Arrg... I hate having to make skin decisions...
So I've got enough gems for the new Athena skins, but Apollo's new skin is up on the Smite Wiki and apparently it's a chest exclusive (who wants to guess that they're making a rock music chest?). Given that Apollo is my main adc... yeahl... on the other hand, the Athena skins are up until 4/12 so I might wait to see what the next patches reveal...
HEY GUYS LOOK WE GOT TOTALLY LEGIT PATCH NOTES EARLY!!!
edited 1st Apr '16 7:34:36 AM by Watchtower
Or "The forums are pissed Hades isn't a good guy yet"
A lot of people request that Persephone gets put in, and I struggle to think of what exactly she could bring that couldn't be done by another goddess, especially her mother Demeter/Ceres.
Eat pomegranates, spawn babies, send babies to fight. Bonus points against Bakasura.
Only sometimes postsPatch 3.6: Escape from the Underworld
Jing Wei is unfortunately not a bird, but the wings are pretty, and I like how they were able to make her a teenage girl without making her a pain in the ass. It helps that her voice, while still cute, definitely is a bit deeper than I expected (and I'm fully convinced right now that her VA is Alison Viktorin).
Her kit, meanwhile, is equal parts awesome and terrifying. Her passive is incredible, the emphasis on flying around is just ridiculous, and her air-strike ult is fantastic. I especially love the way the camera lags behind her, giving it this cinematic flair.
Speaking of cinematic, I'm really excited to try out the Bonus Round in Arena. I love the whole cage match aspect of it, and I especially love the way it makes that transition from the standard Arena. This really opens the door for a lot of interesting ways that they can take these temp modes going forward.
As for the balance changes.....damn they're real interesting. General consensus is that balance has kinda been chucked away with most of the roster leaning on the strong side, and I'm real curious to see how it changes from here.
Arachne gets a much-needed remodel, which definitely looks nice. Unfortunately it doesn't come with a rekit, which sucks because I find her current kit very boring.
Nothing much else, mainly because they're looking to do some hefty jungle changes in 3.8 and they don't want to adjust too much until then. However, I'm curious to see if the buffs to Ah Puch and He Bo help bring them more into the game, and I wanna see if they took the right direction with Throwing Dagger.
Lately I noticed that Hi-Rez have been moving away from doing Chrome Champion on the tier masteries. So I guess that's why when I see a Diamond Skin Apollo, he doesn't turn silver completely.
Loving Ammy's mastery skin, though!
Also, apparently, Retro-Arachne model is here to stay.
edited 21st Apr '16 12:13:48 AM by ChrisX

More teasers for Jing Wei,
and as many people predicted and feared, she's a bird girl instead of a full-on bird.
I'll admit that I'm disappointed they didn't go the bird route, mainly because it would've been nice to have a female animal akin to Fenrir and Ratatoskr. That said, she does look to be a young girl, and I don't think sexualization will be an issue, partly because of the aforementioned youth and partly because of how well they've otherwise done this past year. Also hot damn them's some fine twintails.