They finally got sick of us complaining every day all over the forums and will open the recycle bin again. Wait and watch there not being a new megathread after this one fills. They will jsut point us to a thread you can’t post on.
aw shucks, you’re right. we can’t have that :(((((
Patch notes: 24th Sep, 2018
Mercy:
Mercy has now been removed from the hero roster.
Developer comments:We found Mercy too unfun and frustrating as a hero. We feel these changes will make the game healthier, as we are unable to realize that this rework is broken so we’re going to avoid reverting her by removing her.
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ok but can we get a response LOL
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Sorry for the reply I just had to click before close…
Valkyrie:
Resurrect:
Removed as a basic ability and placed as Mercy’s ultimate ability.
15 meter range.
Line of sight requirement. Does not apply to destructibles, payloads, or non-fundamental map obstacles that are too small to actually obscure a player. In other words, none of that BS where a player can move behind a lamp post to evade a nuclear explosion.
1 second cast time. Basic movement is unrestricted while casting, but all attacks and abilities are disabled for Mercy during this time.
If Mercy is stunned or killed while casting, Resurrect does not activate and Mercy loses all ultimate charge.
All living allies within range and LoS of Mercy once the cast time ends receive a burst heal of 150 HP. Mercy also receives this burst heal.
All dead allies within range and LoS of Mercy once the cast time ends are revived at full health and receive 2.25 seconds of invulnerability (same as current Resurrect and Resurrect pre-rework).
Mercy does not receive invulnerability upon Resurrect’s activation.
Resurrect does not require dead allies to be activated.
1625 ultimate charge requirement (the same as Mercy 1.x’s Resurrect).
Most importantly, this takes Resurrect off one of Mercy’s basic abilities and places it into a position that matches its ultimate-like behavior. On top of this, various trade-offs were made to the ability to allow for the healing burst and the introduction of a second basic ability.
The healing burst, post-rez vulnerability, cast time, and LoS requirements all incentivise using Resurrect to revive 0-3 players rather than 4+ players. Attempting to use it on four or more players runs a greater risk a failed resurrect attempt due to the cast time. If Mercy manages to use Resurrect, there is a greater chance that she missed some allies due to the LoS requirement. If those two drawbacks do not drag her team down enough, there is also the fact that Mercy is vulnerable post-rez while her teammates are still reviving.
The healing burst and fire-at-will mechanics on Resurrect make the ability more flexible and open up some unique uses for it. For example, Mercy could use Resurrect to grant her team a burst of healing in the middle of the teamfight to keep their momentum going rather than waiting for an ally to rejoin the fight after being killed and revived.
New Basic Ability - Pacify:
After a .5 second wind-up, Mercy launches a single hitscan attack from her left hand.
The projectile’s hitbox size resembles that of Symmetra’s secondary fire.
The projectile deals no damage upon impact with an enemy. Instead, it applies a debuff that reduces the base damage dealt by the target by 33%. 100 damage is reduced to 67 damage before other damage amplifiers/reductions are factored in.
This debuff lasts for 4 seconds.
The projectile does not persist once it hits an enemy. It is only able to affect one enemy for each use.
The projectile is blocked by barriers, Defense Matrix, and Particle Barriers. It can be deflected by Genji’s Deflect ability.
10 second cooldown. The cooldown begins after the ability is cast.
There is a .25 second wind-down time after Pacify is launched.
During the wind-up and wind-down times, Mercy is not able to use her staff, her pistol, or Resurrect. She may use Guardian Angel, however.
Does not affect non-player entities and constructs (turrets, Rip-Tire, Supercharger, etc).
We need this in our game. I want to Pacify you!
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No, make it the nineteenth- The Anniversary Of the rework. XP
Yes, it does actually. XP
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So true… seems it’s Ana’s turn to rule the healers again…
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Dr4gon97:
No way, it’s open again!
Magic is gathering until it is closed once more!
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They actually fixed this? But what will happen to the narrative that it’s the evil Mercy mains constantly flagging the thread?!
Patch notes: 24th Sep, 2018
Mercy:
Fixed a bug where D.va had the voice line “Nerf this!” while it was originally supposed to be Mercy’s.
Developer comments:In the developmental stages of Overwatch we made a mistake in file names and put the wrong voice line for Mercy in D.va this new voice line change should allow us to nerf Mercy even more without worry as she was asking for it.
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