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[edit] Common terms

Often said phrases are commonly abbreviated in online games for the relative ease with which they're typed. Below are a number of acronyms and abbreviations commonly heard in Guild Wars.

See also: Internet slang.
General Skills Place names
  • AoE: Area of Effect
  • DD: Damage Dealer
  • Degen: Degeneration
  • DoT: Damage over Time
  • DP: Death Penalty
  • DPS: Damage Per Second
  • FotM: Flavour of the Month
  • FTW: For The Win
  • GLF: Group looking for
  • GvG: Guild vs. Guild
  • HP: Health Points
  • IDS: Icy Dragon Sword
  • LFG: Looking for group
  • LFM: Looking for members / Looking for monk
  • LFP: Looking for party
  • LFR: Looking for runner
  • LFT: Looking for team
  • NPC: Non-Player Character
  • PBAOE: Point Blank Area of Effect Damage
  • PBD: Point Blank Damage
  • PUG: Pick up group
  • PvE: Player vs. Environment
  • PvP: Player vs. Player
  • Regen: Regeneration
  • Tank: Any character that is specifically designed to absorb damage. Most commonly a warrior.
  • TS: Teamspeak
  • Vent: Ventrilo
  • WTB: Want to buy
  • WTS: Want to sell
  • WTT: Want to trade
  • XP / EXP: Experience Points
  • BiP: Blood is Power
  • BR: Blood Ritual
  • Echo: Arcane Echo
  • ED: Energy Drain
  • EoE: Edge of Extinction
  • ET: Energy Tap
  • EW: Energizing Wind
  • Evis: Evsicerate
  • Final: Final Thrust
  • FoC: Feast of Corruption
  • Frag: Fragility
  • FS: Fire Storm
  • FW: Favorable Winds
  • HH: Healing Hands
  • Infuse: Infuse Health
  • IW: Illusionary Weaponry
  • IWAY: "I Will Avenge You!"
  • LF: Lightning Reflexes
  • MS: Meteor Shower / Maelstrom
  • NR: Nature's Renewal
  • OoB: Offering of Blood
  • OoV / OotV: Order of the Vampire
  • Orb: Lightning Orb
  • OS: Oath Shot
  • P&H: Peace and Harmony
  • Pred: Predatory Season
  • QZ: Quickening Zephyr
  • RC: Restore Condition
  • Res / Rez: Any resurrect skill
  • Res Sig: Resurrection Signet
  • Retrib: Retribution
  • Rev: Revive Animal
  • RoF: Reversal of Fortune
  • SB: Spell Breaker
  • SoC / Cap: Signet of Capture
  • SoD: Signet of Devotion
  • SoH: Signet of Humility
  • SoJ: Signet of Judgment / Shield of Judgment
  • SoW: Signet of Weariness
  • SQ: Serpent's Quickness
  • SS: Spiteful Spirit
  • SV: Sympathetic Visage
  • Strike: Lightning Strike
  • Tainted: Tainted Flesh
  • TF: Tiger's Fury
  • VIM: "Victory is Mine!"
  • WoH / Word: Word of Healing
  • WoP: Well of Power
  • AC / Asc: Ascalon City
  • BI: Battle Isles
  • BP / Beacon's: Beacon's Perch
  • Droks / Forge: Droknar's Forge
  • ELC: Ember Light Camp
  • FoW: Fissure of Woe
  • HA: Heroes' Ascent
  • Henge: Henge Of Denravi
  • HP: Hell's Precipice
  • HoD: Henge Of Denravi
  • HoH: Hall of Heroes
  • LA: Lion's Arch
  • RA: Random Arenas
  • RoF: Ring of Fire
  • SF: Sorrow's Furnace
  • TA: Team Arenas
  • THK: Thunderhead Keep
  • ToA: Temple of the Ages
  • Tombs: Heroes' Ascent (PvP)
  • Tomberworld: Tomb of the Primeval Kings (PvE)
  • UW: Underworld

[edit] Emotes

There are many emotes in Guildwars, here is a list of them. A / has to be typed in front of every emote to activate it. Some of these are animated, and some of them make a statement in the chat window, e.g. Bob the fish salutes

  • age
  • agree
  • attention
  • beckon
  • beg
  • boo
  • bored
  • bow
  • bowhead
  • cheer
  • clap
  • congrats
  • cough
  • dance
  • deaths
  • doh
  • doubletake
  • drums
  • excited
  • fame
  • fistshake
  • flex
  • flute
  • goteam
  • guitar
  • help
  • highfive
  • jump
  • kneel
  • laugh
  • moan
  • no
  • paper
  • pickme
  • point
  • ponder
  • pout
  • preorder
  • rank
  • ready
  • roll #
  • roar
  • rank
  • rock
  • salute
  • scissors
  • scratch
  • shoo
  • sigh
  • sit
  • sorry
  • taunt
  • violin
  • wave
  • yawn
  • yes