@ literally everyone calling today's ptr a mercy buff

[holytoledo-1721]

I main Mercy, but I’m not clicking that.

[Megadodo-11847]

You mean the Aria Rose video?

If so - good call

[Megadodo-11847]

this account I use to post on the forums to avoid getting my team mixed into my controversial opinions, I literally played the minimum required to get an active forums account

I wish there was a way I could PM you…would love to get the input of a sensible GM player on a few things

ah well

[Justin-17714]

you have discord at all?

[Megadodo-11847]

I dont use discord at the moment, but could

probably not advisable to post any personal or account info here

[WildElements-1760]

You can add each other’s battletag and talk that way through battle.net.

[Justin-17714]

im on the forums a lot just het me up if you need info

[Justin-17714]

true they could add this account and I could answer stuff through the messages there

[Meowjoker-1311]

At this point not even Lara Croft can relocate it.

[Serpenvio-1420]

That ship has sailed already. Vocal whining is what got Mercy reworked in the first place.

[Dimentive-2259]

Aria Rose has no idea what she’s talking about.

Of course it’s a buff. This is just clickbait.
However, it’s not nearly enough. Mercy will still be the worst healer in the game.

Blizzard really thinks that changing some of the characters we’ve complained about the most in extremely minor ways will shut us up. *sigh*

[Serpenvio-1420]

Also yeah this is a buff. But it’s a buff that puts a bandaid on an unneeded nerf. Thus why it’s despised. Mercy’s healing did not need to be nerfed. BS rez on cooldown is what needed to be removed but Blizz refuses to lose their precious CD rez and would rather break Mercy’s kit to accommodate for it and since Rez has to be made into an utter chore to use to balance it this whole rework is rage inducing.

[Dimentive-2259]

To put it briefly, it’s a buff to live Mercy, but she’s worse than she was a few months ago, before they nerfed her healing output.

[Awkward-1942]

Well no duh.

Do people actually expect to get Double Res Mercy back?

[Serpenvio-1420]

No? Honestly I just wanted 60hps mercy with an instant rez in Valk (as in if rez is up it’s instant in valk). That’s it. I was okay with her state before the health nerf. My only issue was Valk was boring.

[Dimentive-2259]

@Awkward-1942

Well no duh.

Do people actually expect to get Double Res Mercy back?

No, we just expect her not to suck. These changes are so minor that they barely make a difference. Mercy will still be the worst support hero in the game.

Here are my ideas for fixing Mercy (from this thread). They involve removing Resurrect altogether.

@Dimentive-2259

First of all, replace Resurrect with a different ability. I get that it’s an iconic ability and all, but it’s impossible to properly balance since it’s the only ability in the game that affects players who have died. This is why Mercy has never been balanced; she’s always been either underpowered (pre-rework and currently) or overpowered (right now, after all the nerfs to her). And need I mention the nerf to her healing? Her healing is so slow that she can’t even outheal Winston’s Tesla Cannon (AKA Tickle Gun); Mercy heals for 50 health per second now, while Winston’s Tesla Cannon’s damage is 60 damage per second.

I highly disagree with people who say that Resurrect as an Ultimate should come back. Instead, here is my idea:

Replace Resurrect with an ability called Miracle Worker.
Description of Miracle Worker:

Type: Single target buff
Range: 30 meters (same as that of both Guardian Angel and Zarya’s Projected Barrier)
Duration: 3 seconds (1 second longer than Zarya’s Projected Barrier) or until lethal damage is taken
Cooldown: 15 seconds (5 seconds longer than Zarya’s Projected Barrier)

Effect 1: Buff duration expires, and the target is healed for 100 HP.
Effect 2: Prevent death when target takes damage that would normally kill them and sets the target’s health to 50 HP.

Mercy places a spell on a targeted ally. This buff will trigger an effect after 3 seconds or when the target takes lethal damage.

If the buff expires with no lethal damage taken, the target is healed for 100 HP.

If the target takes lethal damage, death is prevented, and the target’s HP is set to 50 HP.

This idea is not mine. It’s by YouTuber Blame The Controller. (Source video.)

This is an ability that could save someone from death, regardless of the amount of damage taken, just like Zarya’s Projected Barrier. However, Mercy wouldn’t directly benefit from this like Zarya does, the cooldown would be longer, and the buff would also last a little longer as well. The target would also be healed. If the target takes damage that would normally kill them, they don’t die and is instead immediately healed for 50 HP. If they don’t take any damage that would kill them during the three-second period, their health is instead set to 50 HP. Keep in mind that this wording is intentional: Ana’s Biotic Grenade would be able to stop the healing of 100 health if the target takes no lethal damage, but it wouldn’t be able to stop the second effect where the target’s health is set to 50 HP (otherwise, they would immediately die).

Due to the long cooldown, Mercy players would have to prioritize when to use this ability, even more than Zarya players and Projected Barrier. She couldn’t just use it willy-nilly. If a target is saved from death, they are healed, but the amount that they are healed for is so low that they would need to be healed by Mercy or another healer afterwards; otherwise, they’d likely die right after the buff is over if the enemy is focusing them.

Replacing Resurrect would not be enough, however. Her healing output should be reverted to 60 healing per second, and Valkyrie should be updated to work with this hypothetical new ability. For example, during Valkyrie, Miracle Worker could heal for 200 health, instead of 100, when no lethal damage is taken, and the target’s health could be set to 100, instead of 50, if lethal damage is taken.
Alternatively, the healing numbers could remain the same, but the cooldown for Miracle Worker could be reset, or she could get another charge, just like what used to happen with Resurrect when she used Valkyrie.

[Awkward-1942]

No, we just expect her not to suck. These changes are so minor that they barely make a difference. Mercy will still be the worst support hero in the game.

She’s already better than Moira, and getting a healing nerf revert and a buff on top of that will make her even better.

She’s not as good as Ana, sure, but that doesn’t mean she’s weak. It just means Ana is busted.

When Ana gets nerfed, or other heroes get changed to make the meta more Dive/Sniper orientated again, Mercy will come right back as Ana gets pushed out.

[Dimentive-2259]

No, we just expect her not to suck. These changes are so minor that they barely make a difference. Mercy will still be the worst support hero in the game.

She’s already better than Moira, and getting a healing nerf revert and a buff on top of that will make her even better.

She’s not as good as Ana, sure, but that doesn’t mean she’s weak. It just means Ana is busted.

When Ana gets nerfed, or other heroes get changed to make the meta more Dive/Sniper orientated again, Mercy will come right back as Ana gets pushed out.

She’s not better than Moira. Moira outheals Mercy by far, and her Ultimate is actually engaging and makes an impact; plus, she can heal allies and damage enemies at the same time.

Moira can also use her movement ability and escape without relying on her teammates. Fade is amazing.

Ana doesn’t need any more than a slight nerf to Nano Boost’s healing output. Mercy needs actual, proper, impactful buffs.

[MonoSodium-2467]

You will never be her friend OP.
She just uses you for views.

[Jerant-1609]

Sorry, but considering your moira profile picture and locked profile, its safe to assume you havent actually played mercy for a long time. therefore your opinion means literally nothing.

I thought Mercy mains are trying to be all positive and not toxic, but this is incredibly toxic. You’re going against the whole Mercy mantra aren’t you?