If you could direct the team to focus on one single aspect about the game, what would that be, and why? What one thing do you think would really help the growth of this game?
I see tons of constructive feedback on this forum regarding matchmaking, quickmatch, MMR, ranked, PRA and PBMMR, the silence system, player education, hero balance, game modes, and more. I am interested in your opinions based on your own perspective and experience.
The new player experience. not easily improved but right now its pretty bad. long wait times that then result in being matched with non-new players is really bad for a players first impressions. I’ve had a number of friends try the game. they get matched against level 80 to 100’s and while that isn’t that high level there is a huge difference between a player playing their first games and someone that at least knows the basics of what the characters they are facing are capable of
Harder and rewarding AI mode.
this is probably the best route to help new players. if there were a progression system to help players earn heroes faster and better build the basic skills via harder AIs they it would help with the transition into pvp. right now all the new players i know hop into pvp very quickly because the ai is so easy and they get bored, and learn a lot of false strats that just dont work in pvp
This, right here. I’ve been trying to get people into HOTS for as long as I’ve been playing it, and the new player experience has only gotten worse over the years. HOTS has to get a better new player retention rate or it’s going to die like every other failed F2P game.
Ranked changes like merge HL/TL, MMR only, no promo/demo matches, etc… Basically what they already promised us.