You can, but the problem about telling someone to play smarter is that you have to assume the enemy is equally as smart. Will there be times where you can get rez off? Absolutely. Is it harder than necessary for how long of a cooldown it has? Also absolutely.
Apples to oranges. Not the same thing at all. I’d argue that Headshots are a lot less difficult to land than Rez because if you’re playing either of these characters and going for a headshot, you’ll be at range I.E. safe from immediate counterplay. Which is not the same for Mercy and Rez - since you need to be in the middle of battle and within range of several counters.
Mhm. Sure.
Of course you don’t plan for these things to happen - that’s a nonsensical statement. If you’re going for a key rez and Lucio comes out of nowhere and boops you, or if Mei comes out from a side room and freezes you - you can’t really plan for that. Game sense and planning can only take you so far. Again, you’re assuming planning is all on the Mercy when there are other players and they’ll be just as skilled or even more skilled.
Again, completely different scenario. Seeing a Brigitte near where you’re ulting is of course the Reaper’s fault. But if the Reaper doesn’t see the Brigitte and she just so happens to come out of a side room and bash him, that’s not something he could have planned for.
And this is a problem. Why should Mercy be the only healer who cannot provide the utility of damage in mid-fight while also retaining her ability to easily heal when EVERY other healer can do this? It used to be her utility + great heals that justified it. But her utility isn’t as amazing at this point and her healing isn’t as amazing. So it’s not justified.
And this wasn’t a problem originally because Mercy was the best healer with the most utility. Nowadays that doesn’t hold true and one of her weaknesses for being a main healer (not being able to easily deal damage) isn’t warranted given healers like Ana and Lucio who are capable of decent DPS while also providing excellent healing.
And? Isn’t that what the thread is about?