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Terminology

MMO's in general have a set terminology, or words that are used exclusively in MMO's. To newcomers of the genre, the terminology can be daunting to get around. This page will list and explain common terms in MMORPG's as well as terms specific to Sword of the New World.

General

Term	Definition
1h	1 Handed Sword.
Aggro	Term used to define the attention of a mob.
autored	Term used to describe faction wars, automatic pvp. Read about it here.
CS	Cash Shop, or Bazaar, the store for obtaining items with real life money
Prem	Premium, a status that comes with certain Cash Shop puchases
AoE	AoE is short-hand for "Area of Effect". It usually refers to a spell or power that targets an area as opposed to a single enemy.
AFK	Away From Keyboard
Brb	Be Right Back
Beast	Term used to denote a particularly stronger player
AM	Ambassador, former prefix for the Game Masters of Sword of the new world. Note: They are the only ones able to use "AM" at the start of their name.
G1	GamersFirst, the company that runs this game; also can refer to the GamersFirst website, or Game Masters. (Game Masters used to be called AM-[Name] but now they are called G1-[Name])
GS	Great Sword or Two-handed Sword
B>	Buying...
AR	Attack Rating or attack level. This is an attribute which shows the efficiency of your attacks. The higher your AR the more likely you are able to damage monsters or players with strong armor.
DPS	Damage per second = the attack speed * damage of a character
DH / DHR	Dragon Heart, a rare item needed to complete high end recipes. DHR means Dragon Heart Recipe, as the Dragon Heart itself must be crafted.
Cath	Catherine, a UPC that is annoyingly hard to get without buying all the required body parts
CW	Clan Wars
DR	Defense Rating or defense level. This is an attribute which shows the efficiency of your defense. The higher your DR the less likely you are to be damaged.
Ea	Each
EB	Enchant Booster
EDC	Elite Dragon Coat. 92e armor for the Musketeer.
EMS	Elite Metallic Suit. 92e metal armor for Fighters.
EBF	Elite Bone Frame. 92e leather armor for Fighters.
ERS	Elite Rescue Suit. 92e armor for Scouts.
EPJ	Elite Pandera Jacket. 92e armor for Wizards.
ELV	Elite La Ventisca. 92e armor for Elementalists.
Ele	Elementalist
Exp	Expert
FC	Firecracker or to use a Firecracker to check who gets the highest number, and subsequently, the boss or the item.
FTW!	For the WIN! or For the World!
FFA	Method of distributing loot where whoever picks the item up from the ground gets it.
Gg/gb	Good game (or good going)/good battle. It's always good to finish a battle saying "gg" or "gb" even if you lose.
Grinding	Killing monsters for a long time in the same place to level up faster or to gain items. Frankly the whole game is a grind.
Healer	In this game, the Scout, Soho, Emilia or Viki.
Ks	Kill Stealing = When someone steals your spot/mob/place.
Lol	Laughing out loud
LB	Le Blanc, high end armor. Usually compounded with a class, such as LN Sco, or Le Blanc for Scouts.
LN	Le Noir, high end armor. Usually compounded with a class, such as LN Wiz, or Le Noir for Wizards.
LR	Le Rouge, high end armor. Usually compounded with a class, such as LR Ele, or Le Noir for Elementalists. These are the exact same things as Le Noir (LN.)
Mob	Used to call a monster
MM	The Market Manager.
ML	Master Loot. A method of distributing loot where the player dealing the most damage tags the most drops/items.
Nerf/un-nerf	A "nerf" happens when a specific stat or feature of a character gets removed or lowered. the "un-nerf" happens when a nerf gets removed.
Noob/n00b/nub	Basically an annoying newbie (a player new to the game).
Npc	Non player characters. These are the ones you can't control.
OCP	Old Chess Piece, crafting material for high end weapons.
Pk/PK	Player kill, or player killer. Stands for the person that kills another player.
PvE	Player versus environment, is a fancy word for doing quests, or leveling up in the game world.
PvP	Player versus player, usually ends in PK.
RL	Real life, so when someone asks you where are you from in rl, he means where do you live in real life.
Rez	To cast Resurrect or to bring a character capable of casting the named skill, such as Romina
Rofl	Rolling On Floor Laughing
RR	Round Robin. A method of distributing loot where player A gets the first drop picked up, player B gets the 2nd, player C gets the 3rd, until all the members of the squad have received an item, after which the order loops.
S>	Selling... (same as WTS)
SS	Snail Shell. Crafting material for high end weapons. Alternatively, Screen Shot.
DH/DHr	Dragon Heart and Dragon Heart Recipe. It is one of the most important (and expensive,)
PC>	Price Check (player wants to know the Market Price of an item)
PO	Pure Otite
Stfu	Shut the F*** up.
Tank	The character that takes damage to protect others, usually the one that has more HP and defense.
T>	Trading (same as WTT)
UD	Undead, a monster subtype.
Upc	Unique player characters. These are the characters you get for completing quests.
Vet	Veteran
Wiz	Wizard
WB	Wild Beast, a monster subtype. Also used for Welcome Back.
WTB	Want to buy.
WTS	Want to sell.
WTT	Want to trade.
Letter/Number or Coords	Usually they refer to the coordinates of the maps; look at your area map and find the Letter and Number (example; A1, A5, C8, etc).
Musk	Musketeer
Fig	Fighter
MP	Mysterious Powder
MSP	Mysterious Steel Piece
UA's	Upgrade Accelerators
Farm	To kill in a certain area for a prolonged period to collect items for crafting or to sell
SC	Soul Crystal
Merc	Mercenary Warrant, a Cash Shop item that allows people to trade or sell their characters. The Merc Warrant turns a family's character into a tradeable card; this must be done by the family that owns the character in the first place. Mercs are expensive, so sometimes character sellers require the buyer to supply the Merc.
relog	Logging off and on again, or going to Quarters and coming back into the game world.
WoD	Wheel of Destiny, an item available via Cash Shop or a Baron quest
Baron	The status you get when you kill another player in a non PvP zone
Penetration	Penetration - Ignores X amount of your enemies’ DEF, RES, Block and Evasion depending on the value.
Absorb	Short for Absorption - Gain X amount of absorption of the enemies’ Penetration depending on the value.
AtP	Adelina the Pirate, a promo UPC.
StF	Soho the Fighter, a promo UPC.
BSI	Battlesmith Idge, a promo UPC.
ICP or PTIC	Iron Chef Panfilo, a promo UPC. Also called as Panfilo the Iron Chef
ETS	Emilia the Sage, a promo UPC.

Stats
See Character Attributes for the application of these terms.

STR	Strength
AGI	Agility
CON	Constitution
DEX	Dexterity
INT	Intelligence
CHA	Charisma

Bosses or Raids

D	Diablo
G	Gerrero. Sometimes used for Griffon.
V	Vergo/Scharffenberger the Cursed
Chim	Chimera
Grif	Griffon
Jorg or Garim	Jormongand
Angler	Swamp Angler
HB	Hell Breaker
GB	Golden Bat
DB	Dream Blade Antelope
BB	Bellboy of Mein
Fran or Dr. Fran	Dr. Fran Mohntein
Gul or Faxi	Gulfaxi
GS	Golden Spider
QE / Raf	Queen Eater or Raffleissia
TG	Treasure Golem
Vlad	Vladimir
Thora	Thoracotomy
KoC / KoG	King of Coventry or King of Greed
UT	Undertaker
Ur	Uraeus
Dios	Dios Lantem
Rav/Barrow	Ravyn the Unholy in the Barrow de la Muerte
Dec	Decarabia
Sek / Sekh	Sekhmeth

Places

AA	Ancient Area
SA	Secret Area
FA	Forgotten Area
BC	Battle Colosseum
PY	Poison Yard
ST	Secret Temple
Stw	Secret Tower
LoD	Land of the Dead
PC	Port of Coimbra (city)
UGC	Bahamar Underground Caves
FG	Fire Gate
LG	Lightning Gate
IWT or IT or IG	Ice Wizard's Tower
FI	Fire Isle
Baha	Bahamar
Sewers / Scarlet	Reboldeaux Scarlet Underground
FF, AP or Antig	Antiguo Patrimonio, daily raid that opens up +1 AR/DR for an entire faction when beaten. Also known as Faction Fight.
LTA / Tierra	La Tierra d'Amor, daily colony pvp war for a +20% Exp buff
KTV	Katovic, referring either to the zone Katovic Snowfields, or the entire Katovic Region comprising Ferruccio Wall, Katovic Snowfields, Frozen Wastes and Glacial Fortress: Forecourt
Lago	Usually El Lago de Tres Hermanas, not Lago Celeste
Skele	Skeleton Dungeon
Occulta	Occulta Dungeon
Noche/Dias	Refers to the Errac (El Dorado) maps. The mobs in each are different, and the map switches from Noche to Dias depending on Server time.

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c/o = Current Offer
limao = Lughting my ass off
SQ = Squad
Buff : give power (intensy,accel, etc)
Timer : respawn of some boss
PoC : Port of Coimbra
PC : Price Check
Rebo : City of Rebouldeux
Ch = Channel 1, 2, 3

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So many of these, you can give an election speech with ONE 50 letter sentence....

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PO's = Pure Otite's

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PO's = Pure Otite's

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