| Posted: September 12th, 2006, 8:16 pm |
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devilsadvocate6
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Alright, there are some people who play guild wars and is like…”wtf does that mean” but are too afraid to ask. So I am going to make a Dictionary of sorts for all the GW terminology!
15k Armor-An obvious term to most. Armor that costs 15,000 gold pieces.
Droks Armor-Armor gotten from Drokners Forge, also known as 15k armor.
AoE-short for Area of Effect. Your area of effect is the area that a spell effects.
Ascension-A necessary step to completing the prophecies campaign. Requires you have to completed all of the desert missions(4 of them) and to ascend you must fight your doppelganger.
B/O- In trading, B/O refers to Buyout, or how much gold a player wants for the
paticular item they are trying to sell. Depending on the stats, the B/O can
either be very low or very high. You can also Try to barter.
Bonder-A prot monk that specializes in bond skills such as prot bond and life bond. Bonders are usually used to farm places such as Sorrows Furnace.
C/O-Or current offer. The current offer is the highest received offer a player has received for an item at any given time.
Citadel-Short for an outpost called Granite Citadel. One of the places 15k armor may be purchased from.
Dye-An item used to change the color of your armor, weapons, or shields. Comes in a variety of colors and can also be mixed together.
Nuker-A type of Elementist with a great variety of spells with an AoE. Can inflict enourmous amounts of dmg.
Ecto-Or Ectoplasm, a rare crafting material. Worth a lot of money.
Enchantment-A spell that has a lasting effect is known as an enchantment.
E/R-Or enchantment removal. A spell that removes an enchantment, usual casted by your enemy.
Sploit-or Exploit. A glitch or error resulting in things such as infinite gold, infinite healt…etc. Highly frowned upon by honest players.
Fame-You get fame for winning pvp matches.
Farming-The act of killing mobs for money or items.
FA Farming- FA Farming stands for Final Assault Farming. This type of farming works much differently than normal farming.
Favor-A certain country needs favor of the gods to access Under World or FoW
Droks Run-When a player runs to an outpost called Drokner`s Forge it is referred to as a Droks Run. Here you can get good armor weapons and skills.
FotM-Or flavor of the month. This refers to the build that is most common for a particular month.
FoW-Or Fissur of Woe. An extremely hard place to farm. Farming here may result in finding good wepons and items.
Greens-refers to super rare “green” items.
Grotto-One of the places that 15k armor can be purchased.
Interrupt-A skill that can interrupt another players or npc`s attack. Commonly used by Interrupt Rangers
IWAY-A warrior build that is good and requires very littler skill. Stand for I will Avenge You.
LFG-or Looking for Group, people will say this when they are searching for a mission quest or farming team.
LFR-Or Looking For Run. People will sya this while in search of a run to a certain area.
Nerf-when ANET ruins something that players really like.
Plat-Or Platinum. Equivalent to 1,000 gold pieces.
Prot Monk-A monk that specializes in Protection prayers.
PvE-Or Players Verse Enviroment.
PvP-Or Player Vs. Player.
GvG-Guild Verse Guild battles.
Res-Short for resurrection. Refers to a skill that can bring a character back to life.
Proph-Or Prophecies. Refers to the first guild Wars Game released.
Build-The way a player has their skills set up.[/u]
Yes i do acknowledge that their are many more, these are the ones you will hear most often.
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