ESO abbreviations

WildRaptorX · May 2018

I’m new to MMO playstyles and I’m having a lot of trouble understanding ESO’s abbreviations. For the past month or so I’ve noted down some that I see all the time in game and on the forums and I need translating. (Sorry for the noob)

BoE
OP ( I think regarding another player?)
FD (saw this in Cyrodil)
LFG
HOF
DDA
DBOS
PUG
DD
vAA
MSA
COH
WB
BiS
FTP
SPC

FR0STDEE · May 2018

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/136290/the-eso-slang-and-abbreviation-dictionary

Guarlet · May 2018

BoE - Binds On Equip
OP - Overpowered
FD - Flawless Dawnbreaker, the "PVE morph" of the Fighter's Guild ultimate, Dawnbreaker. If it was in Cyrodiil, they could also have meant Fort Dragonclaw, people usually abbreviate keep names there
LFG - Looking For Group
HoF - Halls of Fabrication (a 12-man trial)
DDA - Do you mean DSA? That's Dragonstar Arena, basically a 4-man trial in Craglorn. Dunno what DDA is
DBOS - Dawnbreaker of Smiting - the "PVP morph" of Dawnbreaker
PUG - Pickup group, or people that you're grouped with randomly
DD - Damage dealer, also commonly known as DPS, or Damage-Per-Second
vAA - Veteran Aetherian Archive (the harder, or veteran, version of a 12-man trial)
MSA - Maelstrom Arena. I had to look this one up- typically I use and see the abbreviation vMA, or veteran Maelstrom Arena
COH - Crypt of Hearts, a dungeon
WB - World Boss
BiS - Best in Slot
FTP - Free to play
SPC - Spellpower Cure, a popular gear set for healers

Dracan_Fontom · May 2018

BoE -- No idea.
OP -- if referring to another player, no idea. Based on build, skill, etc. then overpowered.
FD -- Front Door
LFG -- Looking for group
HOF -- Hall of Fabrications (Trial)
DDA -- No idea.
DBOS -- -- No idea.
PUG -- refers to a group of players who never played together and/or grouped up due to party finder.
DD -- my guess is damage dealer, another term for this is DPS.
vAA -- Veteran Aetherian Archive (Trial)
MSA -- Maelstrom Arena. (Solo Trial)
COH -- Crypt of Hearts. (Dungeon)
WB -- World Boss
BiS -- Best in Slot (gear than will give you the best results for specific role)
FTP -- I am not sure on this one either, may be Free to Play.
SPC -- Spell Power Cure (Mandatory Healer Set acquired from White Gold Tower dungeon)

I hope this helps, @Keylun and I'm sorry that I wasn't able to answer a few.

Neoauspex · May 2018

BoE - bind on equip
OP - original post (on forum) or over powered (skill/set)
FD - front door (sieging)
LFG - looking for group
HOF - Halls of Fabrication (trial)
DDA - no clue
DBOS - Dawn Breaker of Smiting (skill morph)
PUG - pick up group (often used derogatively)
DD - damage dealer
vAA - veteran Aetherian Archive (trial)
MSA - Maelstrom Arena (trial)
COH - Crypt of Hearts (group dungeon)
WB - Wrecking Blow (skill)
BiS - best in slot
FTP - no clue
SPC - Spell Power Cure (set)

FR0STDEE · May 2018

SPC - spell power cure (dungeon healers set)
vAA - veteran Athenian Archive (trial in craglorn)
HOF - halls of fabrication (Trail in marrowind)
COH - crypt of hearts( dungeon)

zaria · May 2018

In general an leading v is veteran n is normal, like vCOH is veteran crypt of hearts.
nAA is normal n Athenian Archive
for request in chat as in pug groups dungeons is usually veteran and trials is normal.

FloppyTouch · May 2018

Guarlet wrote: »

BoE - Binds On Equip
OP - Overpowered
FD - Flawless Dawnbreaker, the "PVE morph" of the Fighter's Guild ultimate, Dawnbreaker. If it was in Cyrodiil, they could also have meant Fort Dragonclaw, people usually abbreviate keep names there
LFG - Looking For Group
HoF - Halls of Fabrication (a 12-man trial)
DDA - Do you mean DSA? That's Dragonstar Arena, basically a 4-man trial in Craglorn. Dunno what DDA is
DBOS - Dawnbreaker of Smiting - the "PVP morph" of Dawnbreaker
PUG - Pickup group, or people that you're grouped with randomly
DD - Damage dealer, also commonly known as DPS, or Damage-Per-Second
vAA - Veteran Aetherian Archive (the harder, or veteran, version of a 12-man trial)
MSA - Maelstrom Arena. I had to look this one up- typically I use and see the abbreviation vMA, or veteran Maelstrom Arena
COH - Crypt of Hearts, a dungeon
WB - World Boss
BiS - Best in Slot
FTP - Free to play
SPC - Spellpower Cure, a popular gear set for healers

Front door when enemy is on ram

Anotherone773 · May 2018

Some other common ones:

AD, EP, and DC are the alliances.
Sometimes people will abbrev cities. Ive seen Elden root( ER), and Vulkhel Guard( VG) shortened many times.
LFM- Looking for Member. Can be for a dungeon, trial, guild, or other group activity.
Some dailies/quests are abbreviated. The gold coast dailies are a good example of this. You will see in gold coast zone chat:
A or Arena - The quest for Kvatch Arena world boss.
F or Folly - The quest for the Folly world boss between anvil and kvatch.
BE- Buried Evil - the quest for the delve just north of Anvil.
CG- Common Ground- the quest for the delve NE of anvil/south of the sanctuary.
Those are exclusive to that zone.
DD is interchangeable with DPS, DPS is the correct term dont know where they got that DD at but DPS has been here for at least two decades. I never heard of DD until i came to this backwater game.

It may refer to the role or the actual statistic of damage per second.
Trials will sometimes be referred to as raids. Raids are what trials are called in other games, ZOS just decided they wanted to be different.
WTT- Want to trade most commonly seen in zone chat
WTS- want to sell - also seen a lot in zone chat
WTB -want to buy- zone chat again.
FTP/F2P= Free to play. Nothing is really free to play. someone somewhere is paying for it.
B2P= Buy to play. All Elder scrolls titles are/were buy to play
P2P= Pay to play - Refers to a monthly sub game.
P2W= Pay to win. A game in which players have to continuously pump varying amounts of money into the game to remain competitive. For example: If gold mats could only be bought with real money, and then 6 months later they released orange mats which were an upgrade after gold and those could only be bought with real money.

Many others based on context as well and your usual internet/shorthand slang abbreviations such as WTH= What the hell.

Bhaal5 · May 2018

Squatting action over your corpse = is a tea bag or changing frame of mine "good game"/"GG"

(I know its not a abbreviation, but may if needed it cleared up aswell

)

Kalgert · May 2018

Abbreviations are words fot the lazy person.

Full words or nothing, I say.

Sparr0w · May 2018

Bhaal5 wrote: »

Squatting action over your corpse = is a tea bag or changing frame of mine "good game"/"GG"

(I know its not a abbreviation, but may if needed it cleared up aswell )

Can also mean 'git gud' depending on the context.

Ratzkifal · May 2018

IC Imperial City
RoM Ruins of Mazzatun, dungeon
CoS Cradle of Shadows, dungeon
WGT White gold tower, dungeon
MSA is also known as MA (Maelstrom arena)
AS Asylum Sanctorum, trial (often wrongly called SA, probably because of the french translation or something)
SO Sanctum Ophidia
CoA City of Ash, dungeon
BC Banished cells, dungeon
FL Fanglair, dungeon
SP or SCP Scalercaller Peak, dungeon
FH Falkreath Hold, dungeon
BoL breath of life, templar heal skill
Jesus Beam - Radiant Destruction, templar execute

Menelaos · May 2018

ALMSIVI - Tribunal Doctrine collective name for Almalexia, Sotha Sil and Vivec
AD - Aldmeri Dominion
DC - Daggerfall Covenant
EP - Ebonheart Pact
Execute - High damage attack against low health targets
WS- Wayshrine

PVP
def - defend!
inc - Enemies incoming!
NIK - Nikel Outpost
SEJ - Sejanus Outpost
UA - Under Attack
'Smurf' - DC player
'Cherry' - EP player
'Lemon' - AD player

Aisle9 · May 2018

Menelaos wrote: »

'Cherry' - EP player

I just call them Commies...

...runs