No, Mercy is not the problem, the problem is these poorly designed heroes (Soujorn, Ashe etc), she is not the problem, Mercy existed before all those heroes 
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I think the thread is interesting, it is basically a bunch of people who want the hero just removed from the game.
No trying to hide it, no trying to say what you could replace the beam with. No attempt at wanting it balanced.
They just want the hero gone.
Yes, they are the Mercy haters, who want to remove her from the game and her from existing.
And then the same people rage at blizzard about why their que times are 30 minutes long.
What an excuse for poor game design, glad youāre not in charge of this ship.
This particular take is interesting:
Iām not even a Mercy player (I donāt even like playing Mercy) but that ācertain group of peopleā are Overwatch players first and foremost and Blizzard employees like AVRL would do well to remember that. Outright disrespect and hostility like that towards the playerbase is way worse than any overpriced items in a shop will ever be.
Oh sorry, Mercy is not a badly designed hero .
Sorry where did I say Mercy is the issue here?
Hmm, nah, I donāt like Sojourn doing 195 damage bursts even if there are no damage boosts in play. Itās nice that they lowered it from being a one-shot but even so, I still find railgun horrible to face.
āpoor game designā ,with those words you imply that, if it is not so, then i apologize.
Its not unexpected that this is his reaction tbh. Mercy by nature makes OWL less āpogchampā because she takes the place of a potential aim based hero in the teamcomp,not to mention she can undo someones sick headshot.
If something is bad for OWL it puts his job at risk,hence he dosnt want it. Thats all there is to it.
But rest assured,when OWL is finally cancelled, we, āthe certain group of peopleā will celebrate and play an actual fun game that is not held hostage by e-sport anymore.
any excuse not to nerf le reddit wholesome precious hitscanerinos
Heās allowed to have that opinion. Heās even allowed to express it. What he should not be doing is - as a Blizzard employee - demonising segments of the Overwatch playerbase. You and I are allowed to do that (within reason) - we donāt work for Blizzard.
Imagine replacing damage boost beam with speed boost beam instead. Make the beam green lel
Or maybe if you want to keep it blue, damage resistance
What is wrong with Mercy 's design according to people? She is literally a full healer, she is suppossed to be done once you kill her tethered partner and do almost nothing by herself. How is that a bad design? What I find atrocious design is that every other support outheals her because āduh Mercy strongā
The problem is not Mercy and rather the OP and broken DPS that just get MORE broken and OP with a pocket.
I dont think I have seen any Mercy main that really wants to pocket a DPS for the complete game. The fun thing was always to jump around between teammates and help out the complete team.
I hope that they rework Mercy again to enable her to be the flexible, evasive healer again instead of a pet to DPS players.
That would be interesting, I wouldnāt mind damage boost changing, but I think itās funny that he said Mercy mains are crying.
Iām also thinking the initial tweet was because heās was tilted or something. I do think itās funny though, he sounded like a raging forum member 
Yes to this! As a Mercy main Iām tried of just boosting DPS - Tank - DPS, oh our Ana is low, heal her, then back to boosting Sojourn - so I donāt get screemed at and reported-
Agreed.
But letās face it.
They are never gonna rework sojorn to not have the railgun.
If they ever make another 1 shot hero or high burst damage iām done with this game.