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Achievements on PTR

I witnessed an interesting bug:

http://imgur.com/9gijlVN

This bug appeared on the screen after I went into the game with AI on PTR. The menu that you see on the left is most likely intended for developers. Most of the buttons were clickable, but did not cause any effect. I did not notice anything more remarkable on this screen, but when I was about to leave the match, the most interesting thing happened:

http://imgur.com/7RVHmyg

These buttons could be clicked, but they also did not work. If the purpose of the button "Journal" raises questions, then the purpose of the button above is absolutely clear. Perhaps, the game will soon be added to the system of achievements and its development is underway right now. I would like to believe in this, since such an innovation only diversifies the game. What do you think about this?


  • BlizzTravis

    Posted 7 years, 3 months ago (Source)

    Not to be a buzzkill...but I have no idea what that's referring to. Looks like a translation of some internal debug menus.

    For reference, "achievements" are an internal system used to award particular bits of content. For example, the portraits you get for getting multiple heroes to a particular level are granted via the achievement system.

    I think it could be cool to do real achievements, though you have to be really careful with them in a PvP game as they can skew behavior in a negative way.




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