ARTICLE
FAVOR AND GEMS
By Lucas Fulton
“Favor and Gems, Favor and Gems, All day I grind for some Favor and Gems. . .”
(Sung to the tune of “Silver and Gold”)
F
But wait - as you’re looking at
avor and Gems - in SMITE,
lose. Additionally, the relatively
they make the game go
low level cap makes level 30 a
skins, you notice that Xbalanque
round. They function as the virtual
goal that can be easily reached
also has a football skin. You love
currency you use to buy skins
within a few weeks (or a few days,
football! You go to buy that skin
and gods, but they also function
for the extremely motivated).
instead, but sadly, you can’t. It can
only be purchasable with Gems,
as a motivation to keep playing!
SMITE has a fairly quick
progress and accomplishment, Hi-
an in-game currency that you
leveling system, designed to keep
Rez holds your focus by awarding
have to buy with real money. So
your attention when you first load
you Favor with each game played
you go into the Gems store, and
up the game. The easy progression
(and extra for victories). You can
look for 400 Gems, just enough to
from level one to level five is so you
then use the Favor to buy skins
buy what you want. That’s eight
feel a sense of accomplishment
for your favorite god, like a red
dollars, so 50 Gems per dollar. But
from your first few games, win or
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So, after that initial burst of
Hades or a green Xbalanque.
hey - 800 Gems is only 15 dollars!
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