Because there was statistical evidence behind the reasoning for needing the change.
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Where?
Tell me. Where were the numbers that decided that rework? Iād like to know.
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And ?
Symmetra is useless but gm Symmetra one tricks are a thing .
If you think you are right nop you are wrong there
So itās hypocritical to admit that their logic was flawed to the point where it led to the literal worst balance the game has ever seen? To learn from that huge mistake, and not want to risk doing literally the exact same mistake again?
Sure, man. Sure.
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And when there is stats to back up the claim that sheās not balanced properly than Iāll more than happily agree with that. But seeing as right now the stats say she is well balanced, a change is unnecessary.
The skill ceiling was definitely higher for Mercy 1.x than it is now. Rez is trivial to use and you donāt even need to decide which target to prioritize. Instead you just rez when you are able to without dying and without a team member dying due to the lack of heals while you are rezzingā¦ Valkyrie is trivial to use as well and thereās hardly any decision process on when to use it either. You use it if youāre pushing and a majority of your team is alive, or when you are defending against a push and the majority of your team is alive, or when you need to escape death and thereās nobody to GA to. And when you use Valkyrie you press spacebar then hold a mouse-buttonā¦ Thatās itā¦ trivial and boringā¦
I canāt claim that the mass-rez was hugely engaging either, but it was over quickly rather than having a length period of people watching from the sky, and you had to save your ult for the right moment whether it was to tempo-rez or to do a mass rez. The choice you made there separated skilled Mercy players from not so skilled Mercy players. Thereās hardly any difference between Mercyās skill floor or ceiling anymore, so being skilled as a Mercy player these days doesnāt really matter muchā¦
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The stats were evident by the most optimal strategy of using Mercy was to hide and encourage your team to die together as opposed to try to actually keep your team alive.
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Why are pickrates and winrates irrelevant? Mercy is now the 3rd most played hero. Why are we avoiding these numbers?
Is it because they donāt represent the āfunā factor in your opinion?
This is gonna sound like Iām saying āwho cares?ā but I donāt mean it meanly
why do we care?
Ohhh my god, you are literally missing the entire point of this whole thread. Please, read through it again, youāre just like Jeff.
Statistics, numbers, pickrates. None of them can fully gauge how FUN a hero is. You know whatās fun?
Standing still on the ground to bring someone back and, oh look, Widowmaker!! Want a free kill?
Oh cool, I have my Q! Let me just press it andā¦ Oh, my teamās still dying? Oh hey, a soldier! You guys didnāt like me hiding for my old ult? Well I guess Iād better hide now or face inevitable death!
Woohoo! So fun ![:slight_smile:](https://d74zh8edaijub.cloudfront.net/en/overwatch/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=5" ":slight_smile:")
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I donāt agree totally with that.
- This ult is strong but unfun.
- Mercy core kit is fun to play
- The rez feel weird to use
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no she was not fineā¦itās why she was changed to begin withā¦you can claim she was balanced but blizz told you there was an aspect of her that THEY were not happy withā¦you can argue if they made the right changes but there was a reason for that (not the point of this thread however)ā¦
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Actually, I addressed that already. That is simply personal opinion and they are not going to address your opinion because you donāt speak for the entirety of the Mercy community.
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At least Mercy is playable.
Letās ask to Symmetra,Reaper,Ana or Genji how they are right now ?
But wait they canāt even answer this because they are all dead and buried in a concrete pool
Your whole post.
Yeah, your not totally happy with mercy but at least she is not f teir trash she is at least viable at top teir.
They have WAY BIGGER fish to fry than mercy one tricks donāt think she is fun enough.
Does he really have to spell it out for you??
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Old hog was playable but he was changed. whats your point.
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For real though, outside of competitive, is there a reason we canāt have both versions of Mercy and let people decide what they want to play? Do we need to argue that itās one or the other and everyone elseās idea of fun is āwrongā or whatever? One size does not fit all, it just leads to unnecessary antagonism.
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Symmetra is getting a rework
Ana is getting a buff (but sheās been weak for a long time)
Reaper is benefiting a lot from the upcoming meta
Genji is still strong but need to adapt to new game conditionsā¦
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Hey itās TITANIUM 
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I KNOW they have bigger fish to fry. Iāve said it countless times: I understand they have other heroes to work on, and they need to do that before Mercy. That much is obvious. What weāre frustrated about, and what you guys are missing, is that the latest comment shows they arenāt truly gauging our problems correctly.
Also, Iām starting to get a little bit salty here so I apologize for coming off super harsh.
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