Hey everyone. I decided to make this guide because the old one got deleted (and it was not on the EE forums anyway). It is basically a glossary or dictionary of terms you will see in the game, on chats, and on the forums. I know people see terms they don't recognize all the time so I hope this will help people with understanding their peers and the game world a little better.
These terms are categorized in alphabetical order and their most common area of use. If I forget anything, please let me know and I can add it.
General Terms
AFK - away from keyboard. People may have legitimate reasons for doing this, like getting food, and some people are lazy and do so unfairly (especially in the arena)
ATM - at the moment
AGE - Aeria Games & Entertainment, the company that localizes and provides us with our English version of the game
AP - Aeria points, a currency bought with real money that can be used to get exclusive items in the game
BD - blade dancer
bear - Ursun character
bot - an external program that is used to play or operate a character automatically, without human input. Please note these kinds of programs are against the rules in EE
BP - break points/blueprint
break - to reduce a boss monster's BP bar to 0
BRT - be right there
CC - change channel
cert - certificate
ch - channel
chibi - halfkin character
CP - class EXP, required to level up a specific class
DC or D/C - disconnect. When a player seems to leave or log out suddenly, this is the cause
DGN - dungeon
EC - Eden Crystal
engi - engineer
EXP - experince points, required to level up your character
farm - to repeat the same action over and over, usually killing monsters or completing quests, to acquire gold, EXP, or specific items
FNO - Finding Neverland Online, the Taiwanese version of Eden Eternal, which gets its content and updates before the Aeria version
frog - Anuran character
GM - a small group of Aeria employees who act as the supreme overlords and administrators of the game, handling all events and player questions
GQ - guild quest
GS - game sage. These are folks you see around the forums who volunteer to help players and act as moderators for a certain game
grind - to repetitively kill monsters and finish quests for the sake of getting EXP and leveling up
GT - guild town
IGN - in-game name. This refers to a user's character name, which may be different from their forum or account name
KP - knowledge points. These are acquired once per class level-up and enable a player to customize their character's stats or builds
lag - when the game slows down, usually a server issue that affects multiple players. When lagging, a character's actions will be delayed and they may not be able to react to what other players or monsters are doing
LFP - looking for party
LFM - looking for more
LFG - looking for group/guild
MA - martial artist
mage - magician
mats - materials, used for crafting
mouse - Zumi character
ninja - a player who rolls "need" for every loot drop, thus depriving other players of a shot to get some spoils from a dungeon. Please note this behavior is very frowned upon and will make you a lot of enemies
NPC - non-player character. These are characters that you see standing that are controlled by the game rather than by a person
OMW - on my way
Pt - party
QQ - to cry or whine about something unnecessarily
RNG - random number generator. To put it simply, this is the reason all things in the game happen a certain way; the computers and servers have a system of randomly determining events, which can work in a player's favor or not
shammy - shaman
SS - Safety Stone
SSS - Sublime Safety Stone
tele - teleport, usually referring to the magician's skill Spatial Conversion
ToS - terms of service. These are the rules or conduct for the game and website, set up by Aeria, that must be followed by all players
troll - to act maliciously or otherwise be obnoxious in order to provoke a response from others. The best way to deal with trolls is to ignore or report them to a game sage
VoK - Valley of Kings
WC - wrong chat/world chat/world call
WH - guild warehouse
X-Legend - the Taiwanese company that develops the game and all its original content
Combat Terms
1H - one-handed weapon
2H - two-handed weapon
aggro - see malice
AoE - area of effect. These are skills that, instead of having a single target, can deal damage to a select area or a range around the caster. This term also refers to the literal area targeted by these attacks, which can be hit if in range
BM - Burning Metal, a bard skill
DoT - damage over time. These are skills that deal continuous damage for a certain amount of time
DPS - damage per second. May refer to either classes in the melee, magic, and ranged branches, or to specific skills within these branches
HoT - heal over time. These are healing skills that heal a certain amount every few seconds
kite - to attract monsters' attention and then run away so they follow the player
KO - knock-out (kill), when a target's HP is reduced to 0
malice - a measure of how much attention a player has generated from monsters; the one with the highest malice will be attacked by the monsters
mana - MP or magic points, needed to cast spells
mob - monster
MoL - music of life, a bard healing skil
nerf - to weaken something by changing its attributes. The most notorious example of this in EE is when Aeria gave the bard skill Burning Metal a cast time to prevent people using it for farming
OP - over-powered
PW - Purifying Wind, a cleric skill
PvE - player versus environment, the default combat in the game where a player or party fights against NPC monsters controlled by the game
PvP - player versus player. The opposite of PvE, this covers activities like the arena and duels where all opponents in the fight are controlled by humans
run - to complete a dungeon, possibly repetitively
stack - to cast certain skills multiple times, multiplying its effect. Note only some skills can be stacked, and each skill has a limit on how many times it will stack
squishy - fragile or easy to kill. Generally this refers to characters with low DEF that die quickly
tank - the character in a party who takes all the damage and keeps monsters' attention
trash mobs - monsters in a dungeon that are not the boss
TW - territory war, a special kind of PvP where guilds can compete to occupy an area
wipe - when every member of a party is killed in a dungeon
Commerce Terms
AH - auction house
CoD - cash on delivery, a method of sending items and gold between players
IM - item mall
K - when placed after a number, 1000
NT - non-tradeable. This label indicates an item that cannot be given to other players
WTB - want to buy
WTS - want to sell
WTT - want to trade