Instead of continuously nerfing Ashe, why not nerf the source of the issue?
When Ana’s Nano boots was OP , and Reaper would run wild killing everything.
They didnt nerf Reaper. They nerfed the source of the issue. Which was Nano boost.
When Lucios speed boost was speeding the whole team too quickly , did they nerf every hero’s walk speed or did they nerf speed boost?
Speed Boost was the source of the issue, so in that case they did the correct thing.
Same thing thing here. Nerf the source of the issue not Ashe.
Pharah is weak, but surgically attach a Mercy to her and now people will say Pharah is OP. Mercy is also the reason Pharah can never get any decent buffs.
Truth is , any hero that Mercy is damage boosting seems OP. Not fair to kill heroes because of Mercy’s damage boost. There have been many nerfs for several heroes in recent months that were unnecessary, and wouldn’t have been needed if 1 Mercy ability was nerfed instead.
Yet people only complain whe Ashe gets boosted, almost like Mercy’s damage boost is only an issue when she’s boosting one specific hero… Almost like that hero is the thing that needs addressing since the ability is fine when used on anyone else…
That is false.
Ashe is just the recent flavor of the month in the forums to cry about.
I have seen may complain about Widow with a Mercy boost.
People have been complaining about Pharah for many years with a Mercy boost. Also the reason Pharah cant ever get any buffs.
Other heroes ive seen people complain about over the years with a Mercy boost:
McCree, Junk, Hanzo, Soldier, even Zen.
Just because you like or main Mercy doesnt mean we should ignore the issue and just let the devs kill multiple heroes because of forum whiners and not wanting them to touch boost.
Once the Mercy pockets move on to another hero (after the Ashe nerf), then the whiners will start witch hunting the next hitscan or whatever.
Again ignoring the source of the issue.
This is a FPS first and foremost with elements of other game sprinkled in. NOT the other way around.
People need to get that through their heads and stop trying to whine for changes that turn this game into what it isnt meant to be.
Jeff Kaplan wants Overwatch to be more like Valorant than LoL for sequel
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Hence why Ashe got nerfed and not Mercy. Because Ashe was designed by Geoff, as he said, to be good w Mercy pocket. And they realized that Ashe’s design was too strong and not healthy. So they nerfed it.
Yeah and Supports are supposed to enable DPS and Tanks with utility like speed and damage amp
The irony of you talking about “what OW is meant to be” yet Mercy damage boost has been the same since launch for 5 years and Ashe, a post launch hero who does so many things w little weaknesses, isn’t the issue
Again, that is false.
Many heroes got their damage nerfed.
If those heroes still had their old damage then they would be ever better boosted than Ashe.
And those heroes that got their damage nerfed many patches ago, some didnt need the nerfs if they just nerfed Mercys damage boost instead.
