These "revert Mercy" threads are funny

Mercy is exactly what a left click hero shouldnt be. Valk in hindsight was a great idea to make her more engaging, but neither that nor huge rez are right for mercy atm. I’m fine for them keeping rez on E but she needs a support ult thats a bit more engaged.

2 Likes

Both has it s perks and it s flaws. Doesnt really make the problems at hand any less errr problematic

It also happened a lot on the last point of hybrid and escort maps. Gibraltar was notorious for this, since the spawn gives you LoS onto the point that is partially obscured by map geometry (so unless you’re johnny on the spot it is literally impossible to stop the rez).

The only thing that I’m upset about is that the most recent change starts to guide her away from “heal bot” and instead pushes her towards “Res bot”.

At least with heal bot status I can have an impact more often than once every 30 seconds.

1 Like

No, that’s just the enemy team failing to acknowledge the mind game.

Mercy was incredibly easy to stop before, and would be even easier now that we’ve gotten even more CC. You just had to actually go out and do it instead of trying to wait on the point and let her walk around the corner to you (and the people she is now already within range to Res).

Most people asking for a revert usually mean going back to her prework state then working from there (e.g. giving her an e and/or introducing counterplay to mass rez)

That being said, the question of her being a heal bot, i believe, is dependent on player experience. Some feel she’s more of a heal bot now simply because of valk wherein you just have to press m1 without needing to change targets and such.

I think Resurrect’s mechanics as they are right now doom Mercy to being a rez bot, no matter how you slice it, though maybe I’m just being pessimistic. Reversing inopportune death is absurdly powerful and the hero that is able to do it can’t have anything else lest they break the game. But also nobody wants to play a hero that can only do one thing.

I think theyre referencing to the recent hps nerf. Hide&rez was annoying af, but mass rez itself was never OP especially since most mercys only rez 2-3 people at a time and where in the fray of fights. So in prework, mercy herself was more of a heal bot wherein her power was derived from her healing.

Now with the recent hps nerf, mercy is going to have a hard time keeping her teammates alive (not that hard obv but you can tell it s clearly not the same as before from the forums. Some non mercy players even stating mercy is now an off healer) so in the end she’s now more reliant on cd rez to get value on playing her. At least thats how i view it

1 Like

I agree, and I think this is because Blizzard is chipping things off of Mercy’s kit to make room for Rez. She was frankly overloaded before, and if this is what it takes to balance Resurrect then it speaks a lot to how much power budget the ability takes up.

1 Like

There’s one with the word “immediately” running right now.

And you’re exactly right.

Res on E is precisely the problem. The devs are just getting to the point where they realize this, but don’t want to change it, so they’re changing everything else to make it fit.

I don’t want her to be a Res bot, but since that’s what she’ll become if Res stays as is, so I want it either changed or removed, I don’t care which anymore.

1 Like

Just noticed it. :stuck_out_tongue:

What I’m particularly amused with is that im seeing concerns about how some feel mercy is becoming an underpowered troll pick now.

Mercy 1.0 was also largely considered a troll pick.

shrug

1 Like

Which is really kinda sad. Because when you think about the complaints from both mercy players and non mercy players it s kinda clear that cd rez is the problem in a gameplay fun factor kind of thing

3 Likes

she’s now a Res bot again actually. The only thing that makes her strong currently is Res because Moira and Ana heal better.
Res on E is stupid.

1 Like

Underpowered troll pick, and by many Mercy players, boring.
At least 1.0 felt impactful for the player. I wish they would rework her again. Not even reverting… She’s just not fine.

1 Like

Now this I agree with.

I feel 1.0 would be a bad way to go.

As would a revert.

I get that people felt impactful with mass rez- but personally i have problems with this.

Not because it was OP

But because to me it implies a problem with her kit.

If we’re honest her base kit is largely the same. You still heal key targets. You still boost key targets. You still duck and weave with GA.

The difference is now she has an ability on e where she had nothing before- and a new ult.

But she’s unfun now?

This says MOST of a players enjoyment literally came from timining when hey hit Q- and that her base kit is boring.

To me, that’s not fine. I get why some would like it, but enh.

Personally I’d rather a heros core kit, the thing you’re using the most, be where most of the enjoyment comes from.

And this is why I agree that she should be reworked again- with an emphasis on making her BASE kit fun.

Of course I feel she should have a good ult too, but her kit is where I’d focus. As it’s obviously unfun- and it would appear it’s always been.

1 Like

people want the revert so we can work on her from there…

For sure want a rework

“Tempo rez was the proper way to play Mercy. Only bad Mercy players hid for 5 mans”

Blizzard gives rez as a regular ability allowing for a far superior tempo rez.

“What is this garbage. Give me back mass rez. This is no fun.”

You guys contradict yourselves at every turn and dont even realize it.

1 Like