Abbreviations and other words....

I notice whilst perusing the forums there are a number of abbreviations and other words that I simply do not understand. I am new to the game and i'm sure it will become apparent sooner or later, but I am just plain curiously confused now!

Example: Bridging, PL, Anchoring.. IO's, HO's etc.....

I have been looking for a while (and yes I have used the search tool) but cannot find the Abbreviations Guide I saw on here a week or so ago!

Can anyone post a link to it or help?

Thanks in advance!

Here's a good one: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...=abbreviation*


Although, I'm not sure if that'll have Bridging or Anchoring, so here ya go:

Bridging: using a mid-level character to Sidekick a really low-level character, so that the low-level character gets more XP. The mid-level character is referred to as the "Bridge." Pretty much obsolete, as far as I know, since super-sidekicking came into being.

Anchor: an enemy (or friend) that is the target of an AoE toggle debuff. This is the enemy you want to take down last, since the AoEs on them are debuffing the enemies around them.

For City of Hero specific abbriviations, check the Paragon Wiki. For example,
Bridging, PL, Anchoring, IO's, HO's

Other places to check would be Wikipedia, acronymfinder.com, and UbanDictionary.com (though the last is rated PG-13 at the very least).

Bridging - a mostly eliminated practice where a low level player would sidekick up to an ally about three or four levels below a third player, and then the high level third player would go do missions and earn XP. Because the low level player was exactly five levels below the high level one, he would get the maximum XP from the mission, while the high level and his buddy would get close to nothing. This was used to powerlevel newbies to extremely high levels quickly. Super Sidekicking makes it much less effective, if not eliminating it entirely.

PL - Powerlevel - To weight the makeup of a team so that the low level players recieve a great deal of XP, and then run multiple high reward missions so the lowbies get to a high level quickly. In general, this is supposed to happen to low level players who team with high level ones, so they can eventually catch up. It can be taken too far, however.

Anchor - A term for an opponent that you have put a toggle debuff on, like Enervating Field. If you kill the anchor, the debuff "dies", and you have to wait for it to recharge to apply it again. Defenders and other buff/debuffers hate this.

IOs - Invention Origin Enhancements. Enhancements that are built from Recipes and Salvage and bought and sold on the Auction House.

HOs - Hamidon Origin Enhancements. Enhancements that are gained by participating in the Hamidon Raid at level 45-50.

SOs - Single Origin Enhancements. The highest level Enhancements that can be bought in the stores, they are usable from 22-50. They also "drop" from foes defeated in battle. They are twice as strong as DOs.

DOs - Dual Origin Enhancements. The second highest level Enhancements, they are usable from 12-25. They are twice as strong as TOs.

TOs - Training Enhancements. The lowest and weakest Enhancements, they are only found from 1-15.

Great, thanks guys!

Loving this community!

On the Infinity server, "anchor" was the local term for a team padder/filler since back in the day I was a new. In fact, I'd never seen the terms "pad" or "fill" or their variations used until I ventured out to other servers.

Of the terms in your list, PP, the term "PL" is one that I've seen in other MMOs (like WoW, for instance) - powerlevelling is powerlevelling no mater what game, it seems.

Hey P.P. - as you're such a new, eager, polite user, I wanted to turn you on to something I've found very useful over the years, a great flow-chart style map that can help you find your way around the zones in the shortest time possible.

It was created by a player known as Zombie Man, I've PM'd him to ask him to post the link here.

I have a hard-copy taped to the side of my PC, it's a great resource even for Vet players.

I'm sure there'll be a link here soon.


Edit: Lit the Zombie Man beacon prematurely...found the maps Heroes Zone Map
and
Villains Zone Map

Nice! If only I could find you sort of people IG, I wouldn't have to play with my friends who know about as much about the game as I do, which is f*all!

I blame Marketing

ps: Love the Headbutt the blind chick story...rofl....

Interesting. I've never PLed the super-efficient ways; before SSK, I just grabbed a character from my GF's account to SK my lowbie while farming with a 50, and I never even did that often.

So I knew about the whole bridge/anchor thing as it originally worked, but I never knew that the double anchor method even existed.

Yeah, powerlevelling in general refers to any greater than normal gain of XP, even perfectly legitimate methods, such as playing in teams, which naturally get more XP as an incentive to team. As a Bad Thing, it is generally used to mean powerlevelling through use of exploits or to an extent where you go to extreme lengths to maximize your XP. That is, behavior you would not normally encounter in playing the game, like refusing to level so you can serve as an anchor or bridge.

Likewise, farming has its defenders and its detractors, usually differing over the extent to which the farming is taken. In a lot of cases these words have different definitions depending on who is talking about them.