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everyone who plays those modes is learning REFRESHERS; OR SOME THINGS THAT
too so there’s a whole lot of pressure off. WERE EXPLAINED BUT CLEVERLY HIDDEN
- When you do get a bit more comfortable, you
should stick to Arena, which is honestly the most When I first started out, I played through
new player friendly game mode in SMITE. The the mandatory tutorials like everyone else. But
respawn timers are low so you get the most game there were a few things that I either missed or
play possible. It has a few camps to get you used forgot that really would have come in handy.
to the idea of how to deal with the Jungle Camps -For example, there’s a Strafing penalty.
in other game modes. And deaths matter the least Strafing is any movement that comes from A, S,
in this mode, so if you mess up and get killed then or D. Basically you move slower if you aren’t going
it doesn’t have the same amount of impact on forward. The speed change is noticeable now that
your team that a death would somewhere else. I’ve been warned, but I couldn’t tell the difference
Besides, its pretty straight forward for a circular before someone told me. For people like me,
map --get it, straight forward in a circular… knowing that there is a penalty for trying to juke, or
I’m not funny-- so you don’t have to figure out backstep, effects how I play-- and how much I get
a whole bunch of strategies before playing. killed-- so that would’ve been a lot nicer to know.
-Another thing that you might have missed in the
first tutorial is the box on the side that explains how
to auto attack continuously. To do this, just hold your
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