playing against her makes people want to uninstall, i had a burning hatred for brig but jesus. she just isn’t fun, she has almost no risk and limitless reward. pros hate her, anyone who doesn’t main her hates her, even the OWL casters talk about how much everyone hates playing against her so this isn’t some secret. the devs know this and despite it leave her unchanged. i can’t be the only one getting sick of this can i?
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Do what ? Nerf her more so that she is no longer viable at all instead of just super weak like she is now ?
Sorry but Mei is no longer an issue at all since the hard nerfs she got. Why did you not complain when she was actually oppressive ?
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I do not hate her, and I am certainly not a Mein by any stretch of the imagination.
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Mei, and Mei alone is causing people to uninstall. All right.
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And yet did not cause them to do so for the first 4 yrs ? … it’s not like she is a new hero and yet these threads just randomly started popping up.
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It’s almost like the character went through buffs and elements that held against her like certain tanks and so forth were nerfed who woulda thunk
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Ridiculous. If you’re still complaining about Mei after the recent nerfs then you need to honestly learn how to play. Better yet, please uninstall so we don’t have to deal with these stupid threads. Honestly tired of the balance being made around people who do nothing but complain any time they get killed.
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You mean like the recent very hard nerfs ?
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Nope, Mei is fine, she doesn’t need any nerfs right now.
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This kills the gengu
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I have been saying for years that some heroes shouldn’t even approach viable, left alone being meta pick, but no, they want Mei, Doom, Reaper, Torb, Sym, Bastion ect to all be buffed at all level.
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No every hero should be viable. Meta and viable are not synonymous, and the forums need to stop pretending they are. All those heroes you listed have significant weaknesses that keep them in check.
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Incidentally, Mei GM pickrate dropped from about 5% down to just above 1%.
https://www.overbuff.com/heroes/mei/trends
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Before, they were viable in their niche, when they approach universally viable level they are the most anti fun heroes in the game. I don’t even need to point out Mei is one of the most hated hero in the game, and for good reason.
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They still have clear weaknesses which is what keeps them in check. When was the last time you saw Bastion dominating outside of Junkertown? And quite frankly, why should they all be niche but McCree universal? It certainly isn’t because of skill level required, as the forums really overestimate that.
Mei is hated because she freezes and slows people, not because it’s an op mechanic. In fact, it’s a necessary mechanic with so much ridiculous mobility in the game. Imagine heroes like Doomfist and Tracer with no means to slow or stun them…
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“do something about mei” SAYS THE GENJI / HANZO / DOOMFIST main! hahaha
You do realize that all 3 of your mains are more problem to the community from the moment they released, than Mei right now.
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If she was a tank people wouldnt complain this much and she wouldnt be as much annoying. I don’t have to explain why. Having against 2 tanks AND a mei just isn’t fun. She is too much protected.
Bastion has not been buffed to the point of being as good as a Mei, but all hell broke loose the moment he became staple (case in point: OG ironclad) Same thing will happen again if he got buffed.
Mei was once the overlord of dps when she got blizzard every teamfight just by using cryo-freeze, and it had to be nerfed hard.
The intended design is to have some unique heroes with some niche, Mei is one of them. The instant the niche became the norm they will be nerfed down (Sym, Mei, ect) because honestly no one wants to play a game that has Mei and Sym in every single match, there is universal hate for them, not just me or some random guy in this forum.
McCree is way more loved and acceptable than Mei because he doesnt have CC on his primary fire, he is a generalist and he is not intrusive, he shoots you, you shoot back, who is better will win, no hard feeling. Now if McCree flash bang cool down got reduced or his fan the hammer damage got buffed, he will be the new Mei and will get all the hate too.
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im coming back from a very long break, and mei was a big part of me taking it. if she is stays present in comp i will likely put the game down for good. mei makes the game a slog like work. why they put a hero in the game based around hard cc is beyond be.
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I think the major way that the dev team went wrong is catering to the one tricks and forcing heroes who were designed for specific purposes to become generalist all rounders.
Mei’s freeze mechanic was never intended to be used all the time and them buffing her and making her a generalist shows this. There’s pretty much no nerf that they can give her without dumpstering her or making her niche again that is going to make the freeze mechanic palatable for tanks.
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