Abbreviations and Terms - Alphabetical

Gathered from the forum, which gives credit to Aran.

Don't worry about learning all of these in one lump, you don't actually need it.

Numbers

• 1x, 2x, 3x etc - Abbreviated way of indicating a level range. A '4x' character is level 40-49, for example.

A

• AC - Armor Class or Defense. (Usually 'PDef' in this game.)
• Add(s) - An extra monster has joined an existing battle or ones that follow around a boss or elite monster.
• Alt - A character on your account other than your main character or other than the character you're currently playing.
• AoE - Area of Effect. This is a skill that can affect multiple things in an area.
• AE - Area Effect, see AoE.
• AFK - Away From Keyboard. This means the player is away from his computer.
• Aggro - This means the monsters are mad at you and you've "activated" them to attack you. They are now in the motion of trying to reach and attack you.
• Aggro Radius - The radius around the monsters where they will "wake up" and attack you.
• AGI - Agility, an old name for 'Dex'.
• AH - Auction House, the place where you can buy and sell items with other players, available through the Auctioneers in any major city.
• Arch - Archosaur, the big city in the middle of the map.
• Avatar - Your character.

B

• B>.... S>..... which mean Buy and Sell. Usually find this in catshop names. Note: The dots stand for any item name.
• Barb - Barbarian.
• BB - Blue Bubble, the nickname of Regeneration Aura, the priest AoE heal. See also "RB".
• BG - BattleGround or BackGround.
• BH - Bounty Hunter, the daily quest you get starting at level 40 from the Head Hunter in the center of Archosaur.
• Boss - A named monster, much harder than anything else nearby that has better loot and is often the target of quests. (eg. "Farren is the first boss in FB39")
• Buff - A beneficial spell cast on a monster or player. An example of a "buff" is the Priest's Physical PDef buff.

C

• Carebear - Derogatory term for a player that prefers to help other players attack monsters rather than attack other players in player vs. player combat.
• Caster - A character that stays on the back row to heal or cast spells on the enemy, such as a Mage.
• Catshop - The shops set up by players to sell items, usually in the form of a cat standing on its tail, or sometimes as a cow on a treasure chest ("cowshops"). See Consignment Shop for details.
• Char - Your character.
• Cheese - To exploit an imbalance in the game.
• Chi - The yellow bar that's below your health & mana gauge, allows you to cast certain skills.
• Co-ords - Co-ordinates, the two groups of three digits visible in the top right corner near the minimap, used to pinpoint any location on the world map.
• Crit - Critical hit.

D

• DC - Disconnected, usually due to some glitch, lag spike, or bad connection.
• DD - Direct Damage or Damage Dealer. This is a skill that does all of its damage in one hit rather than spreading its damage over time or the squad-role of using such attacks.
• DEX - Dexterity, a stat.
• Ding - An announcement, "Hey guys! I reached a new level!"
• DMG - Damage.
• DOT - Damage Over Time.
• DPS - Damage Per Second.
• De-Buff - A negative spell cast on a unit that makes it less powerful. An example of a "de-buff" is the Venomancer skill "Soul Degeneration".
• Drops - The items dropped by a thing when you kill(ed) it.
• DQ - Dragon Quest (and the items used for the Dragon Quest). A series of repeatable quests starting at level 21 which can earn you mounts, high level molds and other rewards.

E

• Elite - When referring to a monster, one that's definitely stronger than usual but not particularly a boss. Elites have flared borders around the box with their name and HP bar.
• EA - Elven Archer, a.k.a. archer.
• EP - Elven Priest, a.k.a. cleric.
• EXP - Experience Points.

F

• FB - Fuben (副本, Chinese for "duplicate object" or "copy of", better translated here as "instance"), the instanced dungeon quests you usually receive at levels 19, 29, etc...
• FH - Full Health.
• FM - Full Mana.
• FTL - For The Loss or For The Lose, a sports or game term.
• FTW - For The Win, a sports or game term.

G

• Gank - Player vs. Player. To attack another player while they're trying to fight a monster. Or... when a party attacks a lonely player, usually to PK (Player Kill) him.
• GM - Either Game Master or Guild Master, usually the former in PWI.
• Griefer - A person who purposely tries to annoy or anger other players.
• Grinding - Staying in the same area fighting the same types of monsters for a very long time for the purposes of gaining EXP, SP, coins, or drops.

H

• Herb - Any material that can be used for production at an apothecary.
• HH - Holy Hall. An old, wrong, name for Twilight Temple, a level 60+ dungeon.
• HoT - Heal over Time. (Ironheart Blessing, for example, heals over a short period.)
• HP - Hit Points or Health.
• Hybrid - A character build that is not focused entirely on one purpose but instead multiple purposes. A wizard that wears heavy armor would be an example.

I

• IH - Ironheart Blessing - a clerics main heal spell.
• IHB - Ironheart Blessing, same as IH, but less commonly seen.
• INT - Intelligence, an old name for 'Mag'.

K

• Kiting - A style of combat in which a player continually stays out of combat range of an enemy, usually by running from it, while simultaneously causing damage to it.
• KoS - Kill on Sight.
• KS - Kill Steal. Try to steal another person's kill.

L

• LF - Looking For...
• LFG - Looking For Group.
• LFM - Looking For <ore.
• LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off.
• Log - When you log off; disconnect from the game.
• LOL - Laughing Out Loud or Lots of Laugh. This abbreviation indicates something is really funny. It's pretty cliche nowadays though.
• LoM - Low on Mana.
• LoS - Line of sight. As in "No LoS to target" meaning "I can't see the damn thing". The ability to target with TAB makes this rarer now.
• Loot - The treasure from a monster that has been killed or from a chest, or the act of taking such treasure.
• Lurer - Person who lures monsters for the party, usually the Venomancer, but Zeal genies with Earthflame are also commonly used.
• Luring - One of the players in a party heads out and leads one or more of the monsters back to the party so that the party can attack the monsters. The idea is to prevent too many monsters from attacking at once. See Venomancer Luring for more.
• Lvl - Level.

M

• MAG - Magic, a stat.
• Mats - (Raw) materials used for the crafting skills.
• MDef - Magic Defence. A group name for metal, fire, water, earth, and wood resistance, used to reduce damage from various types of magical attack.
• MMO, MMOG, MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online (Role Playing) (Game).
• MOB - An old programming acronym of Mobile Object Block. Mobs are all computer controlled characters in the game.
• MP - Magic Points or Mana Points, used for most skills, the blue bar below your health bar.
• MT - Main Tank.

N

• Named - A special monster that is usually stronger than surrounding monsters with possible special abilities and item drops, usually a boss or an elite.
• Nerf - To downgrade, to be made softer, or make less effective. "X has been nerfed."
• Newbie - A term that sometimes means new player. Newbie is also used to suggest that a player is not very good.
• Newb - Short for Newbie. See above.
• N00b - An incredibly uncool way to say newb. Don't use it.
• NPC - Non-Player Character, this is a computer controlled character.
• Nuke - High damage in one hit or a skill that does the same, usually a magic attack.

O

• OoM - Out of Mana. People say this to let their party know they are out of mana and can't cast any spells, especially healing.
• OP - Can either mean Original Poster or Original Post in forums, or OverPowered when discussing a class, skill, or item.

P

• PC - Player controlled Character or Personal Computer.
• PDef - Physical Defense, a statistic granted mainly by armor, for resisting melee attacks.
• Pet - A NPC controlled by a player such as a Wolf. Only Venomancer pets can attack.
• PK - Player Kill or Player Killer.
• PM - Private Message, to whisper a message directly to a single player.
• Pop - Contraction of "Repopulation", often used as a shortened term for the re-spawn of monsters or farmable materials (E.g. "After being farmed, most mats have 10 minutes until they pop.")
• Proc - Activate. Example: A weapon with a special effect will "proc" every so often.
• PST - Please Send Tell. Indicates that the person speaking wants to receive communication directly by whispers.
• Pull - Luring a single monster out of a group of monsters. See Venomancer Luring.
• Puller - Person who pulls monsters for the party.
• Pulling - One of the players in a party heads out and leads one or more of the monsters back to the party so that the party can attack the monsters. The idea is to prevent too many monsters from attacking at once.
• Pure - 100%, for instance a character with a "pure dex" build should have all its stat points put into dexterity. The build is still considered pure if strength is added, but only enough strength to equip low-requirement gear for the player's level.
• PvE - Player vs. Environment. Combat between players and computer controlled opponents.
• PvP - Player vs. Player. This means for one player to attack another player.

R

• Raid - A raid is a large-scale attack on an area by a group of players.
• RB - Either Red Bubble, the nickname of Heaven's Wrath, the priest AoE attack buff, or Rebirth, part of the name for four instanced dungeons (RB Alpha, RB Beta, RB Gamma, and RB Delta), the first of which you can access starting at level 40 .
• Res - Short for resurrect.
• Re-Spawn - A monster that has been killed has spawned (been created) again.
• Req - Requirement or prerequisite.
• Rez - Resurrect.
• ROFL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing.
• Rush - When the tank attracts the attention of all the mobs so that everyone else can run past.

S

• S>..... B>.... which mean Sell and Buy. Usually find this in catshop names. Note: The dots stand for any item name.
• Small Pets - An animal following the player around. While this does not directly influence the player or monsters, it is cool to have around, especially the rare ones. Usually called "all class pets" or "baby pets". See Baby Pet Guide for details.
• Spawns - The location or process of monsters appearing when they are created in the world.
• SP - Spirit Points, used to learn new skills. SP is gained from killing monsters and doing quests, but unlike EXP you do not lose SP upon death.
• Stack - To put several copies of something (usually a heal-over-time or damage-over-time) on at once, or a number of identical items placed in a single inventory slot, to conserve space. Only certain items can be stacked.
• STR - Strength, one of your four statistics.

T

• Tank - A melee character that can take a lot of damage, or playing that role in a squad. In PWI this is often, but not always, a barbarian.
• Taunt - Related to Aggro. An ability that allows a player to pull the attention of a monster off of another player and onto him or herself.
• Tele - Teleport. Each main town or city should have a Teleportation Master, if you speak to them once it will permanently reveal that area with a waypoint. By speaking with a teleport master you can travel between cities instantly for a certain amount of coins.
• Threat - Related to Aggro. This is what a character "gives off" to generate or draw monster aggro.
• Train - To lead monsters into another player. This is not a desired behavior.
• TT - Twilight temple, a level 60+ dungeon.
• Twink - A low level character who has been made more powerful by higher level characters, usually by getting stronger armor and weapons than the character would normally have at such a low level.

U

• Uber - German slang for 'super', originally meaning 'over'; exceptionally powerful.

V

• Vendor Trash - An item that only a vendor/merchant would buy.
• Veno - Venomancer.
• VIT - Vitality, a stat.

W

• WB - WereBeast, a.k.a. barbarian.
• WC - Short for either "World Chat", the gold text messages shown in the chat window sent using teleacoustics, or "Wrong Chat", what you say after you sent a message to the wrong chat group (like accidentally sending something to forum chat that was meant for squad chat.)
• WF - WereFox, a.k.a. venomancer.
• WTB - Want(ing) To Buy.
• WTS - Want(ing) To Sell.
• WTT - Want(ing) To Trade.

X

• XP - Experience Points.