Acronym translation request - Nerf'd and PUG - Guild Wars Forums

toddhd · May 03, 2007, 05:33 PM // 17:33

I see these terms all the time on the forums, but I'm not 100% sure what they mean.

i.e.
"That area has been nerf'd to death, don't farm there"
or
"Your mission failed because of a lousy PUG, not your build"

What do these mean?

Knightsaber Sith · May 03, 2007, 05:39 PM // 17:39

Nerfed means they patched something to make it suck. They can nerf skills so they're not as powerful/effective, or nerf an area to either lessen the quality of drops or make it more difficult to farm.

A PUG is a pick up group. It basically means a group that was just thrown together from people that happened to be in the district. As opposed to a guild group, or a group with friends you've teamed with previously.

toddhd · May 03, 2007, 05:45 PM // 17:45

Thank you, it's appreciated!

Xenex Xclame · May 03, 2007, 06:26 PM // 18:26

Nerf is used very loosely all over the forums.

Most of the time its something bad ,but sometimes it can just be people whining,not wanting to adapt,getting too used to something and then it changes and they don't like it, all these are examples where some people would jump very fast and say nerf.

A good example is the recent change to Soul Reaping, on the one side you have the group saying necromancer have been nerfed to extinction cause now their energy management sucks and at the other side you have the group saying necromancer have been fixed since soul reaping was broken.

So in other words , one said say it was a nerf and the other side says it was a fix.

( this is the case most of the time when a skill or area gets changed)

Mournblade · May 03, 2007, 07:33 PM // 19:33

The term NERF comes from the soft foam toys with the brand name Nerf - Nerf guns, Nerf footballs, etc. A safer, suckier version of the real thing. So back in the day when developers would take an area that they felt was too hard or overpowered, they would 'nerf' it down to a softer friendlier version.

=)

Coloneh · May 03, 2007, 09:01 PM // 21:01

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Nerf
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/PUG
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Common_abbreviations

"teach a man to fish......"

Thomas.knbk · May 04, 2007, 07:53 AM // 07:53

Nerfing is not always bad. If a skill is overpowered, it deserves a nerf.
Nerfing also doesn't mean 'making it suck'. Gale, for instance, was nerfed from 5 energy to 10 energy, and it was still an exellent skill. Then they nerfed it again to a 2 sec knockdown, and it was a little less exellent, but still OK.

May 03, 2007, 05:33 PM // 17:33	#1
toddhd Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Downingtown, PA Guild: Rite of Passage Profession: E/Me	Acronym translation request - Nerf'd and PUG I see these terms all the time on the forums, but I'm not 100% sure what they mean. i.e. "That area has been nerf'd to death, don't farm there" or "Your mission failed because of a lousy PUG, not your build" What do these mean?

May 03, 2007, 05:39 PM // 17:39	#2
Knightsaber Sith Furnace Stoker Join Date: Aug 2006 Guild: Few Fallen Heroes [FFH] Profession: W/E	Nerfed means they patched something to make it suck. They can nerf skills so they're not as powerful/effective, or nerf an area to either lessen the quality of drops or make it more difficult to farm. A PUG is a pick up group. It basically means a group that was just thrown together from people that happened to be in the district. As opposed to a guild group, or a group with friends you've teamed with previously.

May 03, 2007, 05:45 PM // 17:45	#3
toddhd Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Downingtown, PA Guild: Rite of Passage Profession: E/Me	Thank you, it's appreciated!

May 03, 2007, 06:26 PM // 18:26	#4
Xenex Xclame Desert Nomad Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: DPX Profession: R/	Nerf is used very loosely all over the forums. Most of the time its something bad ,but sometimes it can just be people whining,not wanting to adapt,getting too used to something and then it changes and they don't like it, all these are examples where some people would jump very fast and say nerf. A good example is the recent change to Soul Reaping, on the one side you have the group saying necromancer have been nerfed to extinction cause now their energy management sucks and at the other side you have the group saying necromancer have been fixed since soul reaping was broken. So in other words , one said say it was a nerf and the other side says it was a fix. ( this is the case most of the time when a skill or area gets changed)

May 03, 2007, 07:33 PM // 19:33	#5
Mournblade Furnace Stoker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Guild: Dawn Treaders [DAWN] Profession: W/Mo	The term NERF comes from the soft foam toys with the brand name Nerf - Nerf guns, Nerf footballs, etc. A safer, suckier version of the real thing. So back in the day when developers would take an area that they felt was too hard or overpowered, they would 'nerf' it down to a softer friendlier version. =)

May 03, 2007, 09:01 PM // 21:01	#6
Coloneh Furnace Stoker Join Date: Nov 2006 Profession: D/W	http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Nerf http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/PUG http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Common_abbreviations "teach a man to fish......"

May 04, 2007, 07:53 AM // 07:53	#7
Thomas.knbk Forge Runner Join Date: Jul 2006	Nerfing is not always bad. If a skill is overpowered, it deserves a nerf. Nerfing also doesn't mean 'making it suck'. Gale, for instance, was nerfed from 5 energy to 10 energy, and it was still an exellent skill. Then they nerfed it again to a 2 sec knockdown, and it was a little less exellent, but still OK.