"Nerf" has been around since the 50s, if I remember correctly. WoW only increased its usage.
The 70s really... from the NERFtm toy weapons made of foam plastic that did no damage. It was a fairly obvious term to use in MMOs when weapons, etc were made less effective right from the get-go, never mind WoW.
I liked the ability. If people don't like it they should play on peaceful or creative, or GASP! build an actual defensive structure that can defend against them, I mean it's called survival for a reason.
It's also called Minecraft, and this was the adventure update - the block shuffling hardly fulfils either of those. As for survival, the design is such that at some point you're going to start thriving. I thought a true survival mode was something planned for the future - but the current "survival" mode obviously lets you go beyond merely that. I prefer something where I have to work to build things, rather than just being handed everything in creative, but I'm not that interested in spending all my time just fighting. Surely there's room for that.
I'd like to try this out - but I'd also like to remain resolutely anti-social in my existing worlds; Does it always generate villages in new chunks, or can it be disabled somehow on some worlds?
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The 70s really... from the NERFtm toy weapons made of foam plastic that did no damage. It was a fairly obvious term to use in MMOs when weapons, etc were made less effective right from the get-go, never mind WoW.
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It's also called Minecraft, and this was the adventure update - the block shuffling hardly fulfils either of those. As for survival, the design is such that at some point you're going to start thriving. I thought a true survival mode was something planned for the future - but the current "survival" mode obviously lets you go beyond merely that. I prefer something where I have to work to build things, rather than just being handed everything in creative, but I'm not that interested in spending all my time just fighting. Surely there's room for that.
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