It is more, if our team does not have a mercy and the enemy team does, are we at a massive disadvantage?
The first version of RES made the answer a resounding YES!
Then they changed it, valk for double res and damage boost. So then the question again… if our team does not have a mercy and the enemy team does, are we at a massive disadvantage… still YES!!!
So they balanced it again, now only 1 res and less speed. if our team does not have a mercy and the enemy team does, are we at a massive disadvantage? YES!
So now we get 1 res and 17% less healing. if our team does not have a mercy and the enemy team does, are we at a massive disadvantage… now the answer is “depends on the team, but she is still the most survivable main healer with the most reliable healing”
I mean better for the game, sure. But If people aren’t having fun and playing their character is feeling more and more like a job, then that ain’t good.
I am a support main, I have hundreds of hours on Mercy, she is still massive fun to play. Sure, RES is 1 person, not 5, but the skill in pulling it off is actually harder than ever, so the value is even higher.
They added useful movement mechanics, turning her into the GEnji of supports, like superjump, guardian angel hopping, Air glide super jump strafing to bunnyhop… she is a real trick to play now! You can now actually juke Genji blades easily.
Honestly she is more fun than ever. Old mercy, you farmed RES then gotr screamed at to hide by all the team, they would all charge point die in a ball and then you press shift followed by Q for an instant res… it was lame.
Trust me, for mercy players that want to be engaged, this is the best version of Mercy ever.
The vocal minority buddy. She was the “bot” class to play, if your DPS killed their Mercy and protected you and you just floated along healing, you won… simple.
That is why the stigma about boosted Mercy mains happened, because it was true, people who were awful at Mercy, like terrible still climbed if their DPS killed the enemy Mercy…
As someone who played her from day 1, and a player of FPS games for over 20 years, I can assure you, FPS players, that play Mercy … are far happier.
A lot of people that sound like you are players that just dont know how to kill Mercy. She’s barely pulling out her pistol to defend herself and it just seems like you are the spoiled ones.
I dont know you personally and have no ill will toward you but I must say. You and many similar to your stance sound like you want Mercy as unplayable and unenjoyable as humanly possible. And you’d be happy if she were erased from the game.
Now I’m not saying that you do, I dont know that but that’s how you sound when I read comments like this.
Mass ressurect was NEVER OP. And it never will be if brought back or not. Because it was an ult that gave her one moment to fight back but even so her team was left to capitalize on the second chance she gave them.
Her current ult relies COMPLETELY on her team not being potatoes and capitalizing on her ult. She can focus on healing or boosting that’s it. NOTHING she does in the sky box will enhance or hinder her teams ability to do great or not.
Damage boost that is out classed by Orisa’s super charger.
Healing that is out classed by Zen’s trancsendence
What does she bring to a fight that is of her own ability? A one man res? Whooo… either remove this crutch and give her something new and engaging or rework with mass ressurect in mind.
I’m just tired of the devs being so stubborn with her broken state. I dong care whether they revert, rework or remove something I’m just tired of her state and want her to be balanced like she used to be and not at the expense of her player base being shafted so salty players can have their POTG while she remains a side kick.
I hope I didnt offend. I wasnt trying to attack you, there is too much of that as it is. I was just expressing what your comment sounded like and I’m sure you are a cool person so forgive my seemingly aggressive response. Have a lovely day.
Thanks. I worked hard to get it to a native level of speaking. At one point in my life, it even became more dominant than the language I was born with. Alas, the last 3 years I’ve returned home and created a more stable life with less traveling so as a result not as much chance to speak other than to have a debate or two here. And yes, this is my observation of most western societies - particularly of the men. Unfortunately men are being heavily targeted there and purposefully made weak and powerless. Too much feminism and liberal progressive agenda destroying men. I’m glad I left the West at that point of time when it started to emerge.
Exactly. Same for me. It’s only a small minority of very loud players or as I call them the Revert Mercy cultists that constantly spam the forum claiming that they speak for every Mercy or support player.
The nerf isn’t what made the other healers viable.
its the buffs they finally got to help them out.
mercy more or less is the same power state she was before and even still just take an ana with your mercy and boom prenerf healing is back plus extra on top of that and anas healing too.
No joke, I go in with my team, I make maximum use of my new and amazing movement skills and I stay alive, juking so much focus. She is easily the best support still.
Mass res meant if you did not have a Mercy on your team for RES you lose. FACT.
That is the definition af a broken ability.
She can always damage boost, giving 30% damage boost per shot in between healing a hanzo for instance or Pharah… that is an amazingly powerful combo, it is why Pharmercy is so strong, “mouse 1, mouse 2 during shot, mouse 1, mouse 2 during shot”… Ana only gives 50% damage boost with her ultimate…
Now mercy ults she can “mouse 1, mouse 2 during shot, mouse 1, mouse 2 during shot” for the whole team!!! giving her whole team30% more boost to their ultimate charge.
Plus she can fly in and take out targets with her projectile machine gun!
Orisa ultimate gets pulse bombed, moira ulted through the orisa shield or reindhart charged through the orisa shield… so no… not comparable.
Zen trance is much shorter and when all targets are full health can not then trance to make all his team do 50% more damage… and he cant fly or res…
They added movement skills, like GA bunnhop, GA superjump and made her the most survivable and reliable healer in the game.
She is amazing, I like her now more than ever.
Sorry to be so brutal in tearing your opinion apart, but facts are facts.
The revisionist history on Mass Rez is laughable at this point, it was the worst state Overwatch has ever been in with it included. Everyone hated it and it was the single most complained about topic on this forum outside of Genji whining threads.
I have very little empathy for someone in the support role who is “sad.” Mercy sits on a strong pick rate which almost doubles Zenyatta and he’s the 2nd most picked.
Lets look at the heroes who barely have even 1% before we try to feel sorry for the ones who are still top of their role.
The only argument I have to bring up is how they complain how Mercy is less “fun” to play…the main issue I have with this argument is how while Mercy has had tons of changes ITS NOT SYM LEVELS OF CHANGES meaning while some stats have changed the way she played in season 1 is almost identical to this season now…and even then her ult changed to let you be more involved which i feel would be more fun you know, flying, very good regen, linked healing and DB compared to clicking q and having your team come back to do all the hardwork…I just don’t get Mercy mains sometimes
Theres no beam management in ult, you go into spectator mode and your healing you can be using your unlimited pistol and if you stop to use your pistol you cant heal or boost.
Her ults not engaging and it subtracts from things for an already passive hero to do.
I hope you’re not trying to respond to me with that, I myself used to play Mercy lots but since the last set of nerfs (before the HPS nerf) I had already quit playing her. For the exct reasons combined with the fact I just never felt really powerful. Which I admit is quite the feat, having an OP hero that dosen’t feel powerful to play
It was SO boring… remembr those drawn out fights where the Mercy’s got res off 2-3 times… I rememeber overtime lasting minutes… i wanted to die in real life! xD
![:blush:](https://d74zh8edaijub.cloudfront.net/en/overwatch/images/emoji/twitter/blush.png?v=5" ":blush:")