Geoff talks about possible Mercy buffs/changes

[LeotheLion25-1331]

I don’t need to read that at all because that isn’t what he’s talking about.

[jokerpenguin-2763]

@Effervescent-11737

This

Thanks everyone.

Although I still enjoy Mercy, any buff is wellcome

[MightyMogar-11880]

He did state the 55hps was a possibility

However, this isn’t a “small buff” like you put it. It is a huge buff.

Like it may seem small on paper, but being able to multitask reviving the dead while also simultaneously healing your entire team for 60hps, there is no risk anymore. There is nothing stopping you from rezzing now, no split second decision of “I need to stop healing to rez x” or sacrificing someone in order to resurrect a key player (say a Reinhardt.)

There is literally no downside to this, and it’s not minor. And in my opinion, it allows Mercy to show even less skill diversity as it takes away any any risk vs reward of needing to stop healing to rez.

[FFirebrandd-1844]

Read this then.

@Ryan-111758

But I was wondering, would you guys ever consider buffing her HPS up to 55 to see if it works as a nice middleground? It could be the extra “oomph” some Mercy players miss about her healing.

Or also, would you ever consider giving her an ability on her Reload button for her staff which temporarily boosts her healing output?

@GeoffGoodman

I think that’s certainly possible. Overall her healing output is still higher than the other healers, which she pays for by not being able to split focus and do other things while healing. I’d also love to be able to increase the power of her damage boosting, but it causes a lot of issues with various breakpoints where suddenly X hero can one-shot 200 health heroes etc. There are other ways to make it feel better without just adding raw damage though, we’ll see.

Source: Geoff appreciation thread - #86 by GeoffGoodman

[Effervescent-11737]

There’s talk about buffing her somehow, this post is an idea for that

[Force-21795]

But she does not need buffs. If she gets some she will need nerfs in some other areas again. I hope they leave her as she is.

[superbondez-1414]

I think they are going to wait until after the new patch rolls out for sure. If she isn’t anywhere near a good spot in the meta after this patch, then she will never be so they will then change her. But idk how I feel about buffing healing, I prefer a skill-ceiling-raising change.

[NCT-11645]

@Effervescent-11737

So basically they want Mercy to be a heal/Dmg boost bot, and her most powerful ability, rez to be a side thought?

Uh no, projecting much? Feel free to ask the developers though.

@Effervescent-11737

Valkyrie is the ultimate, an ultimate that supposedly enhances “all” her abilities, yet not rez?

Yes, they explained why rez is not enhanced by Valkyrie.

@NCT-11645

they did not wanted people thinking resurrection was an ultimate or part of an ultimate.

They didn’t wanted people saving Valkyrie for Resurrection as people used to use Rez then Valk for the cooldown reset, cooldown decrease and/or instant rez charge. They specifically made this exception, Its not that deep fam

[NCT-11645]

Eh, 5 hps will do virtually nothing agaisnt focus fire, specially now that they have been buffing damage dealers. Besides Geoff did specify that “its certainly possible” to give Mercy a heal boost ability on “R” reload button.

Fundamentally, Mercy’s issue is the constant aspect of her healing; the other healers are inconsistent, but they get higher healing outputs because of this, meanwhile if you buff her healing, Mercy will always deal the same amount-- which adds to the frustration issue that players complain about, which is “watching” your team die even though you were healing them and feel frustrated because you can’t do anything about that, unlike ana that has her biotic grenade, and Moira who has her healing orb to help her out.

Basically, Mercy with 60hps was frustrating because it made diving her and her pocket too difficult (which is why double sniper was meta before goats) but 50hps makes it too easy and its frustrating for the Mercy player to always be at disadvantage. 55hps is a “blanket fix” for this issue whereas an Overheal would add skill expression to her kit and make the player feel like they’re contributing to the outcome of the fight.

@superbondez-1414

I think they are going to wait until after the new patch rolls out for sure.

For sure. People are forgetting that yes, with 50hps she feels terrible because the other healers were buffed on the same patch, but on the upcoming patch, they’re getting nerfed or have been nerfed before the ptr patch and after the 50hps patch.

[Ryan-111758]

@NCT-11645

Basically, Mercy with 60hps was frustrating because it made diving her and her pocket too difficult (which is why double sniper was meta before goats) but 50hps makes it too easy and its frustrating for the Mercy player to always be at disadvantage. 55hps is a “blanket fix” for this issue whereas an Overheal would add skill expression to her kit and make the player feel like they’re contributing to the outcome of the fight.

This

[InTheDesert-1983]

I agree, but I feel like blizz isn’t willing to or is weary of making bigger changes to mercy, so i feel like they’d be more willing to just tweak some numbers than make a whole new ability that could kind of be considered a mini rework to some people, but geoff did say it’s a possibility. I’m just going off of what I’ve seen and even though 55 hps wouldn’t fix the problems most people have with mercy, to me it would be great and really help with healing tanks. I wouldn’t underestimate a 5 hps difference cuz when they initially nerfed her healing by 10 hps I thought it was such a small change that it wouldn’t really matter, but in reality it was the only nerf that really mattered lol

[MrFurious-11380]

Her valk needs major help…right now its a glorified Lucio passive healing. It needs to be an actual Ultimate ability