Sony does not allow Hi-Rez to have cross progression between PS and PC. It's a slap in the face to consumers, and honestly borderline should be illegal. As a youth, a decade ago there was never a warning saying "hey so if you play this for hundreds of hours and have skins and the whole nine yards you won't get them anywhere else even if you link it."

This is not a Hi-Rez problem, but a Sony caused problem. I do not fault Hi-Rez, but the game still needs to have a negative review for this because as a player it's just not acceptable.

This game is the worst thing ever made, its my favorite game

Let me start off by saying i have a total of 1673 hours in this game... This is across multiple accounts as i enjoyed the game and when I'd get people to play with me i made smurfs so that they could enjoy the game at their own level. I was someone that was able to bring people over to smite, I've brought over about 23 people and i get to some people that isn't a lot but at least half of them are dedicated players now. They pay money and play just like i did... I had all but 100 items in the game and i owned all but maybe 20 skins in the game. (I was very dedicated and enjoyed the game while I could)

Out side of the time I've dedicated to this game over the 1.6 years of my life real time dedicated to the game I've also spent a pretty penny on the game. I roughly spent about 1600$ on the game over the past 10 years. I know, I know that's a lot lol. you kinda don't think about it when its a purchase only here and there over time but that goes for a lot of things.

I'm writing this review not only to let people know what they are getting themselves into but also to kind of try and vent my frustrations and talk about the bytrail that you WILL endure while playing this game. As i said I've been a player since Alpha, I've been a VERY avid player obviously. Everyone has their slip up and that's not for just games but every day life, I think that's something we can all agree with. Fact is I got banned... I know most people will automatically consider that bad and that i was at fault. To an extent you technically may be right. However I want to say first that my bans have been me standing up for myself each and every time and not me starting the situation. As I stated at the top I'm going to be completely open and honest about everything and what you'll have to go through.

My first ban was my fault, I was harassed and spammed, the person didn't move from the start of the game putting I and the whole team at a disadvantage. (4v5)Out side of sitting in fountain they would run out into the battlefield and die. In a game based on exp this then makes the enemy team stronger and enables them to buy better items and kill everyone else on your team even single handedly... That's how big of a difference it makes... In addition to this they would go lane to lane or jungle and take exp away from your team and you, putting you and your WHOLE team even further behind than when they were just feeding. They would rather spend their time talking sh*t to you and your fellow "teammates" than play the game. After enduring harassment and belittling comments and spamming VGS and ping as well as having the whole game ruined by a single person I told them "gfy and leave the game if your just going to feed and do nothing". (VGS and pinging if you don't know cant be muted... Its not the same as talking in chat so no matter what you want you are forced to endure it at that persons leisure...) After everything THEY did I was the one that got banned...

My second ban was actually very similar, our jungle a Ravana died once and decided to throw the game... Doing the same things and blamed the whole team for his bad play. (You cant use logic on these people because if you do they bring up a whole other subject trying to further push any responsibility off themselves. Imagine talking to a adult baby). I honestly should have just muted them, it may have saved me from this one because this ban was me responding to a LONG list of comments THEY made while doing everything the guy from the first ban was doing. I said "you can stick your OPINIONS up your a**, we are trying to play the game so either join us or leave".

My third ban was me calling someone a "tard" after they called me a "R tard, dumb ass, and comments like "this guy cant be real...". I had to explain to this person how basic middle school math works... They wanted me to build more defense because i had one power item while i was already rocking 300 physical and magical defense. Their claim is i wouldn't die as fast and i explained it wouldn't make a difference because of their % pen and that more defense would actually just make me die quicker... The higher the number when taken in by percents the higher the number gone. I used a baby example and said "if i have 1000 defense and they have 50 pen i can go down to 950. If they have executioner lowering my defense by 30% that brings me down to 666 defense. Plus then the enemy had further % pen ignoring 50% of my defense... Which would put me at 333 deference instead of 1000... Pretty basic example, a middle school child could understand that example... But no rather than people that have intelligence or maturity I was met with his whole group coming at me. "your a retard, dumb ass, you cant be real, go kill yourself" etc... In response i said "you guys are defiantly the tards and you need to go back to school".

I understand technically i could have just taken a beating, I nor my other team mates deserved it. We shouldn't have to take it either... So I stood up for myself rather than letting adult children play their game at their leisure and at the cost of our enjoyment of the game... Can anyone guess what my prize was? What I received for doing the right thing and saying what everyone wanted to say? I was banned... Unjustly...

I tried to make a rebuttal, the people at Hi Rez just said "nope you broke conduct" to which i asked if they looked at the game or were going off what a bot said. Their answer "we can't answer that". More games than not, even if you report someone for MULTIPLE report-able instances Afking, Not playing their roll" Harassment, Intentional feeding etc... They will take no punishment... They will receive no due justice, you on the other hand will be.. Because how dare you refuse to be bullied, how dare you stand up for yourself and your team... (TO clarify it does say "action has been taken against someone you reported" in all my years playing I've seen it only a handful of times...)

Fact is Hi Rezs report system is wack and works not only against itself but us as players to. You get a total of THREE bans allowed for your whole life span... (Keep in mind it doesn't matter to them if its just or not...) They don't get back to you man times with the report ticket as for why you got banned. They often will ban you for stuff even though you yourself were the victim in the scenario and were just standing up for yourself. The game is seen over by bots so most people that work for Hi Rez don't actually care and just take whatever is taken in by the bot as the bible...

I've been a smite lover since it came out, i have almost 2 years of my life real time dedicated to the game and have been a loyal patron of smite putting in about 1600 thousand dollars since it has launched. I am a good smite player that has promoted their content to others. I was unjustly banned multiple times and not heard many more... Typing this now working with Hi Rez really has been like a toxic relationship. Sure there's plenty of good times but you are never/rarely heard, they clearly don't care, and they will toss/ban you even without a real reason. Imagine if you were in a relationship and they were like you back talked three times, your out. There should be maybe three bans a year at least allowed, not in your life...

Unless they fix their issues or fix what they did I have no interest in backing them any longer... I say this with plenty of stress in my heart and as someone that has always loved and enjoyed smite... Hi Rez don't care about their players or loyal members. The ones that deserve the justice never seem to receive it. I have NO intention of playing smite two either and would much rather spend money on other games that are more deserving and have requested a refund for the Ultimate Founders Pass that i bought when they announced it. I will no longer be playing any of their games either. Smite is a great game ruined both by people and the company that runs it...