[Feedback Thread Continued Part III] Mercy Updates - Jan 30, 2018

Valk is boring as hell, both thematically and gameplay wise. Resurrect was a fun ultimate and made you feel like a big hero. I don’t know why the balance team decided to completely do away with such an iconic and fun ultimate instead of trying to balance it into something more interactive and less braindead. People argue that Valk is more engaging, but really all you do is fly above your team and hold m1. Maybe go for a kill on a stationary Widow. It’s not fun and it requires zero skill (which is what the rework was supposed to introduce). And res feels clunky as hell after all the nerfs. Idk what you guys were thinking making res a regular ability - it took you months just to get it balanced right, but it still feels awful to play with. Honestly, the only good Mercy change since the rework was the added bunny-hopping, and that wasn’t even intended!

Most people either want Resurrect back, and I’d be happy with that if they made some changes to it to make it not so cheap (eg. make it line of sight). I also wouldn’t mind if they gave her a new ult entirely, something akin to Lucio/Zen’s thats powerful and lets her make clutch plays, but needs to be timed right to make the most use of it and not be wasted.

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