DDO Acronyms & Terminology

DDO Acronyms & Slang Terminology

Unfortunately, Izlude's thread containing DDO's internet lingo hasn't been updated in years. The fact that its seen activity as late as June '09, goes to show how important the work is that was first started by Izlude in June '06. I've recreated Izlude's original thread, and took it a couple of steps further. Now, not only will this page be properly maintained, but it will also include links to the DDO Compendium.

This information can be found in four different locations now ... DDO Acronyms and Slang Terminology - Found in the MAC forums, DDO Acronyms and Slang Terminology - Found in the DDO forums, DDO Acronyms & Terminology - Found in the DDO Compendium, and the Glossary - Found in the DDO wiki.

If you're new to the DDO or MMOG experience, then feel free to post terms and acronyms that you need help with, in one of the forum threads. Also, if you need a better description of a term that is listed, don't be afraid to ask. That's what the threads are for.

We love newbies!

Contents 1 --- A 2 --- B 3 --- C 4 --- D 5 --- E 6 --- F 7 --- G 8 --- H 9 --- I 10 --- J 11 --- K 12 --- L 13 --- M 14 --- N 15 --- O 16 --- P 17 --- Q 18 --- R 19 --- S 20 --- T 21 --- U 22 --- V 23 --- W 24 --- X 25 --- Y 26 --- Z 27 --- #

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AA

Arcane Archer, an undead archer skeleton

ADQ

Against the Demon Queen (quest)

AFAIK

As Far As I Know

AFK

Away From Keyboard

Aggro

Aggression, when you have "aggro," then the enemy's attacks are focused on you.

AH

Auction House

Alt

Alternative, usually an alternative character on the same account

AOE

Area of Effect

Arcane

An Arcane would refer to arcane casters, such as the wizard or sorcerer classes, and would exclude other casters (i.e. cleric)

ATM

At the Moment

Avatar

Term used to describe a users character, or the small pic beside your username on a forum post

Axer Package

A phase referring to a collection of buffs in DDO. Generally refers to every possible useful buff for the given quest.

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BAB

Base Attack Bonus

Battle Cleric

A cleric who likes to and is built to fight in melee combat

BBL

Be Back Later

BIO

Bathroom Break

Bind or Binding

The process of setting a resurrection point in a tavern, by talking to an NPC "spirit binder"

Binding an item to a character will make that item immune to permanent damage, but the item cannot be auctioned or traded

Body Pull

Technique of getting close enough to a MOB to get only its attention and not its friends, and pull them back to fight alone

Box of Rocks

A chest full of gemstones

BS

Bastard Sword (item)

Bull's Strength (buff) at lower levels

BarkSkin (buff) at higher levels

BRB

Be Right Back

BRT

Be Right There

BTW

By The Way

Buff, Buffs, or Buffed

Buffs are generally cast on characters at the beginning of quests and after shrining to give resistance to damaging effects

BYOH

Bring Your Own Heals, generally seen on the lfm to let people know that there isnt a healer in the group

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Capped

The point in which a character has reached the maximum amount of experience they can get

Caster

Typically a wizard or sorcerer, but technically any class that casts spells. (i.e. cleric)

CC

Crowd Control

CE

Combat Expertise (feat)

Char

Character

Chew Toy

A Tank who's main job is to acquire and maintain agro from a specific mob/mobs

Chump Block

A character that tanks, even though they are likely to die in the process

Clickie

An item that, upon double clicking the item icon, generates a spell or other effect. (ie haste clickie, grease clickie)

CLW

Cure Light Wounds

CMW

Cure Moderate Wounds

CO6

Cult of Six (quest series)

Coyle

An infamous NPC you must protect in the Threnal East quests who dies quite easily

Crawl

A dungeon crawl to show newbies the ropes, and/or to complete all side quests and objectives

Crit

Critical Hit, high attack rolls that occur naturally on the dice, give bonuses to damage

CSW

Cure Serious Wounds

CR

Challenge Rating

CYA

See You

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DA

Dwarven Axe (item) or Dungeon Alert

DC

Disconnect or lose internet connection, also stands for Difficulty Check for spells and saves.

DD

Dimension Door (spell)

DBF

Delayed Blast Firewall (spell)

Dev

Developers, as in "game developers"

Diplo

Diplomacy (skill), used to redirect aggro onto others

Disco Inferno

Wall of Fire & Otto's Sphere of Dancing used together

Divine

Divine spell casters excel at curing ailments and healing allies (i.e. Cleric, Favored Soul, Paladin)

DP

Divine Power

DPS

Damage Per Second

DR

Damage Reduction, formatted DR N/TYPE, where N = Absorbed Damage, and type = what ignores the DR

Dragonmark

(feat) A dragonmark looks like an elaboate tatoo and grants magical powers to the bearer.

DS

Deepwood Sniper (path), the path a ranger follows to focus skills on ranged attacks, and scouting

Dump Stat

A starting attribute you put no build points into

DV

Divine Vitality (enhancement), enhancement available to clerics to give spell points back to casters

DQ1

Against the Demon Queen chapter 1(quest)

DQ2

Against the Demon Queen chapter 2(raid)

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EZ

Easy

EULA

End User Licence Agreement

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Farming

Running a quest, or explorer area, multiple times for loot.

Favor

Points given for completing quests. Special benefits are made available to users who obtain enough favor with certain patrons

FF

Feather Fall

Finger

Finger of Death (spell)

Firewall

Wall of Fire (spell) the terminology used often misleads people to search for the spell in the F's, as opposed to the W's

Flagged

having completed the required quests, or gathered the required items, to move onto the next chapter of a story line. usually a raid.

Fleshy

is the term used for denoting a "flesh and bone" race (i.e. human)

FO

Finish Out, recall out of a finished quest

FOM

Freedom of Movement (buff)

FOD

Finger of Death (spell)

Fred

Fred The Mind Flayer can respec feats, and is found under the garden in House J

FTW

For The Win

FVS

Favored Soul (class)

F2P

Free to Play, new to mod 9. users can now play DDO without paying, but suffer some drawbacks (i.e. limited chars)

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GA

Greataxe

GH

Greater Heroism (buff)

Gianthold

Good Hope (spell)

GG

Good Game

Ghost Run

When players intentionally die to have someone carries their soul stone through the quest

Gimped

Typically referring to characters or equipment with sub standard abilities or a character that lacks sufficient equipment, armor and/or weapons

GIMPO

God In My Personal Opinion, typically used to describe a good character build.

GJ

Good Job

GLOER

Good Luck On End Reward

GM

Game Master, employees of Turbine that help with unusual problems, like characters getting stuck, or monsters not spawning, etc.

Gold Farmers or Spammer

People who try to sell gold or platinum in game

GS

Green Steel (item), could also mean Great Sword (item)

GTG

"Got to Go" or "Good to Go", sometimes creating confusion, especially at the beginning of quests

GTWF

Greater Two Weapon Fighting (feat)

GMW

Gray Moon Waining (quest series), quest series preceding the Cult of Six series

Guild Group

A group comprised mostly or entirely of members of a guild. Usually a very different experiance than that found in a PUG.

G2G

Got To Go, players often use G2G as opposed to GTG which has two different meanings.

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Healbot

A character dedicated to healing and who does little else in a quest

Hound

Hound of Xoriat (raid)

House D

House Deneith enclave, an area accessed through the Marketplace

House Deneith patrons of favor.

House J

House Jorasco enclave, an area accessed through the Marketplace

House Jorasco patrons of favor.

House K

House Kundarak enclave, an area accessed through the Marketplace

House Kundarak patrons of favor

House P

House Phiarlan enclave, an area accessed through the Marketplace

House Phiarlan patrons of favor.

HoX

Hound of Xoriat (raid)

HP

Hit Points

HIPS

Hiding In Plain Sight (quest)

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IC

In Character, an RP Term, or "I See"

IDK

I Don't Know

IIRC

If I Remember Correctly

IK

Instant Kill spell or effect, such as Finger of Death

IMO

In My Opinion

INC

Incoming, term used to warn users that mobs are coming

Incapped

Incapacitated is the term to describe a character who has fallen but is not yet dead

Intimitank

Usually a high AC and/or DR character who uses intimidate to draw aggro

IRL

In Real Life

ISO

In Seek Of or In Search Of

ITWF

Improved Two Weapon Fighting (feat)

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JK

Just Kidding

JMO

Just My Opinion

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KEK

Another version of LOL, KEK was commonly used in World of Warcraft

Kite or Kiting

Strategy of pulling an enemy, or group of enemies, to a strategic point where the party will then engage in combat.

KK

OK

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Lag

Delayed or slowed gaming experience due to, but not limited to: internet connection or pc problems. usually results in a frozen frame in-game.

LD

Link Dead, an alternate description of a disconnection.

Leet

Elite

LFG

Looking For Group

LFM

Looking For Members, this is the ad you will see in the social panel when people are looking for players to fill a group.

LFH

Looking For Ham (outdated terminology) consuming ham was the way to regenerate hp & sp before the induction of the rest shrine.

LotD

Litany of the Dead (quest)

LMAO

Laughing My Ass Off. Other variations exist, such as Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off, or ROTFLMAO

Log or Logging

Process of exiting the DDO software completely, or to change characters

LOL

Laughing Out Loud or Laughing On-Line

LOH

Lay On Hands (enhancement), the ability of Paladins to heal with divine powers

Lowbie

Reference of low level characters between lvl 1-4

LS

Long Sword

LVL

Level, typically referring to a characters experience level

L8ter

Later

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M/A

Mature Audience

Main

Main character on a persons account

Mana

Spell Points

Meat Shield

A front line character in a group, typically a tank

ML

Minimum Level requirements, referring to items

MM

Magic Missile (spell)

MMO or MMOG

Massive Multi-player On-line Game

MOB or MOBS

Mobile Object(s), attackable non playing objects. Usually monsters. Typically, anything that moves and can attack or anything you can attack

MoBB

Maladroit of Bone Breaking, special weapon attributes that saps dexterity from its victims

Mod

Module or Modification (ie DDO Mod 9)

MT

Mental Toughness (feat), could also mean MisTell or Main Tank

MU

Magic User, a character class that casts spells.

Mule

Character utilized to carry equipment and items for all the toons on an account

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Necro/Necro 1,2,3

Necropolis/Necropolis crypt series (quest)

Nerf

To make less effective

Newb or Newbie

New player not used to the game mechanics yet

NHE or N/H/E

Normal/Hard/Elite (quest difficulty levels) sometimes used individually

NM or Nvm

Nevermind

NooB, N00b or Nub

(Often Misused) Derogatory term used to describe someone who lacks concern for the group

NP

No Problem

NPC

Non Player Character

NT or NTY

No Thanks or No Thank You

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OIC

Oh, I See

OMG

Oh My God

OMW

On My Way

OOC

Out Of Character, an RP term

OOM

Out Of Mana

OP

Original Poster

ORLY

Oh Really?

Owned

This term denotes complete domination, usually in a (virtual) physical sense.

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PA

Power Attack (feat)

PC

Player Character

PD

Perma-Death, a play style that retires a toon after they die for the first time. Strict rules regarding PD groups vary between groups and/or guilds.

PG

Pure Good

Piking

A term used to describe someone that is leaching XP from the activity, without contributing anything to the party.

PK

Phantasmal Killer (spell)

PnP

Pen and Paper, the original D&D format

POP

Prison of the Planes (quest)

POP?

Pearl Of Power (item), an item used to increase a casters mana. The question mark would be replaced with a number designating its power.

Pots

Potions (item)

Power 5

+5 equivalent weapon effects, most of which can instantly kill monsters on a good roll. (Vorpal, Paralyzing, Banashing, Smiting, Disrupting)

Power Leveling

Getting more powerful characters to run quests while you tag along. There are limits in DDO to how far you can take this tactic

PPL

People

PrC

Prestige Class, a path a class will take to gain special benifits (i.e. Rangers' Tempest, Bards' Warchanter)

PrE

Prestige Enhancement, like PrC's but slightly altered and more limited-scope as Enhancements

PST

Please Send Tell, the player is requesting that you talk to him/her using the in game 'Tell' feature.

PUG

Pick Up Group

PvE

Player Vs Environment, running missions, exploring encounter areas and the like.

PvP

Person vs Person, some taverns have PvP areas where users can fight other users with their toons

PWN

pronounced 'own,' this means to greatly overpower or defeat an adversary.

P2P

Pay to Play

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QFE

Quoted for Emphasis

QFT

Quoted For Truth

QQ

Emoticon for crying eyes. Often used as a noun or verb to mean whine/whining

Quest Chain

A series of quests in a storyline

QwijyMart

Khyber's exclusive vendor/entrepreneur. Gtar, or other toons in his guild, will sell items listed in their biography for the listed price.

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Raid

Raid quests are typically epic in scope and intended for 12 players to enter at one time.

Ransack

When you have opened a chest so many times in one day, its level of treasure starts to degrade and eventually offers no treasure

Reroll

A term usually used in a joking manner, to tell someone that there character is somehow gimped

Respec

to change out feats or enhancements. You can respec feats with Fred The Mind Flayer, or respec enhancements at a trainer.

Rez

Resurrection

RL

Real Life

ROFL

Rolling On Floor Laughing, other variations exist

RR

Race Required, referring to items, ReRoll, or Reavers Refuge (Quest)

RP

Role-Play (RPing, RPer, etc)

Run

Running through a quest in a fairly methodical way for a specific purpose. (i.e. Loot Run, or Delera's Run)

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SF

Solid Fog (spell)

SS

Short Sword (item)

StoneSkin (buff)

SC

StormCleave (quest)

SoS

Stealer of Souls (quest)

Soul Train

Using the command "/death" to take you to your bind point. Commonly used for those out of the way areas like Meridia or the Refuge.

Spamming

Doing the same attack/spell over and over again, or sending unsolicited in game mail

SP

Spell Penetration (Feat)

SR

Spell Resistance (buff)

Splash

When you take just a few levels of another class to complement your primary class

Shield wall

Characters line up in close proximity between obstacles to form a line monsters can't cross

Shinies

The sparkling collectible nodes in dungeons or the collectible items you get from them

Squishy

Typically refers to a character with low AC and HP's, or a character that cannot defend themselves effectively in normal situations

STK

Shan-to-Kor (quest)

Stealth Humping

Pushing jump while in stealth mode

Stone(s)

Soul Stones that are left over after you die where your ghost is bound. They can be picked up and carried

Steam Tunnels

The steam tunnels is an explorer area before STK

Sub or SubT

Subterrain (area) Accessed from the Marketplace, the explore area before titan and hound raids. also used as a place to launch Greater Teleports from

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Tank

A high DPS and/or AC toon, that is designated the task of pulling aggro and absorbing/dealing damage. Multiple tanks may be present, even within small groups.

Tap or Tap Runs

Tapestry, or Tapestry farming in the orchard area outside of Necropolis

TBF

Trial By Fire (quest)

THAC0

To Hit Armour Class Zero

THF

Two Handed Fighting (feat)

Tome

An item consumed by a character to increase base attribute scores

Toon

Another term for a users character

TP

Turbine Points

TPK

Total Party Kill

TR

Tangle Root (quest)

Trap Monkey

Typically a rogue that specializing in disabling traps and opening locks, or any other class with those skills

Troll

A socially retarded individual that goes out of their way to cause grief and distress upon others, while hiding behind the anonymity of the internet.

TS

Tempest Spine (quest), could also be True Seeing (buff)

TTYL

Talk To You Later

TWF

Two Weapon Fighting (feat)

Twink

The process of giving items obtained by one of your characters, to another character

TY or TYVM

Thank You Very Much

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Uber

Decked Out, typically used to describe a toon equipped with the best of weapons and items, and stats that are buffed with tomes

UWA or UA

Under-Water Action

UMD

Use Magic Device (skill)

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VoD

Vision of Destruction (quest)

Voice(s)

Voice of the Master (item), usually used at the end of a quest to remind users to "make sure your voices are on"

VoN

Vault of Night (quest)

Vorp

Vorpal, a potent weapon with the ability to sever the heads of those it strikes, upon a confirmed critical hit after a roll of a natural 20 on the attack die

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waggro

wife or significant other has aggro on your game playing and you have to log out to go to Bed Bath and Beyond for example.

WF

WarForged (Race) or Weapon Finesse (feat)

Wilderness Adventure Area

An open area with many mobs and usually with extra quests for exploration and rare encounters.

Wipe

       Party Wipe.   When all members of a party are killed and you fail/need to restart the quest.

WoE

Weakening of Enfeebling, special weapon attributes that saps strength from its victims

Woot or W00t

Whoohoo!!!

WOP

Wounding of Puncturing. A popular weapon effect combination

Working As Intended

Typically used to express that even if it's broke, it's not getting fixed

WTB

Want to buy

WTS

Want to sell

WTT

Want to trade

WW

WaterWorks (quest)

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XC

Xorian Cipher (quest)

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YW

Your Welcome

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Z???

Adding Z to the beginning of a term can sometimes put emphasizes the term. (ie ZOMG = OMG!!!)

Zerg or Zerging

Running a quest as fast as possible without regards to side quests or other non-essential objectives.

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1337

Leet, or Elite

3BC

Three Barrel Cove (quest)

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