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afterlifex -> AQ Abbreviations and Acronyms (10/23/2011 7:08:32)
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Common AQ Abbreviations and Acronyms
Remake of Calimehtar's & kipperkin's guides
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Introduction this guide will be focusing on more common AQ related abbreviations, acronyms & terms as not all items need to be explained here. If you see an abbreviation, acronyms or terms during a conversation and can't figure it out given the subject or can't find it here the people at the AQ Questions/Answers will likely be more then happy to help. After that if you feel it should be added feel free to post here with reason(s) and link(s) if appropriate.
General non-AQ related abbreviations can also be found at Common Forum/IRC abbreviations though some crossover on my part may occur.
Table of Contents
Content Specific [111]
General AQ Forum [222]
"Other" [333]
Notes/Special Notes [444]
How to Use It
Hit Ctrl+F if you're using a Windows OS (operating system) and Internet Explorer or Firefox. It might also work in other situations. If not, look through the Edit menu for something like 'Find...'. When the find dialogue, bar, or whatever else applies shows up, type in the corresponding search term, whether it's 'AA' or a marker like '1' without the single quotes ('). Why don't you see the markers in the content? They're hidden to make the guide look nicer.
Content Specific [.111]
A
AMR I/II/III: ArchMage Research I, II , III
B
BoA: Blade of Awe
BURP/B.U.R.P.: Big Ugly Rat Pests
C
CIT: Chieftain's Ironthorn
D
DB: Dragon Blade
DAoA: Deft Armor of Awe
DoA: Dagger of Awe
D.R.O.U.S.: Dark Rodent of Unusual Size
DS: DragonSlayer
DUG(P): Deft UltraGuardian Plate
E
EoN: Eye of Naab
F
FFU: Fyre Force Ultimate
FGM: Fairy Godmother
G
GA: Guardian Angel
GB: Guardian Blade or Gift Box.
GD: Guardian Dragon ( Monster/ weapon special)
GGB: Golden Giftbox
GHA: Golden Holy Armor
GPP: Great Pumpkin Patch
GSS: Glacial Short Staff
H
HoD: Helm of Drakonnan or Helm of Drakonnas
HoRD: Head of Raydius Dragon
I
IAoA: Insightful Armor of Awe
IT: IronThorn
IUG(P): Insightful UltraGuardian Plate
J
K
L
LR: Lightning Rod
M
MAoA: Mighty Armor of Awe
MS: Morningstar Plate or Mysterious Stranger
MUG(P): Mighty UltraGuardian Plate
N
NB: Nightbane
O
P
PWD: Powerword Die
PWDU: Powerword Die Ultra
PWW: Powerword Whoops
Q
R
RA: Random Adventure ('Battle Monsters' in the opening town scene)
RUB: Raynar's Ultimate Blade
S
SoA: Spear of Awe / Staff of Awe
SS: Sila's Staff
SO: Svadilfari's Oath
T
U
UAD: Ultra Akriloth, Dragon
UG: Ultra Guardian; Refers to the Ultra variants of the guardian no drops
UMAD: Ultra Magma Akriloth, Dragon
UX: Undead Xyphos
V
W
X
Y
Z
General AQ Forum [.222]
AMD: Adjusted Monster Defense (same as MOB) (see notes)
BRS or B/R/S: Base, Random and Stats (as in 500/500/300 BRS)
BtH: Bonus to Hit
FD: Fully Defensive
FO: Fully Offensive
FSB: Full Set Bonus
Limbo: Similar to TBA, used in reference to a quest or other content that has gone temporarily rare and is awaiting placement in a new location.
MC: MasterCraft (For more information see this link.)
MD: Mid Defensive
MO: Mid Offensive
M/R/M: Melee/Ranged/Magic (combat defense)
Perm: Permanent (refers to something being in shops permanently or remaining in the inventory even after logging out)
Proc: procedure (as in "proc rate") / Programmed Random Occurrence (see notes)
Rare: Unavailable in game at this time.
Temp: Temporary (refers to an item that'll disappear after logging out or upon getting another temp item, also something temporarily in shops)
X-G: X-Guardian
ZT: Z-Token
"Other" [.333]
Atk: Attack
Avg: Average
Avvy: Avatar
BM: Beast Master
BSoD: Blue Scroll of Doom
CEB: Champion Elite Boss (For more information see this link.)
Dmg: Damage
DOT: Damage Over Time
DPT: Damage Per Turn
HPK: Health Perfect Kill
KoO: Knights of Order (game staff)
MOB: Monster Overall Blocking (outdated version of AMD) (see notes)
MPK: Mana Perfect Kill
NPC: non-player character
PC: player character
PK: Perfect Kill
RNG: Random Number Generator
RPG: Role Playing Game
Strat: strategy
TBA: To Be Announced (see Limbo)
Thanks To:
All previous owners and contributors.
Z for letting me do this & suggestions.
Relentless Chaos typo corrections.
Dreiko Shadrack for a good definition of "proc".
Note:[.444]
Some older items have been left as they do pop up from time to time for one reason or another.
Any help with suggestions of removing or adding abbreviations and acronyms is appreciated. As is policing of my spelling and grammar especially
Special Notes:
AMD/MOB
The final additive total of monster combat defense and block from stats(DEX/8 + LUK/40 ).
Proc:
quote:
Proc is a term inherited from MUDs, multi-user dungeons -- a precursor to the MMOGs of today. When an item in a MUD would have a special effect attached to it, the MUD's programming would use "SPEC_PROC", short for "special procedure", to attach the effect to the item by linking it to a procedure programmed elsewhere in the MUD's code. Because of this internal naming, "Spec Procs", and later just "Procs", refer to any unusual effect on an item.
quote:
"Proc" is short for spec_proc (SPECial PROCedure). In a MUD*, a spec_proc is a function** that occurs in response to something else. Weapon specials are a form of spec_procs.
"To proc" means "to have a spec_proc occur", and a "proc rate" means "the rate of a spec_proc occurring".
*Multi-User Dungeon. It's kinda like the 80s/90s version of MMOs.
**If you don't know what a function is, then just call it the more technical term, "thingamajig".
In AQ normally referring to the rate of a special.
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