Abbreviations
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[edit] Overview
This page provides a quick, single page guide to abbreviations used in chat and other places in Guild Wars. It's meant to be a practical guide for users who are new to the game and need some help understanding the lingo.
Rules for adding content:
- The page does not aim to be all encompassing, but rather to cover:
- Terms that are likely to be encountered (i.e. if you haven't seen it used commonly in chat, then don't add it).
- Terms that are not commonly known, and are not obvious. (E.g. don't add "lol" means) or explain that "u" == "you".)
- However, there's some space for semi-commonly known terms at the end under Chat (Generic).
- If the abbreviatied and non-abbreviated terms are both common, list both.
- If the term varies in capitalization, just list the most common abbreviation. (E.g. AB instead of Ab.)
[edit] Guild Tags
Guild Tags are the 2-4 letter tags appended to the name of players that belong to guild. E.g. if a player named Budweiser belongs to a guild "King of the Beers" with tag KotB, then their name in-game will look like "Budweiser [KotB]".
Guild tags are not necessarily abbreviations, and are not necessarily unique. E.g. all guilds that belong to the NiTe alliance use the tag "NiTe" and are all named something like "Dragons of winter [NiTe]", so that the appended guild tag is actually part of the name.
Guild tags can also be used to continue a phrase started with the guild name. I.E. "We Are Afraid Of The [Dark]", and, as stated above, may share a tag with a guild named "Dark Knights [Dark]".
[edit] Guild Wars
Guild Wars specific terms.
| Abbrev. | Expansion | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 15^50 | 15^50 | A weapon modification that give the weapon +15% more damage while the user is above 50% of their total max health. Named "Strength and Honor" if it is an inscription. |
| 20/20 | 20/20 | A weapon with a 20% chance of having 20% armor penetration. |
| 40/40 | 40/40 | A wand and off-hand set that each have "Halves casting time of attribute's spells (Chance: 20%)" and "Halves skill recharge of attribute's spells (Chance: 20%)" modifications on them. |
| 55 or 55 monk or invincible monk | 55 monk | A monk (or almost any other class) that uses a combination of certain skills and 55 health to farm. |
| AB | Alliance Battle | PvP battles that determine control of the Kurzick-Luxon border between the Kurzicks and the Luxons. |
| CA | Codex Arena | A player versus player arena where 4-person teams have a limited number of skills to choose from, which changes daily. |
| CoF | Cathedral of Flames | A Dungeon in Eye of the North that starts from Doomlore Shrine |
| cons or conset | Consumable Set | An Essence of Celerity, Armor of Salvation, and Grail of Might. Cons can refer to any of them separately. Often used together for especially difficult areas or for certain farms. |
| D, Derv, or derv | Dervish | Playable character class or profession. A Nightfall campaign specific character type. |
| dis, D | District | As in districts of towns/outposts/mission stages. |
| E, Ele or ele | Elementalist | Playable character class or profession. Considered 1 of the 6 core professions. |
| ecto | Glob of Ectoplasm | A Rare crafting material dropped in the Underworld, due to its rarity it is used as an alternative currency. |
| EotN or eotn | Eye of the North | Refers to the area or areas accessible with the expansion pack labeled as Eye of the North. |
| FA | Fort Aspenwood | Competitive Mission where the Luxons, lead by a Luxon Commander are invading a Kurzick fortification, to prevent Master Architect Gunther from developing a weapon called Gods' Vengeance to be used against them. |
| FoW | Fissure of Woe | A special map area only accessible from certain locations, requiring a certain action to access. |
| fac | (Balthazar) Faction Points | |
| GM | Gate Monkey | Predominantly a Pre-Searing term. Refers to a player who will join another player's party to open a gate or operate a lever for them to access a certain section of the map. This service is usually performed in return for payment of some sort. A good example is to open the gate North of Ascalon City in order to access The Northlands. |
| GM also refers to | Game Master | An in-game administrator who works for ArenaNet or NCsoft and who can interact with players in-game, make announcements, ban and suspend accounts, and tag accounts with an account mark. |
| GH | Guild Hall | A meeting place for the members of a particular guild to be able to gather. Often contains merchant services available in towns and outposts. Not accessible to characters still in the Pre-Searing area of the Prophecies campaign. |
| GvG | Guild versus Guild | Strategic form of PvP which matches two teams of eight players from different guilds against each other in the Guild Halls. |
| HA | Heroes' Ascent | Continuous global tournament between teams of 8 players from all over the world. Teams compete in several arenas in sequence before finally meeting in the Hall of Heroes, where they may win valuable loot. |
| HCT | HCT | Halves casting time, a modification that can be found on weapons. |
| HM | Hard Mode | A higher difficulty level that can be unlocked by completing a campaign. As opposed to Normal Mode. |
| HoS | Heart of the Shiverpeaks | A dungeon and a primary quest in Eye of the North. |
| HSR | HSR | Halves skill recharge, a modification that can be found on weapons. |
| imbagon | Imbagon | Short for imbalanced Paragon. Uses There's Nothing To Fear and Save Yourselves to provide significant damage reduction to a party. |
| JQ | Jade Quarry | Competitive mission where the Luxons and Kurzicks fight each other to see which faction can maintain control over jade resources. |
| KoaBD | Maxed titles rank | "Kind of a Big Deal," the title track for maxing titles. |
| LA | Lion's Arch | Lion's Arch is the main city of the Kingdom of Kryta and the primary trading port of the continent of Tyria. |
| LDoA | Legendary Defender of Ascalon | Title obtained upon getting to level 20 while still within the Pre-Searing area of the Prophecies campaign. |
| LFG | Looking for Group | Someone looking for a group to join for some purpose. E.g. "LFG Charr Hunting.' |
| LFR | Looking for Runner | Someone (typically low level) looking for a run to a given destination. E.g. "LFR to LA". |
| lp or pick | Lockpick | Opens any locked chest in an explorable area. |
| Max | Perfect | Perfect is used to describe weapons, armor, and weapon upgrades with the maximum possible stats or bonuses for its type. |
| Me, Mes, mes and mez | Mesmer | Playable character class or profession. Considered 1 of the 6 core professions. |
| MM | Minion Master | A Necromancer or Ritualist specializing in raising Minions. |
| Mo | Monk | Playable character class or profession. Considered 1 of the 6 core professions. |
| N, Necro or necro | Necromancer | Playable character class or profession. Considered 1 of the 6 core professions. |
| NF | Guild Wars Nightfall | The third campaign of Guild Wars. |
| NM | Normal Mode | The default difficulty level. As opposed to Hard Mode. |
| Para, para or gon | Paragon | Playable character class or profession. A Nightfall campaign specific character type. |
| PC | Price Check | Someone asking for going price on a given item. Typically asked within a guild or alliance prior to attempting sale/purchase. |
| perma | Perma Shadow Form | Builds oriented towards permanently maintaining Shadow Form, protecting the user from attacks and spells. See also: SF. |
| Perma pre or perma-pre | Permanent pre-Searing character | A character that stays in pre-searing, usually trying to achieve the LDoA (Legendary Defender of Ascalon) title |
| P or Para or para | Paragon | Playable character class or profession. A Nightfall campaign specific character type. |
| PM or pm | Private Message | I.e. a whisper, so "pm me" means "whisper me". "psst" is also occasionally used. |
| Pre | Pre-searing | The introductory stage of GW Prophecies. Ends when the player completes the first mission. |
| Proph | Guild Wars Prophecies | The first Guild Wars campaign. |
| Post | Post-Searing | Usually only used in pre-searing (see above entry) and just after leaving Pre-Searing. |
| PvE | Player versus Environment | |
| PvP | Player versus Player | |
| R | Ranger | Playable character class or profession. Considered 1 of the 6 core professions. |
| RA | Random Arenas | Player versus Player arenas where two teams of four people battle each other across thirteen different maps. |
| Req | Requirement | Refers to the attribute requirement of an item. Often seen in trade (WTS/WTB) messages, e.g. "wts req 7 shield str max gold celestial". |
| Rit, rit or Rt | Ritualist | Playable character class or profession. A Factions campaign specific character type. |
| Sin or sin | Assassin | Playable character class or profession. A Factions campaign specific character type. |
| Shard | Obsidian Shard or Jadeite Shard | More often referring to Obsidian Shards, these are rare crafting materials. |
| SoO | Shards of Orr | A dungeon. |
| SC | Speed clear | Completing an objective as quickly as possible in order to get the reward as quickly as possible. Usually prefaced with an abbreviation of what is being speed cleared. |
| SF | Shadow Form | An elite Shadow Arts skill that is used for tanking and farming. See also: perma. |
| SS | Spiteful Spirit | An elite Curses skill. |
| TA | Team Arenas | PvP arenas where two groups of four organized players battle each other. Has been removed in an update. |
| UW | Underworld | A special map area only accessible from certain locations, requiring a certain action to access. |
| UWSC or uwsc | Underworld Speed Clear | Clearing the Underworld as quickly as possible. |
| VQ or vanq | Vanquish | Killing every enemy in an explorable area in hard mode. |
| Vsf | Voltaic Spear Farming | |
| W, wa, or War | Warrior | Playable character class or profession. Considered 1 of the 6 core professions. |
| WTB | Want to Buy | E.g. WTB Black Dye. |
| WTS | Want to Sell | E.g. WTS White Dye. |
| WTT | Want to Trade | E.g. WTT Voltaic Spear for Globs of Ectoplasm |
| Zkey | Zaishen Key | A chest key that, because of its rarity and price, is often used as currency. |
[edit] Generic Chat
Chat terms that you may see anywhere, not just in Guild Wars. For much longer list, see Webopedia.
| Abbrev. | Expansion | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| afk | Away From Keyboard | To indicate that player has stepped away from keyboard. When used as an emote (/afk) triggers the sitting animation. Sitting is an informal way to indicate that you're not around, but is only useful for players who can see you. A more useful action is to set your player status to "Away" in the Friends List window. | |
| bbl | Be Back Later | ||
| bbiab | Be Back In A Bit | ||
| brb | Be Right Back | ||
| ftw | For The Win | ||
| gg | Good Game | ||
| gj | Good Job | ||
| gl | Good Luck | ||
| gn | Good Night | ||
| grats or gratz | congratulations | ||
| gz | congratulations | ||
| hf | Have Fun | ||
| ign | In Game Name | ||
| irl | In Real Life | carry over from online chat rooms | |
| k/kk | Okay | ||
| nn | Night Night | ||
| np | No Problem | ||
| nvm | Never Mind | ||
| ty | Thank You | ||
| wrud | What are You Doing |
