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myowmyow
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Being the casual gamer, I encounter quite a few acronyms and abbreviations that I do not readily recgonize, like BiS (among MANY others).
Is there a post/topic that lists commonly used acronyms/abbrevations and their respective meanings??
Please end my confusion! Thanks!
Is there a post/topic that lists commonly used acronyms/abbrevations and their respective meanings??
Please end my confusion! Thanks!
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myles08807 said, "Back in my day, we didn't have any of this fancy Mulhorand gear while we were leveling . . . we walked uphill both ways while dying once every five seconds while leveling, and we liked it fine!" . . . Now, get off my lawn, you kids!"
pointsman said, "I don't rue the game. In fact I don't feel any regret for the game at all."
looomis said, "I don't like people changing to alts and then bragging about their mains like schizophrenic role players."
myles08807 said, "Back in my day, we didn't have any of this fancy Mulhorand gear while we were leveling . . . we walked uphill both ways while dying once every five seconds while leveling, and we liked it fine!" . . . Now, get off my lawn, you kids!"
pointsman said, "I don't rue the game. In fact I don't feel any regret for the game at all."
looomis said, "I don't like people changing to alts and then bragging about their mains like schizophrenic role players."
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Thanks so much for telling me what BiS means! I tried for a long time to figure it out but the meaning would not come to me.
I keep seeing "CC" come up a lot and it is not ringing a bell in my mind as well.
It would be cool if someone could put together a "sticky" list of commonly used abbreviations and acronyms for this forum. I am not knowledgeable enough to create it - a bit of a newb myself. It should probably be alphabetized by abbreviation/acronym and include everything from character classes (TR, GWF, CW, etc.) to build types (can't remember any due to being a newb) to campaigns, and more.
If someone were to start a thread with the ones they know and use a lot, others could add to the thread to build the list into something wonderful.
myles08807 said, "Back in my day, we didn't have any of this fancy Mulhorand gear while we were leveling . . . we walked uphill both ways while dying once every five seconds while leveling, and we liked it fine!" . . . Now, get off my lawn, you kids!"
pointsman said, "I don't rue the game. In fact I don't feel any regret for the game at all."
looomis said, "I don't like people changing to alts and then bragging about their mains like schizophrenic role players."
PVE - person vs enviorment
PVP - person vs person
GG - Gauntlgrym
IWD - Icewind Dale
DR - Dread Ring
PF - Phantasmal Fortress
DS - Dread Spire
WF - Witch Fen
DF - Death Forge
BoA - Binds on Account
BoE - Binds on Equip
BoP - Binds on Pickup
NPC - Non player Character
DD - Dungeon Delvs
VT - Valindra's Tower
CN - Castle Never
DV - Dread Vault
MC - Malabog's Castle
SC - Spellplauge Cavern
FH - Frozen Heart
SW - Scourge Warlock
CW - Control Wizard
DC - Devoted Claric
GF - Gurdian Fighter
GWF - Great Weapon Fighter
HR - Hunter Ranger
TR - Trickster Rouge
AD - Astral Diamonds
RAD - Rough Astral Diamonds
ZAX - Zen AD exchange
WAI - Working as Intended
ToD - Tyranny of Dragons
And the list goes on and on...
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Nice start! The list doesn't have to be perfect, but it sure would help new people on the forums understand things much better!
myles08807 said, "Back in my day, we didn't have any of this fancy Mulhorand gear while we were leveling . . . we walked uphill both ways while dying once every five seconds while leveling, and we liked it fine!" . . . Now, get off my lawn, you kids!"
pointsman said, "I don't rue the game. In fact I don't feel any regret for the game at all."
looomis said, "I don't like people changing to alts and then bragging about their mains like schizophrenic role players."
for Spellplague I often see SP abbreviation
some other dungeons:
CT - Clock Tower
(L)MD - Lair of Mad Dragon
GWD - Grey Wolf Den
ToS - Temple of Spider
KR - Kessel's Retreat
Nice! I think I have seen Lair of Mad Dragon abbreviated as LoMD. I may be wrong - I am the newb after all.
myles08807 said, "Back in my day, we didn't have any of this fancy Mulhorand gear while we were leveling . . . we walked uphill both ways while dying once every five seconds while leveling, and we liked it fine!" . . . Now, get off my lawn, you kids!"
pointsman said, "I don't rue the game. In fact I don't feel any regret for the game at all."
looomis said, "I don't like people changing to alts and then bragging about their mains like schizophrenic role players."
CS - Critical Strike
AP - Armor Penetration
LS - Life Steal
(is that too "1st grade" of an abbreviation? hehe)
It's commonly referred just as "crit" for both I think.
And Armor Penetration is "ArP". "AP" means Action Points.
Others that are generally used:
GF = guardian fighter
GWF = great weapon fighter
DC = devoted cleric
HR = hunter ranger
TR = trickster rogue
CW = control wizard
SW = scourge warlock (new class coming w/ module 4)
AS = astral shield or astral seal (usually the former, as it is a key DC skill for keeping tams healed/alive)
stone = one of various type of Ioun stone companions - a special type of companion that doesn't attack or have any powers, and only applies its own stats toward the character that has it summoned
GS = gear score - the rating of a character that includes things like stats, gear, enchantments, boons, etc
CTA = call to arms - a special version of existing skirmishes, typically with other special rewards attached to it
gg = good game - can be meant sincerely or to deride others, so be careful of the context it is used in / can also mean Gauntlgrym.
gj = good job
gtg = got to go (I have to leave) or good to go (ready for whatever is next)
+ = ready (you'll often see someone just type in this if you're on a team looking to do multiple runs of a dungeon in Gauntlgrym or during a CTA
Gnarl or GR = Gnarlroot caves in Feywild - 1st area lair
WF = Witchfen - 2nd area lair
Cela = Tower of Celdaine - 3rd area lair
DS = Dreadspire lair in Dread Ring
PF = Phantasmal Fortress in Dread Ring
DF = Death Forge in Dread Ring
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On topic: ....bah, fine time for me to take my meds because I'm so fuzzy I can't think of any other acronyms....
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AP is Actions Points
ArPen = Armor Penetration
Also rarely see CS for Critical Strike, its simply Crit
Continuing with Icewind Dale...
IWD = Icewind Dale
BG = Biggrin's Tomb, (A weekly lair in Icewind Pass - gives 50 Konig coins and about 1200 black ice)
HE = Heroic Enounter
TT = Ten Towns
AB = Arcane Brotherhood
BiB = Black Ice Beholder (A big HE in Dwarven Valley)
KR = Kessel's Retreat (sometimes just called Kessel's) - the special skirmish for IWD
Remo/Rem = Remorhaz - a major HE in Icewind Pass.
HQ/Queen = Hammerstone Queen weekly quest started from a hammer item that randomly drops off corrupted dwarves in Dwarven Valley
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I don't think hq has a limit.
Crit chance is commonly just referred to as crit. No one letter abbreviation for it.
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Can confirm SP for Spellplague Caverns; almost never see SC.
Some common class-related shortenings/acronyms I see:
GWF:
SM: Swordmaster
IV: Iron Vanguard
Sent: Sentinel
AoW: Avatar of War armor set
IBS: Indomitable Battle Strike
CaGI: Come and Get It(less used but I see it occasionally)
Wicked/WS: Wicked Strike
NSF: Not So Fast
FLS: Frontline Surge
CW:
SS: Spellstorm Mage
MoF: Master of Flame
Thaum: Thaumaturge
HV: High Vizier armor set
SW: Shadow Weaver armor set
Shard: Shard of the Endless Avalanche
Sing/AS: Arcane Singularity
OF: Oppressive Force
Icy: Icy Terrain
EotS: Eye of the Storm
CC: Chilling Cloud
MM: Magic Missile
FtF: Fan the Flames
DC:
DO: Divine Oracle
AC: Anointed Champion
DP: Divine Power
HP: High Prophet armor set
MH: Miracle Healer armor set
AS: Astral Shield(DC)
Chains: Chains of Blazing Light
Daunting/DL: Daunting Light
SB: Sunburst
FS: Flame Strike
DA: Divine Armor
HG: Hallowed Ground
GF:
Uh... Don't see GFs discussed enough to know what acronyms their stuff uses.
HR:
PF: Pathfinder
SW: Stormwarden
RG: Royal Guard armor set
GW: Grand Warden armor set
SS: Split Shot
ES: Electric Shot
CtG: Clear the Ground
RoA: Rain of Arrows
Marauder's: Marauders's rush/escape
I see less acronyming on HR in general, probably due to the dual powers.
TR:
MI: Master Infiltrator
WK: Whisperknife
Swash: Swashbuckling Captain's armor set. I never see SC used for this, oddly.
DF: Duelist's Flurry(TR)
Lashing: Lashing Blade(TR)
Smoke/SB: Smoke Bomb(TR)
ItC: Impossible to Catch(TR)
DS: Dazing Strike
SS: Shadow Strike
B&S/BnS: Bait and Switch
WR: Wicked Reminder
WoB: Whirlwind of Blades
SE: Shocking Execution
LA: Lurker's Assault
CoS: Cloud of Steel
SF: Sly Flourish
PotB: Path of the Blade
IS: Impact Shot
VP: Vengeance's Pursuit
(I know, I have the most TR ones. My main's a TR. I also theorize that TRs are lazy since I've seen all of these used by other people as well!)
General gear:
BI: Black Ice
FD: Fallen Dragon weapons
FF: Fabled Fomorian weapons
DL: Dread Legion weapons(Also armor, but less frequently)
CN set: The weapon sets dropped from the Dracolich in Castle Never. Ancient Spymater(TR), Castle Champion(GWF), etc. A catch-all.
Enchantments:
Vorp: Vorpal enchant
SF: Soulforged enchant
PF: Plague Fire
Bile/BT: Bilethorn
Bark/BS: Barkshield
For armor/weapon enchant levels, frequently used with a . between it and the :
L: Lesser
G: Greater
P: Perfect
Example usages: GPF - Greater Plague Fire, highest level of PF; P.Vorp - Perfect Vorpal, LSF: Lesser Soulforged, P.Terror - Perfect Terror. I usually see the prefix-less versions of enchants referred to as 'normal', but I don't recall ever seeing an N used as abbreviation for this.
Well, if that's the case, its rarity seems to be odd in that I've only gotten about one per week... it grants 1900 raw black ice, a r5 black ice enchant, and some other stuff, so it's really good if it can drop more often...
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aaah! now i won't be that confused reading all that threads about pvp..ppl just talking about armor enchantment and nothing else
anyway, great list..hope, finally we'll accumulate all posts in one
Any new ones, please add to wiki: Neverwinter Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Nice , when I looked yesterday I was surprised one didn't exist , you seem to be missing DPS unless I missed it.You should also copy/paste it and make a thread and ask for it to be stickyed in GD.
This is freaking awesome! Thanks and nice job!!
myles08807 said, "Back in my day, we didn't have any of this fancy Mulhorand gear while we were leveling . . . we walked uphill both ways while dying once every five seconds while leveling, and we liked it fine!" . . . Now, get off my lawn, you kids!"
pointsman said, "I don't rue the game. In fact I don't feel any regret for the game at all."
looomis said, "I don't like people changing to alts and then bragging about their mains like schizophrenic role players."
99% sure it's a weekly job. When you get it only once a week, and usually on the same day, it's a good sign that it's a limited event. For me, it's availability seems to cycle on Sundays (ie: all my characters get it that day and then never see it again the rest of the week until the next Sunday).
A new one I have seen is omw= on my way (basically party members letting everyone in the group know they are either switching to the main instance or heading toward the designated rendevouz point)
Hammerstone Queen is a weekly quest, based on my experience. Just need that hammer drop.
myles08807 said, "Back in my day, we didn't have any of this fancy Mulhorand gear while we were leveling . . . we walked uphill both ways while dying once every five seconds while leveling, and we liked it fine!" . . . Now, get off my lawn, you kids!"
pointsman said, "I don't rue the game. In fact I don't feel any regret for the game at all."
looomis said, "I don't like people changing to alts and then bragging about their mains like schizophrenic role players."
I also alphabetized everything.
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Although in Neverwinter CC is not much in the way of crowd control, the slows and stuns are so short in comparison to other games, I played one before this game that CC locked something down for a full 60 seconds and there were different types, like some classes could cc a droid others did biologicals. But yeah in a group that had 2 - 4 people that could CC something meant you locked down certain mobs killed the lesser ones asap then focused on the other ones one at a time so that ideally by the time the CC had elapsed you were down to one or two big mobs to hammer on.
In Neverwinter you get like 5 seconds of actual control if you are lucky. Not saying it doesn't help but often all CC does in this game is allow you to move away or drink a pot before you'd get hit and die. So to me crowd control in this game isn't the same as it is in others and the way they do the mobs i'm thinking it should have at the very least longer lasting slows to get you a bit more time to do things other than dodge til you run out of stamina.
Often there is so much red on the floor you can't NOT get hit by something and I just love getting stunned an have 3+ red attacks hit me, as a CW that usually means i'm dead. Recently there was a moment when I got hit by something that stunned me several seconds and in that time red after red popped under my feet and yep as I thought I was down and dead nothing I could do. I think maybe this game should not focus so much on stuns but on slowing enemy movement and slowing down how often they attack I personally think that will be something that would make this game work better from a CC type stand point.
There is so much frost and ice in this game that I really the the CW should get more AoE slow downs and slow attacks of mobs and let the new SW take care of DPS, but i'm also all for people keeping the tried and true AoE CW too, the dps build still looks like it will be useful in the future although for now its really nice being a CW lol.