Why is this topic is important?
Because I was once the worse of newbies! And I did not know at least 3/4 of the listed acronyms/ abbreviations !!! I believe it is also a VERY useful thing to know, since a lot of players seem like they do not consider you may not know these terms, or do not care that you do not speak English as your first language... thus probably, unfamiliar with these terms.
I will try to provide a list of those I know, explaining briefly what they mean from what I know about them. It might not be the best explanation, if you have a better one, feel free to contact me.
If you encounter a new one that is not listed below, just post a reply with “hey what does AFK means?” and someone will do the research and add it to the list. :)
TIP: if you hold CTRL key and type F (ctrl+f = control find :P), you can type the acronym/ abbreviation you are looking for it should be easier for you to find it.
Other sources:
Because I was once the worse of newbies! And I did not know at least 3/4 of the listed acronyms/ abbreviations !!! I believe it is also a VERY useful thing to know, since a lot of players seem like they do not consider you may not know these terms, or do not care that you do not speak English as your first language... thus probably, unfamiliar with these terms.
I will try to provide a list of those I know, explaining briefly what they mean from what I know about them. It might not be the best explanation, if you have a better one, feel free to contact me.
If you encounter a new one that is not listed below, just post a reply with “hey what does AFK means?” and someone will do the research and add it to the list. :)
TIP: if you hold CTRL key and type F (ctrl+f = control find :P), you can type the acronym/ abbreviation you are looking for it should be easier for you to find it.
Other sources:
Add – a boss’ minions/followers
When doing bosses, you will see that they are often surrounded by a few minions, when you hear about ‘pulling adds,’ it is these monsters in particular that are required to be rid of before attack on boss starts.
When doing bosses, you will see that they are often surrounded by a few minions, when you hear about ‘pulling adds,’ it is these monsters in particular that are required to be rid of before attack on boss starts.
AFK – Away from Keyboard
Self-explanatory, but in general it means the person is absent, cannot be in front of the computer for some time.
Aggro/ Hate – Aggression
‘Holding aggro/hate’ simply means that the monsters/boss that you hit keeps hitting YOU. In general it refers to Barbarians since they have skills specialized in making monsters or bosses targeting him instead of his squad members.
(Ex: You ‘aggroed’ a few monster, someone heals you, but you have not hit all the monsters. Result: you did not keep aggro, thus the healer will become the target .
Ex 2: You tend to deal high damage and critical hits. You are in a squad killing some boss, but you hit harder than the tank, boss is coming at you. Result: You ‘stole’ aggro by dealing more damage than the tank and making yourself the target.
Ex 3: You are peacefully walking in a dangerous zone. :P You walk by cuddly looking little bunnies, for instance Huggy Hare (yes, they are cute, but will owned you once at least). The monsters you walk by are aggressive ones and start attacking you. You ‘aggroed’ them.)
AH - Auction House
Also self-explanatory, auction house is where you can sell, buy and bid on a lot of different items, all coming from the players, there is a fee to pay when you sell something, but usually it is not that high, and you can sell things WITHOUT having to set a cat shop. Items you put to sell in AH are taken out of your inventory, and if unsold, MAILED back to you. Same goes for the ones you buy, they come in the mail.
Also self-explanatory, auction house is where you can sell, buy and bid on a lot of different items, all coming from the players, there is a fee to pay when you sell something, but usually it is not that high, and you can sell things WITHOUT having to set a cat shop. Items you put to sell in AH are taken out of your inventory, and if unsold, MAILED back to you. Same goes for the ones you buy, they come in the mail.
ALT/Alt – Alternate Character
Depending on players, a lot of people choose to play alternate characters, which they refer as ‘alts’ since they tend to play more on one specific character or consider another character as their ‘main’ character. People may have a lot of alts, one, or none that really depends on the person.
Depending on players, a lot of people choose to play alternate characters, which they refer as ‘alts’ since they tend to play more on one specific character or consider another character as their ‘main’ character. People may have a lot of alts, one, or none that really depends on the person.
AoE
"Area of effect (or AoE) is a term used in many role-playing and strategy games to describe attacks or spells that affect multiple targets within a specified area." (Wikipedia)
At bosses it generally means you have to move AWAY from Boss’ AoE range, or be careful if you are getting hit. If the cleric is using Blue Ball, you will be asked to enter Cleric’s healing range in order to be healed and ‘protected’ from boss AoE. A Player’s AoE does the same, but to monsters.
(Ex: Archer: Barrage of Arrows / Barbarian: Roar / Blademaster: Heaven's Flame/ Cleric: Tempest / Venomancer: Noxious Gas / Wizard: Dragon’s Breath)
"Area of effect (or AoE) is a term used in many role-playing and strategy games to describe attacks or spells that affect multiple targets within a specified area." (Wikipedia)
At bosses it generally means you have to move AWAY from Boss’ AoE range, or be careful if you are getting hit. If the cleric is using Blue Ball, you will be asked to enter Cleric’s healing range in order to be healed and ‘protected’ from boss AoE. A Player’s AoE does the same, but to monsters.
(Ex: Archer: Barrage of Arrows / Barbarian: Roar / Blademaster: Heaven's Flame/ Cleric: Tempest / Venomancer: Noxious Gas / Wizard: Dragon’s Breath)
BBIAB - Be back in a bit
BBL - Be back later
BBS - Be back soon
BoA - Barrage of Arrows
Barrage is one specific to Archers Area of Effect skill. At Level 1: Consuming 360 mana every 3 seconds, release countless arrows into to the sky delivering devastating damage to the target and enemies within a 8.4 meter radius of the target, inflicting base physical damage plus 110% of weapon damage plus 2627.2.
BBL - Be back later
BBS - Be back soon
BoA - Barrage of Arrows
Barrage is one specific to Archers Area of Effect skill. At Level 1: Consuming 360 mana every 3 seconds, release countless arrows into to the sky delivering devastating damage to the target and enemies within a 8.4 meter radius of the target, inflicting base physical damage plus 110% of weapon damage plus 2627.2.
BB – Blue Ball (Regeneration Aura)
Regeneration Aura is a Cleric squad skill that heals and reduces damage taken around the said cleric. It is probably called Blue Ball simply because the cleric is in a blue bubble as long as he/she can hold the spell. In general if you are asked to ‘get in BB range’ it means you are too far from cleric to be affected by the heal.
Regeneration Aura is a Cleric squad skill that heals and reduces damage taken around the said cleric. It is probably called Blue Ball simply because the cleric is in a blue bubble as long as he/she can hold the spell. In general if you are asked to ‘get in BB range’ it means you are too far from cleric to be affected by the heal.
BH – Bounty Hunter
Bounty Hunter is a daily quest that you can pick up when you are past level 40 at the Head Hunter (554 653) in the middle of city of Archosaur. It requires that you find a squad in order to kill one of the instance bosses. For more info on the bosses click the source link. (PWI Wiki)
BM – Blademaster
BRB – Be Right Back
BRT – Be Right There
Bounty Hunter is a daily quest that you can pick up when you are past level 40 at the Head Hunter (554 653) in the middle of city of Archosaur. It requires that you find a squad in order to kill one of the instance bosses. For more info on the bosses click the source link. (PWI Wiki)
BM – Blademaster
BRB – Be Right Back
BRT – Be Right There
CS – Crazy Stone
Daily quest that can be picked up when you are past level 30 at:
- Hou Jenhsi (531 642) for level 30+
- Tu Jo (533 643) for level 61+
- Tu Heng (533 646) for level 91+
Requires that you buy shards from a merchant and give them to another NPC, and then 10 minutes wait until your quest giver rewards you Experience and Spirit.
Daily quest that can be picked up when you are past level 30 at:
- Hou Jenhsi (531 642) for level 30+
- Tu Jo (533 643) for level 61+
- Tu Heng (533 646) for level 91+
Requires that you buy shards from a merchant and give them to another NPC, and then 10 minutes wait until your quest giver rewards you Experience and Spirit.
DD – Damage Dealer/ Direct Damage
A DD (usually referring to Archers, Wizards and Blademasters and so on, who’s roles are sadly often over-generalized as ‘born DDs’) is everyone but designed Tank and Healer. The role of a damage dealer is to… well, deal damage :P and basically kill the boss while tank and cleric are holding aggro.
When you are doing Direct Damage you are simply using attacks that does damage at the moment you are attacking, and not over time.
A DD (usually referring to Archers, Wizards and Blademasters and so on, who’s roles are sadly often over-generalized as ‘born DDs’) is everyone but designed Tank and Healer. The role of a damage dealer is to… well, deal damage :P and basically kill the boss while tank and cleric are holding aggro.
When you are doing Direct Damage you are simply using attacks that does damage at the moment you are attacking, and not over time.
DMG - Damage
DPS – Damage per Second
“Damage per Second is a term used with computer games to describe the average rate of damage inflicted over time.”(Wikipedia)
“Damage per Second is a term used with computer games to describe the average rate of damage inflicted over time.”(Wikipedia)
DW – Don't Worry / Double Wave
Exp/ XP – Experience Points
What makes your purple bar move. :P You gain experience from monsters and quests.
What makes your purple bar move. :P You gain experience from monsters and quests.
FB – FuBen
(Dungeon or Iron Tablet from Chinese; people are undecided on that one) or Final Boss/ Fierce Battle
Refers to the Call of Duty quest players get every 10 levels. First one is at level 19, then 29, 39, 49 (called FB51 because you receive more quests a little later), 59 and so on. You generally need a good squad to do your FB, but later on you become the helper, and it is rewarding! :)
(Dungeon or Iron Tablet from Chinese; people are undecided on that one) or Final Boss/ Fierce Battle
Refers to the Call of Duty quest players get every 10 levels. First one is at level 19, then 29, 39, 49 (called FB51 because you receive more quests a little later), 59 and so on. You generally need a good squad to do your FB, but later on you become the helper, and it is rewarding! :)
GL – Good Luck
GTG – Got to Go
HF - Have Fun
IJS - I'm Just saying
GTG – Got to Go
HF - Have Fun
IJS - I'm Just saying
IH – Ironheart
Ironheart Blessing is a Cleric healing skill that is usually used to layer and stack tanks. It is generally considered the best healing method, since it is not too expensive regarding mana.
Ironheart Blessing is a Cleric healing skill that is usually used to layer and stack tanks. It is generally considered the best healing method, since it is not too expensive regarding mana.
Idc – I don’t care
Idk – I don’t know
Idk – I don’t know
Idm - I don't mind
GF – Good Fight
GJ – Good Job
GF – Good Fight
GJ – Good Job
KS - Kill Steal
Kill Stealing happens, unfortunately, a lot, and results from hitting monsters another person or group is already hitting and trying to do more damage in order to obtain the Kill's reward. It is no especially the brightest thing to do since there are monsters everywhere and you can always just change area instead of invading someone else's.
Kill Stealing happens, unfortunately, a lot, and results from hitting monsters another person or group is already hitting and trying to do more damage in order to obtain the Kill's reward. It is no especially the brightest thing to do since there are monsters everywhere and you can always just change area instead of invading someone else's.
LF – Looking For
LFG - Looking for a group.
LFM - Looking for more.
LFG - Looking for a group.
LFM - Looking for more.
LP – Lucky Points
You find Lucky Point in your Genie box, right over dexterity. It should be indicated as a fraction (Ex. 10/20). The more Lucky Points, the more chances you have that when you genie levels (every 10 level) it will get more attribute points. A genie with a lot of LP is considered rare and sold at unbelievable prices. (Genie Guide)
You find Lucky Point in your Genie box, right over dexterity. It should be indicated as a fraction (Ex. 10/20). The more Lucky Points, the more chances you have that when you genie levels (every 10 level) it will get more attribute points. A genie with a lot of LP is considered rare and sold at unbelievable prices. (Genie Guide)
MOB – Mobile Object Block
"MOB is an old programming acronym of Mobile Object Block. Mobs are all computer controlled characters in the game. You should likely use some other term such as monster, creep, or bad guy." (Source)
"MOB is an old programming acronym of Mobile Object Block. Mobs are all computer controlled characters in the game. You should likely use some other term such as monster, creep, or bad guy." (Source)
Nix – Feathers
Nix refers to the items needed to accumulate in order to get Venomancer’s legendary pet Blazing Phoenix. (Legendary Pet Guide)
Nix refers to the items needed to accumulate in order to get Venomancer’s legendary pet Blazing Phoenix. (Legendary Pet Guide)
NPC - Non-Player Character
“A non-player character, often shortened to NPC, is a character that is controlled by the gamemaster in role-playing games. When this definition extends to video games, an NPC in a video game is usually part of the program, and not controlled by a human.” (Wikipedia)
In PWI, NPCs are generally the ones where you pick up your quests, illustrated as yellow, orange and pink dots on you mini map.
“A non-player character, often shortened to NPC, is a character that is controlled by the gamemaster in role-playing games. When this definition extends to video games, an NPC in a video game is usually part of the program, and not controlled by a human.” (Wikipedia)
In PWI, NPCs are generally the ones where you pick up your quests, illustrated as yellow, orange and pink dots on you mini map.
OBO - Or Best Offer
OMA – One Man Army
Quest given every 5-10 levels by NPCs around you questing area. OMA does NOT give any Experience points, except the ones you get for each monster killed, although it is a good way to get Reputation and celestones. 20 monsters = 1 reputation.
OMW – On My Way
OOM – Out of Mana
PC – Price Check
PvE - Player versus Environment
Combat between players and computer controlled opponents.
PvP - Player versus Player
This means for one player to attack another player.
PWI – Perfect World International
PM – Private Message / Whisper
PMs are private message, or whispers. You can whisper someone in game by clicking their name on your chat window, or by putting a backslash [ / ], the name of the person you want to pm, a space and your message.
(Ex: /RasberryBlue Hi!)
PMs are private message, or whispers. You can whisper someone in game by clicking their name on your chat window, or by putting a backslash [ / ], the name of the person you want to pm, a space and your message.
(Ex: /RasberryBlue Hi!)
RB – Rebirth/ Red Ball (Heaven’s Wrath)
Rebirth refers to a specific challenging instance you can do in a squad at higher levels. The Alpha/ Beta/ Gamma/ Delta only are the different levels to enter and complete a Rebirth. It is possible for you to enter a Rebirth after level 40, but in general people do it in the mid-70s since it requires a lot of preparation, charms and high HP. More information on the source link. (Guide to RB Gamma)
Rebirth refers to a specific challenging instance you can do in a squad at higher levels. The Alpha/ Beta/ Gamma/ Delta only are the different levels to enter and complete a Rebirth. It is possible for you to enter a Rebirth after level 40, but in general people do it in the mid-70s since it requires a lot of preparation, charms and high HP. More information on the source link. (Guide to RB Gamma)
Red Ball: Heaven’s Wrath is a Cleric squad skill that increases attack rate and chanelling speed around the said cleric. It is probably called Red Ball simply because the cleric is in a red bubble as long as he/she can hold the spell. In general if you are asked to ‘get in RB range’ it means you are too far from cleric to be affected by the boost.
Rep – Reputation
Reputation can be seen on your Character window (C Key) below your cultivation. You can earn reputation through your normal questing, participating to FBs and doing One Man Army. There are many other ways to earn reputation, you can see in-game. Reputation has its importance when it comes to Rank, which allows you to buy Rank armor after level 30. Though it sounds all nice, the amount of reputation asked for higher levels is incredibly high and hard to achieve.
Reputation can be seen on your Character window (C Key) below your cultivation. You can earn reputation through your normal questing, participating to FBs and doing One Man Army. There are many other ways to earn reputation, you can see in-game. Reputation has its importance when it comes to Rank, which allows you to buy Rank armor after level 30. Though it sounds all nice, the amount of reputation asked for higher levels is incredibly high and hard to achieve.
Res/ Rez - Ressurect
Re-Spawn - Monster reappearing
Re-Spawn - Monster reappearing
SoF – Soul of Force
SoF refers to the items needed to accumulate in order to get Venomancer’s legendary pet Hercules. (Legendary Pet Guide)
SoF refers to the items needed to accumulate in order to get Venomancer’s legendary pet Hercules. (Legendary Pet Guide)
SoT - Seat of Torment or Scroll of Tome.
Seat of Torment is the FB99 dungeon in Heaven, also where to kill a boss for Bounty Hunter quest at level 100.
A Scroll of Tome is an item gained from packs that can be exchanged for a high level tome.
Seat of Torment is the FB99 dungeon in Heaven, also where to kill a boss for Bounty Hunter quest at level 100.
A Scroll of Tome is an item gained from packs that can be exchanged for a high level tome.
SS – So Sorry
TT – Twilight Temple
TY/TYVM/ THX –Thank you/ Thank you very much/ Thanks
TW – Territory War
WB –Welcome Back
WQ – World Quest
WTB/B> – Want to Buy/ Buying
WTS/ S> – Want to Sell/ Selling
WTT – Want to Trade
TT – Twilight Temple
TY/TYVM/ THX –Thank you/ Thank you very much/ Thanks
TW – Territory War
WB –Welcome Back
WQ – World Quest
WTB/B> – Want to Buy/ Buying
WTS/ S> – Want to Sell/ Selling
WTT – Want to Trade
WQ - World Quest
Daily quest for level 70+ that requires travelling around PWI's map to hand in books from a NPC to another. Usually regarded as boring and long - but reward of EXP and Spirit at the end.
Daily quest for level 70+ that requires travelling around PWI's map to hand in books from a NPC to another. Usually regarded as boring and long - but reward of EXP and Spirit at the end.
YW/YVW – You’re Welcome/ You’re very welcome
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