Glossary of Terms
| by AC2 Warcry Staff - Last Updated 7/27/2005 05:54:36 PM | |
| Term | Definition |
| add | Additional monsters attacking (while hunting group monsters for example) |
| Aggro | The amount of "hate" a monster has for you, thus increasing the probability that they will attack you. |
| Aggro Range | The distance from which a creature may notice a passing character`s existence and try to attack them. |
| AL | Arcane Lore |
| Alch (or Alchy) | Alchemist Class |
| Ally | Allegiance |
| AP | The "Ancient Periapt" Quest |
| AR | Armor Rating |
| Archanter | Hybrid archer/enchanter. Will have enchanter buffs, but may not have any other enchanter skills. |
| Arra | Arramora |
| BDC | The "Bring Down the Catacombs" Quest. |
| BF | The "Destroy Black Ferah's Shadow" Quest. |
| BH | Bounty Hunter Class |
| Bloodfeasts | The Bloodfeast Shreth Incursion. |
| Boots | The first half of the Silent City. |
| Boots2 | The second half of the Yokketh Bell Tower. |
| BP | Breastplate |
| brb | "Be right back" |
| brt | "Be right there" |
| btw | "By the way" |
| byoc | "Bring your own comps" - used when a crafter is offering his services for sale (but not the trait for the services). |
| Cards | Any of the cards of the Dereth Tarot Quest (also GTC for Greater Tarot Card). |
| Cats | The Bring Down the Catacombs Quest. |
| CB | Clawbearer Class |
| CD | Combat Delay |
| CE | The Destroy the Chaos Eidolon quest. |
| Cacaphos (or Caco) | The Fate of the Scholars Quest. (can also be referred to as "cocopuffs") |
| Chanter | Enchanter Class |
| Comps | short for components, refers to any butchered, mined or refined material, as well as trophies and purchased materials used in crafting. |
| CP | The Chaos Plane dungeon, a good hunting ground for 58+, but very crowded. |
| Crag | The town of Cragstone |
| CxP | Crafting Experience |
| dmg | Damage |
| DD | Damage Dealer. Refers to the few classes who are best at dealing damage. |
| Def | Defender Class |
| Dipper | Someone who can finish the Ancient Weapon to place in the font of Icefire. |
| DOT | Damage Over Time effect, meaning that under this effect the recipient will lose health every few seconds. |
| DOM | Dominion Kingdom |
| DS | Can either refer to the DarkStone quest, or a DarkSide Alchemist |
| Eid (or Eidolon or Eddy) | The Destroy the Chaos Eidolon Quest |
| Ele (or Elem) | Elementalist Class |
| Fender | Defender Class |
| Fets | The Bound Fetich Spawn Incursion |
| FB1(or Frosty) | The Frostbound One, starter for the Icefire quest. |
| FI | Feral Intendant Class |
| Finisher | Someone who can finish the Ancient Weapon to place in the font of Icefire. |
| Forge | The Cleanse the Chaos Forge quest. |
| FOTM | Flavor of the Month, used when referring to which class seems to be the 'best' at the current time. |
| FT | For Trade |
| GA | The Relics of the Golden Age quest. |
| Gank | The PvP act of attacking someone while they are arriving out of a portal. |
| GF | Girlfriend, something outside of the game which some players are under the power of. can also mean "Good Fight", usually said after some kind of KvK conflict. |
| Gimp | An insult, someone who has designed their character template poorly. More prominantly refers to someone who is not good with their character template. |
| gl | "Good Luck" |
| g2g | "Good to Go" |
| gtg | (I've) "Got to Go" Can also mean "Good to Go" |
| Hero Sword | The Sword of the Doomed Hero quest. |
| HI | Arramora ("Hero Island", because you must be a hero before you can venture here) |
| HK | Hivekeeper Class |
| HOD | The Heart of Darkness Dungeon |
| HOT | Heal Over Time effect, meaning that under this effect your character will recover health every few seconds. |
| Hybrid | Character with a spec class different from base class. |
| ID3 | The "Destroy Black Ferah's Shadow" Quest. Called ID3 as it was the third quest given by the NPC Isin Dule |
| IF | The Icefire quest. |
| IK | The town of Ikeras |
| IMO (or IMHO) | "In my opinion" or "In my humble opinion" |
| inc | Incursion Quest |
| ISO | In Search Of |
| Jugg (or Juggie or Juggy) | Juggernaut Class |
| KvK | Kingdom vs Kingdom |
| LC | The Lost Company Quest |
| LFG | Looking For Group | LoD (or Doom) | The Legions of Doom Quest |
| LOD | The first Lodrog the Forsaken quest, required to be completed to do the Icefire quest. Must have been completed recently if you wish to start the Icefire quest for your fellowship. |
| LOD2 | The second Lodrog the Forsaken quest, Uncover the Past (level 51+). |
| LS | Lifestone |
| LT | The town of Linvak Tukal |
| lugie | Lugian |
| MA | The quest in the new Rythearan`s Bane. |
| Mana | The act of being under one of the mana rewards which are crafted from the hero quest |
| Mezz | Mesmerize - a skill that puts monsters to 'sleep' |
| Mob(s) | Monster(s) |
| Mossy | The Mosswart Rescue quest. |
| MT | Mistell (generally a private reply going to the wrong character or to a public channel.) |
| NBT | The New Burun Threat quest (level 50+) |
| ND | The North end of Arramora, reached by the Northern Arramora Gateway portal on Arramora. To the east is good group hunting for 50-55; to the west good solo hunting for 50-55. |
| Nerf | Usually used in reference to making a skill or item less powerful than before |
| Newb (or Newbie or Noob) | A player new to the game (or new to anything for that matter). Can be used as an insult. |
| nm | "Never mind" |
| np | "No Problem" |
| Onde | The town of Ondekodo |
| OMV (or OsMV) | Generally Master Osteth Vault. Sometimes confused with the Master Omishan Vault. |
| OMV (or OmMV) | The Master Omishan Vault. |
| omw | "On my way" |
| otw | "On the way" |
| PK (or PvP) | Player Killer or more generally, Player vs Player |
| PST | Please Send Tell, meaning that any replies to this message should be sent directly to a person, rather than via one of the other chat channels. |
| PT | A Purple Text, or Rare, Weapon |
| Pull (or Bind) | To remove spells from items using spellbinding. |
| Rezz | Ressurection - a skill to ressurect dead characters without going back to the lifestone |
| rl | "Real Life" - a fictional place outside of Dereth where the 'players' live. |
| rw | Ringway |
| RtP | The Retracing the Path Quest |
| Safe Rock, Noob Rock, Trans1, Trans4, Trans7, Virindi Bridge | Particular places in the high level Chaos Planes hunting ground that has no spawns withing aggro range. |
| SB | Refers to a Soulbound Weapon |
| Sorc | Sorcerer Class |
| Starter | Someone who has completed Lodrog the Forsaken`s first quest within the past 3 days (timer to repeat still counting down) and can thus speak to the Frostbound One to start the Icefire quest for a group. Can also refer to whichever NPC starts the quest that is under discussion. |
| SR | Shield Rating |
| Tact | Tactician Class |
| tnl | "to next level" (as in "How much xp tnl?") |
| ToEL | The The Temple of Elemental Light Quest |
| Tummie (or Tummy) | Tumerok |
| ty | "Thank You" |
| tyvm | "Thank You Very Much" |
| uber | Extra powerful, or supremely good. Uber items should be nerfed (in some player's opinions) |
| UTP | The second Lodrog the Forsaken quest, Uncover the Past (level 51+). |
| VC | Vigor Cost |
| Voker | Invoker Class |
| VOT | Vigor Over Time effect, meaning that under this effect your character will recover vigor every few seconds. |
| VT | The Virindi Training Equest |
| WB | The town of Whitebay |
| WTB | Wants to Buy |
| WTS | Wish to Sell |
| WTT | Wish to Trade |
| XP | Experience |
| yw | "You're Welcome" |
| Zeal | Zealot Class |
| Zerk (or Zerker) | Berserker Class |
| Special Thanks to: | Malee Xv, Tsunji, Aeren, Knoc, Mariam, Norris Packard of TD, Jorgen of TD, Thoms of Dawnsong, Curufinwe of TD |
