Ran 7 arenas with the stuff they put out yesterday, went 7-0 without a death with the same team mentioned above. I just can't say how under-rated Effie is. I haven't seen her once mentioned on any website of any high tier or seen used by any of the advanced teams but she is my fucking mvp 75% of the games, Tiki one shotting Hector is still the most critical piece of my success but other then that 1 shot, Effie just does work and stops Taku/Rymo in their tracks. Green magic or lesser effective green melee units are the only thing that touches her and outside of Able you just won't find any right now on any consistent level. If the meta makes major shifts she might not be as stellar but with so many fire and physical units out there she just is a beast and she does more damage then 95% of them while taking 20% the damage they do. Best thing I ever did was making her a 5 star.
I guess there is some grand hero event tonight? I agree with the lack luster options etc but lets keep in mind its extremely new and they just might have gated content planned for quiet some time. I'm hoping for ass raping challenges with actual good rewards or I'll be right there with you saying /bye bye. For now i'm giving it at least 2-3 months though since I invested some cash in it and I don't want to go to some other game that has been around for a while. Plus over the years I always quit shit then greatly regret it, (FFRK for instance, spent probably $500 on that pretty early....thought it was pretty limited and cheaply forced you to have to have so many different good people/abilities by the stupid bonus for being the same game....well its turned into one hell of a game from what I've followed and that "should" have been what I've stuck with and played for years. Fuck~
Was hoping this would be my new chance to start and build strong but if it fails then fuck mobile games again until BF2 comes maybe. I just know I want something with significant longevity and actually accumulation of your time to supplement playing Smite since there is no accumulative effect from playing that other then retarded skins. I will give all the credit to the world to these companies making these games, it is such a great idea that plays off multiple compoents of people whether its their addictive/gambling nature, desire to have a singe long term game to play for years (that isn't as demanding as MMO), or people who like a lot of the throw back strategy type games because todays console/PC gaming scene is just fucking shit for those types of games. I'm 35 and been very selectively playing games since I was 6 (FF1 completion 4 white mages right when it was out as a tiny kid, I should have had my picture in Nintendo Power mother fuckers, kudos to anyone who can remember that contest in there about the 4 WHM's) and I honestly hate most of todays games with a passion. Fucking Disgaea 5 was the only good game I've played in the last two years and dragon age 3 (or whenever)