DDO Acronyms and Slang Terminology

[clkpacker]

What does "twitchy" mean?

This term could also refer to a THF playstyle described here

[AlacrityFitzhugh]

My contribution:

No "Leeeeroy Jenkins"?

"Pop" or "Repop" or can mean a mob just respawned (not often in DDO, but happens sometimes).

I disagree with your definition of "Twink". To me it means a low-level character with high-quality gear supplied by a higher-level alt character.

"Respect" = misspelled "Respec"

A "Body pull" can also be called a "Booty pull".

And you're missing the basic "pull", which is getting the attention of one mob, or a small group of mobs, with a low-damage ranged attack.

"Glass cannon" = a very powerful ranged attacker who dies very fast in melee.

"Nuker" = a very powerful ranged attacker, usually a mage of some kind.

"Pet" = a summoned mob or other NPC temporarily or permanently controlled by a player character.

"Mod" - moderator, another term for GM in the game.

I'm sure there are more...

[FreeMemory]

I see "P2P" on Group posts often, but don't know what it is (though it's probably something obvious). Maybe you can define it and add it to list?

[IronClan]

I see "P2P" on Group posts often, but don't know what it is (though it's probably something obvious). Maybe you can define it and add it to list?

pay 2 play a subsciber vice F2P free 2 play then there's premium someone who has spent any amount of money on turbine points (very likely has the same restricted access to P2P content... Then there's "freemium" which I guess some people use to describe people who buy all the games content with turbine points so they can save 180 a year on sub fees ( about 8 or 9 months after buying all the content) though I prefer freeIP as it's a better description, having all VIP content (except ability to open new quests on hard) with no sub fees.

[FreeMemory]

So here's how I read it:
If you see P2P on a group posting, it's just a warning the group is running quests in "pay" adventure packs, so that F2P or premium players without that pack(s) won't join only to find themselves locked out at the door.

[Azuarc]

Why does this list not include True Reincarnation? That's a much more frequently used "TR" than Tangleroot.

[Pugsley]

Please add "IK Spells."

http://forums.ddo.com/showpost.php?p...44&postcount=7

I have no idea.

[Pwesiela]

Please add "IK Spells."

http://forums.ddo.com/showpost.php?p...44&postcount=7

I have no idea.

InstaKill Spells, such as finger of death, wail of the banshee, destruction, implosion, save-or-die, etc.

[Folonius]

what about "hi welcome"

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!?!?! Only thing that makes sense is slang for "NOOB!"

[riot_blood]

Thanks for this! This is really informative.

[Pugsley]

Request: "DP Clickie."

I don't know what it means.

[binnsr]

Request: "DP Clickie."

I don't know what it means.

Divine Power clickie

[LASmog]

Few you might have missed:

GTFO - The group is reforming, you need to recall and drop group as soon as possible.

AFK Phone- Usually means that person is requesting to pike his way through a mission or quest until it is finished. (See piking)

Multi-class - Means to take one than more character class when leveling. Usually used as a conversation topic by some people as they try to tell you how awesome they are because their ego isn't being stroked enough.

IDC - The person that types this has failed their will save. They can be led into doing pretty much anything, even Kobold Assault. (See Leadership)

If you don't get this post, please see ROFL, LOL, and/or JK.

[Akrilus]

GIMPO

A - G

Gimped - Typically a character or item with sub standard abilities or a character that lacks sufficient equipment, armor and/or weapons
GIMPO - God In My Personal Opinion, typically used to describe a good character build.
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GIMP can also mean- Get Into Multiclass Project (an older play style that is an ''endangered species'' that is possibly making a slow comeback (and just doing my part to help it survive ) )
example can be found here:

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=269686

!!!OK, WHO'S GAME!!!


also:

BBIAB- Be Back Inna Bit

BBASE- Be Back As Someone Else

IK- InstantKill

[durhamblue]

a few more.

SoS - also refers to Sword of Shadows

Dax - Dwarven Axe
Bax - Battle Axe
Hax - Hand Axe, or "theres no way he's really that good.."
Gax - Greataxe

Von - Vault of night quest series often used just for von5 & von6, the raid.
Von<x> - <x> being a number 1 to 6.. one of the 6 quests in the vault of night. i.e; an LFM may say "von1-4 flagging run"
FF - featherfall
Recon - reconstruct spell, "heal" for WF
AS - airship
ASB - airship buffs

DM -dragonmark

TC - true chaos (+1d6 damage to non-chaotics)
TL - True law (+1d6 to non-lawful)
PG - Pure good (+1d6 to non-good)
Axi - axiomatic (+2d6 to chaotic)
Ana - anarchic (+2d6 to lawful)

stab - stability

MB - muckbane
MD - muck's doom

kop/khop - khopesh

[Rodasch]

Neither do I. Kiting means having a mob following you with a "string" of arrows between you and them. Pulling is maneuvering one or a few mobs to a more strategic location (i.e. away from their fellows) in order to decimate them with less difficulty.

Kiting means any time you have one or more monsters trying to hit you but you continue moving away from them so they cannot hit you. It can be done with all kinds of other tactics. Some people kite hordes of mobs through firewalls or blade barriers as a way to kill after establishing "aggro" with an area of effect damage or stun or other tool...this in effect kills the monsters with very little to no incoming damage to the player.

There's also similar tactics used for CC (crowd control) where one person gets a group of monsters mad at them and then simply runs them around to avoid damage intake and the group will pull one or two monsters out of the pack at a time to kill.

There are several other versions of kiting, but they all share one thing in common...using running as a means of damage mitigation and/or using the monster hate AI to the advantage of the PC's in an otherwise more dangerous situation.

[Ridcully1984]

BB - Blade BArrier
FW - Firewall (meaning the Spell: Wall of Fire)

[Shal]

thanks, great guide

thanks to you and all those that have responded with positive feedback.

the guy that despises acronyms should go read a book, the internet may not be your cup of tea. lol.

End game is missing. I defined it as "Term used to refer to the activities or quests done by characters at the maximum level." on the wiki.

i put it in there ... noticed that you were keeping up in the wiki, but still added a few more. ill make a pass by there in a few minutes to see if theres anything that you put in that i missed.

Few you might have missed:

GTFO - The group is reforming, you need to recall and drop group as soon as possible.

AFK Phone- Usually means that person is requesting to pike his way through a mission or quest until it is finished. (See piking)

Multi-class - Means to take one than more character class when leveling. Usually used as a conversation topic by some people as they try to tell you how awesome they are because their ego isn't being stroked enough.

IDC - The person that types this has failed their will save. They can be led into doing pretty much anything, even Kobold Assault. (See Leadership)

If you don't get this post, please see ROFL, LOL, and/or JK.

lol


i left out some of the more exotic ones, and ones like the bax, dax series. dm is dungeon master and i cant see how it would be interpreted any other way, unless the person using it is new to dungeons and dragons and never exposed to pnp gaming, in which case there just creating confusion where no confusion needs to exist. cant hardly believe all the acronyms and slang terminologies that were mentioned that were already on the list. , but neverthe less ... thanks to all that participated. if your acronym didnt make the cut, repost it and we can look at it again.

[Shal]

GIMP can also mean- Get Into Multiclass Project (an older play style that is an ''endangered species'' that is possibly making a slow comeback (and just doing my part to help it survive ) )

im going to leave this out, for fear it may be construed as an advertisment for MAC.

[Borror0]

Thanks for updating the wiki's glossary. +rep to you.