The way the game is going to change, gameplay wise for OW2, some heroes like Mercy and the way she plays wont make much sense.
The way Mercy is designed encourages a pocket , heal bot type of gameplay.
With very minimal engagement. Timid back line play that is always hiding or running/Flying away to avoid the fight.
Her gun isnt even used most of the time.
I think a few changes could make Mercy more engaging to play. Especially for OW2 where a pocket bot type of playstyle wont make much sense.
First of switching to her gun feels slow and clunky.
I would make switching faster.
Mercys gun actually does good damage but the projectile speed isn’t the best.
I would increase the projectile speed a bit.
60 meters per second , up from 50
And the rate of fire to 6 bullets per second. up from 5.
These changes alone would make her way more offensive.
Second, I would get rid of damage boost. This ability has caused issues with other heroes and again, it encourages a pocket type of gameplay.
Instead give her a new offensive ability.
A projectile like Rein’s fire strike, that she shoots when she swings her staff up.
Does 50 damage and whatever enemy is hit, their damage is reduced by 10% for 3 seconds. (damage numbers can be tweaked)
Has an 8-10 second cooldown. A bit of damage and utility.
Valkyrie switched to an ability that’s on a 15 second cooldown.
Last 6 seconds.
Her healing isnt increased. Her gun has double the ammo when activated or something.
Healing - 60 HPS for 2 seconds then drops to 45 after that.
Healing returns to its 60 HPS over 2 seconds while not active on the same target for 6 seconds.
Encourages pocketing less.
Ultimate - Resurrect 1 person. No casting time or have it have a 1 second casting time. Whatever is fine.
Thats it.
More offensive gameplay while not totally getting away from most of her abilities.
(Note: All the numbers can be tweaked , but the general idea still stands as to making Mercy less of a pocket/heal bot and more offensive.)
As I said it before and will say it again, Mercy needs a rework which shifts her from this mindless pocket / res obnoxious bot to a more fps-ish character, or at least something with higher skill requirements.
She’s always been the cause of powercreep due to her problematic damage boost and they have yet to sort that… if they fail adressing that for ow2 then they didn’t do anything
Im well aware that most Mercy players wont like these kind of changes but like I said, her current pocket bot playstyle wont make a lot of sense for OW2.
Im not a Mercy player but i know that a lot of people don’t play her because of that kind of playstyle.
Having a bit more engaging playstyle would also attract more players (that normally wont touch her), try her out and play her.
Healing in general will be toned down a bit for OW2.
Your suggestions are bad though. A lot of Mercy mains (btw Im not one lol, name is sleapyREAPY for a reason) arent going to like this because it TOO dpsy. Seriously give her an ability that just doubles her ammo for a few seconds?
You took away almost all of her support functions and made her dps. That goes against her intended playstyle.
Your hps suggestion that you say “will discourage pocketing” will in fact do the opposite. Mercy’s healing will be so permanently low that she wont swap from healing the easier dps to keep alive.
Her hps already felt garbage on expirmental, and you TRIPLED the recovery rate of that.
No way will she touch a tank.
You have no right to say “goes against that” when your entire rework goes against Mercys intended playstyle.
You do realize the devs will never implement these changes right?
I said the numbers can be increased or decreased for the suggested changes.
But the general idea still stands. To make her less of a heal bot and be more offensive.
And as the devs have stated, healing will be slightly decreased for OW2. So having her heal for 70-80 or whatever goes against that.
It actually brings her in line with more offensive type of supports like Ana, Bap, Lucio, Zen
Instead of being just a pocket healer 90% of the time.
Doesnt mean that those type of supports dont provide healing and utility as well.
NO, people need to stop suggesting this change. Not every hero needs to be widly enjoyed by every person. Its ok that characters are unique and certain heroes aren’t for everone. This is highlighted in the fact that Mercy, unlike every other hero in the game, doesn’t and shouldn’t use her pistol.
She is a pacifist hero and should stay as such. The fact that she is even some what encouraged to use her pistol in her ultimate has been a resounding failure on Blizzard’s part.
Yes, don’t like it, swap to ANYONE ELSE, Mercy is the only character in the game that isn’t required to shoot, don’t gut her even more for the people that like her currently.
Actually they should just drop the pistol from Mercy completely. Simply give her an offensive option that doesn’t require swapping off her staff. Would improve her gameplay flow. Swapping weapons in the middle of a fight is rather clunky.
People need to stop suggesting ways for Mercy’s playstyle to be completely changed. Its fine that not everyone wants to play Mercy. Let her have her own unique play style that her fans currently enjoy. I don’t need even more reasons to stop playing this game.
I don’t like having to use anything besides her staff, I enjoy the play style, its the only character in gaming that has it besides medic in TF2 (who I mained for 9 years until OW came out). There’s more than one way to play a game, not everyone needs to shoot.
Mercy remains one of the most popular heroes in the game and she’s viable at all ranks. I don’t see any reason to touch her at this point. I’m not sure what the issue is with her in 5v5.
