In a Reddit thread discussing the recent 2.4 PTR changes, Diablo's Global Community Development Lead Adam Fletcher unveiled more details regarding future PTR development. The posting adds context to Blizzard's approach regarding Diablo II: Resurrected's very first PTR implementation.
Fletcher also mentions «ladder testing» will happen down the road, indicating that players will get the chance to simulate D2:R's introductory ladder season launch. In addition to that, the community can also expect additional balance changes right before ladder launch.
Diablo II: Resurrected 2.4 PTR Update (Feb 3)Overview of Changes in Diablo II: Resurrected Patch 2.4
A quick update on some of our PTR timings going forward. We are expecting to take down PTR here in the next week or so after people get their hands on the existing changes.We do plan on putting PTR back up sometime afterwards as we do plan on doing some ladder testing and we encourage people to hop on to try it out as the team wants to ensure a smooth ladder launch after 2.4 launches. We expect additional balance changes to occur during this ladder PTR update as well.
This will most likely be our last PTR phase before launch, but as usual there will most likely be final balance changes that will hit with 2.4 when it goes live. Thanks for all the feedback in the PTR process..
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