An example of why Mercy's "Buff" isn't a buff

She’s not supposed to be.

Moira is supposed to be the raw healer, she provides nothing to her team except healing. Mercy provides Rez and Damage Boost, both of which lead perfectly into the playstyle of pocketing a ranged DPS. (McCree, Pharah, Soldier) The main issue is the heroes she synergies with aren’t good, McCree is only viable at high ranks in the McCree comp, which is basically a McCree Deathball, doesn’t need a Mercy because it’s not focused around playing at range.

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Actually I didn’t see another post expressing my own personal viewpoint is the entire POINT I posted this post.

I don’t agree with a lot of the other Mercy posts, I don’t feel they represent me. I learned early on in life if I wanted something then I had to do it myself. Nobody was going to come in on a horse in shining armor and do it for me.

If I want something done, I have to do it. No one’s going to just do it for me for free. I need to put in the effort and time and commitment.

So I make my own posts expressing my own views on unique topics. I haven’t posted a thread like this myself and I don’t necessarily agree with everything said in other threads that are REMOTELY related to this topic.

Just because it’s about Mercy doesn’t mean it’s equivalent. But if you actually spent the time to read my post instead of see “Mercy” in the title and go after me and attack me personally… then you’d see that.

But clearly you didn’t. Because you see “Mercy” and accuse someone who’s written 10x what you wrote in your post in my single opening post of “SPAM”.

If you personally choose to not use your voice on this platform and don’t want to inspire change then that’s on you. Please don’t even for a second think that I am responsible for you or representing you-- I’m not.

But don’t think that because you choose to not express yourself that I should be forced to be at that standard you impose on YOURSELF.

I don’t care if you’re tired of Mercy posts, because they are NOT spam. We are FULLY ENTITLED to post.

Feel free to block me as that feature is in this forum and I think you’d be happier to see less of me from the tone of your posts towards myself.

Then why is every single one of your forum posts negative? It’s constant complains about Mercy, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you make a topic that isn’t a complaint about something.

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But this exact same thing has been said.
A billion zillion times.
This isn’t a buff, Mercy isn’t fine, she isn’t engaging, she isn’t powerfull ect…
Heard it a million times.
As the saying goes.
Same sheet diffrent day

not the same thing every day.
You word it diffrently but you say the exact same thing.
It all boils down to the same old thing.

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Please stop spamming the forums with this thread @op

I agree but she is still a problem and eventually, the issues with her need to get addressed, one way or another. :man_shrugging:

Indeed but the main concern, fun, has yet to be addressed. :frowning:


𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓜𝓮𝓻𝓬𝔂 𝓘𝓬𝓮 𝓒𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓜𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽

:shaved_ice::chocolate_bar:

Spreading positivity and ice cream, one Mercy at a time.
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Again you didn’t read my post.

As I said, it has NOT been said. Just because it had Mercy in the title doesn’t mean that it’s the same topic or spam. That’s like saying “someone posting about science is the same thing”.

Yeah well science breaks down into things like
-Biology
-Physics
-Chemistry

And those break down even
-Neurobiology
-Ecological biology

And even those break down further.

So just because it says Mercy and you didn’t even take the time to read my post and understand why it is different don’t come here and tell me it’s spam. It’s absolutely not.

Also I already said the other threads I don’t feel represent me or my opinion in any capacity.

If you do not like the content I post about then you can utilize the forums block feature. It’s there for that reason. I’m not offended if you use it.

I’m quoting the devs?

I’m quoting the devs.

Mercy only being used for pocketting is not good game design for a support. A main healer at that…


𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓜𝓮𝓻𝓬𝔂 𝓘𝓬𝓮 𝓒𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓜𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽

:shaved_ice::chocolate_bar:

Spreading positivity and ice cream, one Mercy at a time.

The issue I have is that if the nerf was justified it doesn’t matter how much they give back.
Mercy is still a good choice for single target healing and pocketing.

If 1000 people send you essentially the same email 1000 times, those emails are spam, even with a changed word here and there. Sure, they’re entitled to send you their own variations of the same content, as in nobody can stop them. That doesn’t mean they should, and it’s not admirable.

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But you yourself made one a couple days ago… https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/why-mercy-mains-arent-happy-we-arent-entitled-were-being-hurt/234220

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Of course not.
Do you only write posts or do you actually read other ones?
Search feature is also there for a reason.
Search, ‘‘Mercy did not get a buff’’
And other things like that.
And you can find places to voice your opinion, no need to make more threads.

And your posts all break down to ‘‘mercy is not fun to me anymore and she should be changed’’

you cannot say as much about mercy as you can say about the study of the world.

Look for it and you will find it.
Aria rose made a video saying exactly the same things and there are like 4 threads saying the exact same things you did.

You see, If i blocked you and every person like you on the forums i would get like 1 post a day and i wouldn’t have anything to do on the toilet when i am bored ;-;

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You just described every balance change ever

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It’s literally the same thing though.

Just because you didn’t use the donuts analogy in this thread doesn’t mean it says anything different.

Right here, you explained why her buff isn’t a buff, we understand that you believe it isn’t a buff, you don’t need to keep going on about it constantly.

Mercy mains also don’t need to constantly explain that their hero ‘isn’t fun anymore’, ‘is too weak now’ or ‘needs mass rez back’. You voiced your opinion, it’s now in the hands of Blizzard to choose how they respond.

You’re all acting like children, asking your parents dozens times to buy you something then expecting them to say “Yes” after they’ve already said “No” every other time. Spamming the forums with the same thing written in a different way is comparable to saying “Pretty pretty please” instead of just “Please”, it won’t suddenly make them change their mind and I doubt this massive company is gonna get so sick of your whining that they just give you what you want, if that’s what you’re all going for (I honestly don’t doubt it at this point)

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Okay. Did you read that thread? Did you read this one? (Not asking sarcastically. I genuinely am asking.)

They are going at this subject in very different angles.

I feel almost like I’m being insulting explaining the difference between them to you, please don’t take it that way as I really don’t care to insult you or anyone else on these forums.

Sincerely. I really don’t mean to insult you when I break the differences down.


THIS post is about:
-Me NOT being thankful for a nerf.
-How people keep spamming for me to be grateful or other Mercy mains to be grateful.
-How it would feel for Genji/Reaper if they got the same treatment.
-The shaming of Mercy mains.
-How it feels miserable to come into these forums and be told we should be “grateful” for a buff that doesn’t even exist.

It’s all about us being shamed and demeaned and told we should act and be a certain way.


THE OTHER POST YOU LINKED IS ABOUT:

-The overall tone that we are NOT entitled for being unhappy about it.
-Explaining mathematically the differences between now and then.
-Explaining how she offers less than other supports in depth even including how Moira’s ultimate does OVER double Mercy’s healing.
-Revert ideas
-Showing what we actually wanted.

So no the two are VERY different.

The second one is about explaining the current state and showing we wanted something else.

This one is about how we shouldn’t be guilted out for not saying “thank you.”


AGAIN I will state very clearly and be unambiguous: I do NOT MEAN TO BE OFFENSIVE WITH HOW I HAD TO EXPLAIN THIS.

I did not mean to insult your intelligence.

I did not mean to insult you in any capacity.

You asked me how these were different and so I just answered.

Honestly i wouldn’t care if you did even.
I get insulted in russian CS:GO More then you have been in your entire life.

and there are a lot that are the same, Mercy mains not being thankfull of the nerfs is everywhere, Shaming of mercy mains iz bad is everywhere, How it would feel if DPS mains got the same treatment is everywhere,

Lol yes, I posted quite frequently in it.

It’s all good my dude, I guess my point was more that you claimed you aren’t seeing any like this exact one and while that may be true (not 100% sure if it is but hey no one can see every single post) but there are tons of posts about this general subject (the Mercy buff and how some people aren’t happy with it) and I think some people are just getting over-saturated. It’s nothing against you, or your opinion, just that this is why some people are getting mad at another post.

So the only way Mercy can get a buff is if they improve something that was never nerfed it the past?
That sounds silly all things considered

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Okay please link me to a thread on this topic where it asks how Genji/Reapers would feel if they had this exact situation happen. Because I sure did not find it anywhere else.

I didn’t find a single thread I felt represented my voice properly.

If you can do this I will PERSONALLY email the moderation team to remove this thread. I will do it myself.

“Hey, guys. We’ve reduced the damage on Reaper and Genji’s primary’s to prevent them from one shotting with a 3 headshot dash or a normal headshot. However, we are repurposing that damage in that ult. Now one slash does 150 damage and Death Blossom instantly kills anyone within a direct 1m radius.”
Sounds like a buff to me.