Glossary of Terms

Here is a brief of list of frequently used terms you would see if you were looking at the chat window. Some of them do not pertain to players of levels 1 to 20, but I included them beacuse I know it can be frustrating to not know what something means in the game and always see it used. Feel free to let me know if a term needs to be added!

Aggro – When monsters actively try to attack you, even if you did not touch them.AoE - Area of Effect, a skill that can affect multiple things in an area.

BH – Bounty Hunter quest. Starting at level 40, you receive a daily quest from the Head Hunter in the center of Archosaur. BHs often take place in FBs, so BH49 would be a Bounty Hunter quest that is in the same place as FB49.

Buff - A beneficial spell, usually cast on a player. An example of a "buff" is increased HP recovery or added physical damage for a particular damage-dealing spell.

Char – short for “Character”

DD – “Damage Dealer,” namely a blademaster, assassin, wizard, psychic, venomancer, or archer

Debuff or De-Buff - A negative spell cast on a unit that makes it less powerful

FB – Call to Duty quest. Involves fighting a boss with a squad. The numbers immediately after indicate for which level the quest is. FB29 means the FB you when you are level 29 (even if you are level 32 when you finally accept the quest).

GM - “Game Manager” – the person you contact or pm when there is a tech issue, you need to report someone, etc.

Horn – an item that lets a player say something, but it is seen by everyone even if they are in another chat mode. A lot of gamers hate them. Can be purchased only from the Boutique.

HP - Hit points or Health

KS – Kill steal or kill stealing, when you take the kill that should have been someone else’s. You are stealing that person’s experience points.

LF- Short for “Looking for,” usually used when seeking someone of a certain class for a squad.

LFG – “Looking For Group”

LFM – “Looking For More”

LFP – “Looking For Party”

LFS – “Looking For Squad”

Log - When you log off; disconnect from the game

Loot - The treasure from a monster that has been killed or from a chest, or the act of taking such treasure. Also known as Drop.

LVL - Level

Mob – Usually means a group of enemies, but some people use it to mean one single enemy.Newbie - A term that means a new player. It is also used to suggest that a player is not very good or stupid.

Newb - Short for Newbie. See above.

N00b - An mean kind of way of saying newb. It’s really not nice.

NPC - Non-Player Character, this is a computer controlled character.

OOM – “Out of Mana,” people say this to let their party know he or she is out of mana and can't cast any spells, especially healing.

PM – Short for “Private message”

PK - Player Kill or Player Killer.

Pet - A NPC controlled by a player such as a Wolf.

PvP - Player vs. Player. This means players attack each other.

PvE –Player vs. Environment. This means the player is not participating in the practice of player killing or PK.

Res/Rez – “Resurrect,” to bring a dead player back to life using the cleric Revive skill.

Sin – Short for “Assassin class”

RL - Short for “Real Life”

Solo – To kill monsters or a boss on your own.

Stack - A number of identical items placed in a single inventory slot, to conserve space. Only certain items can be stacked.

Tank – A character who takes most of the damage and distracts the boss so other characters can attack without their HP being drained quickly. Barbarians and blademasters are the best tanks.

Tele – Short for “Teleport,” using money at the teleporter or teleport stones to get to another place instantly. Also may be short for “Telecoustic,” the consumable item that enables the user to say something in world chat once.

Toon – as in “cartoon,” alternate term for character

TW – “Territory War,” when two or more high level factions have an all-out PK battle for a territory on the map. See on map, click the little window in the corner labeled “Territories.”

WC - Short for either “World Chat,” the yellow 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 saying something in faction chat that was meant for squad chat.)

WTB – “Want to buy”WTS –“Want to sell”WTT – “Want to Trade”XP or Exp - Experience Points