In my opinion, from what I remember what smite used to be, I geel thay the developers have been slowly killing the game for a while and taking it in the wrong direction. Sadly, smite is no longer my favorite MOBA in my eyes, which pains me.
I feel it's taking a turn in the right direction. I will always hate Ah Puch's design though.
Well that is the thing. There are alot of anti-fun characters in SMITE. Nemesis, Nox, Ah-Puch, Nu-Wa, Bellona...etc.
SMITE has way too much CC for its own good with lots of characters with kits around disabling you then beating the fuck out of you, which is NEVER a fun thing to be on the receiving end of.
It used to not be TOO bad as the number of these characters was rather limited, along with beads being supremely powerful (not sure if they gave it a buff again, but last I played it was only a shadow of its former self).