Is Mercy, the flying pocket-healing hero of Overwatch 2, truly essentially the most oppressed character within the sport? Are her followers, who get a never-ending stream of new cosmetics each season, those who’re actually struggling essentially the most below the hero shooter’s free-to-play regime? Are they cursed to without end have progressively costlier bundles to buy as their favourite staff-wielding angel retains getting new, attractive skins that value as a lot as whole video video games? Properly, that’s what some followers are arguing because the “Mercy Tax” is on full show in Overwatch 2’s newest replace.
Mercy, Lifeweaver, Ashe, and Wrecking Ball all acquired new pink-and-white skins referred to as “Sakura.” All of those are packaged collectively in a “Mega Bundle” that prices 45000 in-game forex ($45), which is quite a lot of money, and comes with a bunch of cosmetics for every hero. Mercy and Lifeweaver, in the meantime, have separate bundles that value 3300 cash and 2800 cash, respectively. The Mercy bundle particularly is contentious for a couple of causes. A few of them are justified, others really feel coloured by the resentment individuals really feel towards characters like Mercy, Kiriko, and Juno, who’ve acquired much more skins through the years, main gamers to accuse Blizzard of playing favorites. Context clues inform us Mercy and Kiriko most likely promote extra skins than most heroes, however should you’re a Enterprise or a Baptiste major, you’re usually left with a drought of latest cosmetics between a number of seasons, so Mercy getting any extravagant cosmetics is met with some eye-rolling as a rule. However the way in which her bundles maintain getting costlier has received Overwatch followers debating if that is Blizzard testing simply how excessive they’ll worth these packages earlier than followers cease shopping for them, and if Mercy mains could be prepared to carry off on paying for the Sakura bundle to make some extent.
As Mercy’s quite a few skins appear to proceed promoting like hotcakes at the same time as they develop into costlier, lots of people accuse her gamers of not with the ability to management themselves, doubtlessly setting a precedent for all beauty costs to go up. Whereas some individuals are pointing fingers at Mercy followers, it’s price protecting in thoughts that although the bundle itself is expensive, the precise contents of the package deal may be bought individually for a similar worth they’ve usually value. Not all Overwatch 2 gamers understand that you would be able to purchase every bit individually by going to the Hero menu and purchasing the items a la carte. This implies should you simply need the pores and skin and never the victory pose, weapon appeal, and different objects, you should purchase it by going to a unique menu Blizzard doesn’t highlight. However because the bundles develop in worth, the group appears to be like to gamers whose heroes are constantly getting cosmetics to vote for his or her pockets on everybody else’s behalf.
Can we please discuss how bundles used to value 2500 cash and never 3300? pic.twitter.com/oEfeq1JTGC
— from mari, with love (@silkswans) August 12, 2025
mercy bundle being $33 and greater than her crowd funding bundle however everybody nonetheless gonna purchase so costs for these skins gonna maintain growing… pic.twitter.com/Dsf8D8JMC3
— #1 kiriko & illari major | kikoko🪽𐙚 ‧₊˚ (@kikokokaa) August 12, 2025
‘why are the skins so expensive???’
*continues to purchase them*
you’re the purpose they’re so costly
— bunnimoni ⋆˙⟡ (@bunnimoniOW) August 12, 2025
They received the pink tax in Overwatch 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/EHYHNmaccE
— Paige ⊹ ࣪ ˖ (@windflowerve) August 12, 2025
i truly want individuals refused to purchase the sakura bundle to let blizzard know this shit is unacceptable however i do know mercy mains are incapable of not competing their collections
— ᵕ̈ (@4O4joy) August 12, 2025
im gonna be actual with yall, you gotta cease shopping for shit should you assume the value is an excessive amount of otherwise you dont prefer it. this bundle is pricey as a result of it has quite a bit in it however most significantly as a result of blizzard is aware of yall will purchase it it doesn’t matter what the value is https://t.co/gTIUegBvsT
— layne (@sulk173869420) August 12, 2025
“Why are the skins so expensive”
Woman since you maintain shopping for them 😭— Symmetra Updates (@SymmUpdates) August 13, 2025
the mercy tax concept is actual 😭 https://t.co/6IapWi4LK5
— froggah (@froggerupdates) August 12, 2025
however guys its 2% off! pic.twitter.com/MComQjQR5g
— spidey𐚁 (@hanzoism) August 12, 2025
Discover this bundle had a spotlight intro, icon/banner, weapon appeal AND spray and it is 2500
But Sakura mercy has all of those minus the spotlight and now it is someway,,, 3300? https://t.co/2QquNQJSVx— 🌸𝐓𝐄𝐃𝐃𝐘🩷| 𓆩Heroic Valkyrie𓆪 (@drtxddybear) August 12, 2025
Mercy gamers, are you able to boycott simply considered one of these for as soon as lmao https://t.co/BMbr9wKacr
— Kirikool 🦊 JayDraws^2 (@GojiJay02) August 12, 2025
🪽 These pores and skin costs are beginning to get outrageous, I’m usually very optimistic on this account however that is extraordinarily disappointing. pic.twitter.com/NzfgOpxl6Z
— Mercy Updates 🪽 (@MercyUpdatesOw2) August 12, 2025
Good luck to the Mercy mains within the ongoing beauty wars. I might be over right here quietly carrying my Lifeweaver Sakura pores and skin, hoping that no one notices.