Terminology

See also: Acronyms

Common player slang

boxing

Boxing is a method of play where the player runs 2 characters on 2 different accounts to provide mutual assistance between the 2 characters. Often, this will involve a melee class and a healer class such as a Warrior and a Shaman.

buff

A slang term used in chat to describe a beneficial spell that increases one or more abilities of the recipient.

caster

Caster refers to those character classes that use magic in its myriad forms. Magicians, Wizards, Enchanters and Necromancers are referred to pure casters. Bards, Shadowknights, and all pure casters rely on INT as their primary spell casting attribute. Paladins, Beastlords and all priest classes rely on WIS as their primary casting casting attribute.

crowd control

Crowd control (CC) is a method of coping with multiple enemies in a single fight. It is is an effective means of minimizing damage done to the tank while focusing the group's efforts onto one target at a time. This is commonly achieved through the use one of a mesmerize or root spell.

debuff

Debuff spells are detrimental duration effects which weaken some statistic, making the target weaker in some manner.

farm

Farming refers to the practice of hunting NPCs or any level for the loot that they drop. A common practice amongst players trying to raise tradeskills, it can sometimes interfere with the gameplay of lower level characters trying to gain experience.

greenies

This term refers to NPCs that /con green to the Player. These NPCs are lower level than the player, and will not give any experience.

main tank

In a group, the character designated to take the brunt of the NPC attacks while the other group member provide support.

meat shield

Refers to a melee class ... made of meat, acts like a shield.

mob

Synonymous with non-playable character (NPC). The term was originally derived from Mobile OBject from the days MUD gaming.

ninja looting

Looting an item from an NPC to which the looter has no right.

rez

Resurrection (Rez or Revive) or another player can only be done successfully if they are online; if they are not, then the rez is wasted, and the corpse will be unable to be resurrected in the future. Successful esurrections remove a percentage experience debt once the player corpse has been looted.

placeholder

Place holder (PH) is a mob, generally mundane, which may spawn in place of a named mob

place holder

Place holder (PH) is a mob, generally mundane, which may spawn in place of a named mob

Place holder

Place holder (PH) is a mob, generally mundane, which may spawn in place of a named mob

root-rotting

Root-rotting an NPC is a combat technique where the players cast a root spell on an NPC and then proceed to load it with damage over time (DoTs) and other debuffs until it dies. Spells with a direct damage componant have a high chance of break roots.

solo

The ability to gain experience outside of a group. Most classes can do this, but some, such as Necromancers, excel at it more than others.

tank

Tank refers to a melee class due to the fact that they are generally well armored and well armed ... just like a tank. The most common tanks are Warriors, Paladins and Shadowknights. Main Tanks are considered the character in a group who will take the melee damage from the mob, and keep the aggro on themselves and away from the other, less armored characters in the group.

two-boxing

Boxing is a method of play where the player runs 2 characters on 2 different accounts to provide mutual assistance between the 2 characters. Often, this will involve a melee class and a healer class such as a Warrior and a Shaman.

Common acronyms and abbreviations

AA

Alternate Advancement

AAs

Alternate Advancement

Aego

Spell: Aegolism

AoE

Area of Effect

BB

Black Burrow

CC

Crowd control (CC) is a method of coping with multiple enemies in a single fight. It is is an effective means of minimizing damage done to the tank while focusing the group's efforts onto one target at a time. This is commonly achieved through the use one of a mesmerize or root spell.

con

Consider

CoTH

Call of the Hero (Mage spell)

COTP

Call of the Predator (Ranger spell)

dev

Developer. A staff member involved in game development.

DHK

Dragonhorn Keep

DoT

Damage over time

dots

Peridot

DPM

Damage per mana

DPS

Damage per second

EMP

Empower (Enchanter spell)

EPL

Eastern Plaguelands

FoE

Flight of the Eagles (Druid spell)

GM

Game moderator. A staff member tasked with moderating the playerbase in-game.

H2H

Hand to hand (Combat skill)

HoT

Heal over time

HOT

Heal over time

JC

Jewelcrafting

KEI

Koadic's Endless Intellect (Enchanter spell)

KoS

Kill on sight

KOS

Kill on sight

Loc

Location, found with the command /loc

LFG

Looking for group

lfg

Looking for group

LL

Living Lava, in Fire Grottos

LoM

Low on mana

LOM

Low on mana

Mez

Mesmerize

ML

Main looter

MQ

Main quest

MT

Main tank

OOM

Out of mana

Oom

Out of mana

OSM

Obsidian Shards Mountains

PBAE

Point Blank Area of Effect

PBAoE

Point Blank Area of Effect

PC

Player character

PH

Place holder (PH) is a mob, generally mundane, which may spawn in place of a named mob

PST

Please send tell

Raego

Relic: Gift of Aegolism (Cleric spell)

SB

Soulbound

SoW

Spirit of Wolf, an increased movement speed available to several classes

UI

User interface