SMITE 2 players woke up to a fresh hotfix on July 3, eager to smooth out some rough edges from the OB13 update. The patch fixes several crashes and a slew of Mercury-related bugs that were causing headaches in matches. Plus, it spruces up the Assault map’s lighting and adds sound effects to the new queue screen.
Mercury mains might breathe easier now, the patch tackles multiple issues with his abilities. His Maximum Velocity (2) no longer causes desync problems, root immunity, or breaks his attack animations. His Special Delivery (3) is also fixed to properly grant knockup immunity and avoid trapping him in a spinning animation. Even Mercury’s passive, which was accidentally buffing empowered basic attacks, got toned down.
Besides Mercury’s whirlwind of fixes, some quirky minion “moonwalking” behavior has been corrected, and the Joust Teleporter will be available from the start of matches instead of being disabled for 10 minutes. The Assault map’s odd blue lighting, which previously threw off the vibe in some areas, has been adjusted. Also, players using Action Cam won’t see oversized global emotes anymore, and Xbox users will finally see their mouse cursor again.
OB13 July 3 Hotfix Patch Notes
- Fixed several crash cases
- Fixed an issue where the Joust Teleporter was disabled for the first 10 minutes of a match
- Fixed an issue on the Assault map where there were large areas with unintentional blue lighting
- Added Sound FX to the new Queue Screen
- Fixed an issue where Mercury’s basic Attacks could get desynced when using Maximum Velocity (2) mid attack chain
- Fixed an issue where sometimes minions would “moonwalk” and behave in an unintended way
- Adjusted Combat Dodge in Quickplay to better match jump animations
- Fixed an issue where Mercury’s Maximum Velocity (2) was making him root immune
- Fixed an issue where Mercury’s Special Delivery (3) was not knockup immune
- Fixed an issue where Mercury could get stuck in a “spinning” animation state after using Special Delivery (3)
- Fixed an issue where Mercury’s Passive was buffing the Strength contribution to his empowered Basic Attack
- Fixed an issue where Global Emotes were appearing too large for players using Action Cam
- Fixed an issue where Awilix could no longer summon Suku if she died to Mercury’s Special Delivery (3) while on Suku
- Fixed an issue where the Mouse cursor was not showing up on Xbox
It’s a pretty solid patch that cleans up a lot of odd behaviors. Have you noticed any of these bugs in your games? What’s your take on how the fixes land?
