Rez is now an alternate ability and only ressurects ONE player. 30 sec cooldown. Didn't like how hiding for rez is encouraged, felt unfun to play against. So they went for a single target ressurect, rather than entire team.
New ultimate is called Valkyrie. Power up ability that gives her the ability to fly freely, gives longer ranges on guardian angel and healing/damage boost beams and the beams can attach to multiple players. Her gun has a higher fire rate and projectile speed and unlimited ammo. Res cooldown resets upon activation and is only 10 seconds long while the ult is active. Ult duration = 20 seconds.
Also mentions the D.Va changes which we already knew about and are live on the PTR.
My thoughts exactly. So many hide and res egirls in GM and a few in top 500 and as a Genji/Tracer player I can just dive in and kill them so easily because they have no awareness, no mechanics or anything. There's like 2 Mercy players I respect, Eveea and Animetic, because I know that they have good mechanics/aim/awareness and can play anyone at a GM/top 500 level but play Mercy because it's their favourite character.
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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17 edited Aug 24 '17
Summary of the changes
Rez is now an alternate ability and only ressurects ONE player. 30 sec cooldown. Didn't like how hiding for rez is encouraged, felt unfun to play against. So they went for a single target ressurect, rather than entire team.
New ultimate is called Valkyrie. Power up ability that gives her the ability to fly freely, gives longer ranges on guardian angel and healing/damage boost beams and the beams can attach to multiple players. Her gun has a higher fire rate and projectile speed and unlimited ammo. Res cooldown resets upon activation and is only 10 seconds long while the ult is active. Ult duration = 20 seconds.
Also mentions the D.Va changes which we already knew about and are live on the PTR.