I guess someone really wanted to spell T.E.S.T.R.

Normally I write a ton, so I'm going to keep it as short as I can:

What?

When the Talent Update hits Test Center, we're all going to jump in, right?
Now, why I opened this thread? Because for the future of the game, it's a better that 10 people test 50 heroes, than 50 people test 10 heroes. It's just a matter of using our time meaningfully. It's not hard to foresee a scenario where Mr. Fantastic and/or She-Hulk barely gets any feedback because almost no one will care.
Again, if you care about this game and want to give better, more precise and more meaningful feedback, you might want to join!

How?

• We should use a very simple online spreadsheet (probably Google Sheets) to track heroes and powers (if you have another system for this, just ask)

• The pool of heroes assigned to every T.E.S.T.R. will be set up at random to prevent cherry picking and making sure we test all heroes.

• We're going to focus heavily on making sure all animations and powers work properly, and that the tooltips are consistent. In short, that the hero feels right, with a good powerset that makes sense to the hero - p.e. making sure Hulk has a good Melee set and not a gun in his hands.
• We won't be focusing on numbers because that needs a way way way bigger pool of players to tune. Besides, people will be biased ("Why my favorite hero doesn't do more damage than anyone else?")
• Every single T.E.S.T.R. will have a limited quantity of heroes to test - it's imperative we don't step on our toes!!
• All the T.E.S.T.R.s will be verified to prevent trolling.

When?

When the update hits, we'll already have the test plans laid out (we'll probably hold out for a day or two so we can test freely for a while), so we can proceed faster. We're going to need a proper discussion channel, I strongly suggest we use the Marvel Heroes Discord for this, I'll create a channel there or something: https://discord.gg/0ccQZUu9jSlAF5TH

Who?

T.E.S.T.R.s will be added here.

Where

I'll edit this with the proper address at a later time.

But... Why?

I had some time to kill after lunch, this only took me 20 minutes to write =P (though the idea came to me a week ago, I guess?) Feel free to ignore this if you don't want to help! It's optional, of course.

FAQ

I'm busy! How much time per hero?

Not much, from 15 minutes up to 30 minutes max. The more TESTRs we get, the less time we'll spend on a hero, but we need to fill a quota first

Why you aren't focusing on TTK or damage numbers?

First, the dummy TTK is invalid as a metric because it's not a "real game" test. And second, most importantly, numbers can be properly tuned by the powers design team with months and hundreds of player data. That said, we'll keep an eye for powers that badly tuned (too much or too little damage) but it's not the focus. Besides, I'm sure the community will notice them anyways.

Do I need to have all the TOP GEAR GOTK FLAG DOOP TO THE MAX?

Nope, see last point.

Do I need to have all the heroes to help?

Absolutely not. You can unlock them with the free G or ES they will give us, and then use a "Level 60 potion".

I want to test my favorite hero, not some random dude/dudette!

Fine, do it in your own time, no one is forcing you to test anything =P

Hey, Gaz didn't listen to any of our complaints!!

We're doing this out of <3 in our "free" time, we shouldn't expect anything nor any responses to what we do! Just to a little bit more feedback to the pile, and ensuring every hero gets tested!