Let's forget about GA

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As a Mercy main, I admit she’s way less fun in S3 than in S2. But my feeling doesn’t matter when it comes to winning games.

So, here comes the numbers that don’t lie.

In S2 I played 165 games on Mercy. This season I played 41. I made a statistic on the average of assists, kills, death etc on each game, because I was curious if Mercy is better or not with the new changes.

Yes, the GA is still trash, but again, numbers don’t lie.

So we have this>

S2/S3 comparison (average numbers/game):

Win Rate: 50%/52%
Assists: 21/23
Kills: 2/3
Deaths: 5/5
DMG Boost: 957/986
Healing: 9580/9635
Valk Heal 1553/1561
Valk DMG: 50/87
Res: 4/4

I play in low rank and I am an average Mercy player but the conclusion is simple. Mercy is way more powerful in S3 (if played in the right hands) than in S2 after u “forget” that U have GA and start playing in order to win games.

I still don’t like her, but… I do.

Why? Have no idea. Clearly, there are better supports out there with a better win rate. But what really matters is that those that complained that Mercy is too squishy to kill her, can’t kill her after the new changes.

If in season 2 she was average, fun to play, but unfun to play against, now she’s powerful, not fun to play, and not fun to play against her.

There u go. Problem solved.

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If it’s individual stats: I do hope that … you know, a person improves their skill as time goes by?
If it’s OB stats: it’s showing GM stats worse than diamond on many heroes - so, dubious at best.

Not sure what “numbers” you’re about to conjure next - but hey, the state of the game is as it is because Blizz always looks at their “numbers”. Been there, seen that.

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People said she’s unplayable. If that’s the case, how comes I got better at her?

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You (hopefully) improved?
DB wasn’t changed, yet

– do you also attribute it to the patch? I don’t think there’s consistency in this argument.

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You just said it, you play in low rank. I play in master and she’s incredibly boring to play and easy target. It’s not like low rank, high rank people when they decide to dive you they really do it and it doesn’t come for you 1 person, multiple… I went from 54% victory and dying 2/4 times a game to have 42% victory and dying 6/8 times a game so I don’t even bother to play her bc I can take more value from brig/kiriko even Moira so yes I understand in low ranks can be still good bc people don’t know how to dive together to kill her but if you keep climbing believe me the less mistakes you can make and the harder to survive it is

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I only look at my numbers. Given the fact that Mercy got big changes, having better numbers after only 41 games makes me believe that she’s better now than in S2

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and this is why you’re wrong; see:

Sums it up (at least in a way that one shouldn’t look just only at their numbers)

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That’s the reason why I put my rank there. Because I know that in other ranks things could look different. But in bronze/silver where is the majority of players, she’s still good.

I say it again. I’m not telling that she’s fun. She really is boring. And I am not saying that those numbers reflect the entire community. I’m just saying that if we stop complaining about GA and start looking at the other changes, overall she’s still okay.

Do I wish for devs to revert GA? Hell yea. But those in low ranks that say that she’s easier to kill are just liying themselves.

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Tbh, I don’t think the real issue has anything to do with meta tier rankings.

I think that the devs need more people in the Support Role to fix Matchmaking, and the only way they are going to do that is to make the Support role more fun.

So regardless of her strength, making Mercy less fun, is the problem.

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There are many surprising things that are good in bronze/silver. It doesn’t mean the game balance should be based on those things happening there.

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I just want to take a moment to say thank you.

Finding quality feedback on the forums is rare. Also finding someone to wants to give honest feedback isn’t as common as it should be here either.

I played mercy 4-6 hours everyday since the change for a week. I have watched videos on streamers takes and also sought advice and comfort in the mercy discord.

I have yet to comply my full thoughts into feedback, but there’s a lot.

I feel much the same way. She is stronger, but it’s not to appease the complainers on the issues to begin with, and mercy players aren’t happy for the most part.

I’ve had my ups and downs…

I stand strong that the GA nerf was too heavyhanded and even so was probably the wrong thing to touch within her mobility.

For the average/causal mercy player, the nerf hits hard, and it’s going age like milk.

I give it about 3 weeks til dive heroes fully start comprehending just how vulnerable Mercy is after the use of GA.

Since I play a bunch of mercy, I literally track when the enemy mercy uses that ability when I use others heroes.

I’m not trying to pat my own ego or be vain by saying they don’t live long.

:confused: I fear for the future and how these changes will settle in the game.

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OFC not. That would be dumb. I didn’t say that. xd

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Conjure? You saying they’re a liar? Why you being rude to someone who spent the time and the math?

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You did in the very title of this thread.

I am not.

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Read it again, please! And tell where in the title I said that devs should make changes only on bronze players feedback?

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I like her more than before. Its more of a “change how you play” than a feeling of “she is trash”. You are just used to it to GA all the time that it feels bad at first. But after a few games you get used to it.

Same as Rez after moth Mercy. It felt terrible, but we got used to it. It might be the better way of changing her.

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Now I feel sorry for giving the feedback, looking at people’s reaction. Like bronze players are not supposed to talk lmao

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Also I have better damage boost numbers too, if I’m focusing my healing on crit allies- I heal faster than before and have more time to DB.

Also if feels a lot more wasteful to heal my allies past 50% instead of DB especially if I know my other support has got my back and allies back.

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The way I understand it: GA is fine, let’s move on. So you’re stating something for everyone while arguing from the position of bronze tier. Tbh - there’s nothing wrong with that as well as there’s nothing wrong with being in bronze. All tiers are equally important.

What is not fine is to argue that the change is good based on only one tier experience. If that wasn’t the intention - cool but then it shouldn’t have been so categorical and/or should’ve been highlighted better in the OP.

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Don’t be, the feedback is worth it. I like hearing others feedback because I’m in the struggle bus to trying to adapt as best as I can.

The forums can just come across harsh sometimes.

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