look, I think the problem isn’t the ethics of how it should return (which is for a good cause anyway) or the actual quality of the skin. There is a much more serious problem:
the community’s frivolous insistence would win.
it’s the same principle as the child who cries loudly because the parent doesn’t buy him ice cream: “I cry until I get a result”. So let’s be honest: what would happen the moment Mercy pink returns? the thought process would just be “then we won, we ONLY need to complain”, even when there are very clear recent messages from blizzard that they have no intention of bringing back mercy pink soon:
AGO 21, 2023: https://twitter.com/OhReallyJared/status/1693693200425484363?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
APR 6, 2023 : https://twitter.com/OhReallyJared/status/1644012808949100545
APR Anniversary event, 2022: Community Update - 2022 in-game events (retail) - #28 by AndyB-11735
The fact that despite these official responses were not enough to stop this forum and social media from spamming “bring back mercy pink” with even smurfer accounts publishing a topic every month on the desire to have mercy pink back (and I’m not joking, after a while they also recognizable)… is toxic. and also rather annoying to see, because very often they don’t even have the decency to attach a link to the donations, or worse still they DO NOT mention them but then say “but no, it’s for that charity, what do you say? ”.
I once agreed for the return of this skin. but especially in the last year, given how the community behaves despite the official declarations… it would be harmful: people who, knowing about the exclusivity, would buy it to RESELL the accounts with this skin (let’s not pretend that it wouldn’t happen), people who will say " ok, now let’s do the same thing with the blizzcon" skins or other various skins. And don’t think that bringing back Mercy pink for a limited period will stop the complaints. there will always be someone who comes later and complains that she wasn’t in the game at that moment, and he will now know the secret ingredient to having her: complain.
Frankly, the first thing that needs to calm down is the “waifuness” of this community towards Mercy, it is shameful and sometimes “slimy” in its insistence / desperation. This is why, RESPECTFULLY , I feel that the only currently right answer to give is this, for at least a year since the last official statement on Mercy pink (Aug 2023):
(warning with audio, take it low )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_rAaI_xqfg