Opinion
therapists chair to comfort you.
Yes it can still happen where that
toxic person will shout at you in
the team chat. Yet that just gives
you one more reason to report
that person. Smite can be much
more fast paced then some of
the other MOBA’s out there, so
typing long sentences can be
detrimental. This leads onto
the next great feature, the VGS
system.
We don’t always get the
opportunity to get the whole
team in any sort of voice
communication. Over time
you will meet people who you
regularly play games with. Yet
you’re going to pair yourself with
random strangers in solo queue
sometimes. This is where the
VGS system shines. Within Smite
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there is a command for every
situation you can think of. From
warding to attacking specific
camps, you can give suggestions
and orders for anything you
might need. The best part about
this VGS system though? Is that
if someone makes a really bad
play even after people told that
person a specific order, there is
no excuse not to see VGS calls or
hear them. This helps differ the
good from those who don’t like
to be as good. With everyone that
is learning the ropes, sometimes
you really just get people that
don’t exactly like co-operating
with you or the team.
You try to assist some people and
their gameplay or just to be nicer
yet people aren’t always willing
to change. With the VGS system
and the lack of all chat you really
can figure out who will be easier
to work with overall. Those that
distract themselves away from
the real game objective will really
make themselves known when
they spend the time to type to the
enemy team via private one on
one chats while not contributing
as much to the rest of the team.
If someone can’t even listen to a
VGS command then their chance
at improving gameplay becomes
slimmer as they only distract
their own chance at a decent
That’s the thing about smites contribution to the game. The
design that helps keep the one argument for all chat can
community clean, sometimes be that some people want to
people are just not so accepting. befriend the enemy, but if you
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