The Daily Quest: Nerf this
by Anne Stickney 
May 27th 2011 at 9:00PM
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.
Remember when "nerf" was nothing more than those silly foam toys that shot projectiles at unsuspecting targets? Yeah, me too. Today, however, we're going to talk about the other kind of nerf, as we take a look around the blogosphere at some responses to the announced nerfs to T11 content once patch 4.2 goes live.
Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
Remember when "nerf" was nothing more than those silly foam toys that shot projectiles at unsuspecting targets? Yeah, me too. Today, however, we're going to talk about the other kind of nerf, as we take a look around the blogosphere at some responses to the announced nerfs to T11 content once patch 4.2 goes live.
- MMO Melting Pot wonders who, exactly, all these nerfs are intended for.
- Killing 'em Slowly thinks that the nerfs are possibly trying to fix something that isn't broken.
- Big Bear Butt is wondering how everyone feels about the current state of raid accessibility and progression.
- Lastly and on a lighter note, I Like Bubbles features a handy flowchart illustrating the woes of a raid leader.
Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dave May 27th 2011 11:00PM
OMG!! They are nerfing old content!! The sky is falling!! The world is coming to an end!! Cats and Dogs living together!! WHATEVER SHALL WE DO??!!
Leave.
If you don't like it, just leave already. Nobody really cares. It's just a game. Get over it already.
Zebreck May 27th 2011 11:18PM
I find endless delight in people screaming about the degree of Nerfs, as though a 20% nerf somehow magically excuses you from doing your job and a 5% wouldn't. It won't prevent you from standing in magmaw fire, won't kill adds for you on maloriak, won't spread you on on chimaeron and it damn sure won't swap tanks for you on halfus or kite them correctly on Cho'Gall. This is a case of people eating their own hyperbole. 20% is a nerf, it is not free cookies from heaven, it does not play the game for you and it does not somehow marginalize your potential accomplishment.
If you haven't done it before 4.2 then that's it, times up. Put your pencils down. You, for whatever reason, didn't get your poop in a pile fast enough to get it done while T11 was handing out the Epeen enzyte. Get over it. Neither did I, or about 96% of the current subscriber base at last estimate. Finally, these are normal modes. If the attentions of a bunch of 4chan rejects is that important to you, go do the totally unchanged hard modes in blues.
Sergel May 28th 2011 1:51AM
Frankly, i think some people complain to much for the sake of griping. Some are crying over this like the the person they don't like got voted into office or something. At the end of the day, i don't think its that big of a deal and some people are blowing it out of proportion.
There's also a lot more to do than just raids. Plus if you're in a good guild, it should be fun raiding with them. If its too easy, go on to Heroics or the Firelands. After that, roll your alt or leave and do something else.
I don't know, i can see why some people are upset, but its nothing new and its not the end of the world.
loop_not_defined May 28th 2011 4:57AM
It kills me that these people think gear availability "nerfs" raids and is a proper substitute for making content more accessible to others. Raid success goes far beyond just gear.
Karcharos May 28th 2011 1:53PM
Elite raiders pay for the pizza at the Blizzard staff party.
Progression raiders pay for the beer.
"Casual" players pay the utilities, the benefits, the transportation, the fuel, the food, the houses, and everything else.
Don't chase off your gravy train.
Dumbguy May 28th 2011 9:23AM
The unspoken reason for these nerfs is to prevent another ulduar from happening. (Where toc had better gear and easier mechanics, making ulduar completely irrelevant to 99% of the population.) Time to go read the articles and be embarrassed when they all said this already.