Overwatch's Mercy Nerfed Yet Again On PTR

The only thing I had a problem with regarding post nerf Mercy (before this PTR disaster) was that PharMercy was still too strong. If they sorted that, then Mercy would have been fine.

And no, I'm not a Mercy main, I only play support if no one else does.

Warranted. The problem with Mercy before is that she took all the fun out of using ults to wipe out opposing teams BUT she could be controlled if you made an effort to hunt for her. Current Mercy might not be able to res entire teams but that ult of hers...it's like an IWIN button. There have been so many times where I have been on teams that didn't deserve to win, but all I had to do was ult Mercy and boom! Win, or at least make it to the next checkpoint. And opposing ult'ing Mercys...that regeneration of hers makes it difficult to shoot her down. She can take a lot of fire short of Bastion or Soldier ults.

It's a vicious cycle that will see no end since players will adapt and specialize. Those who can't will cry bloody murder until a new handicap is put in place and then it starts all over again. For Blizzard it's a never ending balancing act of evenly satisfying skilled and unskilled players to maintain a steady revenue.

I'm curious to see which class will get the focus next. It's not a question of if but when.

Just remove her altogether, problem solved.

IS there anything about Blizzard besides nerfing?

Goddamn idiots.

Look, if you’re still playing this game, you’re either an idiot or you like the abuse.

I literally don’t have a single friend left playing this game because of all the constant changes to their favorite characters. Mercy being given such a ridiculous boost to begin with is what forced most of them to give up and now they’re at it again.

Meanwhile, you give D.Va missiles and make it so she can’t stay in the suit long enough to use them to do any damage. Of course the cheesy weapon she has without the suit means she’s mostly a dead end now.

So yeah, if you’re still giving Blizzard and this game your time then I feel sorry for you.

lol

Since when was Junkrat ever about precision?

Thank God for the Junkrat nerf. Ever since they buffed him people have been playing him like crazy and it's getting annoying seeing him in every game.

Fair warning: This is one of the worst comments sections on a post I've read in Gamespot. It's like a console / pc flamewar only each character is treated like a console of choice. Be warned!

Or just change her ability to an instant respawn for all, which warps her back to spawn too.

Howe was this even a surprise?

You know they could have just left Mercy as she was at launch. Their big problem was that Mercy was basically required for a winning team. And she's STILL required for a winning team. So what was even the point of the changes?

I got it for free of a friend played to about level 10 about 6 months ago havent touch it since finding a game takes the piss and no one actually play in a team it's like COD all for one, one for all.

There are not a enough bad things to say about how Blizzard have evolved this game sicne release. Eveyr semblance of skill in the game has been nerfed out to cater to casuals. And now it is basically just a spam fest party based game. Soemthing you play when you're compltely drunk off your face and don't give two shits. But who would play this game competitively? only pros who are desperate for money and views. But no one plays this dumb down casual FPS for its competitive nature.

Mercy? More like Nerfy, amirite?!?!

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I think Blizzard is rather terrible at game balance. Their changes carry an undeserved arrogance and are usually too minor or too sweeping. This trend dates back to the early World of Warcraft days.

Oh no! Not the medic! D=

Don't nerf her good looks! D=

Just take away her ability to res and be done with it.

I'm okay with this. Mercy's ult makes her feel nigh invincible and ultimately makes her more of a distraction you shouldn't focus on unless you have impeccable aim or you're using Soldier: 76 to counter-ult. As for Junkrat....I think people need to stop their whining and git gud, but I can accept a small nerf. I'll still kick butt and take names. I don't think it's all that fair, but that's just my bias.

Are they doing the changes based the MLG scene? In casual quick play Mercy is not used that often.

Junk ult charge needs a nerf as well. And something needs to do done about Genji, that hero just does way too damn much.

These guys are completely clueless. Other than making gambling schemes with loot boxes and "limited timed ACT NOW" events they are completely inept at balancing this game. From their broken designs with 1 flying hero (pharah) and the paper thin lightning fast heroes with snipe and shotgun abilities (genji) and how they buff and nerf heroes into OPness and Uselessness nonstop is just mental. Watch how often they nerfed genji and other heroes to balance genji and watch how they went back and forth with mercy and scratch your head...its flat out pure incompetence.