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ARTICLE
SMITE FOR DUMMIES
Let’s get one thing straight, I’m unimaginably bad
at games. I didn’t really play video games at all until
about three years ago and I still don’t have much in
the way of mechanical skills. So I’m pretty familiar
with the frustration and confusion that comes with
picking something up and being utterly at a loss
for what to do. The first time I played through the
tutorial, the AI beat me --or did the equivalent which
was to stop attacking out of sheer programmed
disappointment until I won. Not a promising start,
but it’s that level of innocent ignorance that makes
it hard for new players to keep trying. And with the
changes that are coming in Season 4, which have
quite frankly made the game even more confusing
to the gloriously inept and the intrepid newbies, I
thought I’d write something that would help clear
6 The Official SMITE Magazine Issue #34
By Helena Wachhaus
a few things up. So if you know what you’re doing
and don’t think you need a refresher on the basics,
then you might want to skip reading this and flip to
a different article. Seriously, last chance. If you’ve
decided to keep reading; welcome to Helena’s world
of helpful hints and self-deprecating adjectives.
One last thing that I should mention before
I start with the helpful hints part --the self-
deprecating part has already started-- is that I’m
not going to go over the basics that were discussed
in the tutorials too much. So if you haven’t played
through those recently and were hoping to read
a quick article and save yourself some time...
sucks. Honestly the tutorials aren’t too bad, they
do an okay job explaining the game in all its over-
complicated glory; they just, leave out some details
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