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Agro or Aggro: An abbreviation that refers to an aggressive monster, or to draw a hostile creature's attention. BAF: "Bringing a friend. BIO: An acronym used by a player when he or she needs to leave the console to visit the restroom. BRB: "Be right back. Bump or Bumping: In discussion forums, "bumping" is the action of gratuitously posting to a thread for the sole purpose of moving the thread to the top of the thread list.

This action is not permitted. Buff or Buffing: Refers to preparatory actions taken to combat, usually involving the casting of beneficial spells. Camp or Camping: Refers to the repeated killing of a respawning monster by the same individual or party, often for experience or to gain items. Can alternately mean a player is leaving the game by using the Camp command.

CC: Camp Check "Excuse me kind fellows, but where are you currently slaughtering monsters? CC: "Crowd Control", the ability to hold back most of an incoming crowd of monsters so that they can be dealt with singly or a few at a time. DoT: "Damage over time. Drop: Used to refer to the "giving up" of items or money by a defeated foe. Emote: A convention used to express emotions through text in text-based games sometimes referred to as "smilies" and physical animations on avatars in newer graphics-based games.

Farming: A term that refers to the act of gathering rewards esp. Flame or Flaming: The act of harshly rebutting someone usually on message boards , often disparagingly. Flaming is considered detrimental to constructive discussion, and is not permitted in the EverQuest Online Adventures: Frontiers forums.

FPS: "First person shooter. Examples: PlanetSide, Doom, Quake. Sometimes genuine, sometimes sarcastic. Gank: To gang up on and kill an opponent. Sometimes also used to describe killing a single opponent very easily.

Gate: This is a reference to the "Go Home" command that comes from the PC version in which players must cast a Gate spell to return home. GM: Game Master. A customer service representative who helps to facilitate gameplay by resolving player issues.

Grief Player or Griefer: A player who purposefully seeks to ruin the enjoyment of others in a game. Guild: A formal association of players formed in EQOA that grants those players additional features, such as the guild chat channel. Healer rotation: Rotation set-up for clerics and druids to keep up health points of a main tank by casting Complete Heal in an endless cycles.

INC: "Incoming! Invis: To make yourself invisible by spells or potions, helping to navigate quickly through dangerous zones without drawing aggro.

IP address: "Internet Protocol address. Kiting: Refers to a style of combat in which a player continually stays out of combat range of an enemy usually by running from it, while simultaneously causing damage to it. KOS: "Kill on sight. KS: "Kill Stealing. LD: "Link dead.

Levi tate : To make yourself levitate in the air by spells or potions. Helps to navigate quickly over dangerous cliffs or water spaces. LOH: "Low on health. Also, can be used to refer to the paladin's "Lay on hands" ability. LOL: "Laugh out loud," and "lots of laughs. An acronym used by players to alert others that they will soon need a rest.

LOP: "Low on power. Loot: Term used to refer to either items or money retrieved from a vanquished foe. It may also be used as a verb meaning to take items or money from a defeated foe as in looting a MOB. MA: " Main assist. MT: "Main tank. MT: "Mistell. MUD: An acronym for an Internet game that is generally text based.

No Drop: Describes the quality of certain objects that prevents characters from dropping or trading the item in question once it has been picked up.

No Trade: Formerly known as "No Drop," this means that the item in question cannot be transferred between characters, dropped on the ground, or put in the shared bank. On the Firiona Vie server, many items have this restriction removed.

NT: Acronym used on message boards meaning No Text and indicating that the body of the message is empty. OOM: "Out of mana. OOP: "Out of power. OT: "Off topic. OTM: "On the move. Ping: The measurement in milliseconds it takes a packet of data to travel from a console to a server and back over the Internet. PnP: An acronym for "pen and pad," which refers to traditional tabletop roleplaying games. Port forwarding: Broadband router that provides a security buffer or firewall between a user's private network and public network.

PvE: Player versus Environment. PvP: Player versus Player. A game environment in which players are permitted to attack and kill one another's characters. PKer: Player Killer. A player who kills other players' characters randomly. It often has a negative connotation, applied to someone who kills excessively or by dubious means. Pwn, pwned or 0wnd - "Own ed. Spam or Spamming: Sending a message or messages repeatedly through a communication channel tells, OOC, shouts, auctions, etc.

Spamming is universally frowned upon in cyberspace, particularly in online games. Spawn: The regeneration of a creature after it leaves the game world for a time. A rare spawn refers to an NPC that appears only occasionally in the game and is often hard to find. Tank: A player character that takes the brunt of attacks from an enemy for his or her party.

It may also be used as a verb. Taunt: A skill possessed by some of the melee classes that is used to attract the attention of an attacker usually away from the vulnerable spellcaster that angered it!

Temp: "Temperance," a beneficial spell that increases a character's hit points for a considerable time. Twinking: The act of giving powerful equipment to lower level characters who could not have obtained the equipment at their current level of advancement, usually to aid in their level advancement. Twitch: A style of gameplay that requires manual dexterity, quick reflexes, and strong familiarity with the user interface from the player.

The amount of good will or bad your significant other currently bears toward your excessive gaming. Zerg: An overpowering swarm of players, often used to defeat difficult raid targets. Sometimes derogatory as in attacking a target with no focused strategy other than overwhelming numbers. The primary unit of player cooperation is the group.

A group consist of up to six characters, and will usually include one Tank to absorb the attacks of the Mob the computer controlled M obile OB ject , one Healer , and sometimes one Puller or Crowd Control character to control how many adversaries the group is fighting at once ; the remainder will be expected to contribute to killing the mob and provide extra utility, like Evac teleporting the group to safety.

The biggest challenges with the greatest rewards require up to 48 characters formerly up to 72 working together, and is called a Raid. While there are opportunities for "pickup raids", where characters get together regardless of guild membership, most raiding is done by single guilds, which are affiliations of characters. Some would argue that Duo two character and Trio three character playing is another style, but they are essentially just very small groups.

Some players run multiple accounts, giving them the ability to "2-box", "3-box", or in some cases even "6-box" an entire group or more than one group ; this is a variant of grouping or raiding , where the one player gives most attention to one or two characters tank, healer , and the rest are primarily operated through the use of hotkeys or autoattack, where they contribute to dealing damage with little direct supervision.

Examples would include socials in-game macros , like:. As one gains experience from killing mobs or completing quests , one gains levels.

With each level increase comes increased sturdiness and prowess, and often one or more new spells or disciplines special melee abilities. There is also a system of Alternate Advancement, whereby one designates part of the incoming experience toward a second pool upon reaching level 51 , earning "AA" points, which are used to acquire extra abilities not based on levels. Some of which can only be purchase once a certain level has been attained. Magelo is a 3rd-party non-SOE system which has been around since It has been buggy since inception, but it does show some things like which flags and keys a character has, which Magelo does not.

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