It would be great to see some of these changes in the future patch notes.
Sections are sorted alphabetically for no reason.
Hero Selection Screen
The wheel must go away. It’s hard to scroll it every time trying to find the hero you want to play.
It works for those who play one hero. It does not work when you need to counter switch to a hero you rarely play, or when you need to switch to Doctor Strange to portal, etc. Or, what’s even more important, it does not allow you to quick pick a hero during a ban phase.
In general, it’s not a good UX solution to make a hero screen selector moving. It should be static to make the mouse path predictable. Current design is just trolling. (sorry about that).
No More Bots In QP
Bots in QP is a well known issue. NetEase does not confirm that they exist, but we all know the truth. There are basically three options:
- NetEase removes bots from QP completely.
- They add a switch into settings to turn off the bot games.
- They create a new mode similar to QP, but with no bots.
Since they have not said a word about bots yet, it probably means that they will never acknowledge their existence. So, option 2 is not an option.
Or At Least...
Bot games should not trigger after substitute loss.
- You open the game.
- You start QP.
- The game adds you to an existing lobby.
- The team instantly loses while you’re picking a hero.
- The next game you have is a bot lobby.
It’s a madness.
No More Gatcha
NetEase experiments with gatcha mechanics with almost every update. We not only have events where players need to spend money to “pop balloons” to get random prizes, but also have a hero — Black Cat — who was a in-game gambling ability.
It may look innocent and funny, but these are serious precedents that allows NetEase get greedy in the future. I hope this will never happen.
Skins Preview
Currently the only way to know how the skin you want to buy looks and feels is by watching promos.
Players should be able to play with any skin in a special area where they can test these skins. When you buy them not for collection, but for real use, it’s important to know little details. E.g. how Namor’s squids look, how Punisher’s turret feels, what are all the special VFX Spidey have in any combo, etc.
Weather
It would be great to see different weather and time for some maps. E.g. to play Asguard in night or Lower Manhattan in winter. Here is a cool concept by /u/Character-Q:
They have more there. E.g. playing “Hell’s Heaven” maps in black and white mode, like it’s WW2. Pretty cool.