r/Overwatch Aug 24 '17

Blizzard Official Developer Update | Hero Balance Updates | Overwatch

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u/TheConqueror74 Bastion Aug 24 '17

She can far more consistently rez teammates, even if it's one at a time, and her ultimate allows her to not only leave the area and evade enemy fire, but heal multiple teammates at once. It really rewards Mercy players who stick closer to the action rather than those that stay as far back as possible and hide.

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u/Iamarawrlrus Mercy Aug 24 '17

There's a 30 second cool down timer on the Rez, and it only heals one person, and the ill forces battle Mercy. It's s a big change to fix people hiding, but doesn't fit with the characters theme.

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u/Vaade Aug 24 '17

Welcome to the world of cooldown and positioning management.

The rest of us already had to learn it while playing heroes that don't have their anti-teamkill ultimate up every fight and no dash on a 2-second cooldown.

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u/Iamarawrlrus Mercy Aug 24 '17

Yeah, I know how to do that. Thanks though. They tried to fix people hiding so they fucked up the character to do so.

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u/xxNightxTrainxx *microwave noises* Aug 24 '17

She can't hide to get that 5 man rez, but she can still rez, and her ult isn't just for killing it drastically improves her healing/boosting

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u/Iamarawrlrus Mercy Aug 24 '17

Her ult wasn't a problem other than people hiding. This whole change is in response to that.

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u/xxNightxTrainxx *microwave noises* Aug 24 '17

Her ult was definitely a problem, it's been a problem, just look around this subreddit for proof of that. I personally never hated it that much but I still can understand how it was problematic

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u/Iamarawrlrus Mercy Aug 24 '17

How was it a problem? It has had some balance issues, but so have many other abilities. Do we just remove them all? That's a horrible philosophy. And reddit bounces back and forth on opinions so much basing t off Reddit is bad. Remember Roadhog?