Are there any plans in updating older skins such as Stormbringer Zeus and Solar Sentinel Ra? (from r/smite)

Yes there are plans to update them. Chris made a post a few weeks back called “Skins that need some love” and we are planning to schedule texture updates for those skins soon. These will be scheduled for later this year or early next year. We will pick a few off the list that best fit our art production schedule and do them one at a time, not all at once.



I want to make it clear that we are not planning on completely overhauling or remodeling those skins.

Updating something old is not as simple as it looks, especially when players paid money for it. No matter how ugly or old the art may be there will always be players that prefer that look over something new. They might like the nostalgia or enjoy looking silly but the reason doesn’t really matter. The fact is when you change something players already own some people will get upset.

We have updated some base god models because we think it’s important in SMITE to get our characters on similar graphical levels. This is better for new players, marketing, and the overall presentation of the game. We always get some backlash for doing these, no matter how happy we are with the art. You’ll notice that we don’t usually change skins when we do this.

We believe it’s appropriate for us to have a bit more control over the actual base gods’ appearances because they are mostly purchased for gameplay value, not cosmetic value. Of course some gods attract you to their gameplay because of their appearance, but this is hard to quantify. We don’t have that justification for skins. Players paid money to own that skin and look exactly the way it looks.

This is why we have avoided changing these skins. This is why we will not completely redo them. We will do these texture updates to make them look better and more modern without changing the core idea. We’ll evaluate the feedback we get after these lighter changes before we make more decisions on the matter.