I’m so confused about what y’all want from the game. Mercy is in a pretty good spot overall on live. Played with some comps and bad with others like most heroes in the game
So what? Do you want a meta where mercy is the dominant hero that the rest of the game builds around, cause the last time that happened it sucked.
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A million dollars.
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Reminds me how someone made a forum topic on how “mercy is the atlas of the community”.
I would argue she is already one of the best healers on live.
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With mercy being my least played hero, I obviously dont speak for most mercy mains. Quite a few of them seem to want a kit with more self agency and play-making potential instead of being primaly picked for pocketing
Not necessarily buff her as she is balanced, but give her more options in what she can do that encourages proactivity
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Not in the slightest, they complained about Moth Mercy.
A lot just want to have her kit flow better (ie the slow of Rez feels jarring after GAing), a bit of a burstier ult (a lot are willing to take increased ult charge and shorten time to have that), and some self-agency (since a lot of her kit focuses on NEEDING an ally to use it).
If you don’t see that, then you obviously don’t actually listen to Mercy players and listen to more of the Mercy complainers.
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Players are not of one mind here
There are those who want mass rez back
There are those who prefer her as she is
There are those who want single rez gone and a new power in its place, and then within that group they vary on what the replacement power should be. Perhaps a burst heal, perhaps cleanse, perhaps etc etc etc
There are those who think she is overpowered, and there are those who think she is underpowered
and there are more variations…many more than I’d care to list here
so asking what is wanted in this regard will get you potentially dozens, even hundreds, of different answers
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Tell that to the people that complain about damage boost and her pocketing ability.
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I want Mass Rez back tbh. But that may just be me. Personally I would settle for Rez to feel better to use and for Valk to feel like a stronger ultimate.
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i see those complaints and understand them, but the things those people want are simply not within mercys design. she is meant to be the most team dependent, enabler type.
if you dont like that, thats totally valid, but then just play a different hero.
if its about liking mercys visual design and wanting to play her, youll have to compromise with a kit that may not bring exactly what you like.
i think better than soft-deleting mercys identity and making her into something she isnt (as happened with symmetra), they should instead just make more support heroes, and have those fill the niches youre talking about. mercy is balanced and good right now, so its only a matter of “style” basically. and i think her style is valid, and shouldnt be changed just on the basis of taste.
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Being a boostbot with a E-Rez thats a suicidal unless used from safety is literally not what anyone wants.
Literally a week ago people were making topics about Mercy needing changes to get her out of her current boostbot status. This is exactly what she needs, except its poorly tuned at best.
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I mean they have already erased a lot of Mercys identity. She used to be a healer that could solo heal with a powerful burst ultimate. Now shes a pocket support that certainly can be impactful, but only if her teammates can hold their own.
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(which i also think was very problematic and just highlights my point, as it made many mercy fans unhappy despite her being MUCH stronger upon release of the rework)
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Mercy players are not a hive mind, and people within the playerbase are going to disagree on it. Some people want mass resurrect back because they liked how she played before her rework. Others prefer her current playstyle on live.
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exactly. mercy is, in general, very popular.
many people enjoy playing her, so theres no objective reason to change her playstyle.
if she was just in general extremely unpopular, then sure, that would be an objective reason to change her. but as it stands, shes in a good spot.
can you be unsatisfied with her subjectively? sure, absolutely.
but you cant just assume everyone thinks the same.
(rhethorical “you”, not you in particular)
(btw im very happy that heroes like her exist, so new players can get a taste of the game without having to have very good FPS skills already)
The thing that should be agreed on is that resurrect is a very powerful ability, it’s the question of whether it should be a basic ability or an ultimate.
I personally think that such an ability shouldn’t exist on a character with such a low skill floor since in lower ranks it rarely gets punished, but I also think if it were to exist on Mercy it should have its value recognised, and should be an ultimate
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Isnt it solvable by picking another support for more agency? Mercy is designed to be a keychain for other heroes, that s her theme no?
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100% agree with you again Chi. Having it on her ult allows for more extensive balancing too since Mercy needs to earn the ability.
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Not saying theyre right or wrong, just summing up what I perceive their goals as
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One of the best healers? No.
One of the best supports? Kinda.