No new PTR patch?

[GreyFalcon-11737]

@Hornet-21526

It’s crazy how long we have to wait for a damn balance patch. Even if it appears today, they’ll hold it hostage on ptr for a whole until the winter event.

Imagine if they could push a balance patch directly to Live, without even rebooting the servers.

@GreyFalcon-11737

Here’s a way to drastically simplify these changes, using the new Hotfix feature, from the August 28th patch:

PATCH 1.39.2 HIGHLIGHTS

New Feature: Hotfixing

With this patch, the Overwatch client on all platforms can now automatically receive minor updates (hotfixes) without needing to be restarted.

Balance change Hotfixing

1. Put the changes onto live Quickplay using a hotfix, for a week.
2. Put the changes onto live Competitive using a hotfix.

Results:

While this would only be useful for simple balance changes, that do not require bugtesting.
For simple changes, this would cut the balance patch delivery speed from 3-8 weeks, down to 1 week.