DAoC Lingo
by Ladien
Modified 2/13/04

Guinevere & Lancelot
Arthur A. Dixon (fl. 1893-1920). "Launcelot Loved Guenevere from the Moment He First Beheld Her" from Doris Ashley's King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., n.d.[1921].

Well met!  As you know, there are certain terms used in DAOC which may be difficult to keep track of, especially for our new players who have not played the game before. This should make it a bit easier! I think I got them all, but please let me know if you have something to add.


SLANG
Meaning.....
AB
Albion Bridge (Battlegrounds)
AE
Area Effect (spell)
AF
Armor Factor
AFK
Away From Keyboard
Aggro
If a monster attacks you without being provoked
AK or APK
Albion Portal Keep
AMG
Gates leading to frontier portal keeps (Albion Mile Gate - ed)
Arms
Armsman class
Art/Arti
Artifact (Trials of Atlantis)
ATM
At The Moment
BAF
Bring a Friend - when you attack an enemy and more than one comes.
Berk
Caer Berkstead (Albion Keep)
BG
BattleGrounds (often followed by numbers 0-3) or Battlegroup (new chat feature in Trials of Atlantis)
Bot
A character created for the purpose of giving buffs and healing other characters
BP's
Bounty Points
BRB
Be Right Back
BRT
Be Right There
BTW
By The Way
Bub
Small bubbles to fill with experience to reach your next level (10 total)
Buff
Spells casted on characters to enhance their skills
Bus
Castle Sauvage Teleport
Cammy
Camelot City
Caster
Any class of character which casts spells
Cats
Catacombs Dungeon (Cornwall)
CG
Chat group
Con
What color monsters, players, and armor/weapons are to you (Grey, Green, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Red , & Purple)
Cots
Cotswold Village near Camelot East Gates
DAOC
Dark Age of Camelot
Ding
When someone levels
DF
Darkness Falls
DOT
Damage Over Time
DPS
Damage Points (Damage Per Second - ed)
Drop
Treasures dropped by monsters when killed
End
Endurance (green bar)
Eras
Caer Erasleigh (Albion Keep)
ETA
Estimated Time of Arrival
EXP
Experience points
g's
Gold(s) - Money
Gank
When a character kills a monster or enemy much lower level (grey) to them
GL
Good Luck or Guild Leader
GM
Guild Master/Mistress - leader of a guild
Grape
A monster or enemy that shows up purple (very high) to you
Grats
Congratulations
GTG or G2G
Good To Go/Ready
Haste
A spell or item which allows you to move faster gives you haste
Hib(s)
Hibernians: enemy realm of Albion
HB
Hibernia Bridge (Battlegrounds)
Hybrid
A character able to melee and cast/heal(Friars, Paladins, etc)
Inc
Incoming monster or enemy
Infil
Infiltrator class
K or KK
Okay
Kill Steal
When someone not in your group attacks what you are fighting without your consent, preventing you from getting all exp. You CAN report this to Mythic
Kiting
Hit and Run (Attacking once, retreating to heal, then attacking again)
Lag/Lagging
When server or client prevents normal play/i.e. player cannot move properly - often leads to LD
LD
Linkdead/Computer Boot
LFG
Looking For Group
LOL
Laughing Out Loud
Loot
Same as "Drop"
LOP or OOP
Low on Power (Yellow Bar) (Out of Power - ed)
LTB
Looking to Buy
Luri
Lurikeen (Hibernian Class)
MB
Midgard Bridge (Battlegrounds)
Melee
Characters/Ability to fight/combat (hack and slash)
Mez
Mesmerize (Spell)
Mid(s)
Midgards: enemy realm of Albion
Mini
Minstrel Class
Mini-ding
5 Bubble Half-way point for characters level 40 and up
Mini-grats
Congratulations for the Mini-ding
Mob
Monster
ML
Master Level (Trials of Atlantis) - Note: ML's 1-10
Necro
Necromancer Class
Neck Check
Heard in porting areas - warning to make sure you have your porting necklace on
Nerf
When Mythic decreases the power of an item/character class because their power is unbalanced.
Newb, Noob, Noobie, Newbie
An inexperienced player who is new to the game (also used as a derogatory term when someone makes a mistake - ed)
NM
Never Mind
NP
No Problem
OMG
Oh My God
OMW
On My Way
Pally
Paladin Class
Pally Sprint
Paladins can cast an Endurance spell, allowing a sprint for an extended time.
PK
Prydwen Keep
PKB
Prydwen Bridge (in Camelot Hills)
PL
Power Level
p's or Plats
Platinum(s) (Money)
Pop
Monster respawn
Prot
Protection (Ability)
PST
Please Send Tell
Rez or Res
Ressurect
RL
Real Life (out of game)
Rlm
Realm
RPs
Realm Points (received when you kill another player in RvR)
RvR
Realm versus Realm fighting
SI
Shrouded Isles (DAoC Expansion Pack)
Scroll
Any one of three scrolls or pages needed to level a Trials of Atlantis artifact.
Social
Any MOB which tends to BAF
Sorc
Sorcerer Class
Spawn
Same as "Pop"
Specs
Special Skills you buy (SPECialization - ed)
Stealther
Any character able to hide themselves/become invisible
Surs
Caer Sursbrooke (Albion Keep)
Tank
A combat character (i.e Armsman, Paladin, Mercenary, etc)
Theurg
Theurgist Class
Thx or ty
Thank You
ToA/TOA
Trials of Atlantis (DAoC Expansion Pack)
Uber
A term meaning "powerful"
WB
Welcome Back
WD
West Downs
WTF
What The F+++
WTS/LTB
Willing to Sell/Looking to Buy
XRoads
Crossroads - an area of Darkness Falls
YW
You're Welcome
Zerg
When a group of characters, led by a minstrel attacks everything in their sight (RvR)  (the most common definition is when your group vastly outnumber the enemy or vice versa - ed)