killdatninja
Banned
I don't think this would be ideal, if someone dies when mercy has her healing leash on them it's because they were in a bad position. Reviving them in a bad position = instant death.
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I don't think this would be ideal, if someone dies when mercy has her healing leash on them it's because they were in a bad position. Reviving them in a bad position = instant death.
Kor of Memory
Member
Mercy players bust their ass by positions themselves in a way that they can benefit their team, without worry of being punished by the opposing team.
Playing a Mercy, by default, puts a giant fucking target on your head. A skilled Mercy knows when to push up with her group, when to fall back, and when to pull out her pistol. She also knows when it's best to heal and when to dmg boost.
I'm not saying Mercy has a particularly high skill ceiling, but they certainly aren't Baby's First FPS character the way you seem to be implying.
Dead Prince
Banned
Mercy doesn't have Ult anymore. Press F to Revive.
Positioning themselves? Like every other character in the game? Lmao.
Playing Zen puts a massive target on your head as well and you can't bail yourself out with guardian angel. You have to actually outskill the Tracer that can one clip you.
Mercy is the introductory healer for people that haven't played FPS. Soldier is the same for DPS. Difference is Soldier actually relies on mechanical skill so those in the higher ranks are actually good at the game and can transfer those skills to other heroes. Mercy's most transferable skill is her pistol shoots similar to baby DVa...
I don't understand why people are so defensive about Mercy having more depth and skill to her character.
Berserking Guts
Member
Mercy has to snipe for revives. She gets 5 seconds. Console players cry.
Kor of Memory
Member
Again, Mercy is highly sought after by the enemy team more than any other character. Obviously every character has to worry about positioning, but don't pretend that for Mercy it is much more important than for most others.
Plenty of characters can do their jobs from a distance. Hanzo, Pharah, Widow, Bastion, Torb's Turret, Symmetra's Turrets, Junkrat, McCree, and so on. These character can get into a position or vantage point, and basically hang out. A good ( and I stress good here) Mercy player is constantly jumping from teammate to teammate determing who is contributing the most damage that might need a boost, or who needs healing.
And I'm sorry but comparing her to Zen is just not the right call. For instance, as a Tracer, if I approach a Mercy, my concern is Mercy leaping to a teammate before I get the kill. If I approach a Zen, my concern is him turning to me and popping me in the head and killing me. Zen has the tools to defend himself at the ready. Mercy does not.
Dead Prince
Banned
Just give her Ana's scope
Mercy is hard. Bet you are just a genji main who cries when she revives everyone you killed with blade. Look at it without your DPS goggles on.
Mercy takes work mentally than a genji.
Remove mercy passive invulnerable during rez and make it active E ability that makes her invul for 1 or 2s, with decent cd that cant be use/ abuse often.
Revert the regen back to needing be out of combat longer.
so if mercy want to be rez without getting kill. Press e first before GA to rez.
I just want it where players decision plays more of a role instead of ezpz press q to win type of hero.
Revert the regen back to needing be out of combat longer.
so if mercy want to be rez without getting kill. Press e first before GA to rez.
I just want it where players decision plays more of a role instead of ezpz press q to win type of hero.
I like those spectator changes. I hope they're adding team jerseys so they can have outlines that match skins, like purple vs. green.
I also think for OWL and the WC they need 13+ cameraman, one watching each player and at least one free cam so they can switch to each perspective when something cool is happening.
She's highly sought after, that's why it's encouraged for them to go afk near spawn until the whole team dies for their 5 man res. Sometimes whilst going afk, a dps might stumble across her, kill her to the ire of her team mates. Can't you see it's terrible game design on both sides? This happens at the highest levels in ranked. Aren't Mercy players supposed to be good at the game up there?
I don't like this Mercy elitism. Every character requires good positioning to play at a high level.
Back down Jellie, back down.
Carl-Sagan
Member
One trick solution is in the works. I essentially two trick heroes in competitive. Lucio and primarily Mercy. Wonder what they'll push out?
Had a mercy today say "I'm gonna go hide to rez"
10 seconds later hear genji ult and mercy is dead
GJ Mercy
It's in both.
Kor of Memory
Member
The Bolded is a perfect example of a mediocre Mercy, and not a skilled Mercy.
I'm not even a Mercy player but I recognize the difference, and again, I'm not saying Mercy has a particularly high skill ceiling, but she certainly has some complexities to her.
Carl-Sagan
Member
Garrett Hawke
Member
What if mercy's ult just didn't do anything
TWrecks310
Banned
It's correct that the skills you need to master Mercy are no different than those of other heroes. All you need is good positioning and game sense, with nothing related to mechanics. Those skills are amplified with her compared to other heroes, but often that just pushes Mercy players into hiding in spawn or behind walls to get that big ultimate. Furthermore, I don't think there is a lot that sperates a good Mercy player from an average Mercy player, and it's the main reason you saw so many GM Mercy one tricks that we're way lower in past seasons. I don't think any of that is good game design at all.
I say this as someone who has a 75% win rate this season with Mercy and don't even play her on a regular basis.
It's actually pretty arguable over whether Genji or Doomfist is the better pick right now, looking at GM+ and pro stats.
I say this as someone who has a 75% win rate this season with Mercy and don't even play her on a regular basis.
It's actually pretty arguable over whether Genji or Doomfist is the better pick right now, looking at GM+ and pro stats.
Stallion Dan
Member
They gonna just reduce Rez distance and call it a day. No more easy big rezzes unless everyone died on one spot from a grav or something.
Is a 4 man Rez trophy so cannot replace it.
Is a 4 man Rez trophy so cannot replace it.
Increase Ult charge and reduce the range and they won't be able to make big rezzes on points so easily and often.
Kor of Memory
Member
There is a Trophy for destroying 4 Teleporters in the game that's virtually impossible to get nowadays, so I think trophies are the last thing blizzard considers when designing characters.
waitwhat42
Member
A placebo ult. I like that idea. Still get the voice line and effects but it doesn't actually do anything.
They need to allow trophies in Arcade.
Terareflection
Member
Give Mercy a .45
Secondary weapons for everyone.
Nuno Pinto
Member
I think they are going that way because yesterday I got rezzed in the spawn room.
Terareflection
Member
Mercy really shouldn't be hiding again after Rez though. You team usually just dies again if they don't get healed
THe_DeiCiDe
Member
Finishing the season with a 78.57% win rate, which was good enough to get me to 2508... my career high was around 2800, last season i got fucked in my placements (cat unplugged my power strip, was able to come back and won but it also gave me a loss, was in a 3 stack where i had highest SR the season before but placed below both of my teamates) couldn't solo queue out of gold. it sucked.
this season I finally reached back up to platinum but barely...
it's a team game, only thing that should matter is winning. Platinum in 3 of the 4 seasons, season 1 i was 52 i think. just frustrating
this season I finally reached back up to platinum but barely...
it's a team game, only thing that should matter is winning. Platinum in 3 of the 4 seasons, season 1 i was 52 i think. just frustrating
Nuno Pinto
Member
This will most likely be the first season where I end up with a negative winrate :\
I'm at 15 games negative right now. Soloq was really terrible this season even though I didn't play that way too much.
I'm at 15 games negative right now. Soloq was really terrible this season even though I didn't play that way too much.
THe_DeiCiDe
Member
I solo Q 99% of the time every season since season 2 when I got the game.
The end of last season, around the uprising event, and this one have been absolute dumpster fires.
Sometimes our stacks just don't work out. Hard to control.
finalflame
Gold Member
I hope changes are made to the next competitive season, enough to unfuck solo queue.
IMO you should never stack past trio unless you know that you have a team full of people with complementary roles, good communication, and great chemistry. Otherwise you're just setting yourself up to lose against other, better organized stacks.
IMO you should never stack past trio unless you know that you have a team full of people with complementary roles, good communication, and great chemistry. Otherwise you're just setting yourself up to lose against other, better organized stacks.
THe_DeiCiDe
Member
Nuno Pinto
Member
The stack games are mostly even I would say. No really big losing/winning streaks.
And the games are fun for the most part. Yesterday even when we lost that Oasis game it was still a ton of fun, that second round with both teams at 99 fighting on the point for 2 minutes or so lol
This is true, usually the games are bad when we try to had a lots of new people at the same time. Playing as a group is very different from soloq, lonely rambos are a no no, sometimes it takes time to adjust.
We do have a 4-5 stack that plays together for a good time now and it usually works well.
I can try to carry our group tonight if we play by maining Doomfist. I was 1-0 last night when doomfisting.
Sometimes we invite Gaffers who join or wanna play with us. Yea, when they're not regulars, it can be a disaster.
Oasis match was puzzling. I beat my objective time record there. My Dva barely died. Lol
Nuno Pinto
Member
Stop trying to ruin Lik's SR.
finalflame
Gold Member
In the middle of a great match on Numbani, got a triple kill with my 76 ult and we're rolling the other side over. Xbox insider program needs to update and won't let me back online until I do, so i get disconnected from the match. So annoying! I only signed up to this for the DBZ Fighter beta next month. I hope this doesn't happen too often.
EDIT: on my alt account so not too pissed but still sucks
EDIT: on my alt account so not too pissed but still sucks