Smite closed alpha feedback

Before starting would like to give little bit of background.  Favourite genre of games used to be real time strategy before disappearing off the face of the earth.   Never played moba before however do watch various bits of gaming content.   Understand the basics with concept behind the genre.

1,  New player experience is frustrating

Tutorial covers the basics but misses out massive parts of the game.  Fails to explain terms like carry, role they made. Loads of items missing from the tutorial which are important.  Don’t understand how nobody has picked up this before.  Biggest problem is the tutorial which is terrible which leads new player experience being terrible.  Start playing gods wrong start doing badly and quit the game.  Based on what my friends have told me this one of the biggest turn offs.

If you need to google anything within your game to understand it you done something wrong.   Call of duty explains everything within first 15 mins every game should seek to do that within fun way. Hearthstone tutorial helps players learn the game in fun way even ideas like trading or board clear within 15mins.

Solution

Let new players pick nameless god teach the basics, however show them various ult attacks being used in various situations.   Assassin ult used to help kill off somebody attacking your tower, garudan ult used to stun etc.   Could go on step further asking players to find the enemy god based on mini map. Throw in some basics combos which can be chained together.  Next level let them pick their favorite god within certain gamemode.  Putting together these situations within more real world environment.

Last training mode should be coop vs AI.

Not sure how you would cover the item topic [still don’t understand how protections work or power]

Most of my feedback comes from the game not explaining various things within the game.

2, UI god selection

One of the biggest mistakes I seen new players take call roles like carry on guardians.  Simple UI fix would be ‘You picked hunter that role should be carry switch now’

Again the concept and term not explained at all during the tutorial.

3,  No tutorial for conquest

Why does the game not explain conquest but yet new players select during matchmaking?

Final point…

I do like this game however feel the tutorial is half baked.  Took me couple of hours watching some YT videos for various ideas to click.

Willing to admit this quick piece of feedback but some my honest opinions on the game.  Solutions to some of these problems could be done in other ways.