What are PUG's? - Guild Wars Forums

tornadoli · Aug 27, 2007, 01:46 PM // 13:46

Im sorry if thats a noob question, but i just dont know. I might know what it means, but i might have never heard that phrase, and its used a lot in these forums. So if anyone could plz just tell me what they are.
(And plz dont call me noob, im lvl 20 and i have plenty of experience with that game, i just dont know what it means, i think it means Pick Up Group, meaning Random Party, but could u plz just clarify it)

Arkantos · Aug 27, 2007, 01:47 PM // 13:47

PUG = Pick Up Group. A pug is basically a group of random people you've picked up from an outpost to do a mission/quest/farm.

Ninna · Aug 27, 2007, 01:49 PM // 13:49

belongs in newcomer section but PUG=Pick UP Group

grouping with strangers that more times than not will be
- bossy
- draw genitalia on the compass map
- quit on you
- AFK on you

I enjoy PUGs but have had more bad experiences than good experiences

Alperuzi · Aug 27, 2007, 01:58 PM // 13:58

A PUG is what I've stayed away from since I got Nightfall...

bhavv · Aug 27, 2007, 07:38 PM // 19:38

PUG's are an unnessary evil in Guild Wars that no one should have to deal with.

Darkobra · Aug 27, 2007, 08:37 PM // 20:37

They're groups made by the devil. Avoid them at all costs. Got a group of friends? By all means, join them. Friends not far enough/not interested in the game? Hench/heroes if possible.

Smile Like Umean It · Aug 27, 2007, 09:30 PM // 21:30

Something you will learn to avoid like the plague.
There's rarely a time when Pick Up Groups (pug) can do something better than me with hench/hero.

OT: Arkantos, you're avvy made my lol

Kook~NBK~ · Aug 27, 2007, 10:25 PM // 22:25

PUGs may or may not contain people who will cause aggravation. In my experiece, it happens less than the above posters would like to believe. But then again, I play a PvE Mesmer, and PUGs that accept them are generally much better than ones that don't.

Axe Wielding Dame · Aug 27, 2007, 10:40 PM // 22:40

PUGs really are horrible. If you're in a good guild...you should first call upon them, then move onto a hench/hero team, if that fails...you be the leader of a PUG and create a well balanced group. Good Luck.

Bathory_Swain · Aug 27, 2007, 10:57 PM // 22:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ninna

- bossy
- draw genitalia on the compass map
- quit on you
- AFK on you

I enjoy PUGs but have had more bad experiences than good experiences

lmao so true. I also wasn't sure as to what PUG meant, though 99% of my co-op I now know is PUGed.

Aug 27, 2007, 01:46 PM // 13:46	#1
tornadoli Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Aug 2007	What are PUG's? Im sorry if thats a noob question, but i just dont know. I might know what it means, but i might have never heard that phrase, and its used a lot in these forums. So if anyone could plz just tell me what they are. (And plz dont call me noob, im lvl 20 and i have plenty of experience with that game, i just dont know what it means, i think it means Pick Up Group, meaning Random Party, but could u plz just clarify it)

Aug 27, 2007, 01:47 PM // 13:47	#2
Arkantos The Greatest Join Date: Feb 2006 Profession: W/	PUG = Pick Up Group. A pug is basically a group of random people you've picked up from an outpost to do a mission/quest/farm.

Aug 27, 2007, 01:49 PM // 13:49	#3
Ninna Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Northeast USA Guild: Guilded Rose Profession: Me/	belongs in newcomer section but PUG=Pick UP Group grouping with strangers that more times than not will be - bossy - draw genitalia on the compass map - quit on you - AFK on you I enjoy PUGs but have had more bad experiences than good experiences

Aug 27, 2007, 01:58 PM // 13:58	#4
Alperuzi Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: An/TR Guild: Need One! :( Profession: W/Mo	A PUG is what I've stayed away from since I got Nightfall...

Aug 27, 2007, 07:38 PM // 19:38	#5
bhavv Furnace Stoker Join Date: Sep 2006	PUG's are an unnessary evil in Guild Wars that no one should have to deal with.

Aug 27, 2007, 08:37 PM // 20:37	#6
Darkobra Forge Runner Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Scotland Guild: Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot Profession: E/Me	They're groups made by the devil. Avoid them at all costs. Got a group of friends? By all means, join them. Friends not far enough/not interested in the game? Hench/heroes if possible.

Aug 27, 2007, 09:30 PM // 21:30	#7
Smile Like Umean It Desert Nomad Join Date: Jul 2006 Profession: E/Rt	Something you will learn to avoid like the plague. There's rarely a time when Pick Up Groups (pug) can do something better than me with hench/hero. OT: Arkantos, you're avvy made my lol

Aug 27, 2007, 10:25 PM // 22:25	#8
Kook~NBK~ Grotto Attendant Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A little chalet outside Drok's Guild: Natural Born Killaz	PUGs may or may not contain people who will cause aggravation. In my experiece, it happens less than the above posters would like to believe. But then again, I play a PvE Mesmer, and PUGs that accept them are generally much better than ones that don't.

Aug 27, 2007, 10:40 PM // 22:40	#9
Axe Wielding Dame Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Aug 2007	PUGs really are horrible. If you're in a good guild...you should first call upon them, then move onto a hench/hero team, if that fails...you be the leader of a PUG and create a well balanced group. Good Luck.