Although hardly anyone plays on the PTR of Overwatch , almost everyone is complaining in the forums – this really annoys Jeff Kaplan.
When changes are made to a beloved game, it often happens that some gamers are not pleased at all. Whether a character is nerfed through necessary adjustments or others are buffed.
The latest patch of Overwatch is once again causing many discussions. The focus of the patch is on changes to Roadhog and D.Va and there is great unrest in both player camps. Especially the fans of the Korean combat mech pilot repeatedly state in the forums that their favorite hero is “dead” with the next patch, as she is now “unplayable and forever ruined” and now the “worst hero in the game”.
Jeff Kaplan finds it strange how fans react on the test server and pointed out that the outcry of the fans does not match the actual player numbers on the test server at all. To support this, he even shared some statistics.
“0.26% of Overwatch players have tried the new patch on the test server.
The average testing time on the PTR (including time in menus, etc.) this week is 26 minutes.
I want to encourage people to log in and try these changes for a few nights – not just for a single match – and then see how the changes feel by writing their own opinions.
Or to put it another way: 99.74% of players have not tried any of these changes yet.”
Later, the thread shifts a bit, and players ask whether anything will indeed change if more players complain. Jeff Kaplan confirms this with a “Of course” and also adds how he envisions feedback – and how not.
“Constructive feedback looks something like this:
“I played D.Va for a few hours on the PTR and have some concerns about her survivability.”
However, statements like the following are not very helpful, as the team cannot do anything with them – and they will not be taken into account:
“Why don’t you just remove D.Va from the game, because she is now garbage.”
or
“No one will ever play Roadhog again.”
Such comments would not help, as they only provoke other players who may not have tried the changes and just join the negative sentiment.
That Roadhog’s hook does not quite work as intended is shown in this article.
