Post by Notum Ghost Hunter on Aug 19, 2007 12:54:18 GMT -5
A
AC - 1. armour class, the measurement of how effective armour is 2. Asheron's Call, another MMORPG
AC1 - another name for the original Asheron's Call
AC2 - Asheron's Call 2, another MMORPG
ack - exclamation used to show fear or surprise
acom - a raidbot on Atlantean requiring level 165+ or being a doctor that can self cast CH, you have to talk to an acom leader to get invited
add - means more mobs are aggroing the team than were expected
Ado - Adonis, the fourth playfield in Shadowlands
adv - the adventurer profession
AE - 1. the Aegean playfield on Rubi-Ka 2. another way of saying AoE
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
afk - away from keyboard
aggro - the aggression a monster directs towards it's attackers, treatment kits and other devices will not work while a player is aggroed
agi - the agility ability
AH - Athen Hill, the raised area in the middle of the city of Old Athen, a common meeting place
AI - Alien Invasion, an expansion which added org owned cities on Rubi-Ka and combat with invading aliens to the game
alpha - a high damage output attack used to open a fight, usually in the form of one or several weapons specials fired off in quick succession, might involve weapon switching to allow utilization of all possible specials, a.k.a. alpha strike
alt - alternate, a character which is not the main character you play
AMS - Augmented Mirror Shield, the Shadowlands extension of soldier's Total Mirror Shield (TMS) nano line
AN - the Andromeda playfield on Rubi-Ka
anon - when a player has flagged themselves as anonymous to not show on the /list command
AO - 1. Anarchy Online 2. Alpha Omega, a well known guild on Rimor
AoE - area of effect, an attack which affects a group of mobs within a certain range of the target
APF - Alien Playfields, special raid zones for players level 180 and up to fight aliens in
AR - attack rating
ARK - Advisors of Rubi-Ka, player volunteers who serve the game population by answering petitions, ARKs appear ingame with their names in green lettering
AS - 1. the Athen Shire playfield on Rubi-Ka also 2. aimed shot, a special attack capable of dealing massive damage in a single shot, often found on rifle weapons
Atlantean - the game's first server, formerly called RK1
AT - alien title, defeating certain numbers of aliens grants the player alien titles similar to PvP titles
ataxia - the southernmost heckler spot along the east brink in Adonis located through a narrow canyon
ATM - at the moment (example: "I'm busy atm but I'll help you later")
auras - area buffs/debuffs that recycle periodically
AV - the Avalon playfield on Rubi-Ka
avatar - your avatar is the visual representation of your character you see on screen (example: "I have blond hair in real life but my avatar is brunette")
axp - alien experience, a type of XP separate from regular XP or SK which comes only from killing aliens, gaining axp gives access to special alien perks
aye - yes
B
B&E - the breaking & entry skill, used for opening locked chests and doors and in making some tradeskill items
baf - bring a friend, term from DAoC describing when a mob aggros and brings another mob along with it
bah - an expression of disgust (example: "Bah, I got killed by a leet")
barrel - Spirit Tech Apparatus, a part used in the making of perennium weapons, is sometimes called a "barrel" since it produces the barrel of the weapon
base - a Notum Wars tower site
BB - 1. Bronto Burger, usually refering to the Bronto Burger in Omni Entertainment 2. billboard, meaning the billboard on the hill in Old Athen, a common meeting spot 3. long ago refered to blaster beetle, a mob that was once hunted commonly for xp
BBB - Blinded Blackbird, an SMG weapon for fixers and soldiers that drops in Crypt of Home dungeon
BBL - be back later
beach - usually refers to the beach area in Shadowlands right off the transporter to East Elysium, a popular spot for hunting hecklers
beam - support beam, an atrox only 2hb weapon having the appearance of a large steal beam brandished for bashing with, beams are not used much any more but were once the de facto weapon for atrox enforcers
beast, the - the final boss (apparently) of the Shadowlands
BF - 1. the Belial Forest playfield on Rubi-Ka 2. may also mean "boyfriend"
bfe - bumblef**k Egypt, a humorous name meaning a very remote and isolated location
big d - a dungeon at Sentinels in Mort, the higher level companion to little d, once a busy leveling location now rarely used
bind - insurance scanning binds your character to the location where you scanned so you will resurrect there when you die, it also protects your xp and possessions
bio - bio break, meaning to go afk to go to the bathroom
blackhole - What happens when a nano (usually a nuke) is cast but then fails without any error messages or effects occurring
blind - a hostile nano which causes a player's view of the game world to black out for it's duration, some blinds may also cause the player or mob it's cast upon to miss more
blitz - to run through a mission quickly, without killing anything, in order to complete the mission and receive a reward
BM - biological metamorphosis, a nano skill
BoB- Blades of Boltar
BOHICA - bend over here it comes again, meaning "we're about to get screwed"
BoP - Bird of Prey. A popular Martial Artist attack.
borg - cyborg, a popular mob to hunt for xp
Bory - the neutral city of Borealis
bot - 1. robot, commonly referring to an engineer's pet 2. chat bot, an automated system used on chat channels for raids or other purposes
BP - 1. breastplate, the armor piece which goes in the chest slot 2. backpack
BRB - be right back
BRT - be right there
BS - 1. the Broken Shores playfield on Rubi-Ka 2. bulls**t
BTW - by the way
buffs - beneficial nano spells or items used to increase stats or abilities.
burst - a weapon special which delivers 3 bullets in a single attack
BwT - Blessed with Thunder, an MA attack
BY - back yard, on Rubi-Ka these are the small zones with apartment entrances adjoining the training grounds
C
calm - a nano effect which mesmerizes a mob and makes it stop attacking, synonymous with mez
camp - 1. the act of sitting and waiting for a unique mob or NPC to spawn, usually in order to kill it repetedly for item it has a small chance of dropping, generally considered to be a very poor method of achiving rarity in game design 2. to stay in one place killing a particular type of mob repeatedly for xp (example: "I gained 5 levels last night camping borgs at the ruins") 3. an area where a certain type of mob spawns in large numbers (example: "There's a rhinoman camp North of here, let's go hunt there") 4. a term from EQ meaning to sit and log out
carb - carbonum armor, a popular tradeskill armor that increases the amount of NCU
carebear - derogatory term for game mechanics which create more "safe" types of environments where players are protected from being ganked and other unpleasantness, the term originates from a children's TV show
CAS - CAS Symbiotic armor, a premium armor created through tradeskills and requiring notum chips or fragments to make
CAV - the Central Artery Valley playfield on Rubi-Ka
CC - 1. city controller, the central device in an AI city, if the CC is damaged by aliens beyond a certain point it must be repaired before the city will fully function again 2. crowd control, see entry for crowd control
ccl - couldn't care less
CDS - Cyborg death squad armor. Fixer armor that drops from cyborgs
CDR - Customized IMI Desert Reet 1000, a nice pistol which drops from the Lab Director in Foreman's dungeon
CH - Complete Heal, a powerful heal nano castable by docs
Chain - when something happens multiple times in a row or very quickly. Usually refers to multiple debuffs/roots being used on you (chain roots, for example).
char - character
chem - the Chemistry skill
chest - armor breastplates are sometimes called chests
CI - composite Infuses, a Shadowlands nano which casts all 6 Infuses at once with a duration of 4 hours
CL - 1. the Computer Literacy skill 2. crowd limiting, a feature which will limit the number of players that can be present at a Notum Wars tower battle, anyone over the limit will be teleported to somewhere else in the zone
clam or clammers - derogatory name used by omni or neutrals for clan or clanners
clicks - each hit (or miss) of a weapon may be refereed to as a click (example: I get 7 clicks from my weapon between each fling shot)
clon - Clond**e
clr - clear, typically heard in dungeons to indicate all the mobs have been cleared from the dungeon
CM - 1. composite Mochams, a Shadowlands nano which casts all 6 Mochams at once 2. in low levels refers to composite Masteries
CoH - 1. Crypt of Home, a dungeon in Broken Shores 2. City of Heroes, another MMORPG 3. Coven of Hunters, a well known Clan guild on Rimor
con - consider, the degree of difficulty of a mob in relation to you characters current level, designated by the color of it's life bar (example: "Since I upgraded my weapon I have no trouble soloing orange con mobs.")
congo rats - funny way of saying congrats, meaning congratulations
coop -1. cooperator assault rifle, a soldier only weapon 2. co-op, an expression used at raids (primarily mercs) where two or more guids/bots will cooperate to take down the mercs splitting the loot
CoP - Coast of Peace - a playfield used only for AI cities located south of the eastern part of Lush Fields
CoT - 1. Coast of Tranquility - a playfield used only for AI cities located south of Clond**e and the western part of Lush Fields 2. Council Of Truth, part of the AO backstory
countered - when a nano program is successfully executed, but the target manages to avoid the effects.
crat - bureaucrat
crat suit - a back slot item available to bureaucrats only which has the appearance of a business suit
creds - credits, money in AO
crispies - Crispy Chiroptera, a 1he weapon from Crypt of Home dungeon
crowd Control - the ability for certain classes (Crat, NT, others) to "control" enemy creatures, by rooting/slowing/mezzing/scaring them. Generally this is done so that the team can focus on one mob at a time and not have to worry about adds.
CRU - Controller Recompiler Unit, an item found in Rubi-Ka missions necessary to keep a city controller charged and enable alien attacks to occur
CRPG - computer role playing game, an RPG played solo on a computer
crunch -- a buff that reduces nano cost, most commonly gotten from NTs but MPs have a similar smaller buff
CS - 1. customer service 2. Clicksaver, an addon utility for AO to make rolling missions and finding the rewards you want easier 3. Counterstrike, a popular online tactial game
CSPmap - a replacement game map available from creativestudent.com/ao/#downloads
CT - control tower, the main tower of a a Notum Wars tower site, required before any other towers may be placed, when the CT is destroyed the base falls
cuppa - cup of coffee.
cya - see ya, slang for "I'll see you later"
D
d00d - A certain type of player distinguished by a tendancy to use short curt sentances, type all in caps and generally behave in an obnoxious way (example: "CREDS PLZ!!! WTF?! HELLO??? R U ALL NUBI? I NEED CREDS!!")
damage team - A team with very little or no healing/calming support, relying strictly on damage output to survive.
DAoC - Dark Ages of Camelot, another MMORPG
DAV - Deep Artery Valley
deck - cyberdeck, a nanotech-only item that boosts nanoskills, allows the use of certain programs but blocks access to conventional weapons
delta - the amount of increase per "tick" to the health or nano pool, the speed of regeneration is determined by the amount of psychic skill for nano pool and stamina for hit points
DD - Direct Damage - Nano's or Items that do damage directly to the target.
Death Loop - What happens to a player who is unfortunate enough to save at a scanner in hostile territory. If the character is then killed he will reappear near the scanner and more than likely be killed again by the local guards, killed again, comes back, killed again, etc.
Debuff - Nano programs or items used to decrease stats or abilities.
Die Neue Welt - the game's German server, formerly called RK3
Ding - An exclamation used to explain that you levelled.
Disk- Disks are unmade nano's. You get disks hacked and turned into nice stuff.
DKN - Die Kleine Nadel, a piercing weapon held in the left hand most often used by shades
dmg - damage
Doc - Doctor.
Doh - An exclamation, popularized by the TV show The Simpsons meaning something has gone wrong (example: "Doh! The doc went linkdead and we all died")
DoT - 1. Damage Over Time, Usually relating to Nano's or Items that do not do Direct Damage but instead they steadily do damage over a given time 2. Defender of the Three, a boss mob in Temple of Three Winds
Dovve's - a once popular map upgrade that now comes with the game
dragon - 1. people sometimes call Spinetooth mobs "dragons" 2. Tarasque, the big dragon in the Camelot dungeon 3. adventurer's Calia's Form: Pit Lizard morph
drains - trader nanos that take skill away from the target and transfer it to the attacker, temporarily (ransack, deprive, divest, plunder)
dyna - dynacamp, a type of mob camp unique to AO consisting of a boss mob and a number of lesser minions, these can be found scattered around the AO landscape
E
EE - the Electrical Engineering skill
Eel- omni supply master in Avalon, a unique mob killed for armor he drops and also part of several quests
EFP - the Eastern Fouls Plains playfield on Rubi-Ka
elite - Omni pol elite armor. Black type
ELLTS - Extreme Low Light Targeting Scope, an item popular for high level PvP that no longer drops in-game and so is very valuable and prized. It increases critical hit chances, but inflicts a penalty to initiatives, also LLTS, a lesser version of same
Ely - Elysium, a playfield in Shadowlands
enf - enforcer
engi - engineer.
enhanced senses - an often asked for agent's buff that raises sense
Ent - Omni Entertainment
EoT - Edge of Tarasque, very rare sword dropped by Tarasque
EP - Extreme Prejudice, an engineer nano formula which buffs pistol and grenade +120
EQ - Everquest, another MMORPG
EQ2 - Everquest 2, another MMORPG
EQB - enhanced queen blade, a 2 handed edged weapon typically wielded by enforcers which is one of the most powerful weapons in the game
ess - essence, an enforcer buff that boosts health, stamina, and strength
ETA - estimated time of arrival
Evac - From EQ. Describes fast-casting teleports that can be used in emergencies, such as the Fixer's fast-casting/hp-stealing grid warps. Also, to call for the use of a team teleport in an emergency.
evades - refers collectively to the Evade, Dodge and Duck skills found in the Speed category
F
FA - 1. full auto, a weapon special which empties the gun's full clip of bullets into the target 2. the fast attack melee weapon skill 3. the first aid skill
FAAK - Fall/Falling/Fallen Asleep At Keyboard. Happens when you play AO too late at night without enough cuppas
faction - a system of points which are acquired or lost by killing aligned mobs found in Shadowlands, you can see your faction by typing /open faction
farming - doing something simple and repetitive with little risk to gain something, for example doing easy missions for tokens or killing friends over and over to get a PvP title
FC - Funcom
feline grace - an often asked for agent's buff that raises agility
FFA - free for all 1. used in a team meaning loot goes to whoever grabs it first. 2. used at a raid to indicate loot will go to whichever team does the most damage and wins loot rights
FFoK - Four Fists of Kali, a self-only MA buff that raises the MA skill +140
FFS - for f**k sake
FFXI - Final Fantasy XI, another MMORPG
FG - feline grace, an often asked for agent's buff that raises agility
FoL - the MA attack Flower of Life
foreman's - the more common name for the Biomare dungeon in Longest Road
FOTM - flavor of the month, refers to the tendency among players to adopt the latest uber weapon rather than choosing a single weapon type to stick with throughout their career
FP - false profession, an agent nano that while running allows the agent to use nanos from other professions (example: "I'm going FP trader if anyone needs a wrangle")
FPS - 1. frames per second, in a 3D game the more FPS the smoother the motion appears 2. first person shooter, a type of 3D action game (examples: Doom, Quake, Unreal)
FRN - Finely Refined Notum, one of parts needed to make Tier 3 glyph
froobie - an affectionate name for new players on AO's free trial plan, derived from mixing the words "free" and "noobie"
FSS - Fine Smith Shattergun, a trader only shotgun found in Shadowlands
FT - the Fair Trade store, there are many Fair Trades but this almost always refers to the one in the center of Tir, a place where clanners gather to look for teams
FTW - For the Win, a rallying cry, often used sarcastically
FUBAR - f**ked up beyond all recognition
fumble - nano program execution error
G
GA - grid armor, a type of armor that fixers can summon and use which boosts their ability to evade attacks at a cost of greatly reduced armor class, grid armor comes in 4 types; GA1, GA2, GA3 and GA4
gank - 1. attacking and killing a player far below one's level who has little or no chance of fighting back, although a legitimate tactic in mass combat, when done off the battlefield it is generally regarded as a cowardly and dishonorable act 2. to attack a player suddenly and unexpectedly doing enough damage before they realize what is happening to decide the outcome
GC - the Galway County playfield on Rubi-Ka
GCB - guardian circuit board, a 5-slot NCU belt easily equipable at low levels dropped from GoT in TotW
GE - Gamma Ejector, a nice low level SMG weapon which drops in Foreman's dungeon
GF - girlfriend
ggp - gotta go pee (example: "sorry team, I shouldn't have had that 6th Mountain Dew, ggp again")
gimp - character that is weak ("I feel like a gimp! I can't kill anything" or "yo! you're such a gimp!" Generally not a nice thing to call others, so please don't)
gj - good job, a nice thing to tell a team mate when they do well (example: "gj mezzing those adds")
GM - almost Same as a ARK, but they get Paid. And actually work for FC.
GOC - Globe of Clarity. Shoulder item dropped from Tara.
GOF - Greater Omni Forest
grats or gratz - short for congratulations, commonly used when someone dings or acheives a major milestone (like getting a Yalm or a rare item).
gogo - Go! Go!, to be ordered to go quickly
GoT - the Guardian of Tomorrow, a large robotic dog mob in TotW
gph - Gaily Painted Hood, a rare and coveted drop from Tarasque, the hood gives a -15 nano cost modifier
greenies - most commonly refers to ARK controlled roleplay event characters whose names appear in green
greeter - a type of ARK who specializes in welcoming new players
Grid - Is a place where all cities and lands meet. There is usually a access point to the "Grid" in Large cities.
grid balls - PGCs are sometimes called this because of their icon resembles of a cluster of interconnected balls
Grid us: Some professions (Docs, Traders, Fixers) have the ability to transport themselves and/or their team from their current location to the grid. Takes a min or two for a Trader or Doc, Fixers can do it instantly at the cost of most of their HP.
GS - Galway Shire
GS - Group Selector: Certain playfields (such as static dungeons, stores, etc) have a maximum number of players allowed in them at once. When that number is exceeded, a duplicate playfield is created to allow more people. These duplicate playfields are differentiated by group selector numbers. So if a bunch of your guildmates are heading for Smuggler's Den and you see them start saying "GS4 everyone", it means you should make sure you're in group selector 4. You can check what GS you're in by hitting shift-F9.
GSF - Gridspace Freedom, the top fixer run buff which raises the run speed skill by 720 points
GTA - Guardian Tank Armor
GTC - Greater Tir County
GTG - means either good to go (ready)or got to go which can be quite confusing sometimes (example: "Are we gtg? No, sorry, I've gtg")
GUI - graphical user interface, a general computing term which ingame refers to the parts of the game window the players use to control their play, such as the map window, paperdoll, action bar, etc.
H
Hack'n'Slash - A sub-genre of RPG games or a playing style, in which the objective is to kill, kill, kill with your swords, knifes, maces etc. This is often used derogatory about games that lack story or features to make role-playing interesting.
HE - Humidity Extractor, a line of NT buffs that restores your nano pool like a HoT restores health
heal delta - the amount of increase per "tick" to the hit point pool, the speed of regeneration is determined by the amount of stamina
Health Buff = Commonly refers to the doctor team max health buff line.
heckler - Large stone mobs that inhabit the brink areas of Shadowlands, due to the design of the Shadowlands playfields players will typically end up spending the majority of their time while leveling killing these mobs over and over in the same spots
HHAB - Hold Hell at Bay, a ring required to survive in the Pandemonium zone, also provides a large amount of Nano Resist
HI - Hollow Island, high level outdoor encounter in DAV characterized by increasingly powerful "rings" of foes
HIW - 1. the Hole In the Wall playfield on Rubi-Ka 2. Hollow Island Weed, one of two end bosses of Hollow Island
HoT - Heal over Time, a nano that continously heals the target a few points at a time for it's duration (example:
HP - hit points, represents the players health
HPO - Heavily Padded Overcoat, mid-level backarmor dropped from Tara.
HQ - 1. headquarters, a meeting hall-like building in an AI city, an HQ must be present before any other buildings can be put down 2. the Omni-1 HQ zone
I
IC - Iron Circle, a doctor buff that boosts stamina and strength by 20 points
ICC - Interstellar Confederation of Corporations, part of the back story of the game, more commonly used to refer to the part of the whompa system that connects the 3 factions together
idd - indeed, meaning to agree
IDK - I don't know
IIRC - if I recall correctly
imho - in my humble opinion
imo - in my opinion
imps - 1. implants 2. a type of creature in Shadowlands
INC - incomming, a warning that a mob is about to attack the team
IPS - Independent Professionals Society, the name of the buildings in Jobe where nano formulas are sold
Inf - Inferno, a high level playfield in Shadowlands with a hellish theme
Infonet - a Clan bot system on Rimor limited to high level players for sending raid announcements to massive amounts of people at once
init - Initiative skills such as ranged initiative, nano initiative, etc - ie, an "init debuff" would be a nano that had negative affect on ones initiative skills
inits - refers collectively to the initiative skills, namely Melee, Ranged, Physic, and NanoC found in the Speed category
int - the inteligence ability
IOR - Izgimmer's Obfuscated Recompiler, the highest NT nano cost reducer buff.
IP - Improvement Points (used in skills).
iron circle - an often asked for doctor's buff that raises stamina and strength
IS - Inner Sanctum, high level indoor dungeon that continues the theme of Temple of Three Winds
J
j/k - joke
JDN - Jobe Defender Naginata, a 2he weapon for enforcers or keepers
JEPP - Jobe Explorer Personal Pistol, a rare adventurer-only pistol found in Shadowlands
joo or j00 - leet speak for you
JOTR - Joy of the Race, a rare and expensive rifle found in Shadowlands
JOTH - Joy of the Hunt, the lower QL version of JOTR
JPN OOC - Japanese Out of Character, a rarely used chat channel intended for Japanese speakers
JSPP - Jobe Surveyor Personal Pistol, The lower quality version of the JEPP
K
K - OK
kk - OK
keke - a expression of Korean origin popularized on Battle.net indicating laughter
kewl - cool
kiting - killing in transit, attacking a monster and then moving out of it's reach to avoid damage, then attacking again, and so forth, often done by NTs casting area nukes to kill numerous mobs at once
kitty - adventurer's Grinning Hunter sabertooth morph
KK - OK
KOS - Kill On Sight. This is a term used to define your standing with another creature. If you are severely disliked by a faction, NPC or monster you are probably KOS.
KS - Kill Steal - This is the act of taking a kill from another player that has already initiated combat (Very much looked down on).
kthxbye - "OK, thanks, bye" usually intended in a joking way
AC - 1. armour class, the measurement of how effective armour is 2. Asheron's Call, another MMORPG
AC1 - another name for the original Asheron's Call
AC2 - Asheron's Call 2, another MMORPG
ack - exclamation used to show fear or surprise
acom - a raidbot on Atlantean requiring level 165+ or being a doctor that can self cast CH, you have to talk to an acom leader to get invited
add - means more mobs are aggroing the team than were expected
Ado - Adonis, the fourth playfield in Shadowlands
adv - the adventurer profession
AE - 1. the Aegean playfield on Rubi-Ka 2. another way of saying AoE
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
afk - away from keyboard
aggro - the aggression a monster directs towards it's attackers, treatment kits and other devices will not work while a player is aggroed
agi - the agility ability
AH - Athen Hill, the raised area in the middle of the city of Old Athen, a common meeting place
AI - Alien Invasion, an expansion which added org owned cities on Rubi-Ka and combat with invading aliens to the game
alpha - a high damage output attack used to open a fight, usually in the form of one or several weapons specials fired off in quick succession, might involve weapon switching to allow utilization of all possible specials, a.k.a. alpha strike
alt - alternate, a character which is not the main character you play
AMS - Augmented Mirror Shield, the Shadowlands extension of soldier's Total Mirror Shield (TMS) nano line
AN - the Andromeda playfield on Rubi-Ka
anon - when a player has flagged themselves as anonymous to not show on the /list command
AO - 1. Anarchy Online 2. Alpha Omega, a well known guild on Rimor
AoE - area of effect, an attack which affects a group of mobs within a certain range of the target
APF - Alien Playfields, special raid zones for players level 180 and up to fight aliens in
AR - attack rating
ARK - Advisors of Rubi-Ka, player volunteers who serve the game population by answering petitions, ARKs appear ingame with their names in green lettering
AS - 1. the Athen Shire playfield on Rubi-Ka also 2. aimed shot, a special attack capable of dealing massive damage in a single shot, often found on rifle weapons
Atlantean - the game's first server, formerly called RK1
AT - alien title, defeating certain numbers of aliens grants the player alien titles similar to PvP titles
ataxia - the southernmost heckler spot along the east brink in Adonis located through a narrow canyon
ATM - at the moment (example: "I'm busy atm but I'll help you later")
auras - area buffs/debuffs that recycle periodically
AV - the Avalon playfield on Rubi-Ka
avatar - your avatar is the visual representation of your character you see on screen (example: "I have blond hair in real life but my avatar is brunette")
axp - alien experience, a type of XP separate from regular XP or SK which comes only from killing aliens, gaining axp gives access to special alien perks
aye - yes
B
B&E - the breaking & entry skill, used for opening locked chests and doors and in making some tradeskill items
baf - bring a friend, term from DAoC describing when a mob aggros and brings another mob along with it
bah - an expression of disgust (example: "Bah, I got killed by a leet")
barrel - Spirit Tech Apparatus, a part used in the making of perennium weapons, is sometimes called a "barrel" since it produces the barrel of the weapon
base - a Notum Wars tower site
BB - 1. Bronto Burger, usually refering to the Bronto Burger in Omni Entertainment 2. billboard, meaning the billboard on the hill in Old Athen, a common meeting spot 3. long ago refered to blaster beetle, a mob that was once hunted commonly for xp
BBB - Blinded Blackbird, an SMG weapon for fixers and soldiers that drops in Crypt of Home dungeon
BBL - be back later
beach - usually refers to the beach area in Shadowlands right off the transporter to East Elysium, a popular spot for hunting hecklers
beam - support beam, an atrox only 2hb weapon having the appearance of a large steal beam brandished for bashing with, beams are not used much any more but were once the de facto weapon for atrox enforcers
beast, the - the final boss (apparently) of the Shadowlands
BF - 1. the Belial Forest playfield on Rubi-Ka 2. may also mean "boyfriend"
bfe - bumblef**k Egypt, a humorous name meaning a very remote and isolated location
big d - a dungeon at Sentinels in Mort, the higher level companion to little d, once a busy leveling location now rarely used
bind - insurance scanning binds your character to the location where you scanned so you will resurrect there when you die, it also protects your xp and possessions
bio - bio break, meaning to go afk to go to the bathroom
blackhole - What happens when a nano (usually a nuke) is cast but then fails without any error messages or effects occurring
blind - a hostile nano which causes a player's view of the game world to black out for it's duration, some blinds may also cause the player or mob it's cast upon to miss more
blitz - to run through a mission quickly, without killing anything, in order to complete the mission and receive a reward
BM - biological metamorphosis, a nano skill
BoB- Blades of Boltar
BOHICA - bend over here it comes again, meaning "we're about to get screwed"
BoP - Bird of Prey. A popular Martial Artist attack.
borg - cyborg, a popular mob to hunt for xp
Bory - the neutral city of Borealis
bot - 1. robot, commonly referring to an engineer's pet 2. chat bot, an automated system used on chat channels for raids or other purposes
BP - 1. breastplate, the armor piece which goes in the chest slot 2. backpack
BRB - be right back
BRT - be right there
BS - 1. the Broken Shores playfield on Rubi-Ka 2. bulls**t
BTW - by the way
buffs - beneficial nano spells or items used to increase stats or abilities.
burst - a weapon special which delivers 3 bullets in a single attack
BwT - Blessed with Thunder, an MA attack
BY - back yard, on Rubi-Ka these are the small zones with apartment entrances adjoining the training grounds
C
calm - a nano effect which mesmerizes a mob and makes it stop attacking, synonymous with mez
camp - 1. the act of sitting and waiting for a unique mob or NPC to spawn, usually in order to kill it repetedly for item it has a small chance of dropping, generally considered to be a very poor method of achiving rarity in game design 2. to stay in one place killing a particular type of mob repeatedly for xp (example: "I gained 5 levels last night camping borgs at the ruins") 3. an area where a certain type of mob spawns in large numbers (example: "There's a rhinoman camp North of here, let's go hunt there") 4. a term from EQ meaning to sit and log out
carb - carbonum armor, a popular tradeskill armor that increases the amount of NCU
carebear - derogatory term for game mechanics which create more "safe" types of environments where players are protected from being ganked and other unpleasantness, the term originates from a children's TV show
CAS - CAS Symbiotic armor, a premium armor created through tradeskills and requiring notum chips or fragments to make
CAV - the Central Artery Valley playfield on Rubi-Ka
CC - 1. city controller, the central device in an AI city, if the CC is damaged by aliens beyond a certain point it must be repaired before the city will fully function again 2. crowd control, see entry for crowd control
ccl - couldn't care less
CDS - Cyborg death squad armor. Fixer armor that drops from cyborgs
CDR - Customized IMI Desert Reet 1000, a nice pistol which drops from the Lab Director in Foreman's dungeon
CH - Complete Heal, a powerful heal nano castable by docs
Chain - when something happens multiple times in a row or very quickly. Usually refers to multiple debuffs/roots being used on you (chain roots, for example).
char - character
chem - the Chemistry skill
chest - armor breastplates are sometimes called chests
CI - composite Infuses, a Shadowlands nano which casts all 6 Infuses at once with a duration of 4 hours
CL - 1. the Computer Literacy skill 2. crowd limiting, a feature which will limit the number of players that can be present at a Notum Wars tower battle, anyone over the limit will be teleported to somewhere else in the zone
clam or clammers - derogatory name used by omni or neutrals for clan or clanners
clicks - each hit (or miss) of a weapon may be refereed to as a click (example: I get 7 clicks from my weapon between each fling shot)
clon - Clond**e
clr - clear, typically heard in dungeons to indicate all the mobs have been cleared from the dungeon
CM - 1. composite Mochams, a Shadowlands nano which casts all 6 Mochams at once 2. in low levels refers to composite Masteries
CoH - 1. Crypt of Home, a dungeon in Broken Shores 2. City of Heroes, another MMORPG 3. Coven of Hunters, a well known Clan guild on Rimor
con - consider, the degree of difficulty of a mob in relation to you characters current level, designated by the color of it's life bar (example: "Since I upgraded my weapon I have no trouble soloing orange con mobs.")
congo rats - funny way of saying congrats, meaning congratulations
coop -1. cooperator assault rifle, a soldier only weapon 2. co-op, an expression used at raids (primarily mercs) where two or more guids/bots will cooperate to take down the mercs splitting the loot
CoP - Coast of Peace - a playfield used only for AI cities located south of the eastern part of Lush Fields
CoT - 1. Coast of Tranquility - a playfield used only for AI cities located south of Clond**e and the western part of Lush Fields 2. Council Of Truth, part of the AO backstory
countered - when a nano program is successfully executed, but the target manages to avoid the effects.
crat - bureaucrat
crat suit - a back slot item available to bureaucrats only which has the appearance of a business suit
creds - credits, money in AO
crispies - Crispy Chiroptera, a 1he weapon from Crypt of Home dungeon
crowd Control - the ability for certain classes (Crat, NT, others) to "control" enemy creatures, by rooting/slowing/mezzing/scaring them. Generally this is done so that the team can focus on one mob at a time and not have to worry about adds.
CRU - Controller Recompiler Unit, an item found in Rubi-Ka missions necessary to keep a city controller charged and enable alien attacks to occur
CRPG - computer role playing game, an RPG played solo on a computer
crunch -- a buff that reduces nano cost, most commonly gotten from NTs but MPs have a similar smaller buff
CS - 1. customer service 2. Clicksaver, an addon utility for AO to make rolling missions and finding the rewards you want easier 3. Counterstrike, a popular online tactial game
CSPmap - a replacement game map available from creativestudent.com/ao/#downloads
CT - control tower, the main tower of a a Notum Wars tower site, required before any other towers may be placed, when the CT is destroyed the base falls
cuppa - cup of coffee.
cya - see ya, slang for "I'll see you later"
D
d00d - A certain type of player distinguished by a tendancy to use short curt sentances, type all in caps and generally behave in an obnoxious way (example: "CREDS PLZ!!! WTF?! HELLO??? R U ALL NUBI? I NEED CREDS!!")
damage team - A team with very little or no healing/calming support, relying strictly on damage output to survive.
DAoC - Dark Ages of Camelot, another MMORPG
DAV - Deep Artery Valley
deck - cyberdeck, a nanotech-only item that boosts nanoskills, allows the use of certain programs but blocks access to conventional weapons
delta - the amount of increase per "tick" to the health or nano pool, the speed of regeneration is determined by the amount of psychic skill for nano pool and stamina for hit points
DD - Direct Damage - Nano's or Items that do damage directly to the target.
Death Loop - What happens to a player who is unfortunate enough to save at a scanner in hostile territory. If the character is then killed he will reappear near the scanner and more than likely be killed again by the local guards, killed again, comes back, killed again, etc.
Debuff - Nano programs or items used to decrease stats or abilities.
Die Neue Welt - the game's German server, formerly called RK3
Ding - An exclamation used to explain that you levelled.
Disk- Disks are unmade nano's. You get disks hacked and turned into nice stuff.
DKN - Die Kleine Nadel, a piercing weapon held in the left hand most often used by shades
dmg - damage
Doc - Doctor.
Doh - An exclamation, popularized by the TV show The Simpsons meaning something has gone wrong (example: "Doh! The doc went linkdead and we all died")
DoT - 1. Damage Over Time, Usually relating to Nano's or Items that do not do Direct Damage but instead they steadily do damage over a given time 2. Defender of the Three, a boss mob in Temple of Three Winds
Dovve's - a once popular map upgrade that now comes with the game
dragon - 1. people sometimes call Spinetooth mobs "dragons" 2. Tarasque, the big dragon in the Camelot dungeon 3. adventurer's Calia's Form: Pit Lizard morph
drains - trader nanos that take skill away from the target and transfer it to the attacker, temporarily (ransack, deprive, divest, plunder)
dyna - dynacamp, a type of mob camp unique to AO consisting of a boss mob and a number of lesser minions, these can be found scattered around the AO landscape
E
EE - the Electrical Engineering skill
Eel- omni supply master in Avalon, a unique mob killed for armor he drops and also part of several quests
EFP - the Eastern Fouls Plains playfield on Rubi-Ka
elite - Omni pol elite armor. Black type
ELLTS - Extreme Low Light Targeting Scope, an item popular for high level PvP that no longer drops in-game and so is very valuable and prized. It increases critical hit chances, but inflicts a penalty to initiatives, also LLTS, a lesser version of same
Ely - Elysium, a playfield in Shadowlands
enf - enforcer
engi - engineer.
enhanced senses - an often asked for agent's buff that raises sense
Ent - Omni Entertainment
EoT - Edge of Tarasque, very rare sword dropped by Tarasque
EP - Extreme Prejudice, an engineer nano formula which buffs pistol and grenade +120
EQ - Everquest, another MMORPG
EQ2 - Everquest 2, another MMORPG
EQB - enhanced queen blade, a 2 handed edged weapon typically wielded by enforcers which is one of the most powerful weapons in the game
ess - essence, an enforcer buff that boosts health, stamina, and strength
ETA - estimated time of arrival
Evac - From EQ. Describes fast-casting teleports that can be used in emergencies, such as the Fixer's fast-casting/hp-stealing grid warps. Also, to call for the use of a team teleport in an emergency.
evades - refers collectively to the Evade, Dodge and Duck skills found in the Speed category
F
FA - 1. full auto, a weapon special which empties the gun's full clip of bullets into the target 2. the fast attack melee weapon skill 3. the first aid skill
FAAK - Fall/Falling/Fallen Asleep At Keyboard. Happens when you play AO too late at night without enough cuppas
faction - a system of points which are acquired or lost by killing aligned mobs found in Shadowlands, you can see your faction by typing /open faction
farming - doing something simple and repetitive with little risk to gain something, for example doing easy missions for tokens or killing friends over and over to get a PvP title
FC - Funcom
feline grace - an often asked for agent's buff that raises agility
FFA - free for all 1. used in a team meaning loot goes to whoever grabs it first. 2. used at a raid to indicate loot will go to whichever team does the most damage and wins loot rights
FFoK - Four Fists of Kali, a self-only MA buff that raises the MA skill +140
FFS - for f**k sake
FFXI - Final Fantasy XI, another MMORPG
FG - feline grace, an often asked for agent's buff that raises agility
FoL - the MA attack Flower of Life
foreman's - the more common name for the Biomare dungeon in Longest Road
FOTM - flavor of the month, refers to the tendency among players to adopt the latest uber weapon rather than choosing a single weapon type to stick with throughout their career
FP - false profession, an agent nano that while running allows the agent to use nanos from other professions (example: "I'm going FP trader if anyone needs a wrangle")
FPS - 1. frames per second, in a 3D game the more FPS the smoother the motion appears 2. first person shooter, a type of 3D action game (examples: Doom, Quake, Unreal)
FRN - Finely Refined Notum, one of parts needed to make Tier 3 glyph
froobie - an affectionate name for new players on AO's free trial plan, derived from mixing the words "free" and "noobie"
FSS - Fine Smith Shattergun, a trader only shotgun found in Shadowlands
FT - the Fair Trade store, there are many Fair Trades but this almost always refers to the one in the center of Tir, a place where clanners gather to look for teams
FTW - For the Win, a rallying cry, often used sarcastically
FUBAR - f**ked up beyond all recognition
fumble - nano program execution error
G
GA - grid armor, a type of armor that fixers can summon and use which boosts their ability to evade attacks at a cost of greatly reduced armor class, grid armor comes in 4 types; GA1, GA2, GA3 and GA4
gank - 1. attacking and killing a player far below one's level who has little or no chance of fighting back, although a legitimate tactic in mass combat, when done off the battlefield it is generally regarded as a cowardly and dishonorable act 2. to attack a player suddenly and unexpectedly doing enough damage before they realize what is happening to decide the outcome
GC - the Galway County playfield on Rubi-Ka
GCB - guardian circuit board, a 5-slot NCU belt easily equipable at low levels dropped from GoT in TotW
GE - Gamma Ejector, a nice low level SMG weapon which drops in Foreman's dungeon
GF - girlfriend
ggp - gotta go pee (example: "sorry team, I shouldn't have had that 6th Mountain Dew, ggp again")
gimp - character that is weak ("I feel like a gimp! I can't kill anything" or "yo! you're such a gimp!" Generally not a nice thing to call others, so please don't)
gj - good job, a nice thing to tell a team mate when they do well (example: "gj mezzing those adds")
GM - almost Same as a ARK, but they get Paid. And actually work for FC.
GOC - Globe of Clarity. Shoulder item dropped from Tara.
GOF - Greater Omni Forest
grats or gratz - short for congratulations, commonly used when someone dings or acheives a major milestone (like getting a Yalm or a rare item).
gogo - Go! Go!, to be ordered to go quickly
GoT - the Guardian of Tomorrow, a large robotic dog mob in TotW
gph - Gaily Painted Hood, a rare and coveted drop from Tarasque, the hood gives a -15 nano cost modifier
greenies - most commonly refers to ARK controlled roleplay event characters whose names appear in green
greeter - a type of ARK who specializes in welcoming new players
Grid - Is a place where all cities and lands meet. There is usually a access point to the "Grid" in Large cities.
grid balls - PGCs are sometimes called this because of their icon resembles of a cluster of interconnected balls
Grid us: Some professions (Docs, Traders, Fixers) have the ability to transport themselves and/or their team from their current location to the grid. Takes a min or two for a Trader or Doc, Fixers can do it instantly at the cost of most of their HP.
GS - Galway Shire
GS - Group Selector: Certain playfields (such as static dungeons, stores, etc) have a maximum number of players allowed in them at once. When that number is exceeded, a duplicate playfield is created to allow more people. These duplicate playfields are differentiated by group selector numbers. So if a bunch of your guildmates are heading for Smuggler's Den and you see them start saying "GS4 everyone", it means you should make sure you're in group selector 4. You can check what GS you're in by hitting shift-F9.
GSF - Gridspace Freedom, the top fixer run buff which raises the run speed skill by 720 points
GTA - Guardian Tank Armor
GTC - Greater Tir County
GTG - means either good to go (ready)or got to go which can be quite confusing sometimes (example: "Are we gtg? No, sorry, I've gtg")
GUI - graphical user interface, a general computing term which ingame refers to the parts of the game window the players use to control their play, such as the map window, paperdoll, action bar, etc.
H
Hack'n'Slash - A sub-genre of RPG games or a playing style, in which the objective is to kill, kill, kill with your swords, knifes, maces etc. This is often used derogatory about games that lack story or features to make role-playing interesting.
HE - Humidity Extractor, a line of NT buffs that restores your nano pool like a HoT restores health
heal delta - the amount of increase per "tick" to the hit point pool, the speed of regeneration is determined by the amount of stamina
Health Buff = Commonly refers to the doctor team max health buff line.
heckler - Large stone mobs that inhabit the brink areas of Shadowlands, due to the design of the Shadowlands playfields players will typically end up spending the majority of their time while leveling killing these mobs over and over in the same spots
HHAB - Hold Hell at Bay, a ring required to survive in the Pandemonium zone, also provides a large amount of Nano Resist
HI - Hollow Island, high level outdoor encounter in DAV characterized by increasingly powerful "rings" of foes
HIW - 1. the Hole In the Wall playfield on Rubi-Ka 2. Hollow Island Weed, one of two end bosses of Hollow Island
HoT - Heal over Time, a nano that continously heals the target a few points at a time for it's duration (example:
HP - hit points, represents the players health
HPO - Heavily Padded Overcoat, mid-level backarmor dropped from Tara.
HQ - 1. headquarters, a meeting hall-like building in an AI city, an HQ must be present before any other buildings can be put down 2. the Omni-1 HQ zone
I
IC - Iron Circle, a doctor buff that boosts stamina and strength by 20 points
ICC - Interstellar Confederation of Corporations, part of the back story of the game, more commonly used to refer to the part of the whompa system that connects the 3 factions together
idd - indeed, meaning to agree
IDK - I don't know
IIRC - if I recall correctly
imho - in my humble opinion
imo - in my opinion
imps - 1. implants 2. a type of creature in Shadowlands
INC - incomming, a warning that a mob is about to attack the team
IPS - Independent Professionals Society, the name of the buildings in Jobe where nano formulas are sold
Inf - Inferno, a high level playfield in Shadowlands with a hellish theme
Infonet - a Clan bot system on Rimor limited to high level players for sending raid announcements to massive amounts of people at once
init - Initiative skills such as ranged initiative, nano initiative, etc - ie, an "init debuff" would be a nano that had negative affect on ones initiative skills
inits - refers collectively to the initiative skills, namely Melee, Ranged, Physic, and NanoC found in the Speed category
int - the inteligence ability
IOR - Izgimmer's Obfuscated Recompiler, the highest NT nano cost reducer buff.
IP - Improvement Points (used in skills).
iron circle - an often asked for doctor's buff that raises stamina and strength
IS - Inner Sanctum, high level indoor dungeon that continues the theme of Temple of Three Winds
J
j/k - joke
JDN - Jobe Defender Naginata, a 2he weapon for enforcers or keepers
JEPP - Jobe Explorer Personal Pistol, a rare adventurer-only pistol found in Shadowlands
joo or j00 - leet speak for you
JOTR - Joy of the Race, a rare and expensive rifle found in Shadowlands
JOTH - Joy of the Hunt, the lower QL version of JOTR
JPN OOC - Japanese Out of Character, a rarely used chat channel intended for Japanese speakers
JSPP - Jobe Surveyor Personal Pistol, The lower quality version of the JEPP
K
K - OK
kk - OK
keke - a expression of Korean origin popularized on Battle.net indicating laughter
kewl - cool
kiting - killing in transit, attacking a monster and then moving out of it's reach to avoid damage, then attacking again, and so forth, often done by NTs casting area nukes to kill numerous mobs at once
kitty - adventurer's Grinning Hunter sabertooth morph
KK - OK
KOS - Kill On Sight. This is a term used to define your standing with another creature. If you are severely disliked by a faction, NPC or monster you are probably KOS.
KS - Kill Steal - This is the act of taking a kill from another player that has already initiated combat (Very much looked down on).
kthxbye - "OK, thanks, bye" usually intended in a joking way