Do this, adjust the numbers of the heal upwards to makeup for the inconsistency even with good aim, and give damage boost a very slight linger so missing it for 0.5 seconds wont make it disappear. Honestly after this i really wouldnt care if i died to a mercy pocket knowing that the Mercy had to atleast move their mouse.
Also this would seperate terrible mercys from the great ones.
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make mercy’s gun hitscan and reduce the bullet size
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im still in the camp where i dont think aiming should be a core requirement for every hero in the game
overwatch was suppose to be this unique game with all types of archetypes from different games. wasnt suppose to be your average run of the mill “everyone has an assault rifle” game.
sure you can have “easy to use” heroes but i find that ok. its the want of the game to be a competitive “esports” is where the problem came about. someone from the company… blizzared, devs… (probably just kotick) wanted the game to be some glorified esport that rivals csgo
big mistake since i think the premise of the game was casual fun chuck e cheeze entertainment built around lovable characters
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I have absolutely no problem with that if they change the beam as well
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Uh, literally the whole point of her character is flying around with a lock on beam.
This would destroy her mobility, which is the entire point, thats why people play her, they love the mobility.
Having to aim the beam is a frankly awful idea from someone who clearly doesnt understand how mercy is played.
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Sub-dps players have to do that all the time, while aiming and decision making, thats why alot of them have high dpi. If they can do it, why not mercy mains?
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I really dont have the patience to explain how mercy is played. Go play her in a match, stick with it the entire match and play her. You will see why aiming her beam is a bad idea.
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Sounds like you are just spoiled by forgiving mechanics.
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Ha. Here we go. The aim leet skill cod kids strike again.
Just give everyone a hitscan machine gun and set everyone with a very low ttk already, that is their vision of what Ow should be.
I am sure it will be a blast. We will go from declining playerbase to 35 million players in less than a week!
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Mercy is my worst support, and my least played hero actually.
Seriously, go play a round as her and you will understand why your idea is terrible lol.
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I have played her, its doable if they adapt and increase their dpi and rotate their screen like any other sub-dps does.
so make her a worse moira then? you guys are so obsessed with skill being defined as this narrow “aiming mechanics” that you’re willing to sacrifice interesting and unique playstyles.
this is my central problem with balance suggestions like this. you’re failing to capture the reason why people play this game: to have fun fufilling specific hero fantasies. i don’t think changing a significantly large part of a character’s mechanics for your own personal feelings is a good idea since you’re ruining the hero fantasy that mercy offers her very, very popular fanbase.
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I dont believe you. And i can’t take you seriously lmao.
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Absolutely people with better aim should be given more reward than those without assuming they have the same skill in all other aspects. Im sure good mercys are tired of being lumped with the braindead ones as well.
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this is already true in game. if you take an Ana and a Mercy who are both equally skilled at their characters (ignoring the fact that you can’t really quantify something as abstract as skill), the ana will always have more direct impact on the game than the mercy, and this is because ana has to aim everything she does, so those things are generally more impactful or have less restrictions on the character. mercy is only ever as good as her team, but an ana can single handedly carry her team to victory if they let her.
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This guys next thread is gonna be “Reapers shotguns should have slug rounds instead of buckshot, the wide spread lowers aim skill and is too forgiving. Slug rounds would reward skill more” lmao.
probably also gonna call for Rein to get a lance instead of hammer so they have to aim it. And while he’s at it probably gonna demand winston have a laser instead of a telsa gun. lol.
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I think you are playing the wrong game. This game has turrets, barriers, blinks, cc, easy to land aoe effects, lock-on beams, ult which grants aimbot, bouncy aoe dmg spheres, etc…
If you are a fps purist… yeah i think you should move on because first it was symmetra lock on beam, then it was torb turrets, now its mercy heal beam… there will always have something that doesnt fit your criteria of “skill expression”. You have a long fight ahead if you plan to complain about all that.
I suggest CS, they are going to release CS2 now so i think that game is way more adequate do let you do your aim skill expressions.
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No, because Mercy’s whole thing is being able to observe the entire fight and provide value. Take that away and she’s awful.
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Yes Ana is a broken character, it has very little to do with aim. Mercy outperforms zen, bap, LW who require much more aim than her
What do you mean by outperform? & Can you provide evidence?
I can believe LW because he’s still kinda garbage but zen and lucio have way more carry potential than mercy.
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