I don’t like the idea of Mercy being broken, in fact I was a widely outspoken opponent of the rework before and during the rework and now after the dust of the rework has settled.
I was not overly a fan of how she became a must-pick hero and I don’t think you can find a single person who can really deny that’s exactly what the rework made her.
But that’s what happened.
So I wanted mass revive back, because not only was it a more iconic ability but it also came from a time when most people wanted Mercy to have an ability on E such as temporary flight or perhaps a burst AOE heal. She was widely regarded as F-tier since release up until her rework as I indicated in a thread dedicated to finding old meta reports. Old Mercy was more balanced than post-rework Mercy.
Over time it became clear: mass revive never was going to come back.
So what did I start fighting for?
A rework. Remove revive. Outright DESTROY revive.
If such an ability is so insanely powerful that it demands the Lion’s share of her kit, remove it. Get rid of it. I no longer want it to be a part of my main. It’s become the weighed chain and ball dragging Mercy into the depths of the ocean.
I don’t want the chain of revive shackled around Mercy’s neck anymore.
I don’t think this means I want her to flat out be the best hero in the game. Because I don’t like that. Being the best hero in the game at any point in time brings huge amounts of stigma.
Heck, Doomfist was widely considered a throw pick since release and now he’s considered a good DPS right now (not even picked as often as Genji is) people HATE on him.
I don’t want that in my life. I don’t need that sort of hatred and unhappiness in my life. I don’t want her to be the best hero. But on the flip side, I want a hero who is fun and interactive and engaging to play.
I have a long legacy of playing dedicated support heroes and of any hero in the roster to date I only felt represented in Mercy and OLD Symmetra. So for me it’s not even “I want to be OP”, it’s … I can’t find the primary healer playstyle here outside of Mercy.
Like let’s spill the 
It’s not fun to stun yourself for 2 seconds in a fast paced FPS styled game like Overwatch is. It’s not fun. It feels bad. We LITERALLY need to hide behind walls now to revive-- which was a widely spread (and mostly false outside of SR gain abuse) meme of pre-rework Mercy.
Like I see Echo and I feel hope that she might be a primary support because that’s the playstyle I want to play.
Outside of Mercy the pacifist primary support prototype isn’t represented. And to me support doesn’t even mean healing. Supporting can be damage mitigation (like ally X takes 50% less damage during nanoboost), restoration of energy, shielding allies either statically or temporarily, buffs to allies to give them lifesteal instead of me doing it for them, healing fields and domes, attaching burst heals that explode later when they reach a certain HP threshold or debuffing enemies damage.
This style aren’t being represented much outside of Mercy.
I’m not some melee weapon wielding paladin like Baguette.
I’m not some sniper who deals damage and poisons enemies preventing healing like Ana.
I’m not some wacky bouncing DJ that passively heals his allies by existing like Lucio and nonstop shoots enemies.
I don’t like having to literally suck the life out of enemies on Moira and dedicate a huge chunk of my time to DPSing in order to heal.
I don’t feel represented by the current roster in my playstyle outside of Mercy.
It’s not I want her to be the best. But it’s that she feels pretty horrific to play.
I know I made this about Mercy but part of me feels hope because of Echo because at this point I DO NOT AT ALL want to play Mercy in her current state.
Dare I say it? She can’t be balanced in this state. It’s a game of numerical optimization at this point.
Even Stylosa’s recent video on Mercy pointed this out. And this is why fundamentally she needs a rework.
5m0s
Is it a tank meta? How much Hp/s is Ana doing? What about this nerf? What about that buff? What about this other nerf?
Mercy’s kit right now feels with it’s last 5 or so nerfs like it’s just an attempt at numerical optimization. Fundamentally her kit right now WILL BE BROKEN one way or another. Either she will be suffocating or she will be underwhelming.
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