speed increased from 0.88 to 1