DDO Acronyms and Slang Terminology

[stoerm]

...and I'm still not sure I have the correct definition, but here goes, I got this from context clues:

Proc - short for "proctology", used when talking about a stat or damage number you pulled out of your a**.

usage - "My DBF always procs for like 890 even if they have FR"

LOL

Programmed Random UCcurrence. An effect with a random chance of occurring such as a guard "procs".

[karnokvolrath]

MOTD - Message of the Day - Used mostly in guild chat (did you ready the MOTD?)

Mutt - 3 Multiclassed Charicater Usually in Reference to a Melee

Window Farm - A Term used to indicate a plan of running a quest mulitple times to either break a chain or to aviod running back to the quest giver.

AM - Archmage - A Wizards Prestige Class Enhancement

PM - Pale MAster - A Wizards Prestige Class Enhancement

WC - Warchanter - A bard prestige class enhancement

Gimp - A term used to indicate you messed up a key area of your charicter "I gimped this toon a long time ago"


This one might only be used by a small group of my friends but i love it.

Tim and Eric - Meaning "awsome show" or "great job", used after a single spell crits and kill 10+ or more mobs instantly, used less often since the change to the way crit spells work.

[Shal]

will update soon ... gimp is already in there though.

[LifLif]

SLA please when relating to Sorcerer.

Cheers.

[binnsr]

SLA please when relating to Sorcerer.

Cheers.

Sorcerer's have availability requirements?

[Pwesiela]

SLA please when relating to Sorcerer.

Cheers.

Spell Like Ability - Used when referencing one of the spells that Sorcs get for (pretty much) free due to their savant line.

[Shal]

edited list (not responcible for un-alphabetized edits in the compendium or wiki)

[Fnordian]

WAI - I've seen the abbreviation used a lot more than the spelled out "Working As Intended" (which you've already added)

Waggro - Wife has aggro on your game playing and you have to log out to go to Bed Bath and Beyond for example. Also see Waggro

This needs correcting - should say "Also see Haggro".

[wax_on_wax_off]

BB: Bravery Bonus
DA: Dungeon Alert (green, yellow, orange, red)
DR: Damage Resistance (separate to Damage Reduction)
e: Epic (usually put before another quest abbreviation; eg eADQ2)
LotD: item or quest
MT: most common use of this I've seen is for miss tell and is the default assumption for me at least.
Necropolis goes all the way to 4 now! lol.
Vet: experienced player

I'm sure there's more ... good thread.

[~Quilny]

H - N

---H
Haggro - Husband has aggro on your game playing and you have to log out to go to Bed Bath and Beyond for example. Also see Waggro
Healbot - A character dedicated to healing and who does little else in a quest
HIPS - Hiding In Plain Sight (quest)
Hound - Hound of Xoriat (raid)
House P, D, J or K - House Phiarlan, Deneith, Jorasco, and Kundarak are areas accessed through the Marketplace, or patrons of favor.
HoX - Hound of Xoriat (raid)
HP - Hit Points

---I
IC - In Character, an RP Term, or "I See," or Improved Critical (feat)
IDK - I Don't Know
IIRC - If I Remember Correctly
IK - InstaKill, or more specifically, spells where the effect is instant death such as Finger of Death
IMO - In My Opinion
INC - Incoming, term used to warn users that mobs are coming
Incapped - Incapacitated is the term to describe a character who has fallen but is not yet dead
Intimitank - Usually a high AC and/or DR character who uses intimidate to draw agro
IP - In Progress, usually found in the LFM when a quest is underway but more members are desired.
IRL - In Real Life
ISO - In Seek Of or In Search Of
ITWF - Improved Two Weapon Fighting (feat)
IQ - Inspired Quarters

---J
JK - Just Kidding
JMO - Just My Opinion

---K
KEK - Another version of LOL, KEK was commonly used in World of Warcraft
Kite or Kiting - Strategy of pulling an enemy, or group of enemies, to a strategic point where the party will then engage in combat.
KK - OK

---L
Lag - Delayed or slowed gaming experience due to, but not limited to; internet connection or pc problems. usually results in a frozen frame in-game.
LD - Link Dead, an alternate description of a disconnection.
Leet - Elite
LFG - Looking For Group
LFH - Looking For Ham (outdated terminology) consuming ham was the way to regenerate hp & sp before the induction of the rest shrine.
LFM - Looking For Members, this is the add you will see in the social panel when people are looking for players to fill a group.
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off. Other variations exist, such as Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off, or ROTFLMAO
Log or Logging - Process of exiting the DDO software completely, or to change characters
LOH - Lay On Hands (enhancement), the ability of paladins to heal with divine powers
LOL - Laughing Out Loud or Laughing On-Line
LotD - Litany of the Dead (quest)
Lowbie - Reference of low level characters between lvl 1-4
LS - Long Sword
LSP - Low Spell Points
LVL - Level, typically referring to a characters experience level
L8ter - Later

---M
M/A - Mature Audience
Main - Main character on a persons account
Mana - Spell Points
Meat Shield - A front line character in a group, typically a tank
ML - Minimum Level requirements, referring to items
MM - Magic Missile (spell)
MMO or MMOG - Massive Multi-player On-line Game
MOB or MOBS - Mobile Object(s), attackable non playing objects. Typically monsters, but anything that moves and attacks or anything you can attack
MoBB - Maladroit of Bone Breaking, special weapon attributes that saps dexterity from its victims
Mod - Module or Modification (ie DDO Mod 9)
MOTD - Message of the Day, used mainly in guild chat
MT - Mental Toughness (feat), could also mean MisTell or Main Tank
MU - Magic User, a character class that casts spells.
Mule - Character utilized to carry equipment and items for all the toons on an account
Mutt - 3 multiclassed charecters, usually in reference to a melee class

---N
Necro/Necro 1,2,3 - Necropolis/Necropolis crypt series (quest)
Nerf - To make less effective
Newb or Newbie - New player not used to the game mechanics yet
NHE or N/H/E - Normal/Hard/Elite (quest difficulty levels) sometimes used individually
NM or Nvm - Nevermind
NooB, N00b or Nub - (Often Misused) Derogatory term used to describe someone who lacks concern for the group
NP - No Problem
NPC - Non Player Character
NT or NTY - No Thanks or No Thank You

LFM - Looking For Members, this is the add you will see in the social panel when people are looking for players to fill a group.

I agree LFM means looking for members some would argue this aparently in a post i recently made

[bkasavan]

---W
Waggro - Wife has aggro on your game playing and you have to log out to go to Bed Bath and Beyond for example. Also see Waggro

Great Work!!!
Just a quick correction, i think here you meant, Also see Haggro.
But great work!

[Shal]

WAI - I've seen the abbreviation used a lot more than the spelled out "Working As Intended" (which you've already added)

Waggro - Wife has aggro on your game playing and you have to log out to go to Bed Bath and Beyond for example. Also see Waggro

This needs correcting - should say "Also see Haggro".

oops

BB: Bravery Bonus
DA: Dungeon Alert (green, yellow, orange, red)
DR: Damage Resistance (separate to Damage Reduction)
e: Epic (usually put before another quest abbreviation; eg eADQ2)
LotD: item or quest
MT: most common use of this I've seen is for miss tell and is the default assumption for me at least.
Necropolis goes all the way to 4 now! lol.
Vet: experienced player

I'm sure there's more ... good thread.

nice ... will add soon

Great Work!!!
Just a quick correction, i think here you meant, Also see Haggro.
But great work!

thank you ill update in a few days.

[Missing_Minds]

Gimp has a lesser used/known version also. Not certain if you want to add it or not.

Get Into Multiclassing Project : there appear to be gimp groups on various servers.

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=181904

[Roderickus]

Some of these Acronyms may be misleading. For instance DA is more commonly used for Devil Assault quest than for dwarven axes or dungeon alerts... if there is an alert people just type alert in my case. WC is more used for > Wrong Chat than for warchanter.

OP - Original Poster can also be interpreted as Opening Post.
Firewall - can use shortcut FW.
SP - Spell penetration, is more commonly interpreted for Spell Points.

And some of these are just... exaggerated, way too many IMOs - In my opinions such as: GIMPO - God In My Personal Opinion, typically used to describe a good character build (?!), JMO - Just My Opinion (?!)... one simple IMO is enough -.-

But to add something that's widely used:
BtC - Bound to Character
BtA - Bound to Account
GW - Got window. Used commonly when window farming the quest.
LDS - Large Devil Scale
FRDS - Flawless Red Dragon Scales

[Shal]

Gimp has a lesser used/known version also. Not certain if you want to add it or not.

Get Into Multiclassing Project : there appear to be gimp groups on various servers.

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=181904

yeah ... mac runs gimp groups too. will add ... just didnt want it to appear as though i was advertising.

Some of these Acronyms may be misleading. For instance DA is more commonly used for Devil Assault quest than for dwarven axes or dungeon alerts... if there is an alert people just type alert in my case. WC is more used for > Wrong Chat than for warchanter.

ill add devils assault, never heard wrong chat though. more commonly mt, or mistell. im sure a whole slew of variations exist, and depending on experiance and toon level would have an impact on which term is used on which occasion. overall i think it helps more than it hurts.

OP - Original Poster can also be interpreted as Opening Post.
Firewall - can use shortcut FW.
SP - Spell penetration, is more commonly interpreted for Spell Points.

will add

And some of these are just... exaggerated, way too many IMOs - In my opinions such as: GIMPO - God In My Personal Opinion, typically used to describe a good character build (?!), JMO - Just My Opinion (?!)... one simple IMO is enough -.-

your opinion, of course. lol

But to add something that's widely used:
BtC - Bound to Character
BtA - Bound to Account
GW - Got window. Used commonly when window farming the quest.
LDS - Large Devil Scale
FRDS - Flawless Red Dragon Scales

will add ...

[Micki]

You're missing LR, GR and TR
LR - Lesser Reincarnation
GR - Greater Reincarnation (this one I'm guessing since I haven't seen it used yet)
TR - True Reincarnation

TR - Tangle Root (quest), or True Resurrection (start a character over at level 1 with a few perks).

Actually, True Resurrection is a level 9 Cleric spell (http://ddowiki.com/page/True_Resurrection): "Resurrects the target, restoring full Hit Points, and preserves current spell points." What you mean here is True reincarnation

[Roderickus]

your opinion, of course. lol

I c what u did there XD

[memloch]

Hi,

I have recently heard many people talking about the percentage that their weapons PROC. What does this stand for or mean.

Memloch

[Habreno]

Hi,

I have recently heard many people talking about the percentage that their weapons PROC. What does this stand for or mean.

Memloch

A proc is when an item or weapon has an effect that does not "toggle", or activate, on every hit delivered (in case of weapons) or received (in case of items)

These are more powerful effects than normal, and thus this power is balanced by the uncertainty of the activations.

Proc Rate is used to say (about) how often a certain effect will occurr. For instance, the Cannith Combat Infusion has a proc rate of 1.5% (tested, with later developer confirmation)

That last parenthetical note, which is usually hyperlinked on the forums for source (I would if I could find it, don't have the time to find it now), is an indication of a factual piece of information that shows where the math is done to prove the number given. People can refer to that and provide their imput, but the testing is done.




Insofar as the OP:


E(Quest name or abbreviation) = Epic, not Elite (though often they are used for both, simply due to level diparities) unless Epic does not apply.

I remember twice running ELoD and having level 16's ask to join. I tell them it's Epic, not Elite, they argue with me about it since I have ELoD in the LFM with no quest selected, and 20-20 range. Some people don't get it...


The main reason for concern would be in MA and LoB. ELoB should be 20-20 regardless of Elite or Epic, and this is where the general concensus of E(Quest name/abbreviation) comes in as being Epic. In an unclear situation, Epic prevails over Elite.

[Alrik_Fassbauer]

E(Quest name or abbreviation) = Epic, not Elite (though often they are used for both, simply due to level diparities) unless Epic does not apply.

So, if I follow this thought, dding an C or an N or an H as a prefix determins the difficulties of quests ?

It would be for example cIrestone, or nIrestone or hIrestone, for example [Irestone inlet].

That apart from the fact hat no-one does it with these difficulties nowadays, but that's a different discussion ...

We would need a replacement for the e = elite difficulty, then.

We could use for example EIrestone or eIrestone, it should be defined, then.

We could also use things like BBIrestone, for those who want to have (and kep) a Bravery Bonus in it.

BSIrestone would then be similar : "Bravery Streak Irestone Inlet".

Ironically, all of these worde have subtle sub-meanings of their own ...