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Term
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Meaning
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Add
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Used to refer to
additional Mobs that Aggro beyond
the original Pull.
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AFK
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Away From Keyboard.
It is considered courtesy to let your
group members know when you will be
AFK, and not to take extended AFK
breaks.
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Aggro
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Aggressive/Aggression.
Usage: “I got Aggro.”
Meaning: Monster is attacking
me.
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BRB / BRT
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Be Right Back /
Be Right There.
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Buff
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Any Statistic enhancing
spell.
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Camp
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Refers to a single
or group of Monsters. Also used
as a verb. “I’m camping the
Orcs.”
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Camp check
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Usually done in
a dungeon so that players do not waste
time running to a particular site
only to find it taken.
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Con
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Consider.
/con is an in-game command that returns
how friendly the target is to the
player, and how difficult it is to
kill.
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CR
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Corpse Recovery.
After level 10, players will leave
corpses where they die, and will re-spawn
without their gear, where they were
bound. Example: “Doing
CR right now. Everyone consent
Soandso.”
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Crack
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Slang term for
Clarity, which is an enchanter spell
that speeds up the mana regeneration
rate.
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Ding!
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Making a level.
Refers to the sound made when a player
gains enough experience to gain a
level.
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DoT
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Damage over Time.
Refers to spells that do damage over
time instead of instantaneous damage.
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Evac
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Short for Evacuate.
Used to inform your group teleporter,
be it a Wizard or a Druid, to cast
their shorter-casting group teleport
spell to take the group out of trouble.
The druid equivalent of the spell
is known as Succor, and can also be
used.
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FCFS
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First Come First
Served.
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FFA
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Free For All.
No rules applied.
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FM / FOM / LOM
/ OOM
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Mana is the powerbar
that shows a spellcaster how much
power he or she has to cast a spell
with. Full Mana / Full of Mana
/ Low on Mana / Out of Mana
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GG
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Group Gate.
Used on some servers to ask for a
teleport from druids and wizards.
For example: /ooc Paying 20pp
for a GG outta here.
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KOS
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Kill on Sight.
When a NPC or Mob is referred to as
KOS, it means the player will be attacked
if he or she gets within Aggro range.
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LD
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Link Dead.
When a character has lost connection
to the server, they are LD.
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LFG
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Looking for Group.
Used to solicit a position in a group.
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Loc
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Location.
/loc is an in-game command that returns
the player’s current X, Y and Z, positions
within the zone.
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LOL
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Laughing Out Loud.
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Loot
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The treasures or
the action of looting the treasures,
on a killed NPC
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Med
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Short for Medidate.
To regain Mana, players have
to Meditate. This is done by
sitting down.
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Mob
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Short for Mobile
Object. Computer slang term
for movable 3-D object. Currently
used to refer to any aggro monster.
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Named
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A Mob with a “name.”
These monsters are the ones that usually
drop some weapon, armor or spell that
is out of the ordinary.
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Newb
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Newbie. A
player new to the game.
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Ninja loot
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Looting without
permission. An action much frowned
upon by players, and actionable by
Verant Customer Service.
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NPC
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Non-Player Character.
Examples: Merchants / Guards
/ Quest Givers.
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OMW
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On My Way.
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OOC
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Out of Character.
Often used to preface remarks that
are not role-play or in-character
related.
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OOR
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Out of Range.
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Pop
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Used to refer to
the Mob that has just spawned in the
vicinity of a group.
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Port
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Short for Teleport.
Used to ask for a teleport from a
druid or wizard. For example:
/auction Looking for a port.
Willing to Donate.
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Proc
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Short for Process.
Computer slang term for processing
a script. Refers to the effect
on a weapon and when the script processes,
causing the effect to go off.
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Puller
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The person that
goes out to bring a Mob back for a
group.
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Ress/Rezz
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Short for Resurrection.
A line of spells that brings the player
back to their corpse, and regains
differing amounts of experience lost
by the death, depending on the level
of the spell cast.
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ROFL
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Rolling on the
Floor Laughing.
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SoW
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Spirit of Wolf.
A speed enhancing spell.
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Stat
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Short for Statistics.
Used to refer to your character make
up (Agility, Strength, Intelligence,
etc.) or the description of a weapon.
(delay, damage, effect, etc.)
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TL
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Short for Translocate,
a wizard spell which sends the target
to a wizard portal or the player’s
bind point. Translocates to
any destination other than the wizard
spires will require a reagent that
is consumed.
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TP
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Short for Teleport,
which involves a druid or wizard grouping
with you, and bringing you with them
to the wizard portal or druid ring
of choice.
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Train
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A bunch of monsters
following a player who is making a
mad dash for the zone. Courtesy
requires a zone wide announcement,
repeated as many time as is possible
when “training” to the zone.
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Uber/Ubber
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Anything that is
over and beyond. Example: “That’s
an uber sword!”
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Woot!
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A cheer.
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WTB/WTS/WTTF
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Auction terms,
meaning: Wanting to Buy / Sell
/ Trade For.
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XP
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Short for Experience.
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