The ESO Slang and Abbreviation Dictionary

Runefell

'OMW = On my way' is a phrase I've seen several times now while creating groups, and the person I invited is booking it over to our area. It sadly took me a bit to puzzle it out for myself.

thesilverball_ESO

Great job! Thanks! When this is done (or has progressed a bit) is there any way we can combine it into bullets under one page or something for everyone, perhaps even as it's own official ESO page within this form? I don't know about everyone else but I'd love to be able to reference an official ESO MMO dictionary of terms and acronyms here. I think this is awesome and helpful.

asdf0716

BLOODPORT - Intentionally running into a pvp resource (mine, farm or lumbermill), opposing faction players and/or a keep/gate with the specific intent of dying so that you can rez at a FC is referred to as "bloodporting"

EFC - "enemy forward camp"

orcashowb14_ESO

Another missed abbreviation is G2G for Good To Go or Ready to enter a dungeon or some such. Example: LF1M DPS FG G2G (Looking for one more DPS for Fungal Grotto then Good To Go). It's a good way to let prospective joining group members know that the rest of the group has already vendored junk & repaired their gear.

On the whole a good list. Thanks for posting it.

Zorrashi

milthalas wrote: »

Zorrashi wrote: »

morvegil wrote: »

Since when is Ganking frowned upon?

It's just not classy. A high level player attacking and killing a low level player without provocation? A shameful display I say!

I always understood ganking as the stealth, big hitting, killshot approach to attacking other players without level being considered. Do other people have the same connotation as I do?

Well, being that it considered more along the lines of slang, I suppose that any number of interpretations could exist. But the particular instance referenced in the OP is when a high level player kills/attacks a low level player.

A similar definition is when a 'gang' of players group up and kill a lone player who essentially has little to no means of defending themselves. Yet another definition is when you repeatedly kill a player (likely camping at his corpse) and does not leave him alone.

Elf_Boy

milthalas wrote: »

Zorrashi wrote: »

morvegil wrote: »

Since when is Ganking frowned upon?

It's just not classy. A high level player attacking and killing a low level player without provocation? A shameful display I say!

I always understood ganking as the stealth, big hitting, killshot approach to attacking other players without level being considered. Do other people have the same connotation as I do?

Like most words I am sure it has more then one usage.

To me it has been a mix of unfairly overpowering weaker players and repeatedly kill them, though I have also used it in terms of the stealth attack - like a really damaging back stab.

To kill another player quickly and in a manor that can not be easily defended from. Often in a situation where the targeted player has little or no ability to threaten the attacking player.

GnatB

milthalas wrote: »

I always understood ganking as the stealth, big hitting, killshot approach to attacking other players without level being considered. Do other people have the same connotation as I do?

IMO, I'd argue that ganking is any form of 1 or more players attacking 1 or more other players in which the defendants don't really have a chance of surviving, and will die almost immediately. Whether that is due to extreme level difference, stealth/1-shot attacks, or overwhelming numbers. (a.k.a. not a fair fight)

Typically though, if it's possible to stealth/1-shot kill an equal level player with reasonable reliability in an RPG, then I'd be of the argument that there's a flaw in the games design.

Taleof2Cities

"Tick" can also apply in PvP to an increase in Alliance Points (AP) ... the term is usually used by the winning Alliance players when there is a long battle or siege.

I've seen "DC" as another alternate abbreviation for Fort Dragonclaw in PvP ... not to be confused with Daggerfall Covenant. Indeed, it is sometimes confusing in itself on the zone chat.

Fantastic thread ... you, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.

michaelb14a_ESO2

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

"Tick" can also apply in PvP to an increase in Alliance Points (AP) ... the term is usually used by the winning Alliance players when there is a long battle or siege

DEE-TIK!

Tashira_Ronin

RTS/bounce used to send items to another player and get them to return them to you so they sit in your mail. Useful to have items available on any alt and when doing long dungeons where you don't want to run to the bank. Requires trust.

Audigy

Thank you @Neizir

Scorpionp

Gythral wrote: »

Lag : Latency issues,
1 drop in FPS due to:
a... trying to get a poor PC to run ultra settings in PvP Zergs
b... trying to push the settings in a city
c... poor optimisation of code in some areas
2 server dropping packets
3 poor internet connection

4 Background *** :P

Xeres14

I have one.

Abbreviation: OMG WTF NOOB L2P!

Translation: Dear fellow ESO player, kindly refrain from standing within red circles thus causing our group to be unsuccessful against this encounter. Thank you.

AshySamurai

GG - good game (opposite to BG - bad game).
GJ - good job, great job.

Stroggnonimus

Aeratus wrote: »

You won't see Green/Lime or Orange in PvP... AD works alone.
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LIES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

asdf0716

D Tick - the awarding of AP for the successful defense of a keep/outpost in pvp.
O Tick - the awarding of AP for the sucessful taking of a keep/outpost or resource in pvp.

Push - in pvp, often times, one side will be said to be "pushing" which is a (sometimes semi-) organized attempt to gain ground or secure an objective. It usually involves gathering as many people in one location as possible before going on the offensive with the intent of defeating an opposing force.

roll/rolled/rolling - the act of routing an opposing force. "We are getting rolled from the left" / "We are rolling their flank"

Isbilen

Insects - On the DC side of Thornblade EU this seems to be the new "bananas". The word is used because they are yellow and always come in swarms.

Lancillotto

Neizir wrote: »

Anything I missed, just let me know

Under Locations:
UC=Upper Craglorn

serenenightmare

A lot of us on DC call EP raspberries.

RSram

Here's a link to a PDF I created with most of the terms defined by the posters in this discussion. Feel free to pass it around to guild members, and let me know if there are any issues, or errors in the PDF and I will fix them.

Click here to view PDF File

global_gbb16_ESO

Here is a new one:

Patched = We've broke it.

Zaldan

you forgot PATCH, ability to break the game and interrupt players game experience without consequence

Gythral

Looking into it - running around like headless chickens trying to find a janitor to blame

Be patient - see looking into it, and add we're getting paid no matter how little we care!

Kaynehusky

Syntse wrote: »

ez2k.stoobzzub17_ESO wrote: »

Please ad 'QQ' as I still have no idea what this means...even Google doesn't know lol

QQ is crying... think it tries to illlustrate two eyes with tears.

QQ also used to be the Windows command to "Quit to desktop". When you QQ someone it not only looks like crying eyes, but the original term was "QQ and uninstall", Telling unskilled players to up and leave the game because they are trash. The more you know!

viperroos

@Neizir‌ Thank you for your efforts this will come in handy because I am new (noob)

baratron

Ha, I could have done with this back in March .

Though I have to say, I've never heard of "DE" or "Disenchant". It's always been decon, right from when everyone used to trade Level 6 iron daggers because some site worked out they gave the best materials to inspiration ratio .

AngryNord

TheBull wrote: »

haha you don't know what PST means. Someone tell him what it means >.>

Pacific Standard Time :P

AshySamurai

EST - eastern standart time.

VileIntent

LONG LIVE THE CHALAMO! May we never forget!
Entropy Rising for life!

jcaceresw

Some guilds calls AD players as "smurfs" when in PVP.