10 - 20 - 30 - etc.: When stated by a caster in the group, tells the group what percentage of mana that caster has left.
AFK: Away from Keyboard. Bind: A place where you will appear when you die. There are Bind stones throughout the world that you can walk up to and /bind. Blue: A term for a monster that looks risky when you consider it, but is usually killable. The message text comes in blue lettering. So a player might say that its "blue to me" BRB: Be right back. Usually typed by a person who needs to run away from the keyboard for a quick soda, beer, relief, etc. brt: Be right there.
Mez: Mesmerise, a spell which freezes a MoB in place until it is hit with a debuff or damage, or the mez wears off.
Debuff: a spell which reduces a stat of a MoB
Stat: statistics, character stats are str, dex, etc.
Root: A spell which freezes a MoB in place until hit by damage or the root wears off.
Broadcast: Broadcast (or shout) to all this in your Realm a message BTM: Blue to me. Describes a consider of a monster. See blue above. BTW: By the way. Bubble: Refers to the 10 sections on the colored bar. Buff or Buffing: Refers to casting skill or ability enhancing spells onto someone. Camp: Refers to the practice of sitting at a spawn point and waiting for monsters to regenerate and then picking them off as they appear. Also, you exit the game by camping, so if a person says they are going to camp, they are leaving. CU or Cya: See you. Good Bye. DD: Direct Damage spell. (not to be sonfused with our very own DD ) DoT: Damage over Time spell EP/XP/EXP: Experience Points Fetch or Fetcher/Puller: Refers to a member of a group that 'fetches' or gets a monster to chase them to an ambush spot where the other members of the party are ready to attack it. Used to avoid being surrounded deep in hostile territory. FM: Full Mana. FYI: For Your Information. Green: A term for a monster that looks easy when you consider it. The message comes in green text. GTG: Good To Go. Normally used to signal when you are ready to fight or move. Also somethimes used in place of G2G GTM: Green to me. Describes a consider of a monster (see green above). IMHO: In My Humble Opinion. Inc: Incoming. Shouted when a member of your group has lured a monster and is bringing it back to be killed. J/K: Just Kidding. K: OK. Yeah it is pretty lazy to skip the O Kill stealing: The act of taking a kill from another player by attacking a creature they have already engaged and doing enough damage to get the experience and treasure. Kite: The use of a combination of spells which allow the caster to immobilize target, DoT, then meditate or run while the target attempts to reach the caster. KOS: Killed on Site. Referrs to the welcome, or rather lack of welcome, some players get from NPC's of opposite factions. LD: Linkdead. If a person is linkdead, they are still in the game, but cannot defend themselves do to lag or another computer error. loc: referrs to the /loc command coordinates which give you an X-Y location within the zone. LOL: Laughing out Loud (That was funny) LOM/LOP: Low on Mana. Loot: The process of stripping a kill of all it's useful possessions. Most groups start out by determining a loot order. Med: Meditate. If a magic user says he has to Med it means he is low on mana and has to regenerate it. MOB: Short for Mobile Object. Basically, any computer controlled creature which moves, which describes most monsters. Newbie: Anyone new to the game, and thus unfamiliar with the rules. Also refers to low level characters. NP: Short for "No Problem" usually used after someone gets thanked. NPC:Non Player Character. Any character that can be interacted with that is handled by the computer or even a GM rather than another player. Nuke: The process of unleashing the most powerful spells someone has. OMW: Short for "On My Way" to let someone know you are coming to meet them. OOM/OOP: Out of Mana. If your spell caster syas this in battle, get ready to run. OOS/OOE: Out of Stamina. Your tank needs to rest and recover some stamina. Pet: A creature summoned by one of the summoning magic classes PH: Placeholder. The creature that spawns in place of the creature you really want to kill. PK: Player Kill. Done by those who have chosen to be plus PVP. Powerleveling: Tanking or healing a lower level friend while he gets the experience. Pull: Same thing as baiting: bringing a MOB to a more defensible position so your party can beat the snot out of it in relative safety. PVP: Player versus Player. Those who choose to be plus PVP can attack and be attacked by other players.
R: Ready. Signals readiness to attack or move on. Red: Term for a monster that looks deadly when considered. ROFL: Rolling on the floor laughing (That was really funny) ROFLMAO: Rolling on the Floor Laughing My Ass Off (That was simply hilarious)
Root: Root is a spell which keeps a person or monster from moving. RTM: Red to me. Describes a consider of a monster. See red description above. Tank or Tanking: Refers to one person in a group that usually takes the brunt of an attack from a MOB while the others in the group attack with spells or from different angles. TPW: Total party Wipeout. Nuff said. Train: Anyone running and followed by one or more bad guys has created a train. Twinking: The process of giving decent items from your high level character to your new character, thus puffing him up far beyond the abilities he should have. Twist: This is done by singing two bard songs back and forth in succession, thus getting the effects of both during the brief overlap period. WB: Welcome Back WT/MT: Wrong Tell. Used when you accidentally send a tell to the wrong person to let him know it was not meant for him. (not ususual with the reply button). WTB: Want To Buy. WTF: What the fu**. No more need be said about this. WTT: Want To Trade. WTS: Want To Sell Yellow/Even: Term for a monster that looks very risky when you consider it YTM: Yellow to me. Describes a consider of a monster. See yellow above. White/Grey: A creature that is the same level as you. Zone: If someone yells this in the middle of battle, they want everyone in the party to hightail it to the nearest zone border. Zoning: Means that the person you are talking to is about to zone into a different zone.
Now I took a lot of these in short from another webiste, so if I missed something please send me a message and I will add it to this thread.
EDIT: added bold and updated
Purp/purple : the strongest a monster can be to you.
Con : (not sure what its short for) but basically, its con=colour=what lvl monster are we facing compared to us.
grey: the group doesnt get any xp for killing this monster, if one of the players in the group has con gray on that monster.
green: lowest lvl monster, you can get xp from.
no xp most xp but also lethal
grey-green-blue-yellow-orange-purple
-- - + ++ +++ : for the colour blind
OOE: out of endurance(stamina)
LOM/LOP: low on mana, need to rest soon.
Trainer : that guy has a reputation of getting you killed by making a train(se train)
Rez: resurrect me plz. (can be done by healing classes)
log : im quitting
relog : i need to quit (restart pc or somth), but ill brb
commands: /d(/direction) : gives you the direction your facing. /appeal : report a bug, ingame to mythic /q(quit) : the only way to quit in DAoC /sit/rest : rest and recouperate(sp) /help : sofar i small help to get you started. /macro xxxx : you can make your own macro, xxxx=help, inc are common. /who xxxxx see who's online, can be a char name, part of a char name, find other potential party members(if you need a healer type /who healer and a list of healers appears) /where (name) to a guard, and he will point in the direction that person is(only npc's) if the npc isnt in that city or area, the guard shrugs and says dont know him/her Task : click a npc, type task, and maybe you will get a small task to perform. /Stick or /Follow: follow another chaercter around
cant think of more right now.
Heu ok, there an exam next week so everyone learn this
EDIT: see top post
Ngama Edited by: Nic67 at: 11/6/03 3:37 pm
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at: 11/6/03 3:37 pm
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