Ram isn’t 3 shotting heroes. Ram + Mercy are 3 shotting heroes. Ram + [Add any hero who can shoot the same target as Ram here] has a lower ttk than the Ram + Mercy Pocket.
This isn’t a problem.
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If damage boost was removed she would still not have to aim? Her heal still would be the most consistent and easy to apply in the game
I fail to see your point tbh
If you need damage boost to do ‘damage’ because without an auto-aim beam you can’t hit 
I think thats a skill issue.
Also realise, the reason mercy is not allowed to have any solo impact currently is exactly because she is easy. Easy heroes can’t get more value than harder to play ones otherwise the integrity of the game is compromised. see april 2018 for further details.
So if that is the case, and mercy players want her to continue to be easy, they need to accept that beyond plat/diamond she should always be bad. Because past that if an easy hero is actually good, then whats the point in learning ana/kiriko.
Mercy players should stop asking for changes if they want her to continue to be easy. If they want her to have more solo impact, then she can’t be as easy to play. You can’t have an easy hero who also has big solo impact. Which is exactly what it feels like mercy players want. They want their Victoria sponge cupcake and to delectably nibble on it too
Facts
Also, As someone above pointed out,
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Ramattra is the worst tank because hes an actual tank just like Rein and Winston. Does low damage and his focus is disruption/damage mitigation. This kind of tank design was the one they should have gone for in ow1, but nah. Overwatch has no place for tanks that are actual tanks and not disguised dps because they plagued the game with DPS like tank designs.
Did i say i wanted more solo impact, i like mercy cause i keep my team alive and help them do their jobs, i stay behind and heal and boost, giving team members help doing their roles, i like that about mercy thats why i dont play DPS at all
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Ok then tell mercy players to stop asking for changes lol
She is clearly perfectly balanced
i feel like dmg boost should have some kind of CD or meter like moira has? since tanks are all more powerful now and clearly boost is causing other balance issues anyway…
Personally I also think that any damage boosting ability, or the possibility to change the damage output of any hero, is a poor design choice.
It necessarily creates conflicts when a hero is necessary for another hero to perform.
In the case of Mercy it’s even more an issue because the boost is continuous, not an ult.
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Agree.
I am not saying Mercy or Zen are a problem, but damage boosts, that is why I think rate of fire boosts are way better.
Just to clarify, I do like damage boosts (I do even like CC!), but I prefer better balance over having them.
OWL caster made a twitter thread about it.
This keeps up, and seeing how this new balance team operates: who wants to bet they’re going to try and “fix” the issue by removing damage boost from Mercy’s kit?
Rammatra does not have a fat 1200hp shield, has less health (600 only in Nemesis and still less than Rein), and has the biggest hitbox in the game in nemesis form. There is a reason the pros play him like a peek-a-boo weenie and only use nemesis to block.
IMO damage boost is only a major issue if it moves the breakpoint from 2 shots to 1.
Ramattra literally has a 1000 HP shield, granted it’s not 1200 but it’s same ballpark.
You know what would work even better than damage boost at reducing Ram’s kill time from 1.5s to 1s? Mercy could whit out her pistol and shoot with him.
So could any other hero in the game, ALL of whom have better weapons than Mercy.
Damage boost is not the problem. In fact it is mathematically worse than just shooting her damned weapon. Even if she’s not very good with it.
Can’t tell you how many times I’ve killed Ram while he’s on his otherwise non-ending death walk. Or killed the Widow that nobody else will. While not even in valk. Or used valk to take out Pharah, because nobody else will.
If you think Mercy is OP because she adds 30% to the damage YOU can do, you are out of your mind.
30%
Math is hard.
I feel like pulse rifle should have some kind of CD or meter. Wouldn’t want him firing that thing all the time!
It’s 30%
30%
It’s not even another full participant.
What it is is automatic coordinated fire. It’s deadly because it’s focused on one enemy. You know how else you could do that?
With a headset. And TALKING.
Headsets should have a CD!
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Like I’ve said before, damage boost has been in the game since its existence.
They should be mindful of that when they add new heroes, yes, but we also shouldn’t get all angry over it. We’ve known that damage boost has potential to help increase damage. Why are we getting mad? (Besides Sojourn pocket, ofc.)
TTK has been significantly reduced in this new version, so why not have it be sometimes 3 shots and other times 4? Is it the inconsistency? Do you want db to be removed? How would that help synergy?
it does lol. 30 shots then you have to reload.
Because people don’t care about that. They wanna blame something else rather than poor character design and development ideas.
And it’s just easy to hate Mercy unfortunately.
That’s not a CD. That’s a brief pause. And if he’s being pocketed, guess what? The damage boost pauses, too!
when mercy is useful people get so mad 
it’s so entertaining to see honestly. stay mad i guess
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This is absolutely pathetic. Oh wow 3 punches from 4 how broken.