Help a newbie out.


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OK, I have recently gotten into the game and am having a blast, but for one small thing. I have no idea what a lot of the jargon thrown around means.

I see broadcasts that say things like "Level 15 Blaster lft ae" and I have no idea what lft or ae mean. Is there a thread somewhere on the forum where the commonly used jargon is explained for the benefit of new players?

If not, does anyone care to give a quick rundown of the most commonly used phrases for me.

Thanks in advance.


 

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google "paragon wiki", search for abbreviations. most commons are lff, looking for farm, lft, lookin for team, with the subsequent lff AE or lft AE, reffering to the new implemmented system where ppl can create the content. you will find the AE tower in almost ever map marked as AE on your nav>map menu.


 

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'AE', unfortunately, has come to mean 'farm mission', stemming from a brief period after the latest major update where there was an exploit in the Architect allowing for utterly broken farming and powerlevelling. It's since been fixed, but a lot of players haven't quite got their heads around it.


 

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'AE', unfortunately, has come to mean 'farm mission', stemming from a brief period after the latest major update where there was an exploit in the Architect allowing for utterly broken farming and powerlevelling. It's since been fixed, but a lot of players haven't quite got their heads around it.

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Or maybe you didnt realise that for some reason, ppl got bored, and want farm?

maybe this game is subject to early death, maybe its subject to lack of content, forumites supremacy, economical concurrence...
This game is not subject to farm overwelm.
Our new player here will soon see that DEMMAND in farming is bigger than offer.
You should leave him experience the game.
If an advice would worth anything, i would not use a ranting one.

besides, just to answer you on the subject matter:
I hardly understand why nice people , such as 'some' forumites, are blind to facts, and hide behind the last 1% of explanation that would prove them right.

I like this game a lot, i dedicated maybe too much of my time to it, though, im not hiding behind my shadow.


 

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wow, farm love, doom, and a semi rant all in 9 lines of text. And completely off the point of what both the OP and the response were talking about.

Nicely done.


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Yep. Someone sure did.


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Wait, what?

You can't contribute to this forum without some arbitrary number of level 50 characters?

Where did that rule come from?

I guess a 4 1/2 year vet with only 1 level 50 has nothing to say, so perhaps I should stop posting?

Yeah, I think NOT.


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'AE', unfortunately, has come to mean 'farm mission', stemming from a brief period after the latest major update where there was an exploit in the Architect allowing for utterly broken farming and powerlevelling. It's since been fixed, but a lot of players haven't quite got their heads around it.

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Or maybe you didnt realise that for some reason, ppl got bored, and want farm?


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OK, I'll invite the lock...

So, you're saying that because of boredom, people will farm the same mission over and over and over again. And that alleviates boredom?

So, you're saying that because of boredom, people will farm the same AE mission over and over and over again even though the AE System has tens of thousands of new missions?

So, you're saying that because of boredom, people continue to play the same game they're bored with rather than unsubscribing for a few months and resubbing when a new issue comes out?

Oblivious self-referential irony is so 2008.


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'AE', unfortunately, has come to mean 'farm mission', stemming from a brief period after the latest major update where there was an exploit in the Architect allowing for utterly broken farming and powerlevelling. It's since been fixed, but a lot of players haven't quite got their heads around it.

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Or maybe you didnt realise that for some reason, ppl got bored, and want farm?


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OK, I'll invite the lock...

So, you're saying that because of boredom, people will farm the same mission over and over and over again. And that alleviates boredom?

So, you're saying that because of boredom, people will farm the same AE mission over and over and over again even though the AE System has tens of thousands of new missions?

So, you're saying that because of boredom, people continue to play the same game they're bored with rather than unsubscribing for a few months and resubbing when a new issue comes out?

Oblivious self-referential irony is so 2008.

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Lol, I love you, ZMan. You said what I wanted to say... and with at least 50% less venom!


ZMan, the voice of reason in a sea of inflated egos.


 

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FARMING ROCKS......!!!! we need to thread jack every thread and turn it into a farming flamoff so Moderator8 has his clickie finger fall off from all the thread locking he has to do!


 

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One acronym I have a hard time finding is ST... anyone help with that?

Example where I saw it:
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all the ST blasts are worth investing in

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One acronym I have a hard time finding is ST... anyone help with that?

Example where I saw it:
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all the ST blasts are worth investing in

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ST = Single Target

as opposed to AoE = Area of Effect.


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ST means Single Target, so single target blasts that hit one target as opposed to AOE or Area of Effect that hits multiple targets.


 

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Thanks


 

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LFT AE would literally translate as "looking for team, Architect Entertainment."

AE is the big new thing in this game, where you can design your own enemy groups and missions. AE missions are often called farms because the spawns are tweaked to only include groups of Lieutenants, usually on large outdoor maps, giving the effect of a cattle ranch before the slaughter. The devs aren't too keen on it being used that way.

AE can also be referred to as MA, for Mission Architect.


 

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ST means Single Target, so single target blasts that hit one target as opposed to AOE or Area of Effect that hits multiple targets.

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And AoEs have a subset known as "PBAoEs"; Player Based (or Point Blank) Area of Effect. A PBAoE centers on the character activating it and radiates outward.


 

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Just for kicks - quickly thrown together illustration of some of those terms. >.>

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Can't find video. That or it's just not wanting to play for me.

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I see it fine.

It needs a little editing to make it more fluid (there's a moment during LFT where it sticks on the blue screen a little longer than necessary) and the intro for each abbreviation should be consistent (some intros are full page, some are not). But hey, for a quickly thrown together little vid, it's good. I might have picked a more energizing song though.


 

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Could also use "LFM" - (Team) Looking for More (Players)


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What does LoTG stand for?

Thanks in advance