How long do heroes usually stay on the PTR hefore release?

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I'm excited to play Moira but I'm a lowly Xbox player. How long have new characters stayed on the PTR in the past before they got properly released and when could we reasonably expect to play her?

Posted Nov 7, 2017, 8:05 AM UTC

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DekMelUOnly a Shimada can control the Salt•

Previously

  • Ana: 1 week
  • Sombra: 1 week
  • Orisa: 19 days
  • Doomfist: 20 days
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Snow75Pixel Lúcio•

In other words, it’s not a fixed amount of days, Moira might take a while since she has a lot of things to tune: healing, energy consumed, damage dealt, range...

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Cirno11227Trick-or-Treat D.Va•

Depends on feedback and if the blizzard team is still working on something for the hero. If feedback is saying "they're all good" and blizzard can see no issues then maybe a week but if there are bugs or people are like "they're OP" etc then it'll be a bit longer.

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GamezeoChibi Sombra•

I'd say to not get your hopes up for another 3 weeks unfortunately. Of course it's entirely possible that she'll be out on live sooner than that but judging by recent hero releases they've been spending more time on the PTR before release.

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MagmaPandrew02•

It’s fair that a lot of testing was received at Blizzcon, so Moira May come quicker than doomfist and orisa

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binhvinhmaiTrick-or-Treat Symmetra•

Also a heads up, I believe that they are going to eventually have a PTR on console at some point within the next few months!

Edit: false, misunderstanding of Tweet

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unflyablegoldfish•

I’ll take one week for this support

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