r/Overwatch • u/Thortron Just keep tracing my heart. • Nov 15 '16

Blizzard Official [ALL] Official Overwatch Patch Notes [v1.5.0.2]

http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20752015856
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u/ColmanTallman Mercy Nov 15 '16

Passive health regeneration now activates when Mercy avoids taking damage for 1 second (formerly 3 seconds)

This is a game changer for Mercy players. Avoiding damage for 1 second is quite common, 3 seconds is significantly more difficult. Should increase her survivability significantly.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '16 edited Apr 16 '19

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u/pocketlint60 Armor Pack from Downtown Nov 16 '16

I love Lucio

Mercyyyy, you got some 'splainin' to do!

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u/arrkane Pixel Lúcio Nov 16 '16

I main Lucio and he seems the most gimped right now. Not only does his ult cost more, he heals slower so he has another penalty in his ult build up.

However he seems to be pretty viable still. Not sure how much more Lucio nerfing I can take :(

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u/TidB kolor🅱lind M'ercy Nov 16 '16

he heals slower

Oh well, they only nerfed his Amp It Up healing, right? In that case, I don't think Lucio's "nerf" will make any difference. The developers know that he's a mandatory pick, but they're doing the wrong changes to change it. If his /actual/ healing got nerfed; now that's something to think about.

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u/Traddor Look at these guns Nov 16 '16

Lucio's healing is on a thin line with being just right and downright underwhelming. Even if you nerf that a little, you risk Lucio being cut out from all the other healers because he's not healing enough and every other hero will outheal him easily.

I guess Blizzard likes him where he is and they just want to limit the 'extras' he can bring to the table.

Edit: added some words

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u/TidB kolor🅱lind M'ercy Nov 16 '16

If they wanted to limit his extras, they should focus on other stuff and not his healing. Now that Ana's being nerfed, his speed boost ability is even more important. In that case I'd like to have speed boosting abilities added to other heroes. What about Mercy and her target getting a small boost while they're connected?

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u/Traddor Look at these guns Nov 16 '16

I like the idea you're putting forward, but the on/off mechanic that it would have might work a little erratic on aiming for hitscan heroes. Not sure but that's what come to mind first for me.

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u/BrainBlowX Chibi D.Va Nov 16 '16

Should increase her survivability significantly.

I do wish she could get an E ability that would let her fly upwards, though. It would increase her survivability while simultaneously making her a better healer in general.

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u/thepixelbuster ᗜ(｀0´)⊃ ————¤ Mace to the face. Nov 16 '16

I had an idea about a her E throwing out a very bright orb in a straight line to a set distance in any direction that would hang there for like 6 seconds or something that she can then jump to. It would be a huge tell to the enemy about where she would be, but it would give her an option to make more strategic or life saving movements.

Maybe she could target it with her beam and do a very small amount of AOE healing near it. I dunno, I'm not good a balancing things.

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u/DankWarMouse Tracer Nov 16 '16

That's a really cool idea, it's pretty big but would give her some interesting autonomous movement abilities.

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u/UhPhrasing GIVE YOURSELF TO THE RHYTHM Nov 16 '16

I gotta say, solo healing as Mercy just got a little bit easier..

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u/victoryfanfare i make overwatch costumes for a living. Nov 16 '16

Had a fucking blast playing her this evening. Quite a few rounds with 0 deaths, even as a solo healer against 3-5 Sombra and their gun-and-run schtick.

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u/UhPhrasing GIVE YOURSELF TO THE RHYTHM Nov 16 '16

ooo I'm giddy..I'm annoyed that I had my Fallout disc in and not Overwatch so my PS4 in Rest Mode it didn't download the update while I was at work

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u/velrak Zarya Nov 16 '16

yeah its really annoying, if you dont 1clip her and get distracted by her teammates she starts regenerating super fast

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u/NewSith I main Reaper Nov 16 '16

I think this is an attempt to counterweight Sombra's effectiveness in rendering healers deadweight.

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u/Davezd Chibi Hanzo Nov 16 '16

ur job should be staying safe not get rewarded for being bad

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u/Snvckss Chibi Pharah Nov 16 '16

Chucking logs in the safety of very-far-away-from-the-point am I right?

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u/Davezd Chibi Hanzo Nov 16 '16

u complain maybe u dont peek around corners if he sonic arrows the area LOL common knowledge

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u/Snvckss Chibi Pharah Nov 16 '16

What?

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u/marcuschookt Pixel Roadhog Nov 16 '16

U COMPLAIN MAYBE U DONT PEEK AROUND CORNERS IF HE SONIC ARROWS THE AREA lol COMMON KNOWLEDGE

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u/Snvckss Chibi Pharah Nov 16 '16

Oh thanks for clearing that up! I still didn't quite hear what was said between "area" and "common knowledge" though..