She has received nothing but nerf after nerf after nerf. I don’t mind her healing output reduced as I think she was a bit too much of a reliable healer in her previous iteration.
What I do have a problem is her passive play style. There aren’t really much room for big plays when it comes to her kit.
I’m proposing we switch valkyrie and res around and have res be her ultimate again.
Having valkyrie a normal ability (numbers and duration would have to be tweaked) would make her more interesting to play I think.
Obviously res would have to be tweaked to make it more fitting of an ultimate ability status.
obviously they are not gonna switch res back to her ultimate again so maybe try coming up with something new. Also her playstyle has always been passive even more so with mass res, it’s why she got reworked in the first place… lmao.
They have said nothing is changing, they are happy with her… I really cannot understand the hold this particular character has on people… if you’re that unhappy, why not just play something else?
She was touted as being the main healer when it comes to raw healing output but she doesn’t really hold that spot any longer as I think Moira probably has a bigger healing output now after the recent nerfs to Mercy (Ana probably outheals Mercy by a large amount but I’m fine with that as Ana requires skill to output some consistent and good healing with no mobility).
If the current iteration of Mercy is to remain (in terms of the amount of healing she can do) I believe she needs something done to her kit to make her more engaging to play.
You are right that I can play something else and I usually do now as the other healers are just more fun to play right now.
She is still main healer, not due to raw healing output, but due to her ability every 30 seconds to rez someone… that is hugely impacting… and honestly, we needed room for other healers to be viable, not just Mercy… she doesn’t need to be a requirement which she was.
I agree personally she is a bore to play… OTOH, I find the same thing is true with Orisa… boring as hell while I know people who like her… the same is true for Mercy.
I would agree with that, but OTOH, I think we can also say that given the stream of nerfs to bring her to a position she isn’t likely to radically change any time soon either… so, yes, nothing is written in stone ever, but I think we can both agree it’s not likely any serious change is coming.
I agree with you that she was too much of a go-to-healer previously. I’m not arguing with the fact that we needed to make room for the rest of the roster in terms of supporting your team.
All I’m saying is that she is currently very lack-luster to play when it comes to her abilities. Res is insanely powerful when you manage to pull it off which is why I believe it is better suited as an ultimate where you have to build it up and there is a risk/reward for using it.
Valkyrie however does not feel like an ultimate which is why I’m proposing swapping them around to give Mercy players some agency and allowing them to play a more engaging version of Mercy.
Serious change better be coming, or a bunch of people are just going to stop playing. As a Masters level player, even though Mercy is my best hero, I feel forced to abandon her in the current patch to maintain my SR. I can adapt easily enough, because my hero pool is extensive. I hate the feeling that comes with that adaptation being forced, however, and others may not be able to adapt.
It might be okay if not everyone could just pick Mercy and win… But I shouldn’t be in a position where the hero I am most skilled at is always the worst pick for me.
You are right about her terrible state and if you havent seen it yet you should take a look at Titaniums latest thread here.
After the rework she definitely need those nerfs. Which leads me to the conclusion that the rework was an unnecessary failure since before that rework she wasnt as much of an issue.
I would have liked it better they had tried tweaking her original design instead of butchering her and making her an OPAF monster for way to long.
So… let’s turn this around… you want to maintain SR… okay, and you can’t. So, therefore, changes that might benefit the game and other players are not worthwhile if they impact you negatively? This is the argument? That is the nature of any game like this, changes are made to balance, frankly, it sounds like she was OP which is what Blizz said… which means SR then with that character was unwarranted… not trying to be a dick, but this is kind of like a Brig player with unwarranted SR complaining when one day the nerf hammer falls…
If she’s boring to play ,then pick someone else ,it’s really that simple.
Personally ,I hate playing genji nowadays ,I’ve played around one or two hours of genji in my last 70 hours or so ,I didn’t make threads complaining about his state.
Same goes for Hanzo ,I dropped around 30+ hours on him pre-rework because I found scatter arrow to be fun and satisfying to use ,but I’ve put in less than 10 hours on him after the rework ,despite doing better as the reworked version
I went one step further, I haven’t really played overwatch in about a month. I bought the summer games skins then went over to smite/paladins. I’ll be back for Junkenstein’s, but playing the base-game is an ordeal lol
I still come to the forums to stay in touch with what’s happening