Why such a weird choice of skins?
Let me say upfront that I'm not a hater. I love Smite. It might just be a matter of personal taste, but a lot of people I know say that the skins in Smite are awful. Many don't buy anything or spend money on the game at all because there are no skins worth getting. Personally, there are only about 8-10 skins I actually want to buy.
In my opinion, the skins in the screenshots would have brought in way more profit than the ones that were actually released.
Saga skins are just a total cash grab. You buy an insanely expensive pack, and out of all the skins you unlock using a ton of Wandering Market coins, you still can only choose one. I'd understand if they evolved during the match, like the Cross-Gen Zeus skin. But essentially, it's just 1 skin.
And, of course, they really need to work on the lighting and shadows. A lot of the ported skins look worse than they do in Smite 1. This is Smite's main source of revenue, so I feel like everything should look as appealing as possible.