# This isn't about nerfing. It's about balance

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/this-isnt-about-nerfing-its-about-balance/42223>\
**Category:** Feature Requests and Game feedback\
**Created:** [July 8, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/this-isnt-about-nerfing-its-about-balance/42223 "2018-07-08T15:14:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![actreal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/actreal/32/1945_2.png) [@actreal](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/actreal)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/this-isnt-about-nerfing-its-about-balance/42223/47 "2018-07-10T04:08:51Z")

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> [@Lyya](#):
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> Ahem. You missed the “nerf True Shot” and the “nerf Webspinner” posts.
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> (For the dozen or so of you who go back that far still — shout out!)

There’s a good post charting the early history of GoW nerfs somewhere…

Aha! @Zelfore made it! 🙂

> [@Explaining Nerfs / Buffs / Alterations (Warning: Hel'a Long)](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/explaining-nerfs-buffs-alterations-warning-hela-long/1624):
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> There’s been a bit of obnoxious discussion which has been going around since the original “nerf” of Webspinner. Namely, the “Who’s gonna be nerfed next?!” comments. It’s apparently gotten to the point where some users feel the staff and other users of the site are strictly against having fun. This is not the case. I do not find people offering suggestions to better balance the game as a call for posting “It’s the Nerf Police, cheese it!!”, nor have I found it particularly funny that any mention…

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