The world of MMORPG's has become so massive that specific terminology has been created for the in-game chat. Such terminology has transfered into Order & Chaos.
Term | Meaning | Usage |
Grinding | To repeat an action over and over | "I'm going to spend the next hour grinding on monsters" |
Mob | Short for mobile, it means any NPC (see below) whose purpose is to be killed for experience, quests or loot. | "There's a level 28 spider mob!" |
Pulling | Engaging a mob who has not noticed the PC yet. | "Let's pull another mob!" |
Instancing | To play in randomly generated dungeons (Note*: this feature has not been implemented yet) | "Let's go instancing!" |
Noob | Someone who just started the game, a "newbie" | "I used to be a major noob" |
Acronyms[]
Acronyms are abbreviations for long phrases. They are used extensively in MMO communities and so are useful to know.
Acronym | Meaning | Usage |
NPC | Non-Player Character | "Talk to the NPC to start the Quest" |
PvE or PvM | Player verses Environment/Monster | "Lets get together later and PvE in the Great Desert" |
PvP | Player verses Player | "I'm going to beat you at PvP tonight!" |
AFK or AFD | Away from Keyboard/Device | "I think he's AFK" |
AOE | Area Of Effect | "My Spell has a large AOE" |
AH | Auction House | "I'm selling it at the AH" |
BoE | Binds on Equip | "This sword BoE" |
BoP | Binds on Pickup | "This staff BoP; I can't sell it :(" |
IAP | In App Purchase | "Gold can be bought as an IAP" |
EXP or XP | Experience | "Yay, only 1k XP till next lvl!" |
DoT | Damage over time(burns/poisons/bleeds) | "Monks have no DoT spells." |
MMO(RPG) | Massive Multiplayer Online Role Play Game | "I play lots of MMORPGs" |
RAK | Regroup After Kill | Let's RAK |
OOM | Out of mana | "I'm oom, stop pulling please." |
WTB | Want to buy | "WTB Marcasite!" |
WTS | Want to sell | "WTS Marcasite!" |
PK | Player Kill | "That guy keeps PKing me!" |
L2P | Learn to Play | "How do you attack?" "L2P!" |
DPS | Damage Per Second | "My DPS is 101.26!" |
BRB | Be right back | "BRB, I have to get a drink." |