Mercy Mains, stop complaining

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Buff, revert, whatever you want to call it, Blizzard still put their attention towards Mercy. Arguing semantics is completely and utterly pointless because at the end of the day, it’s whether this is enough to make her viable again, not about arguing using the correct terms.

Before Mercy received her 50 hps nerf, she was still a must-pick. She did 60 hps both during Valk, and when not ulting. So clearly 60 hps was too much. Nerfing it to 50 hps was the natural response. Though that turned out to be a tad too much (in conjunction with the Ana buffs). Now, they bump her hps back to 60 just for her ult, which is a half way point between her pre and post-hps nerf. She was a must-pick before it, and low-tier after it. Which means we can infer that she could end up in a decent spot now.

Nerf, revert, or whatever you want to call it. The question is, is this gonna put her in a good spot or not? If it does, that’s what matters more than anything. When Ana’s primary was returned to 70 dps, Ana mains didn’t throw a hissy fit that it was a “revert”. They just recognized that it’s a step in the right direction, regardless if it existed before or not. It doesn’t matter if a feature existed before. What matters is, is putting the feature in now is the right move. Would you guys have rather Bliz kept it at 50 hps? My guess is, no, so why all the complaining?

“We know 60 hps was crap before, so we know it’ll be crap now!”

Excuse me! She was a must-pick before! Her ult may have seemed like crap, but that’s only because she was already OP when not Valking. Her Valk didn’t have much contrast from her already normal 60 hps gameplay.

If you take any character who’s OP during normal gameplay, there’s a good chance their ult won’t seem all that special, because it does little to contrast from their normal OP state. Sometimes it’s the contrast between the ult and normal gameplay that matters, not the actual figures themselves. Yes, she had 60 hps during Valk before, but the contrast between her ult and normal gameplay is what’s gonna be new. And because of this contrast, I rather have this than her do 55 hps as her base healing rate which is commonly suggested.

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Nobody wants this. Blizzard is avoiding fixing the problem glaring them in the face and is absolutely destroying everything else about Mercy to make it fit.

Resurrect will never be balanced. It’s a disgusting ability that’s keeping them from doing anything remotely interesting with her skillset.

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I just have a question, as a non-Mercy main, am I allowed to continue complaining? :thinking:

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The problem was, she was OP. Now she’s not. How is that avoiding the problem?

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I don’t like all the x-hero mains whining, and Mercy mains have been doing that for a while, but this thread is seriously unnesesary.

Noone will read this and say “alright, I’ll stop”. You’re just begging for an argument.

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You say Mercy was a must pick before but fail to cite the reason why, which by the way had nothing to do with her healing.

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If you complain your teeth are hurting, and I rip them all out. Your teeth are no longer hurting. How is that avoiding the problem?

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There is a fine balance between her being OP and reverting her purposely into a state of being under-powered. This plane of existence between OP and UP. It is called… well, balanced. If you are okay with these changes, why not just the full revert of 60 HPS? You believe that with this meta and the other support changes that she would be must pick? If that were the case, we should see a proportional increase in her stats, no? You are betting on that? Because it does not seem highly likely to me.

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And you can stop talking now thanks.

A lot of us don’t care about being viable or meta, we’ve largely been complaining about enjoyability.

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That doesn’t make any sense. What make a character OP in actual reality, is the sum of all their parts. Nerf any part, and it can make them not OP.

Widow is a prime example of this when they nerfed her grapple.

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Her healing was broken. She was solo healing triple tank in owl. That’s why nerfing it balanced the supports

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Enjoyability is subjective. To me, Mercy became way more enjoyable to play after they took away Mass Rez.

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More reasons to actually fix her! :smiley:

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I would say, we should wait and see before Bliz makes any additional changes to Mercy.

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Okay, but who finds her more enjoyable to play with 50 HPS instead of 60 HPS? That is the inherent problem. The developers changed it from 50 to 60 for a reason and arbitrarily reverted it and re-reverted it partially. Does that actually make sense to you? Is there a reality where people believe those are competent developers making the best decisions for the game? Seriously?

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like I said, stop talking because you’re completely ignorant.

Not all of us want mass rez

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Ya know that both the other healers can do that too?
All that’s left is deciding WHICH tanks you’re gonna use and what healer will fit the comp best. Bunker Tanks = Moira, Deathball = Ana, Dive = Mercy.

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You tell me. Most Mercy mains want a revert to Mass Rez. But now suddenly making any small reverts is bad game development? Contradictory much, and it’s not like this was the only time Bliz made minor reverts like this. But no one blew it out of proportion to this degree before. Leave it to Mercy mains to complain about a buff.

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you cant solo heal with an Ana, she doesnt have the sustain. you can’t solo heal triple tank with mercy, she doesnt have the healing. moira cant solo heal triple tank, she doesn’t have the resource.

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That’s where you’re wrong buddy.
I’ve done it multiple times. Hell, I’ve solo healed a bunch of squishies on Ana before during Mercy meta just because this guy kept complaining that I wasn’t rezing him, so I swapped to Granny instead and made their Mercy want to tear her hair out because she’s sleeping on the job.