i think its over at this point…but i wouldnt be surprised if they have other blogs and such that cover her/the topic and didnt want to elaborate there…or already have changes planned
or i dont know…forgot purposely dodged the question to spite the mercy community because they have an evil vendetta against that community
I really don’t think it is.
I highly doubt they either forgot about or purposefully avoided answering questions on the game’s most popular hero that has been the crisis of the last two weeks. Alec said he was going to answer those specific Mercy questions in another reply and I’m sure he will.
I saw somebody saying that date earlier. But I don’t know where they said “March 7th” officially.
Right there in the reddit thread, actually! I didnt notice it at first either, so don’t feel bad.
Usually they let us know when it’s over, this time’s a bit weird.
Thanks for posting the replies
I was hoping they would mention Mei and Bastion. I can’t shake the feeling that they are swept under the rug again.
Obscurity = no complaints = no changes needed thought process.
Sure did! Thanks devs.
…Soooo that was a lie.
Yes, the devs have avoided all the questions to Mercy asked, they dropped the smoke bomb that this one was going to be answered and it never has been.
Well, nothing, they already lost players on the 7th, who continue to ignore a huge player base, they will do great.
Ooo Baja this just got pinned!!!
Mercy response just now.
I’m just gonna be real, most ppl give little to no Fs about mercy, most think she’s in a fine spot. It’s just this forum with the mercy cult , give it a rest and learn to enjoy other heroes, stop crying ffs
Thanks for putting this together, Baja, gonna pin this for a little while so everyone can catch up. Also expect one or two late answers in the Reddit Thread coming in so keep checking!
woop woop!!! 
CHEER FOR BAJA!
I saw…this has never happened before…I don’t know what to do!!!...do I sacrifice a genji? Toss a torb? Actually touch capture the flag??? Aaaaahhhhh
FYI, we had allotted 11:00 - 13:00 for this (meaning we blocked time out on the team’s schedules to dedicate to the AuAA). Since we still had technical issues by the end of that time, the team is posting responses as they can between meetings throughout the day, including this new update from Josh about Mercy.
indeed
Hello. I’ve been wondering how Mercy’s pick and winrate has been since her changes? How is she finding herself in the hero roster after these changes?
Any changes planned for GA cooldown?
Any other changes planned for her?
Thanks for always pouring your heart in the work.
**Josh (Lead Balance Designer - Blizzard) — **
Mercy stayed about the same as before, the changes were mostly neutral in terms of power. Her win rate is still around 51-52%. There was a small drop in pick rate from 9 to 8%. Her ‘damage taken’ stats increased by like 4 or 5% but her average deaths stayed the same – likely we can attribute this to the new passive at work and taking more damage due to the longer GA cooldown.
We don’t have further changes planned for Mercy at the moment. We feel it would be good to let this one settle and see how players adjust to the changes since it can take some time, and then evaluate if more adjustments are necessary. The meta is also quite different between the two patches so it’s even more surprising that Mercy wasn’t really impacted overall.
Despite the stats not changing much there have been both positive and negative effects on the player experience. There has been positive sentiment around players feeling like they can more fairly try to counter Mercy in ways that were difficult with her extreme mobility before as well as Mercy players having more agency in their ability to save low health allies. However, at the same time the reduction in mobility is going to feel bad for Mercy players needing to adjust to the new timing.
will update up top
That answer equals nothing, the typical generic one without any rationing, good job devs, keep ignoring the Mercy player base.
So they didn’t address Sojourn or Kiriko lol. Nice to see they plan to keep one shots for now(though they should forever), and it seems there is no “lack of support players” or “support queue time issues” lol.
Edit: It’s so nice to see that all the money they made isn’t going into anything really and we’re still going to be stuck with slow balance changes. I thought Brigs ult rework was confirmed for S4 but now it’s being pushed back to ‘unknown’ territory for ETA? So absurd lmao. Thanks for turning the game into a scam, execs.