I honestly, would love for the team system to come into effect in lower ranks. It would force people to start working as a team.
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I 100% agree, the individual based SR system was a mistake from the get go. In a team based game there shouldn’t be a system that rewards poor teamplay.
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See… this is my problem with the term boosting…
Boosting implies someone carries you to x rank but that isn’t strictly true… since a duo can only do so much… you are truly boosted if a TEAM carries you to victory because an individual cannot win you that match if the Team overall sucks.
Yes, having an ally helps since they know what they are doing…
But here is the thing… as a Mercy, I would consider myself being carried since my existence is to help the team perform to the best of their ability and I am therefore reliant on the teams ability to perform in order to win my matches.
Which becomes a gamble as team mates can make costly mistakes.
Ironically I started to climb because my friend took up the simple role of Healing and knew how to play support, allowing me the chance to fill in as a Tank or DPS which gave me the advantage because I was able to apply mechanical skill to climb.
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I mean yeah but are you even boosted at that point? The player is a part of the team and if they’re succeeding then that player is effectively doing their part and not dragging the team down, i.e. not being boosted.
With that logic everyone is being carried. There are 6 players on a team, no one can take on the other 6 players by themselves which is why everyone does a specific part to enable the rest of the team. That’s not being carried, that’s just how the game functions.
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It depends on mvp and how well the Match Maker does like… example if I played 80% of my matches as Mercy then I go Widow or D.Va instead I could win a gap by a large margin because the system match made me on the assumption on would mercy
Then there are matches in most because they single me out as Mercy and prevented me from supporting and healing the team.
We have also lost matches to a single DPS
Depending on the role or hero, you could be reliant on your team to claim Victory for you due to them fulfilling their roles correctly.
The game is very RPG/RTS/Moba like in playstyle, otherwise… If it was pure mechanical the game would be played more like Death Match shooters…
But strategy, hero choices, roles filled and many other factors can change the outcome as well as identifying MVP’s
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Then I will stop playing completely: don’t have premade team to make gamble of that kind.
Blizzcon is most likely going to release a new batch of crossover skins.
Would you play Mercy again (even if it’s only one match) if they gave her an amazing crossover skin?
Answer is yes, unless that skin is behind paywall.
What crossover skin would you want most for Mercy?
Don’t know most other Blizzard games, but I think StarCraft Medic skin would be interesting idea 
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Not really… I was just looking for an excuse to use that quote and your post was a perfect fit.
I know I’m not the intended target here, but… Auriel Mercy
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I want Moth Mercy. That would fit so lovely.
Nah, the moth shall die.
And Valkyrie must remain nothing more than a skin.
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Depends on whether they botch the PTR update. And last I heard, they removed the Rez animation fix on the PTR.
A cosmetic is not gonna fix any issues with her game design so that’s a hard no
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no?
(twenty characters)
Very well said.
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No, because skins are not my concern when it comes to Mercy. Or any character, actually.
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Question wasn’t to choose between balance changes and new Mercy skin.
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