Glossary

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The following are common terms used during gameplay or discussion. Please note that this is not a complete list, and that terms may be dependent on your server.

A

• A>: Auctioning an item.
• AB: Acid Bomb.
• Aco: An Acolyte class player.
• AFK: "Away From Keyboard"; used to indicate that someone is not at their computer
• AFKmist: An Alchemist or Biochemist who goes AFK and lets their homunculus kill monsters for them. (often found in Orc Dungeon 2)
• Agi: The Agility stat, or the Acolyte skill Increase Agility.
• Alche: An Alchemist class player.
• AoE: "Area of Effect"; skills that effect many cells at once.
• AR: Adrenaline Rush.
• AAR: Advanced Adrenaline Rush.
• Asp: Aspersio.
• Ass/Assu: Assumptio.
• Ass Cross: An Assassin Cross class player.
• Asura: An alternate name for Guillotine Fist.
• AV: Arrow Vulcan.

B

• B> : "Buy", used in chatroom names where players are looking for an item(s).
• [1]Battle - : Anyone who has a build that fights in close combat. Ex: Battle priest, battle alchemist, battle sage, battle prof, etc. (Though battle sage/prof can best be considered as soldiers since casters can fight too, by casting). (New meaning: Any build [a class that has a support class: Ex: Priests, Sages, Alchemists] that deals damage thru 2 or more skills).
• BB: Bowling Bash or Bloody Branch.
• BC: Battle Chant.
• Bless: Blessing.
• Biochem: A Biochemist class player.
• Biolabs: The Somatology Lab dungeon in Lighthalzen.
• Bot: An illegal program that automates leveling. Report to your GMs if you see one.
• BS: A Blacksmith class player.
• Buff: A type of skill that improve your abilities, the most common of which is Blessing.

C

• Cart: The cart pulled by merchant classes to vend.
• CB: Cold Bolt.
• CCC: Chain Crush Combo.
• Champ: A Champion class player.
• CP: Classical Pluck.
• Crus: A Crusader class player.
• CS: Clashing Spiral.
• CSS: Cicada Skin Shed.

D

• DA: Double Attack.
• DB: Dead Branch, an item to summon a random monster on the spot (not in towns).
• DB Party: To use many dead branches in one area and therefore collect a large mob of monsters.
• DC: "Disconnect".
• DPS: "Damage per second".
• Drop: Item(s) gained from killing a monster.
• DS: Double Strafe.

E

• Econ: Economy, the castle stat which determines the number of treasure boxes produced.
• ED: Evil Druid, or its Evil Druid Card.
• EDP: Enchant Deadly Poison.
• Ein: The city of Einbroch or Einbech.
• Endow: Giving a weapon an element using a Sage's endow skill.
• ES: Earth Spike.
• ESL: Evil Snake Lord.
• EXP: Experience Points.
• EXP tap: The act of attacking or taking damage from a monster to increase the EXP it gives.

F

• FA: Falcon Assault.
• FAS: Focused Arrow Strike.
• Falcon: The falcon used by Hunters.
• FB: Fire Bolt.
• FBa: Fire Ball.
• FCP: Full Chemical Protection.
• FD: Frost Diver.
• FFA: "Free For All".
• Fist/Fisting/Fister: Referring to the skill Guillotine Fist or a Monk/Champion character with the skill.
• FP: Fire Pillar.
• FS: "Full Support", in reference to characters based around supporting.
• FW: Fire Wall.

G

• Game Master: An in-game administrator, with their own unique sprites and abilities.
• GC: Grand Cross.
• GD: Guild Dungeon or Gloria Domini.
• GFist: Guillotine Fist.
• GH: Glast Heim, a dungeon west of Geffen.
• GM: see Game Master.
• GR: "Guild Recruiting", Ghostring, or it's Ghostring Card.
• Grind: The process of hunting for a long time for exp.
• GS: A Gunslinger class player.
• GTB: Golden Thiefbug, or its Golden Thiefbug Card.

H

• HD: Heaven's Drive.
• HL: Holy Light.
• Homun: A homunculus.
• HP: A High Priest class player or Hocus-pocus.
• HSCR: High Speed Cart Ram.
• HW: A High Wizard class player.

I

• IC: Improve Concentration.
• IR: Impressive Riff.
• IW: Ice Wall.

J

• JT: Jupitel Thunder.

K

• KE: Kyrie Eleison.
• KH: Kiel Hyre Dungeon accessed through the Kiel Hyre Quest.
• KoS: "Kill on sight", usually referring to PvP.
• KS: "Kill Steal"; the act of killing the monster another player is fighting.

L

• LB: Lightning Bolt
• Link: A Soul Linker's soul link skill.
• Linker: A Soul Linker class player.
• LK: A Lord Knight class player.
• LoV: Lord of Vermilion.
• Lou/LY: The Louyang field outside of the town where many players level off Mi Gaos.

M

• MA: Meteor Assault.
• Mag: Magnificat.
• Mage: A Magician.
• Mammo: Mammonite.
• MB: Magnum Break.
• ME: Magnetic Earth or Magnus Exorcismus.
• Merch: A Merchant class player or a mercenary.
• Mob: To collect an unusually large group of monsters.
• MR: Magic Rod or Martyr's Reckoning.
• MS: Meteor Storm, Magic Strings, Mental Strength, Mental Sensing, or a Mastersmith class player.

N

• NB: Napalm Beat

O

• OD2: A low/mid range dungeon: (Orc Dungeon 2)
• OH: Orc Hero, or its Orc Hero Card.
• OI: Occult Impaction.

P

• Party: A group of players that are hunting together and can share experience points.
• Peco: The monster Peco Peco, or one mounted by Knights or Crusaders.
• Pron: The city of Prontera.
• PVP/PvP: Player versus player combat, see PvP and WoE.

Q

• Quag: Quagmire.

R

• Rares: Rare items, such as cards or equipment only available from monster drops.
• Res: Resurrection.
• Respawn: To return to a save point after dying.
• RS: Rapid Smiting.
• RTB: Raging Trifecta Blow.

S

• S> : "Sell", used in chatroom names where the player is selling an item(s).
• Sac: Sacrifice.
• Sader: A Crusader class player.
• Sanc: Sanctuary .
• SB: Sonic Blow.
• SC: Stone Curse or Signum Crucis.
• SD: Soul Destroyer.
• Sensing: The Wizard/Sage skill Sense, or the Ensemble Skill, Mental Sensing.
• Sewers: A dungeon west of Prontera, also known as Culverts.
• SG: Storm Gust.
• Sin: An Assassin class player.
• SinX: An Assassin Cross class player.
• SL: A Soul Linker class player, or the actual Soul Link.
• Slave: A player that does not receive any experience while hunting, but simply supporting the party.
• SN: A Super Novice class player.
• SP Reco: Increase SP Recovery.
• Spirit: A monk's spirit sphere or, a Soul Linker's soul link.
• Support (Role): Request a supportive player (such as a Priest) to be passive and just buff/Heal the party.
• SS: Soul Strike or "Screenshot".
• Suff: Suffragium.
• SW: Safety Wall.
• Swordie: A Swordman class player.

T

• Tank: To have a player, usually with higher AGI or VIT, to absorb the attacks by a player.
• Tele: To Teleport or use a Fly Wing.
• TI: Turtle Island.
• TK: A TaeKwon Kid class player.
• TKM: A TaeKwon Master.
• THQ: Twohand Quicken.
• TM: see TKM.
• TS: Thunderstorm or Teamspeak.
• TSS: Throw Spirit Sphere.
• TU: Turn Undead.

U

• UG: Underground Dungeon, below the Clock Tower in Aldebaran.

V

• Vend: Setting up shop by a Merchant with the Vending skill.
• Vent: Refers to Ventrilo, a popular voicechat program.

W

• WB: Water Ball.
• Wiz: A Wizard class player.
• WoE: War of Emperium, guild versus guild combat.

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