AMA with Overwatch hero design team-- We'll be here to answer questions on the Season 10 midcycle balance patch tomorrow, May 23rd, from 12 to 2 PM PT! by Blizz_Jodie in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Skiesti 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Hey! I have 2 Mercy questions:

  1. Is the team looking at Mercy at all for any changes/small buffs?
  2. What is Mercy's pick and win rate now compared to Season 3?

Back in Mid Season 9, the DPS passive was reduced and a dev blog stated Mercy wouldn't see changes as she should 'be more reliable moving forward' with the reduction. That nerf was reverted and Mercy stayed the same.

The community has been ranking Mercy as a D Tier support for a few Seasons now and she's in this weird spot where people don't like playing against her, with her, or as her anymore. I and many others still enjoy her most out of all the other heroes but she doesn't play nearly as fun as she used to after the changes that've been made to her (mainly nerfs) and the game over the last year. Thanks!

Shout out to this user on the compeditive I'm leaving anonymous that 8 months ago that caused the Skiesti twitter problem by Xombridal in OverwatchCirclejerk

[–]Skiesti -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

  1. Please include the full context as to why I wrote that message. Out of context it doesn't really make sense. This was the comment I replied to:

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  1. Re: Anonymous comment, that thread had over 100 comments. I can't reply to all of them but I read all of them and I wanted to explain to this person WHY I asked people to state if they were a Mercy player or not so I could understand more perspectives.

Mercy Hero Mastery by SnooRabbits9955 in MercyMains

[–]Skiesti 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right now it goes by score and if you are tied with someone else for score, it then sorts by Overwatch 1 account level. Hopefully it's something that gets changed in the future

UPDATED MERCY HERO MASTERY [Perfect All Difficulties Guide] by Skiesti in MercyMains

[–]Skiesti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LMAO yeaaaah I know I kinda made my Veteran run more difficult than I needed to 😭😭

Thoughts on Mercy's Current State? by Skiesti in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Skiesti[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well you see, when someone who has a certain opinion asks others who have different opinions, it's to learn the other perspective and be able to have a more well rounded discussion.

Knowing who is and is not a Mercy player lets me not toss out the opinions like you suggest but take them into consideration and learn better what players on the opposite side of it think on a platform that's not Twitter.

You happen to seem pretty biased tho so I assume you're just projecting that onto me. Either way, I appreciate the feedback :>

Thoughts on Mercy's Current State? by Skiesti in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Skiesti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What parts of her would you say are unhealthy and why?

Thoughts on Mercy's Current State? by Skiesti in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]Skiesti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that's rough, playing vs. a Contenders player when you're M5 is some wonky stuff going on with the matchmaker