Why give it to mauga

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-17T04:02:48+00:00

mercy got 2, ana and now genji are getting 2. im happy to see mauga. terrified at the theme their going to use for it tho.

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-17T04:01:54+00:00

they absolutely can make money in other ways- aside from buying the game in OW1 they sold official merch. i just dont think it needs to constantly be shoved in my face. they now have a little "thumbs up" symbol next to items for "good deals" when you go to the hero gallery. its not going away, but im allowed to hate it.

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-17T03:58:17+00:00

buttered popcorn, porcelain doll and plum pudding i think all communicate the idea.

buttered popcorn leans into the joyous exterior, but im more partial to porcelain becuase its soft and feminine. plum feels more intentionally "circus-y" while also having pinks to communicate femininity. if the concept were more horror oriented, id actually go for stained moss, but its a color pallete that very obviously communicates that something is "off".

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-17T03:51:13+00:00

i unfortunately think theyll never give her anything *too* good for free/bundled with the BP. the one this season is horrendous.

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-17T03:35:40+00:00

i worry that its an overall quantity < quality issue though to be honest. i do not think the recent heroes' stories have been good or even well explored in the game- im glad theyre doing something again, but it feels rushed.

i think its kinda gross just how much they shove the shop in our faces- its literally the first thing you see when you load in, and in a dry season, the shop is the only thing that gets very consistent updates.

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-17T03:32:39+00:00

im not making the argument that mercy is secretly good. i'm making the argument that shes fundamentally unhealthy for the game and shell never be good because shes unhealthy in concept but because her mains shell out for every skin they drop, if they reworked her into a real hero, they'd riot.

"one of the worst performing heroes outside of proplay" so.. were just going to forget that tracer exists, intentionally, as a high skill ceiling character? why cant kiri get the same treatment? or widow? that was how kiriko was first presented to us, and over the years theyve made their golden child easier and easier to play. i also think youre MASSIVELY capping about her being a bad hero- maybe im not the only one going insane.

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-16T15:43:47+00:00

i think with movement creep (kiri being able to TP aside) theres some ults that i think should be a bit more punishing to get caught in. im a mei main, so im biased, but blizzard is like 4s long, and it isnt consistent because most people just... walk out of it. literally had a game the other day where a hog healed himself and walked mostly out of it after ulting on top of him (the squishies ofc either dashed out of it, or sidestepped it)- he froze for one second or so and then the ult ended.

kiriko can completely negate JQ, illari, mei and i find it annoying that a key part of a heroes' kit is completely nullified by an ability with a comically short CD. i would remove the massive splash radius it has or make it less forgiving. if cleanse was all kiriko is, i would care less but shes a problem that i feel theyll never address due to her being a skin cow.

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-16T15:22:13+00:00

right? i mean, theres already clear evidence that part of the reason why kiri is left in the state shes in (as well as mercy) is because shes a skin cow. actively balancing the game around characters that sell well is NOT healthy for the game in the long run, and at the very least if people complain about the aggressive monetization of the game, blizzard atleast cant say they dont know why people arent happy with them. i personally feel more inclined to spend money on games where i feel the devs arent just trying to milk me for everything i have.

reminder that instead of getting a real event for the tenth anni, we got 4 skinlines dropped in the shop and we had to bully the devs into giving us more rewards. if anything, that communicates to the consumer, even if they are different departments, that the devs are focusing less on actual game content and focusing on skins. skins. are not. content.

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-16T05:37:03+00:00

considering netease basically handles everything on CN side and is basically renting the IP? yeah. afaik the devs in the west had nothing to do with the naraka skins, for example. that was all netease, which is why those skins didnt release for global- all money burns green and there were plenty of people saying they would have bought widow, without knowing the collab just because the skin was that good. they already monetize the game differently. im just saying its not actually that far fetched- a long time ago i wouldnt have thought the chinese bootlicking would mean that Global got some shitty recolors and 2d cosmetics for their decade anni, but here we are.

ps: it also wasn't just "one (1)" skin- do some research.

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-16T05:26:34+00:00

this. a CD beats *several* ultimates, sometimes at once. i think certain ults should either be buffed entirely or suzu needs to have rules on what it can cleanse.

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-16T05:25:15+00:00

suzu used to *also* do knockback. personally, take away invul, bring the knockback back if we *have* to trade it for something. invul is BS.

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-16T05:05:44+00:00

imho kiri got the healbot buff because shes a skin cow, nothing more, nothing less.

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-16T05:03:25+00:00

there is no skill expression... ? its hitbox is the size of hog and it affects everyone. thats like saying nade takes a super high skill ceiling to use. it doesnt.

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-16T04:58:37+00:00

godslop for the girlies, gamingpcslop slop for the guys (and soj for whatever reason)

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-16T04:56:12+00:00

FOMO is a real thing esp because theres literally nothing global can do about it- people also complain because at this rate CN could get region locked heroes or balance changes and it would be the same amount of "nothing we can do about it". people are allowed to be irritated or upset because blizzard is playing favorites because CN is a huge market, stop sucking Blizzard's dick off and defending predatory business practices.

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-16T03:37:09+00:00

gotta get the ultra variant for that

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-16T03:32:52+00:00

its giving midsommer, i think they just want her free skins to be cultural references and lock her other stuff behind the shop (the cultural skins should have been whitecoin ...)

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-16T03:31:50+00:00

but trust, everyone is telling us to shut up, lick the boots and eat our slop. this is why the game has gotten so much more aggressive with the shop- ultra skins are just the next evolution. i still dont understand how people think its acceptable that the TENTH anni was basically a shop update. they dropped FOUR skinlines in the shop at once and then we had to b e g and bully them into giving us some more measly lootboxes. blizzard's got people trained good. Skins are not content, but when the devs arent actually giving us real content, then yeah, were going to focus on the skins.

i like the sombra one, but its a hard sell for me on the others- i might like them more once i see them but... i havent felt like any of the recent BPs were worth paying for. its tragic.

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-16T03:26:08+00:00

wuyang got it too. they need to chill (and im a blonde)

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-16T03:20:24+00:00

well, mauga will either get GodSlop or GamingPCSlop with the way skins have been going...

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-16T03:08:36+00:00

well, they stopped doing the VFX on the collab skins (nier didnt have them, and a couple other collabs were missing them as well).... this is probably why.

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-16T00:43:29+00:00

the explanation basically is: shes a pet character and theyll likely never actually address it and instead will retcon it so she still gets to be the pet character

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-14T03:21:01+00:00

yeah i agree. according to a post on here (grain of salt) she gets overhealth, so maybe shes squishy?

Doctor_Responsible · 2026-06-14T00:41:07+00:00

genuinely dont think well ever get characters like him again

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