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Anchor - An NPC villian that is targetted and is needed for some powers to activate upon and/or continue working. Ususally killed last so effect stays.
i think if its important enough for my rad defender to have a bind to explain what it is and NOT to kill it, its 'portant 'nuff fer yer gee-ide here.
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Okay.....so fill me in. I've been told this on occasion, but even though I've asked, it's never been explained to me how *I*, personally, can tell exactly which mob it is which is the anchor. So far, I haven't seen anything about any one mob that looks different from any other.....perhaps because the mobs as a group all get killed so fast, while I'm occupied trying to do my share of damage dealing.
What do I look for in order to identify the "anchor"? So I know which one I'm not supposed to be hitting?
I'll [i]almost certainly[/i] be happy with I7....."SOON(tm)"
Too bad "Maturity" isn't an Enhanceable power.
Anybody with a bow is okay in my book. ;-)
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Liberty, Infinity & Protector
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The best thing to do is to ask your controller before battle since different sets give different effects (dark or rad). The Achors glow (rad) brighter than the others or have a dark pool (dark) around them.
Another good way is to target the Controller at the beginning of battle, you will see his target and when he throws his attack you will be able to see what effect is generated on the anchor.
Hope this helps.
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Uber is German for Over.
Leeroy is a verb or noun depending on its usage. It means almos the same thing as Zerg, specifically to rush into a huge spawn while the rest of the team isn't ready, usually resulting in a team wipe. A person who leeroys is a leeroy. ( from WoW video starring idiot named Leeroy Jenkins)
What the heck is IBTL? I've seen it and variations like IBTL +1 and such.
Aha! I knew there was a thread like this already.
Like hell I'm reading through all the pages though 
So here's my question:
What does ADDS mean exactly?
Abbreviation for something? Shorthand? It appears to have to do with unintended aggro, correct?
I've already forgotten about most of you
IBTL is internet forum lingo and stand for In Before The Lock. It indicates that the pooster believes the current thread is about to draw the aggro of the moderators and be locked. IBTL +1 is a variation that is just making it clear that the poster is using the IBTL post to pad his post count.
Adds, or if said loudly ADDS are indeed unintended aggro. I believe it is shortened from Additional Mobs and indicates that mobs additional to the intended pull have aggroed.
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Broken or Broken-ness: A term I first heard playing Magic:The Gathering, and that probably originated there. Refers to an ability, power, card, etc. that some creative gamer found a way to use to unbalance or 'break' the game that the devs didn't intend. This usually leads to a nerf or restriction on that ability by said devs. This can be used in a positive way ("Instant Healing pre-I5 was pure broken-ness!") or a negative way ("Did you see what he did to me in PvP? I'm telling you that power is totally broken").
e.g. and i.e.: My pet peaves. e.g. is Latin for 'exempli gratia' meaning 'for example'. i.e is Latin for 'id est' meaning 'that is to say' or 'in other words'.
WIWAW: "Wish I was a wookie." Ok, I made that up - I think I did anyway. Cyberspace is awfully big. Heh, think I'll start using it to see if it catches on. 
Scrappers: Because no plan survives first contact with the enemy intact.
orange - damage resistance inspiration
Dunno if this is the "official" name, but it's an orange colored
inspiration. 
Here are some that I didn't see (I may have just missed them). I'm not sure how common some of these are, but I have seen them used outside my circle of friends.
rings - the defensive buff of a sonic resonance user
bubble - the defensive buff of a force field user
Congra Rats! - congratulations
TPK - total party kill, a fight that ends with the entire team dead, usually only significant with 6+ team members
TPW - total party wipe (see TPK)
wipe out! - see TPK
PBAoE - an AoE centered on the user
gank - to kill/rob another player, a recent addition to COH with the inclusion of PvP zones
PvP - player vs. player, game content pitting players against each other
PvE - player vs. enemy, game content focusing on players vs mobs
PvL - player vs. lag, term used to deride server lag
burn - to rapidly use a large number of resources. "I was burning greens like crazy last fight." (alternate meaning)
pills - inspirations, usually referred to by color. "I could use some blue pills!"
Patrol! - used to signal the team to the sudden appearance of a roaming group of enemies.
Steamroller - refers to a team that seems unstoppable.
Outer Bumf**kia - for when BFE just doesn't describe just how far you have to go to get to your next mission.
Sandwich Run - missions that require you to go and physically talk to an NPC; also FedEx Delivery, Courier Duty, pizza delivery, time waster
sap - to drain a victim's endurance
sapper - a character that focuses on endurance drain
chain mez - when a character applies a series of holds/mezzes/etc. to a character preventing the victim from taking any action for an extended period
MAN - refers to a character that focuses on their Primary and Secondary powers, taking Pool Powers only when they have no other options.
Iron Man - a character that waits as long as possible before taking a travel power.
SMASH!!! - a COV term used by Brutes to describe their primary function.
Fury Addiction - a term used by Brute players to describe the addictiveness of keeping their Fury bar as full as possible. Often this leads to spaz-like behavior
spaz - a player that rushes into a group of enemies without regard for the team's current status. Spazzes are sometimes griefers, but mostly they just don't know what they're doing.
Leroy - A particularly bad spaz. Term coined from an allegedly real video of an EQ* party. Can be used as a verb or nickname.
* at least I think it was EQ, correct me if I'm wrong.
The Gulch - the depression in the middle of the Hollows; a very dangerous place to be avoided. "Don't take a short cut through the Gulch!"
Suicide Express - getting KO'd to use the hospital teleporters to travel quickly.
Fluffy - a Dark Servant, the Dark Miasma pet
Sing - a Singularity, the Gravity Manipulation pet
PA - Phantom Army, the first "pets" an Illusion controller gains access to
Rez - resurrect
AFK - away from keyboard
macro - a custom button that performs the functions of a bind (see below)
bind - remapping a certain keys so that they have new functions; also Keybind
bindster - an expert at devising keybinds
drop - a power that, once activated, changes the cursor to a bullseye and prompts the user for a placement location; also drop-click
RA - recovery aura (usually) or regeneration aura, a PBAoE buff that dramatically improves the recovery/healing rate of the subjects
HLZ - short for Hot Landing Zone. A dangerous entry point.
Welcoming Committee - a group of enemies that spawned right next to a mission entrance; also Welcome Wagon, Company, Greeters, Door Spawn
Ambush - a surprise attack related to a mission that was just accepted or completed.
rubberbanding - a computer glitch, usually related to server lag, that cause the character's position to jump around erratically
slideshow - another server lag issue that drops the client's framerate down to virtually nothing
Herdicane - affectionate nickname for the Storm Summoning's Hurricane power
zzzz - used to indicate that the character is suffering from Hold/Sleep/Disorient or some other effect that is preventing the character from taking action.
DC'd - unexpectedly disconnected
leech - a team member that is not pulling his or her own weight; als mooch, sponge, dead weight
Chaos - effects that cause a great deal of scatter or non-orderly crowd control. "Fire/Storm and Illusion/Storm are exceptional chaos controllers."
bottomed out - refering to a character that has run out of endurance; also tapped, tapped out, drained, thirsty
red lining - a character whose health has dropped into the red
gimp - a character or ojbect that consistantly underperforms because they are an "unconventional" build or the player is uniformed; also gimped, the gimp, gimp, worthless
alpha strike - launching a sudden, hopefully, overpowering attack against an enemy or group of enemies.
ninja - to sneak around the enemy, usually using only minimal or no stealth powers. Sometimes refers to a particularly deft bit of running/jumping that puts a character is a position they "shouldn't" be able to get to
skills - refers to a player's proficiency level. A term mostly used to brag; also Mad Skills (exceptional skills). Skills is sometimes spelled skillz.
tar - short for Tar Pit
drop out - a player that unexpectedly leaves the team.
GJ - good job
Thanks! - a polite term that should be used to express your appreciation for what your teammates are doing to help you out.
healer - a term carried over from fantasy-themed MMOs that assumes that character capable of healing/buffing should do nothing else. Highly insulting to many Defenders.
blapper - a blaster the focuses on melee range attacks.
blaptroller - a controller that focuses on damaging rather than control... or a blaster with some control-like abilities.
offender - a defender that focuses on debuffs and blasts rather than buffs or heals.
scraptroller - a controller that uses their control abilities in conjuction with close range or melee attacks rather than hanging back and attacking from a distance. Could also be a scrapper with some controler-ish abilities, usually fear or disorient powers.
scrapfender - a defender than favors close range attacks.
scranker - a tanker that puts more emphasis on attacks than defensive powers.
pet handler - a character that focuses on summoned pets to do their fighting.
aggro management - the practice of directing aggro to those targets that can best absorb/avoid the enemy's attacks. Usually performed by tankers.
aggro magnet - characters that can taunt/provoke... or blasters.
squid - term for a Kheldian, especially when in Nova form.
crab - term for a Kheldian, especially when in Dwarf form. Also: lobster
Oops accidentally combined two entries:
blastroller - a controller that focuses on damaging rather than control... or a blaster with some control-like abilities.
blaptroller - a blaster that focuses on melee and controller-like attacks.
Some more that I thought of:
nuke - the final attack in the blaster/defender blast powersets. Nukes are typically extremely damage, but completely drain a character of endurance. (alternate meaning 1)
nuke - the final attack in the radiation blast powerset. (alternate meaning 2)
TTM - To The Moon! Often refers to KnockUP powers, especially when used to finish off an opponent.
Tin Can - a Freakshow Tank
puppie - a werewolf, usually the kind summoned by the werewolf whistle
Hey this is for EVERYONE who wanted a complete guide... i am sure he was busy and well.. i needed something like this for my paper to back up how MMOs' had social structures ( its a paper ok?? )
so with kudos to EVERYONE here.. i present Lokkdowns Re-Compiled Lexicon of MMO speak ( orignally done By Plasma_fury and varoius COH posters)
"Lokk, you have a powersuit that is self-contained, can withstand any atmosphere, it can fly and shoot out energy beams. BUT you cant open the helmet to have coffee and doughnts??? Sad man.... just... sad" PatriotPrime asking me why I am angry all the time.
Just curious, I see "Meh" a lot, what does it mean?
The cleavage helps me deflect attacks...its a Hold and Mezz. ~ Diabolic Acid Queen
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"Meh" doesn't mean anything, but I would characterise it as a sort of text representation of a verbal shrug. Try saying it and shrugging at the same time you will get the feeling, kind of unimpressed acknowledgement.
It goes with "Heh" which is sort of a half laugh.
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Since I couldn't find these anywhere in the thread, I'll pass on what another user told me:
QFT - Quoted For Truth
QFE - Quoted For Emphasis
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blapper - a blaster the focuses on melee range attacks...
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Last night in a Frostfire mish, we had a blaster who kept running into the mobs. After he left the team, i said he was a blaster who thought he was a tank--> a Blank !!
what does CoX mean...
CoX refers to any game in the "City Of ..." group. Usually used when whatever is being discussed can apply to both CoH and CoV.
Added:
ty - Thank You
yw - Your Welcome
np - No problem
tp - Teleport please, or just Teleport
rgr - My own contribution, means "roger" - an acknowledgement
pls - an abbreviation for "please"
RA2 - Another of my contributions, means Regeneration Aura and Recovery Aura. Used when both are available to use for the group, (i.e. RA2 is up...)
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But you forgot the infamous "fwwwwwd2343222444" which means I am an idiot and forgot to get out of chat before trying to run into battle.
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A bit of thread necromancy here, but I laughed hard when I read this one... I have so done this many times... that and autorun into baddies when I thought I was in chat (now I reassign autorun). ^_^
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What does SHOE mean? I know it is related to Hamidon Origin enhancements, but unsure how.
It's the villain side version of the Hamidon Origin Enhancement. They were synthesized from real Hami-O's by... one of the Praetorians, I think, or maybe one of the main Villains in Arachnos' club. Anyway, it stands for Synthetic Hamidon Origin Enhancement (S.H.O.E.)
I haven't seen DBL mentioned yet.
DBL= Death By Lag
When a lag on the server causes you to die.
A few more I haven't really seen mentioned
IBTD- I beat the deletion. Stated when a hot topic most likely to incite a flame war or that just goes against forum rules such as calling out devs or players.
Flame war- A thread that devolves into players mostly arguing through their posts.
Threadjack- when a forum thread is brought off topic into sometimes a completely unrelated subject.
LK- the villain version of a sidekick, a higher level player pairs up with a lower level player so that the lower player fights as if they are one level lower than the higher player
EX/MF Exemplar/Malefactor- When a higher level player pairs with a lower level player so that the higher player can fight at the lower level.
Ghost- sending a stealthed player through the mission to only go for the objectives to complete the mission quickly.
Dumpster diving- a term going back to the old days without aggro caps and gathering almost complete maps into a dumpster, usually on the Boomtown map. Today it mostly refers to dropping a full aggro cap mob into a dumpster.
BF- Break free, an inspiration that releases a character from status effects such as sleeps, holds, and immobilizes.
Shivs- refers to the Summon Shivan temp power earned from Bloody bay.
RSF- Recluse Strike force, the last and most difficult Strike force for villains.
Bump-
An attempt to save this guide from the Old Thread
Purge of 97.
lotg means what?
Luck of the Gambler - one of the Invention Sets for Defence powers.
Trivia: It is usually used in relation to the sixth member of the set - the one that provides a 7.5% Recharge Set Bonus along with some direct Defense enhancement for the power it is slotted in. This is one of the rarest recipes to show up on the Consignment markets (as it is so useful for virtually any build), and as such is one of the most expensive when it occasionally does turn up on the market. Builds that are trying to maximise their +Recharge set bonus will typically be looking to include at least one of these enhancements - which can make such builds extremely expensive (unless you get lucky and have one drop from a TF or SF).
HO = Hamidon Enhancement, a special extra good enhancement that you get for beating Hamidon.
It isn't exactly an abbreviation, but since the other degrees of Enhancement are referred to as TO, DO and SO it has fallen into common usage.
Also sometimes Hami-O.
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