The thing is, even back then it wasn’t OP. It just wasn’t, Mercy always had a low pickrate on high-elo(you know, where people pick what has the biggest chance of win). The Meta was Lucio and Zen. then it was Lucio and Ana. I was there, I remember.
Yes, Rez could be obnoxious, but 1 - we do want it to get tweaked to have more counter-play, and 2 - So many ults are obnoxious too. Hearing Tech Visor or High-Noon when you have nowhere to run to, or getting vaporized before you can even get to cover is NOT fun either, but its an ult. Zen can negate ults with Trans, why can’t Mercy? Hell, D.Va can eat ults with an ability…
Maybe a cap at 3, Her ult is bringing back 1, and if she heals a ton she can charge up an additional 2 charges and bring 3 total back? Decay system like Zarya’s beam to discourage hide n res (like it ever happened anyway besides SR exploit). LoS, smaller range, but god PLEASE that movement reduction needs to freaking GO.
The other option is single instant rez on ult, and another midfight ability/something else as an ult as well. Personally I like the idea of having more utility instead of just heal heal heal. Some kind of cleanse, burst heal, or Pacify like titanium suggested?
I don’t think so? Before Ana was released everyone was playing Lucio and Zen on High-Elo because of Discord. Then Ana came out and it was Triple-Tank(Ana and Lucio), then they nerfed Ana, and it was Lucio and Zen again. Mercy wasn’t OP or Must-Pick until her Rework.
Oh goodness I know. I was there for the old days, and my god I miss them. Being borderline UP but having to put all my focus on just staying alive to help my team, and with the chance to turn things all around - it felt so good. I fell in love with that Mercy, and I miss her terribly.
But things have changed, and I can’t see a situation where the current community would embrace mass rez in its previous incarnation. Personally I loathe tac visor - oh yay, aimbot! That’s fair. But the whole Mercy situation has become such a mess, with so much vitriol on both sides, I’m trying to find a middle ground. Putting rez back to her ult, with tweaks and a cap (maybe 3?) and giving her some other type of utility as well. I know I’m repeating myself a bit, but damn I’ve given this stuff more thought than I should
First off, those ults weren’t guaranteed to bring back up to 5 players, they had to get into the right positions and do them at the right times., and they didn’t have invincibility. When an enemy team died, you had a very small window of opportunity to kill the Mercy before she got her rez off. Sure you could try to tweak that, but the reason that the added invulnerability back then was because she kept having to sacrifice herself just to have a chance to rez her team. I think that they should either try to make Valkrie more viable, or just come up with something better for the character.
Well, we have been unhappy with Mercy for an year, I think they can take adjusting to Mass-Ress. Then they might even see it’s not hat big of a deal, since they have way more tools to deal with it nowadays.
I would be happy if Mass-Ress, aside of removing its invulnerability and requiring line-of-sight, only healed Health(not shields or armor). That way tanks wouldn’t be brought back with full health and everyone in general would be easier to kill.
As for her E, maybe a mini-Valk where she can free-fly for 5-6s so she can reposition and her healing output increased to 90, so she has SOME burst healing for tight situations.
