They cannot have the best from both worlds then she will be fixed. Namely Mercy’s strong points are:
escape
good sustain
resurrection
generic kit
While she is unique by design, her kit is generic enough not to be niche. Combine that with being a relatively easy and low risk, then there’s not other way to balance her with her competitive picks without nerfing her.
This is the only way not to be a universal pick, and by looking her risk/gain function right now she totally deserves to be a niche pick. Do you really want Mercy to be powerful and interesting? Ask to increase her skill cap. If they increase her skill cap, they will increase the power of her abilities as well. But blizzard made a community full of spoiled kids (no matter the age), which demand the best from all worlds. They want to “have fun” with mercy (which is translates to have high impact with relatively low pressure), and be able to pick her against/with any composition. Then, they whine because Jeff “ignores” them repeatedly, like his job is not to keep you happy and keep buying the company products.
I really want to have a playable Mercy, but in order to have, we first need a community that is able to propose stuff that make sense.
Literally all of the community I know for #ReworkMercy has said to make her higher skill. That is one of the largest complaints from Mercy players is 2.0 removed all her skilled moments because of Valk. So, we’re already on the same page…
Nope. Not everybody wants Mass Res back. There have been MANY ideas that improve Mercy’s skill, including skill shots and preemptive resurrects where if a target takes lethal damage in the “halo” cast, they are ressed, instead of waiting for the death.
And that’s just one of the many.
Also, pressing Q from time to time is literally how almost all heroes in OW make any plays. And Q’s are basically autopilot. Don’t act like people being stuck in a black hole defenseless is skillful.
You don’t have to get rid of Mercy’s easy to pick up kit to give her a higher skill ceiling. The easy part about Mercy is the lock-on bean. The rest of her kit can be tweaked for more skillful and expressive play.
You worded it in a way that 2.0 specifically removed skill from her kit. AKA mass rez.
And with all due respect, hearing about increasing skill from community of “mains” that fail to utilize rez in safe and efficient manner, never use gun, ignore existance of damage boost and to the day call Valk “spectator mode” and compare it with Trans is rich. Might as well demand increase of skill in Genji, because standing in one place and throwing surikens (and failing, obviously) is too easy
Oh, my Battle Mercy is scary and I pull out my pistol often and frag. I get at least 3 PotGs per day with Battle Mercy. Doesn’t mean I hate Valk any less. It makes her entire kit easier. Even Battle Mercy. It’s so unsatisfying when it basically does the work for you.
I don’t need Mass Res, but I know a I don’t want Valkyrie as it is currently.
People who are good at Mercy are more than able to criticise the design flaws in her kit. The idea that the only people who want Mercy to change simply can’t use her well is ridiculous - I believe I can use her well, I just despise 30% of the game-time spent playing her.
