so recently the J man replied to a topic about Hog stating changes were coming to hog soon like within a week apparently (on a side note remember things happen this is a time frame, not a guarantee)

in it a response was made that said “what about mercy” essentially. and many people were upset about it.

the same comments were made about other heros, but people weren’t as upset.

Now this is from personal experience, so I cant say this is all of OW players on the forums, but I can say from what ive gathered and the reactions ive seen:

People are upset for a few reasons the easiest of which I will get out of the way first:

Fun aside, because I know that’s your main gripe, mercy has been meta since her rework up until her most recent nerf.

how long have heros like say bastion, or reaper been meta? a season maybe? if that?

not to mention they have been abysmal picks since their time. Mercy even now is a good pick in the right scenario. She can pocket very well there is nobody better than mercy in a “pocket me” situation, there are heros that can kill tanks better than reaper, there are heros that can hold a choke better than bastion.

next reason: mercy players seem to only care about mercy, not actual balance.

again this is from my experience. Ive seen mercy players hijack other threads quite often with “yeah but mercy” do you understand that doing that will intrinsically make people hate you right? NOBODY likes when someone jumps into a conversation and says “yeah but I need”

that’s why the “new topic button” exist. so you can make topics like that. It is not okay to bring your topic iinto another NO MATTER WHO THE HERO, but the reason mercy players get more flac for it, is they do it all the time

next is the fact that mercy players only tend to worry about mercy. other players worry about balance across the board.

Hold for a few niche people when I see a post about say reaper, that same person will probably have a post about bastion, or hog.

if you see a post for mercy, the person who makes that post is usually only making mercy post. or making them so exclusively you would have to dig to find a post about anything else. (what im saying here is the 1 off post about another hero doesn’t mean you aren’t exclusively looking out for mercy)

last, from what I see, mercy advocates have some very condescending members, and those few rotten apples, have spoiled the entire bunch in other peoples eyes.

Now before those of you who are reading this and don’t like me come trying to talk about my character and what you think about me, this aint about me. its about why people got upset at mercy players in the blue post.

Think to yourself, when was the last time you saw mercy brought up and didn’t see something condescending come up if an opinion opposed it?

That’s my take on it anyway. I personally think mercy needs buffs or a rework myself, but I try not to get mixed in the mercy community because of the bad rep the bad apples have given them.

and even as someone who is an advocate for fix mercy, I still will shut down false sentiments, lies, and unreliable data, as you can see me in other post doing.

because im an advocate for balance for everyone.