PTR Patch Notes | April 6, 2020 [Tass Rework, Nexus Anomaly: Structures]

[Merle-1977]

I’m guessing this PTR will be up for awhile. We might get it live with a balance patch to go with it. Who knows?

[Candy-22426]

Sometimes there are surprises on patch day, but not all the time.

[Ironymus-21854]

So after a restart of my computer I still can’t start any game on the ptr. I get the message (not all player have updated to the newest version of the game). Since I can’t even start a match against AI (no coop) it seems to be a bug.

[DrLoganUa-2325]

@Korin-1737

My Tassadar is currently level 160. I often play Tassadar as a support for master/grandmaster players, just to put my experience into perspective.

I am incredibly disappointed with these changed. They have effectively removed Tassadar from the game. The hero that I love to play does not exist anymore. We get a new hero, conveniently named Tassadar also, but it is a completely different hero. Yes, the old Tassadar did not match the character concept as Tassadar does from Starcraft, so it is excellent that he is finally matching that concept. We obviously haven’t gotten to play with the new hero, so we can’t judge how fun or interactive the new hero is, but it doesn’t matter.

The ability to play a hero that supports auto attack hyper-carries no longer exists. Tassadar in his current stat is slightly out of the meta, but has traditionally helped Illidan, Tracer, Valla, and Hanzo meet their full potential by getting protected by the shields. All of these heroes are now in a slightly (moderately for tracer) worse place for it. Beyond that, I can no longer play a support/macro focused hero (Zarya and abathur both play extremely differently from Tass), because its been removed from the game. Since they announced the Tass rework was coming I’ve been dreading it, and here it is, goodbye ol’ pal.

You expalined my feelings. Thank you.

[Darak-11211]

@Merle-1977

Let it hit live first. A few weeks to see how games play out should be done before making any changes. From my perspective these changes are not that bad since snowballed games are still a thing. limiting some Objectives like the punisher seems healthy since it was one that could snowball very fast. Being too aggressive is a problem with this community and this could help that.

Yeah, sadly we have to wait a few weeks before blizzard changes it into something good, just like it happened with the exp globes. Like, the majority of the players saw how bad it was and what changes should be made just from reading them. Now it’s the same thing. No need to test or anything, just from reading we already know how awful armor reduction is and also the core changes. But oh well, Blizz being Blizz.

[phaseshifter-1283]

@gishki-1202

That’s Dehaka I think.

Actually, I think it’s a mount. But cool if it’s Dehaka.

[Candy-22426]

guys, blizzard is no longer used to all of this activity on hots, so it might take them a while to fix the PTR issues

[Darak-11211]

Lmao. Yeah, PTR is down.

[Flinx-1851]

@Merle-1977

I’m guessing this PTR will be up for awhile.

I don’t see anything in the PTR that says it will last longer than 1 week. It isn’t like there is any huge changes that scream “Make it last longer!”

[Candy-22426]

Im glad hots is getting a reassurance of activity. The core gamepley changes (core, and towers/forts) are the probably the biggest reason.

[Lightspoon-2314]

@phaseshifter-1283

Actually, I think it’s a mount.

I confirm that’s the new Nexus-themed mounts (like the boar from Caldeum Complex but with more “nexus”).

[Ironymus-21854]

It probably would have been better to make a new hero with this abilities instead of recreate a whole new Tassadar

[DrLoganUa-2325]

I am no longer SamiSha’s support as Tassadar…

I’m dying inside because this fact.

[Efede-1200]

@Korin-1737

Yes, the old Tassadar did not match the character concept as Tassadar does from Starcraft, so it is excellent that he is finally matching that concept.

And yet, he still doesn’t have access to Hallucination, the one skill from his in-game kit that also took part in the story of original SC… Oh well, I wasn’t expecting that to change, really

@BlastoJelly-1630

Also your “nerf” to Xul proves that you are absolutely clueless when it comes to balancing. He has an 87% popularity with a 65% winrate and you think a 200 base-hp nerf will fix that? Wow.

IMO the patch notes themselves imply they don’t think the HP nerf “fixes it”.
It says they did that to bring him down while they gather more data, presumably so they can nerf the right thing in a later patch.

[Candy-22426]

the best things with new tass is you actually need skill to land your Q and you cant spam force wall.

His storm is still weak though.

[firesnake912-1531]

To be fair this isn’t just a HP nerf, this is also a shield nerf as well.

[Phyrolis-2362]

@DrLoganUa-2325

I am no longer SamiSha’s support as Tassadar…

I’m dying inside because this fact.

I mean its not over yet, Tracker will get changes in the future and its better for her to not be reliant on another hero to be good at what she does. Tassadar Tracer not being a balance concern combo anymore frees more space for Tracer buffs does it not?

[Ironymus-21854]

The change is on the ptr, not on the live server for now. As far as I understood, Blizzard wanted to keep the ptr as long as necessary online to research the resonance of the player base. Perhaps there are changes possible.

[DrLoganUa-2325]

It’s not about TT combo only. It’s too personal.

[Candy-22426]

Everything about the new tass is well designed. Like, so far zero complaints. Cant spam his moves, need to be smart when to use his Q and you still need to land it.

To me, thats what makes a hero fun. Abilities that arent easy to use. Blizzard got his Q down perfectly with that.