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Okay I Haven Been Playing CoH For 3 Months And I Don't Understand Some Of These Abbreviations. For Example I Know akf=Away From Keyboard, DPS= Damage Per Second, But What Is Soft Cap, etc? So, If Someone Could Write All The Abbreviations And What They Mean That Would Be Greatly Appreciated. Thank You.


 

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Okay I Haven Been Playing CoH For 3 Months And I Don't Understand Some Of These Abbreviations. For Example I Know akf=Away From Keyboard, DPS= Damage Per Second, But What Is Soft Cap, etc? So, If Someone Could Write All The Abbreviations And What They Mean That Would Be Greatly Appreciated. Thank You.
Okay, Soft Cap is not an abbreviation. In general, a soft cap is the reasonable effective limit of something, although you can get more bonuses in case you face debuffs.

For example, accuracy (I know I probably should say to-hit, I will let others correct me) is soft-capped at 95%, since there is always a 5% chance you'll miss. You can rack up more than 95% in case you get hit with accuracy debuffs.

Likewise, you'll never get 100% damage resistance to something, you'll be soft-capped at some lower number (depending on your archetype.)

Are there other specific terms you need help with? By the time ti took to me to write this, someone will point you to a page of common abbreviations, but since you are new, it would be good to hear what other things are obscure or confusing


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May I ask why you capitalize the first letter of every word?


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May I ask why you capitalize the first letter of every word?
It could be worse. He/She cud rite lik ths and then tel u taht u r stoopid cuz its teh internet so u don hav to rite good as long az peeps no wut u r sayin.

At which point your brain would would implode in a futile attempt to erase the memory of such a post being made by somebody who meant it. I speak from experience because my brain has imploded multiple times from that type of post in these forums. Fortunately alcohol works well to numb the pain and re-inflate the collapsed cells.


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Mandu does that too well:

It could be worse. He/She cud rite lik ths and then tel u taht u r stoopid cuz its teh internet so u don hav to rite good as long az peeps no wut u r sayin.
Scary. But you forgot to mention that "its not skool".


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May I ask why you capitalize the first letter of every word?
My brain added punctuation between each word.


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Fortunately alcohol works well to numb the pain and re-inflate the collapsed cells.
That's a new one: Alcohol as a cure for brain damage!


 

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My brother actually uses alcohol as a way to cure his cluster headaches.


 

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Originally Posted by DumpleBerry View Post
My brain added punctuation between each word.
In that case, insert William Shatner's voice in there and you're all set!