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.

1x, 2x, 3x etc - Abbreviated way of indicating a level range. A '4x' character is level 40-49, for example. AC - Armor Class or Defense. (Usually 'pdef' in this game) Add - An extra monster has joined an existing battle. Alt - A character on your account other than your main character. AoE - Area of Effect Damage. This is a spell that hurts a group of monsters in an area. AE - Area Effect 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 Arch - Archosaur. The big city in the middle of the map. Avatar - Your character BB - blue bubble, the priest aoe heal BG - Battleground Buff - A beneficial spell cast on a monster or player. An example of a "buff" is the Priest's Physical PDef buff. Carebear - 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. Char - Your character. Cheese - To exploit an imbalance in the game. Chi - the yellow bar thats below your health & mana gauge, allows you to cast certain skills Co-ords - co-ordinates, 6 digits visible in the top right corner near the minimap, used to pinpoint any location on the world map Crit - Critical hit. DC - disconnected, ussually 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 Werefox skill "Soul Degeneration". 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. Elite - when referring to a monster, one that's definetly stronger than usual but not particularly a boss FB - Fuben (= Chinese for dungeon), the dungeon quests you have to do at higher level but which you receive at level 19, 29, ... FH - Full Health FM - Full Mana FTL - For The Loss, a sports or game term. FTW - For The Win, a sports or game term. 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 - can mean one of two things... Guild Master or Game Master. often quite confusing yes 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. Herb - any material that can be used for production at the 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 IHB - Ironheart blessing - a clerics main heal spell. INT - Intelligence 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. LFG - Looking for a group. LFM - Looking for more. LMAO - Laughing my ass off. Log - When you log off; disconnect from the game. LOL - Lots of Laugh or Laughing Out Loud. 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. 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. Lvl - Level MAG - magic, a stat Mats - (raw) materials used for the crafting skills Mdef - Magic defence. A gruop name for metal,fire,water,earth,wood resistance - used to reduce damage from various types of magical attack. MMO, MMOG, MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online (Role playing) (Game). MOB - MOB" is an old programming acronym of Mobile Object Block. Mobs are all computer controlled characters in the game. You should likely use some other term such as monster, creep, or bad guy. MP - mana points, used for most skills, the blue bar below your health bar MT - Main Tank Named - A special monster that is usually stronger than surrounding monsters with possible special abilities and item drops. 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 - This is a non player-controlled character. The characters are controlled by the server or realm. A "computer" character. Nuke - high damage in one hit, usually magic attack 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. Pat - Patrolling monster PC - Player controlled character Pdef - Physical defence, a statistic granted mainly by armour, for resisting melee attacks. Pet - A NPC controlled by a player such as a Wolf. PK - Player Kill or Player Killer. Pop - Contraction of "Repopulation", often used as a shortened term for the re-spawn of monsters. 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 via a /t(ell) or /w(hisper) command. 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 ussually still considered pure if strength is added but only enough to equip low-requirement gear for the player's level 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 PvE - Player vs. Environment. Combat between players and computer controlled opponents. PvP - Player vs. Player. This means for one player to attack another player. Raid - A raid is a large-scale attack on an area by a group of players. RB - red bubble, the priest aoe atk buff Res - Short for resurrect Re-Spawn - A monster that has been killed has spawned (been created) again. Rest (state) - An indicator of how tired a character is. Req - requirement, prerequisite, whatever Rez - Resurrect RM - Raw Materials used for the crafting skills. ROFL - Rollin gon the floor laughing. Rush - When the tank attracts the attention of all the mobs so that everyone else can run past. S>..... B>.... which mean Sell and Buy. Usually find this in Personal Shop. 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. Spawns - The location or process of monsters appearing when they are created in the world. Stack - A number of identical items placed in a single inventory slot, to conserve space. Only certain items can be stacked. 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. STR - Strength Tank - A melee character that can take a lot of damage. 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 permanantly reveal that area with a waypoint. by speaking with a teleport master you can travel between cities instantly for a sum of gp 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 armour and weapons than the character would normally have at such a low level. Uber - German slang for 'super', originally meaning 'over'; exceptionally powerful Vendor Trash - An item that only a vendor/merchant would buy VIT - vitality, a stat WTB - Wanting to buy WTS - Wanting to sell XP or Exp - Experience Points