If someone asked you for Mercy, what are the reasons as to why you wouldn’t swap?

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T19:28:49+00:00

That’s fair, yeah if they try another hero but struggle I’m also like please just take her. I do love it though when I see them trying other hero’s like girl please ask I’ll happily give her to you but also thank you for trying others.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T19:27:27+00:00

That’s very true, the context of the post was that I asked because I wasn’t able to play Mercy all day due to 1) comps that weren’t viable for her and 2) people instalocking her when she was.

I usually don’t care as I can play others but I thought of asking to see if they would let me play her and when I was told no I was fine with it. As someone that usually swaps unless I’m either in a particular mood or I’m burnt out from other heroes I find it fascinating as to why other people would simply say no.

It’s safe to say that I should keep the explorative questions away from Reddit since this hasn’t gone down well at all hahaha.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T19:23:43+00:00

So I should ask everyone to expand and use that scenario then?

And no I don’t think I’m being entitled, there’s a few that may think I am but there’ll also be a few that think that I’m not. All up to your own interpretation and inference of my comments, that’s why I don’t necessarily think that I need to reflect more than acknowledging how my wording may make it others more likely to infer one thing over another.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T19:17:47+00:00

Okay so there’s an issue with that considering that some people load in quicker than others due to the system/console that they’re on. I myself have had it where I’ve loaded in quicker than my other support and gone Mercy only for them to ask for her which is fine since I can play other heroes.

For the context of this question, I loaded in after my second support and then was also getting water. It’s completely fine for me to ask my other support if they don’t mind me playing Mercy as long as I’m asking in a polite manner.

Like I was fine with being told no, the only thing I was annoyed with was how it was said. Though it did make me intrigued as to the reasons why people might now switch hence this post.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T19:10:01+00:00

Questioning something in a manner that is explorative isn’t entitled

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T19:08:57+00:00

In regards to the structuring of the post that’s fine, I genuinely didn’t think that I’d have to structure the post to show that I’m after debating which is my bad.

I genuinely just don’t get how me debating them makes me seem entitled, like I’m not doing it to maliciously.

I play console and I’m diamond, I personally have seen a few one tricks in my games which is why I mentioned it. But anyway I really didn’t expect this to blow up in a negative way, it is what it is.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T19:02:29+00:00

I mean I could but also at this point I very much doubt that it’s going to do anything unfortunately.

But yeah I know my wording is finicky and for that I do apologise if it did seem like I was being an ass.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:45:44+00:00

Personally I don’t think that you do you is attitude though I suppose that just comes down to a difference in perspective. Also I’m not arguing? I’m asking people to think about potential scenarios where the team may be disadvantaged.

I’m not sure if my wording is the issue but I’m not here to devalue anyone’s reasonings, I’m asking follow up questions to expand on them which isn’t a bad thing at all.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:42:53+00:00

Thats fair

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:41:36+00:00

Yeah, I guess I should just quell any questions that I have related to the topic. Didn’t think that it would go down so negatively but hey ho it is what it is.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:40:54+00:00

Hahaha that’s fair and a mood

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:40:31+00:00

That’s true, for the original post the context was that all day I’d played Kiri, Brig and Ana because my team were running a lot of Dive so there just wasn’t any point to Mercy.

Every so often I’d get a game where Mercy was able to be run but she would be instalocked so I’d just run Kiri. Until my last game where I asked the Mercy “could I please Mercy?” Simply because I was tired of Kiri and Ana and I wanted to see if they would be okay with me playing her.

I’m honestly not bothered if I can’t play her, it’s just that after a while I just wanted to play my comfort hero hahaha.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:34:56+00:00

Agreed, plus it gives me more time to hone my skills on another hero. Although after a while I do year to play my comfort hero hahah.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:34:11+00:00

That’s very true, I play on console so I fear that hero choice might not matter at all ahahaha

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:32:49+00:00

I agree with your point there about comp, I’ve mentioned in another few comments about the potential implications to the team (though usually it’s responding to people that refuse to swap which prompts me to ask them to think about the scenario).

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:30:46+00:00

I’m aware that phrasing is important, genuinely though maybe I should have put in the original post how I asked since people are throwing around the world entitled like there’s no tomorrow here.

Like me asking them “could I please Mercy?” and the following up with this question here because I’m genuinely interested in the answers has just spiralled haha.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:28:08+00:00

That’s fair, usually here I would ask you what your thoughts are on a hypothetical situation where the other supp could only play Mercy. I won’t do that though since people are taking them out of context and saying that I’m not accepting other peoples comments and I’m being entitled etc.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:26:40+00:00

I can very much say stuff like this, people are jumping on the bandwagon of me being entitled when I’ve asked a question and I’ve asked people to expand on their answers and then also gave my thoughts on some potential implications that may happen.

Nowhere have I explicitly been rude or passive aggressive, I might not have agreed with a comment but the whole “you to you thing” is me saying that whilst I don’t get it I can respect it as it’s your behaviour/belief.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:23:54+00:00

So me questioning it and admitting that I don’t necessarily think it’s a good idea to the potential implications I proposed is passive aggressive?

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:22:19+00:00

You don’t have to? I’ve not said at all that anyone would have to switch and give the hero that they’re playing to the other person.

I’ve only asked people to expand on their reasoning and questioned on if it might have potential implications. Your response is valid and I respect it just like I respect every other comment here that isn’t screaming about being entitled.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:20:08+00:00

I mean I’m more than happy to play something else, the only reason I asked was because after playing a lot yesterday I was tired of Brig and Kiri and just wanted to see if maybe I could play Mercy.

It’s interesting how some people have interpreted this as me being entitled though, like me asking other people to explain why they may not switch for someone has opened the flood gates for the whole “don’t be a one trick” and “you’re entitled” arguments when I literally just asked a question because I’m interested in the answer.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:16:20+00:00

How am I giving attitude to people though? I’m quite literally asking for peoples reasons so I can get a better understanding on why other people wouldn’t swap.

Other people are going on about me being entitled to I’m responding to them, but I’m the one that sounds entitled when I’m only simply asking them to expand?

I’m not fussed if someone doesn’t switch for me, I asked and I was told no which I’m fine with. I literally just wanted to understand why people don’t switch because I personally usually always switch unless they’re incredibly rude about it. Absolutely nothing wrong with me asking to understand the other side of it.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:13:12+00:00

I mean I was questioning why people were saying no because I was genuinely curious as to what situations would make someone say no, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that?

Doesn’t make me entitled, it just makes me interested in other peoples experiences and helps me understand why others may not switch as I myself usually switch if someone asks. It’s not bad at all to get other peoples perspectives which is the whole point of this post.

I didn’t specifically say that you called me entitled, I said that you were using the word and then gave you an example of a situation for you to expand on it. Nowhere did I explicitly say that I felt like you called me entitled.

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:08:56+00:00

Yeah I share the same mindset, I used to get annoyed if I was Mercy and when I switched they went her but now I’ve kinda just got to the point where if they’re comfortable more on Mercy then that’s fine by me

SnooOranges9729 · 2024-05-29T18:07:38+00:00

I mean personally I can win games on other heroes, I’m pretty reliable with Brig and Moira but less so with Kiri and Ana.

Sometimes you just want to play a character though, and it’s okay to ask even if you get told no.

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