SMITE 2012-07-06 Update 0.1.953.0

General

 * Various match-making improvements to get similarly experienced and ranked players playing together.
 * Buff belt timings tweaked to prevent overlapping.
 * Minotaur is now invulnerable until a Phoenix has died in a lane.
 * Additional FX have been added to each skin purchased from the store.
 * Surrender votes should now always work when successful.
 * Players are no longer able to call certain commands from their clients (suicide and fov, specifically).
 * Players may now change their name inside the game using Gems.

New Skin

 * Hades – Soultaker

Gods

 * Guan Yu
 * Cooldown reduction now properly applies to the abilities at the time they are used. If Tranquil Gift heals an allied player, the cooldown starts with 2 seconds removed. If Warrior’s Will hits an enemy player, the cooldown starts with 2 seconds removed. This change allows for greater variance between using these abilities in the right and wrong situations.
 * Tranquil Gift
 * Cooldown increased from 6 seconds to 10 seconds.
 * Magical power contribution has been reduced from 50% to 35%.
 * Warrior’s Will
 * Cooldown increased from 6 seconds to 10 seconds.
 * Magical power contribution has been reduced from 60% to 50%.
 * Taolu Assault
 * Cooldown increased from 13 seconds to 15 seconds.
 * Base damage per hit has been decreased from 20/30/40/50/60 to 15/20/25/30/35.
 * Magical power contribution has been reduced from 20% to 15% per hit.
 * Tactician’s Advantage
 * Base starting damage has been reduced from 100/125/150/175/200 to 75/100/125/150/175.
 * Magical power contribution has been reduced from 30% to 20%.

Item Store

 * New short descriptions have been added to each item in the left panel to make it easier to quickly identify the benefits you are after.
 * New category filter has been added for auras.
 * Font size has been increased on the left panel.
 * Your three ability slots now appear on the bottom of the store when selecting the Ability filter. Consumable slot treatment will come in the next patch.
 * Any items that reduce protections have now been added to the Penetration filters.
 * Selling items now uses the total cost instead of the current rank.
 * Auras
 * All items with aura effects no longer stack, as intended. The only exception is Mystical Mark, which does damage to enemies in a radius.
 * Midgardian Mail
 * The change to slow enemies movements and attack speeds is now limited to only gods.
 * New Items:
 * Fatalis
 * This item provides critical strike chance, attack speed and movement speed.

UI

 * HUD
 * Recall progress bar has been added to the hud when recalling.
 * Minimap can now be scaled separately from the hud in the settings menu.