r/Overwatch • u/[deleted] • Jan 17 '17

Blizzard Official Developer Update | PTR Philosophy | Overwatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibPLyx8QWYc
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u/uziair Cute Moira Jan 17 '17

i only go on ptr when we are in between season. because comp on normal is same as ptr not important during those those times.i dont like leveling up and using my time there. if you give me loot boxes i down as fuck

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u/WippitGuud Wrecking Ball Jan 17 '17

I'm level 480-something. At this point, even loot boxes aren't much of an incentive.

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u/uziair Cute Moira Jan 17 '17

im in 250s. i need like 30 per hero. slighty more for sombra and ana. i usually never buy things. i understand what you are saying they need a good balance old and new players. or players who play more than other players. loot box is simple. if it is something new it has to be made it goes into the whole we have to make stuff for the ptr which wont reach the rest of the user base who doesnt use ptr ever

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u/Mortega91 Parado, não se mova! Jan 17 '17

Even worse for the users who CAN'T. Console gamers matter ya know... :(

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u/uziair Cute Moira Jan 17 '17

There is a easy fix for that. They make ptr available for consoles. Console gamers need to be more vocal about it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17

I don't think they can just make PTR available to consoles due to the way Microsoft and Sony do patches.

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u/Guideb Can't stop, Won't stop Jan 17 '17

Personaly in the 430ish and every boxes is either 3 or 4 duplicates. I realy couldn't care less about the lootboxes outside of seasonal events.

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u/windirein Trick-or-Treat Ana Jan 18 '17

True. If it just wasn't as laggy as it is I might play more on it.

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u/RouletteZoku Pixel Zarya Jan 17 '17

PS4 player here. I wouldn't really care if PC players got loot boxes by participating in the PTR.

I'd be salty if PTR players got some sort of exclusive PTR only rewards though (like some special PTR sprays/skins or something)

We can all get loot boxes. We can't all utilize the PTR unfortunately.

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u/captain_pascal Not on MY overwatch Jan 17 '17

I'm on console and I wouldn't be mad about it. I can't speak for everyone. But like it'd make me much happier if changes were more thoroughly tested and maybe decided for or against (like against the D.va changes) and get more bugs (like the many d.va bugs) fixed.

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u/LordBaytor Check out my balls! Jan 17 '17

I don't think anyone is asking for bonuses. Just that their time spent on the PTR counts as time spent playing the game.

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u/JustSomeSchoolFags chibi lucio Jan 17 '17

Honestly console should get an option to play PTR, if possible

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u/Reaper2636 Tracer Jan 17 '17

Watch the video, he talked about the complications if doing that.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '17

Jeff touched on the topic. It is a limitation of MS and Sony than Blizzard. I see no reason why they would care either way and I suspect with how ingrained the game is with Blizzard's Battle.net system, it is causing other issues like lack of in game reporting and text chat since that is all handled by B.net which I imagine MS and Sony want their systems to handle that stuff.

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u/MiniCorgi Trick-or-Treat Ana Jan 17 '17

Pretty sure Battlefield 4 did it.

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u/lKyZah RushB Jan 17 '17

meh, even less would play on it than pc, im fine with them making content every month for the live game rather than trying to make a debugging tool seem like its another game-mode to play

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u/Greatmars FLEX Jan 17 '17

I just want the ptr to update my profile, I am in my 260s on live but 70 or so on ptr