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Thread: [OT]Rifleman Newbie faq glossary of terms critique please

Ackehece
Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:26 pm
#1


Curb Testors please your Input on this... what do I need to add to my glossary forthe rifleman newbieFaq

If it is related to curb material your reply please * it so that I don't accidently add early. I have to do a serious update to the newb faq in the future (and currently I have small changes to make) so any suggestions for this part (and feel free to add it to other profession faqs or whatever)

I am sure I have missed many terms so help is appreciated.





SWG - Starwars Galaxies - An Empire Divided

JTL - Jump To Lightspeed (expansion 1)

ROTW - Rage of the Wookiees (expansion 2)







A


  • AFK- away from keyboard
  • AR - Armor Resistance / Rating (levels 0-3)
  • AP - Armor Piercing or alternatively Apprentice Points (used previously for mastering professions)
  • AOE - Area of Affect (usually referring to a special) Melee can have 360 specials, whereas most marksmen specials are a cone
  • Aurelia - (See Village , Glowly , Old Man)

B



  • BRT = be right there
  • Bat - Light Saber (see also Glow-Bat, Glow Stick)
  • buff = enhancements external to the character that can affect skills, states, or stats

C


  • Camp - to stay in on place to keep killing the spawn over and over
  • CURB - Combat Upgrade Revamp Balance
  • corv = corvette - currently the only instanced adventure location in the game
  • Corvette - Instanced Adventure Location
  • cor = corellia
  • Corellia - Central Planet in SWG

D


  • dot= damage over time (usually Poison, Disease, Bleed, or Fire)
  • dungeon = adventure location
  • Dant = dantooine
  • Dantooine = AnAdventure Planet
  • Dath = dathomir
  • Dathomir = Planet that is dangerous and is rumored to have Night Sister Force witchs on it

E


F


  • FAQ - frequently asked questions _ READ THESE FIRST!_
  • FRS - Force Ranking System - a system where Jedi can gain power by killing others *truly an invention of the dark side!*
  • FS - Force sensitive - Means you are ready to take the path to Jedi
  • fotm = Flavor of the month - term used to describe how powergamers flock to what they view as the strongest class everytime something changes
  • Factional Pet = See pet but related to the GCW

G


  • Glowy - Once you do a significant amount of activities (covered in the Force Senstive forums) you glow with force
  • Glow-Bat - Light saber (See also Glow-Stick, Bat)
  • Glow-Stick - light saber (see also Glow Bat, Bat)
  • GCW - Galatic Civil War (the Rebellion vs the Empire)
  • Grind = to work with out ceasing to level to highest abilities - a bad thing for most players but powergamers like to do it

H


  • HUD - heads up display - the info displayed on your screen

I


  • Instanced = a location that is created specifically for a group to adventure in that no one other then the group can enter

J


  • JTL - Jump To Lightspeed (expansion 1)

K


L


  • Loot = Items obtained by adventuring
  • L33T = players who tend to pvp but are generally younger and do it only to grief not to roleplay. Tend to say things like1Pwn'dUrR0xx0r etc...

M


  • Mezzing - A term used to indicate a a target has been affected by a special action that locks a mob up under a set duration
  • MMORPG = Massively Mulitplayer Online Role Playing Game

N


O


  • OMW = On my way
  • Old Man - creepy guy who tells you that you are ready to become a Force Sensitive person - stalks you - er finds you a few days generally after you gain glowy status.

P


  • PA - Players Association (guild)
  • psg= personal shield generator
  • Pet = npc that can be controlled to an extent by players
  • pvp = player versus player
  • pve = player versus enemy/environment

Q


R


  • RP- roleplay
  • ROTW - Rage of the Wookiees (expansion 2)
  • rooted = to be forced to stay in one place until ones action is complete
  • RPG = (primary)roleplaying game /(secondary usage)rocket propelled grenade

S


  • SWG - star wars galaxies
  • Spawn - a location where NPC/Creatures appear in the game
  • Skills= abilities granted by professions or by race
  • States = affects that can increase or decrease affect of skills or stats and combat ability
  • Stats = the basic numeric description of your character

T


  • tat = tattooine
  • Tattooine - Planet seen in the movies - desert world - home of the Famous and Dangerous Krayt
  • tal = talus
  • Talus - A Moonof the Planet Correllia

U


V


  • The Village - no not M Night Shyamalyan's epic- A location where the quests for jedi starts in the game after you get glowy status
  • Village - as above


W


X


  • XP - experiance points

Y


Z



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Phenix1050
Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:21 pm
#2
well you can remove armor piercing...



PHE'NIX ANTARUS
BOTHAN ELDER RANGER
BEST LOOKINGSPY EVER--FOUNDER OF SATGWNIWNU
BURNING H*TPANTS SINCE 2003

This is horrible! I return to find my new title on the forum is "Jedi". What's up with that? If they wanted to confer that I'm rare and learned, they'd make my title RANGER. and then make it camo colored.
memnoch37
Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:28 pm
#3
Glossary






Memnoch

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