Eternal Shield q8 OS 1 mod.

sneal4you · August 22, 2026 at 8:01 PM

Hey guys, I found this on a character.

What is its value?

Thank you!

Cute · August 22, 2026 at 8:36 PM

Its prenerf

~50a

sneal4you · August 22, 2026 at 10:40 PM

Prenerf is better than os?

What is the diference?

Im pvp player, now playing pve

Cute · August 22, 2026 at 10:59 PM

Quote from sneal4you

Prenerf is better than os?
What is the diference?
Im pvp player, now playing pve

Prenerf means items that are not obtainable anymore.
18-20+ year old items.

If you wanna know more about prenerfs. There’s a info threat on legacy.

Cute · August 22, 2026 at 11:04 PM

Thread

The truth about Pre-Nerf

I thought it might be helpful to collate a list of stats we know to be Pre-Nerf.

An item is considered Pre-Nerf if it cannnot drop any more. In other words, the possibility of the game generating these stats or items has been physically removed by the coders at Anet, mainly 2005/2006 around the release of Factions. The only way to acquire Pre-Nerf items is through trading with other players.

This is a list of items which in my opinion are truly Pre-Nerf (and the purpose of this thread is to…

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May 18, 2016 at 12:32 AM

sneal4you · August 22, 2026 at 11:46 PM

Quote from Cute

Quote from sneal4you

Prenerf is better than os?
What is the diference?
Im pvp player, now playing pve

Prenerf means items that are not obtainable anymore.
18-20+ year old items.

If you wanna know more about prenerfs. There’s a info threat on legacy.

And OS are the non-inscribable objects that keep falling, right?

Thank you so much!

TongTong · August 23, 2026 at 8:53 AM

your shield is OS and prenerf.

This skins (and few others like magmas, zodiac, etc) can't drop anymore in req 8.

OS items are the one dropping without inscription slot (basically prophecy and faction will drop OS items, while NF and EOTN drop insc items)

sneal4you · August 23, 2026 at 1:55 PM

Quote from TongTong

your shield is OS and prenerf.
This skins (and few others like magmas, zodiac, etc) can't drop anymore in req 8.
OS items are the one dropping without inscription slot (basically prophecy and faction will drop OS items, while NF and EOTN drop insc items)

I have a few more from that time, but I have a feeling this one is the most valuable.

Then I take screenshots and upload them.