Test Further Ranked Role Lists in the PTR

[Ezradekezra]

I'd like to suggest that the PTR be re-opened for the testing of Ranked role lists for season 5. Currently, role lists are being tested in the main game, which has a few flaws in it.

The first of these issues is that people are constantly complaining about how bad the current list is in-game, making things unenjoyable. If testing was moved to the PTR, people would go in knowing that things aren't likely to be perfect, and would likely spend less time endlessly complaining and more time figuring out exactly what the issues are and suggesting them on the forum.

The next issue is that the current mode of testing is plagued with the typical issues that you find in Ranked. People still throw left and right, and it makes it harder to analyze the list being tested. Moving testing to the PTR would help to gatekeep throwers from the tests.

Moving testing to the PTR also means that people can post feedback and suggestions about the role lists in the PTR section of the forum, rather than clogging up the other sections of the forum.

[cob709]

Perhaps create a dedicated game mode for testing, so that regular players have access to it, but people can still play Ranked Practice if they want to.

Delete it afterwards though, it'll probably split servers too much.

[Ezradekezra]

Perhaps create a dedicated game mode for testing, so that regular players have access to it, but people can still play Ranked Practice if they want to.

Delete it afterwards though, it'll probably split servers too much.

If you make it accessible to everyone and advertise it in-game, it doesn't solve the problem of throwers, and it won't be as effective at getting people to stop spamming "this role list sucks" in the chat.

It needs to be a bit hidden, so that only the more dedicated players can find it.

[shapesifter13]

Generally in the past, even when advertised in game, the PTR has a small number of games played. Off season is the perfect time to test these kinds of changes out on live, as we can test, make tweaks with a larger sample size of games in a shorter period of time, and people's rating isn't currently affected.