Friday, January 9, 2009

In Game Abbreviations Guide (Originally from official forum)

OK its time i actually got around to publishing a proper guide not just a list of the abbreviations used in game.

Please Note : Some abbreviations are used several time as they have several meanings. Please try not to get too confused and in game apply them into context to figure out which of the abbreviations is the correct one for the situation.

Maps
As you level throughout the lands you will start to travel across the various maps.

WTS - Wu Tang Shan (Wu Tang Clan Base)
SS - Song Shan (Shaolin Clan Base)
TJ - Taijin (League of Beggars Clan Base)
ZD - Zian Dong (Sacred Flower Clan Base)
MtY - Mount Yanmo (Heavenly Demon Clan Base)
TS - Tai Shan (Brotherhood of Theives Clan Base)

ZZ - ZhengZhou (CoF is here for White Clans)
SZ - ShiZhang (CoF is here for Black Clans)

Note: the maps below are areas where Combat is possible (Asura Only)

JN - Jinan (EVoh - Eastern Valley of Hell and VoH here)
DT - Datong (WVoH - Western Valley of Hell and VoH here)
NC - Nanchang
HZ - HangZhou
LD - Liaodong
Note: the maps below are area where combat is possible (All servers)

BP - Bloody Plains (appears as Southern Death Valley in party and HB/HL lists)
CC - Conqueror's Cave / Cave of the Conqueror (appears as Northern Death Valley in party and HB/HL lists){followed by a number ie. CC3 which means conquer cave third level in ect.}

Note : the maps below are instance dungeons

VoH - Valley of Hell (also known as JoH - Judgment of Hell)
CoF - Choice of Fate
Mns - Mansion (little used any more, mainly refered to in full as Mansion)
WT - Wild Tower
will add the New Liadong Dungeons soon
Levels
Here is a compiled list of level names, overall levels and TOTAL overall chi points that can be placed at the level

Level 0 - none - level 0 - 0

Losing Self:
LS1 - Losing Self 1 - Level 1 - 4 Chi Points
LS2 - Losing Self 2 - Level 2 - 8 Chi Points
LS3 - Losing Self 3 - Level 3 - 12 Chi Points
LS4 - Losing Self 4 - Level 4 - 16 Chi Points
LS5 - Losing Self 5 - Level 5 - 20 Chi Points
LS6 - Losing Self 6 - Level 6 - 24 Chi Points
LS7 - Losing Self 7 - Level 7 - 28 Chi Points
LS8 - Losing Self 8 - Level 8 - 32 Chi Points
LS9 - Losing Self 9 - Level 9 - 36 Chi Points
LS10 - Losing Self 10 - Level 10 - 40 Chi Points
LS11 - Losing Self 11 - Level 11 - 44 Chi Points
LS12 - Losing Self 12 - Level 12 - 48 Chi Points

Gathering Chi:
GC1 - Gathering Chi 1 - Level 13 - 54 Chi Points
GC2 - Gathering Chi 2 - Level 14 - 58 Chi Points
GC3 - Gathering Chi 3 - Level 15 - 62 Chi Points
GC4 - Gathering Chi 4 - Level 16 - 66 Chi Points
GC5 - Gathering Chi 5 - Level 17 - 70 Chi Points
GC6 - Gathering Chi 6 - Level 18 - 74 Chi Points
GC7 - Gathering Chi 7 - Level 19 - 78 Chi Points
GC8 - Gathering Chi 8 - Level 20 - 82 Chi Points
GC9 - Gathering Chi 9 - Level 21 - 86 Chi Points
GC10 - Gathering Chi 10 - Level 22 - 90 Chi Points
GC11 - Gathering Chi 11 - Level 23 - 94 Chi Points
GC12 - Gathering Chi 12 - Level 24 - 98 Chi Points

Opening Chi:
OC1 - Opening Chi 1 - Level 25 - 104 Chi Points
OC2 - Opening Chi 2 - Level 26 - 108 Chi Points
OC3 - Opening Chi 3 - Level 27 - 112 Chi Points
OC4 - Opening Chi 4 - Level 28 - 116 Chi Points
OC5 - Opening Chi 5 - Level 29 - 120 Chi Points
OC6 - Opening Chi 6 - Level 30 - 124 Chi Points
OC7 - Opening Chi 7 - Level 31 - 128 Chi Points
OC8 - Opening Chi 8 - Level 32 - 132 Chi Points
OC9 - Opening Chi 9 - Level 33 - 136 Chi Points
OC10 - Opening Chi 10 - Level 34 - 140 Chi Points
OC11 - Opening Chi 11 - Level 35 - 144 Chi Points
OC12 - Opening Chi 12 - Level 36 - 148 Chi Points

Revolving Chakra:
RC1 - Revolving Chakra 1 - Level 37 - 154 Chi Points
RC2 - Revolving Chakra 2 - Level 38 - 158 Chi Points
RC3 - Revolving Chakra 3 - Level 39 - 162 Chi Points
RC4 - Revolving Chakra 4 - Level 40 - 166 Chi Points
RC5 - Revolving Chakra 5 - Level 41 - 170 Chi Points
RC6 - Revolving Chakra 6 - Level 42 - 174 Chi Points
RC7 - Revolving Chakra 7 - Level 43 - 178 Chi Points
RC8 - Revolving Chakra 8 - Level 44 - 182 Chi Points
RC9 - Revolving Chakra 9 - Level 45 - 186 Chi Points
RC10 - Revolving Chakra 10 - Level 46 - 190 Chi Points
RC11 - Revolving Chakra 11 - Level 47 - 194 Chi Points
RC12 - Revolving Chakra 12 - Level 48 - 198 Chi Points

Raising Light:
RL1 - Raising Light 1 - Level 49 - 204 Chi Points
RL2 - Raising Light 2 - Level 50 - 208 Chi Points
RL3 - Raising Light 3 - Level 51 - 212 Chi Points
RL4 - Raising Light 4 - Level 52 - 216 Chi Points
RL5 - Raising Light 5 - Level 53 - 220 Chi Points
RL6 - Raising Light 6 - Level 54 - 224 Chi Points
RL7 - Raising Light 7 - Level 55 - 228 Chi Points
RL8 - Raising Light 8 - Level 56 - 232 Chi Points
RL9 - Raising Light 9 - Level 57 - 236 Chi Points
RL10 - Raising Light 10 - Level 58 - 240 Chi Points
RL11 - Raising Light 11 - Level 59 - 244 Chi Points
RL12 - Raising Light 12 - Level 60 - 248 Chi Points

Five Dragons:
FD1 - Five Dragons 1 - Level 61 - 254 Chi Points
FD2 - Five Dragons 2 - Level 62 - 258 Chi Points
FD3 - Five Dragons 3 - Level 63 - 262 Chi Points
FD4 - Five Dragons 4 - Level 64 - 266 Chi Points
FD5 - Five Dragons 5 - Level 65 - 270 Chi Points
FD6 - Five Dragons 6 - Level 66 - 274 Chi Points
FD7 - Five Dragons 7 - Level 67 - 278 Chi Points
FD8 - Five Dragons 8 - Level 68 - 282 Chi Points
FD9 - Five Dragons 9 - Level 69 - 286 Chi Points
FD10 - Five Dragons 10 - Level 70 - 290 Chi Points
FD11 - Five Dragons 11 - Level 71 - 294 Chi Points
FD12 - Five Dragons 12 - Level 72 - 298 Chi Points

Sun and Moon:
SM1 - Sun and Moon 1 - Level 73 - 304 Chi Points
SM2 - Sun and Moon 2 - Level 74 - 308 Chi Points
SM3 - Sun and Moon 3 - Level 75 - 312 Chi Points
SM4 - Sun and Moon 4 - Level 76 - 316 Chi Points
SM5 - Sun and Moon 5 - Level 77 - 320 Chi Points
SM6 - Sun and Moon 6 - Level 78 - 324 Chi Points
SM7 - Sun and Moon 7 - Level 79 - 328 Chi Points
SM8 - Sun and Moon 8 - Level 80 - 332 Chi Points
SM9 - Sun and Moon 9 - Level 81 - 336 Chi Points
SM10 - Sun and Moon 10 - Level 82 - 340 Chi Points
SM11 - Sun and Moon 11 - Level 83 - 344 Chi Points
SM12 - Sun and Moon 12 - Level 84 - 348 Chi Points

Golden Blossoms:
GB1 - Golden Blossoms 1 - Level 85 - 354 Chi Points
GB2 - Golden Blossoms 2 - Level 86 - 358 Chi Points
GB3 - Golden Blossoms 3 - Level 87 - 362 Chi Points
GB4 - Golden Blossoms 4 - Level 88 - 366 Chi Points
GB5 - Golden Blossoms 5 - Level 89 - 370 Chi Points
GB6 - Golden Blossoms 6 - Level 90 - 374 Chi Points
GB7 - Golden Blossoms 7 - Level 91 - 378 Chi Points
GB8 - Golden Blossoms 8 - Level 92 - 382 Chi Points
GB9 - Golden Blossoms 9 - Level 93 - 386 Chi Points
GB10 - Golden Blossoms 10 - Level 94 - 390 Chi Points
GB11 - Golden Blossoms 11 - Level 95 - 394 Chi Points
GB12 - Golden Blossoms 12 - Level 96 - 398 Chi Points

Elemental Crown:
EC1 - Elemental Crown 1 - Level 97 - 404 Chi Points
EC2 - Elemental Crown 2 - Level 98 - 408 Chi Points
EC3 - Elemental Crown 3 - Level 99 - 412 Chi Points
EC4 - Elemental Crown 4 - Level 100 - 416 Chi Points
EC5 - Elemental Crown 5 - Level 101 - 420 Chi Points
EC6 - Elemental Crown 6 - Level 102 - 424 Chi Points
EC7 - Elemental Crown 7 - Level 103 - 428 Chi Points
EC8 - Elemental Crown 8 - Level 104 - 432 Chi Points
EC9 - Elemental Crown 9 - Level 105 - 436 Chi Points
EC10 - Elemental Crown 10 - Level 106 - 440 Chi Points
EC11 - Elemental Crown 11 - Level 107 - 444 Chi Points
EC12 - Elemental Crown 12 - Level 108 - 448 Chi Points

Floral Crown:
FC1 - Floral Crown 1 - Level 109 - 454 Chi Points
FC2 - Floral Crown 2 - Level 110 - 458 Chi Points
FC3 - Floral Crown 3 - Level 111 - 462 Chi Points
FC4 - Floral Crown 4 - Level 112 - 466 Chi Points
FC5 - Floral Crown 5 - Level 113 - 470 Chi Points
FC6 - Floral Crown 6 - Level 114 - 474 Chi Points
FC7 - Floral Crown 7 - Level 115 - 478 Chi Points
FC8 - Floral Crown 8 - Level 116 - 482 Chi Points
FC9 - Floral Crown 9 - Level 117 - 486 Chi Points
FC10 - Floral Crown 10 - Level 118 - 490 Chi Points
FC11 - Floral Crown 11 - Level 119 - 494 Chi Points
FC12 - Floral Crown 12 - Level 120 - 498 Chi Points

Crimson Snake:
CS1 - Crimson Snake 1 - Level 121 - 504 Chi Points
CS2 - Crimson Snake 2 - Level 122 - 508 Chi Points
CS3 - Crimson Snake 3 - Level 123 - 512 Chi Points
CS4 - Crimson Snake 4 - Level 124 - 516 Chi Points
CS5 - Crimson Snake 5 - Level 125 - 520 Chi Points
CS6 - Crimson Snake 6 - Level 126 - 524 Chi Points
CS7 - Crimson Snake 7 - Level 127 - 528 Chi Points
CS8 - Crimson Snake 8 - Level 128 - 532 Chi Points
CS9 - Crimson Snake 9 - Level 129 - 536 Chi Points
CS10 - Crimson Snake 10 - Level 130 - 540 Chi Points
CS11 - Crimson Snake 11 - Level 131 - 544 Chi Points
CS12 - Crimson Snake 12 - Level 132 - 548 Chi Points

Golden Lotus:
GL1 - Golden Lotus 1 - Level 133 - 554
GL2 - Golden Lotus 2 - Level 134 - 558
GL3 - Golden Lotus 3 - Level 135 - 562
GL4 - Golden Lotus 4 - Level 136 - 566
GL5 - Golden Lotus 5 - Level 137 - 570
GL6 - Golden Lotus 6 - Level 138 - 574
GL7 - Golden Lotus 7 - Level 139 - 578
GL8 - Golden Lotus 8 - Level 140 - 582
GL9 - Golden Lotus 9 - Level 141 - 586
GL10 - Golden Lotus 10 - Level 142 - 590
GL11 - Golden Lotus 11 - Level 143 - 594
GL12 - Golden Lotus 12 - Level 144 - 598

Note: There are further levels in other versions of the game (ie Korean) but as with the american version the level cap is 121 i dont see the need to do the rest as of yet. They will be completed at a later date and added in. 12/05/08 - I have added up to Golden Lotus since new patch and map increased the level Cap. as of Yet level cap is rumoured to be GL4 accoring to VGM.


Clans/Bands/Leagues

Starting the Game (as you should well know) you are asked to choose the clan you would like to join.

TV/PV - True Vagabond/Pure Vagabond (Not used overly much)

WC - White Clans

WT - Wu Tang
Sha0 - Shaolin
LoB - League of Beggars

BC - Black Clans

SF - Sacred Flower
HD - Heavenly Demons
BoT - Brotherhood of Theives

Later in the game you will arrive at with the opportunity to create and join a hero band (if you havent done so already).As this occurs you may notice these phrases appearing in your chat.

HB - Hero Band
HL - Hero League
BM - Band Master/Band Mate/Band Member
LM - League Master/League Mate/League Member
LsM - League Sub Master
BL - Band Leader

As things progress and your band strengthens you may find yourself doing one of the following:
SvS - Storm Versus Storm (Two leagues fight for the rights to own a Fortress)
BW - Band Wars (war between two or more Hero Bands)
CW - Clan Wars (war between two or more clans)
BvW - Black Versus White Wars (War where Black Clans versus White Clans.)
Note: Each side has someone to protect and when the hermit or overlord is killed the successful clan has access to CC5 and true general wei and all side members get special buffs and free access to CC (no poison effect) for 3 hours or until death

Some Strong hero bands also develope their own appreviations.

Nirvana:
Asc/Ascn - Ascention/S Hero League
MoH - Mandate of Heaven
KM - KingsMen
GD - Golden_Dragons
PoB - Power of Buddah

Asura:

Bardo:

Note: i will add more for the other servers later as i dont play on them.

Buying and Selling

In Game people use a premium Item called Lions Raor (purchased with acclaim coins from the item mall) wich enables them to "shout" across the server being played on. It is in these shouts or in Stall names throughout the lands (Mostly in Hefei, Wuan Village{ZZ},Xuanshe Village {SZ}) where time and/or space is short that many of these appear.

WTB - Want to Buy
WTS - Want to Sell
WTT - Want to Trade
PM - Private Message/Pigeongram/Pigeon Message

There are a number of items which are regularly shouted for or put into stands.

Adv - advanced (applies to manuals for skills or experience boosts)
Med - Meditaion
BE - Blood Essence (highly sought efter item used for weapon refinement)
BM - Blood Mushroom (Elixer Suppliment that increases success)
BSM - Blue Stone Mushroom (Elixer Suppliment that greatly increases chance of success)
LF - Lightfoot (skill which inreases running speed)
WD - Wan Daye (generally refering to his weapons which become available at higher levels)
WB - Wrist Bands
NB - National Beauty Clothing
ID - Iron Deva Clothing
WL/WnL - Wind and Lightning Clothing
Rel - Relic (often accompanied by the level requirement ie EC BK Rel)
Man - Manual
Weap - Weapons
cloth - Clothes
Coll - Colletions/Collectables
Ref - Refined (normally accompanied by an number ie. EC4 +5 Sabre)
10K - Ten thousand / 10 000
10mil - Ten million / 10 000 000
10KK - Ten million / 10 000 000
Elix - Elixers (normally with level and stat ie. lvl3 ess elix)
KG - Korean Ginseng (heals 100% HP instantly)
EM - Ethereal Mushroom (heals 100% VE instantly)

Character:

The Following are abreviations are things to do with your characters Statistics, attribute points, damage,Karma ect.

Srt - Strength
Ess - Essence
Wis - Wisdom
Con - Constition
Dex - Dexterity
CK - Chi Kung
PvP - Player Versus Player
PvE - Player verses Environment
KS - Kill Steal
KoS - Kill on Sight
PK - Player Kill
CK - Chi Kung
EW - External Wounds
IW - Internal Wounds
HP - Health Point / Hit Points
VE - Vital Energy
Stat - Statistic (eg. Strength, Wisdom etc).
Def - Defence
AR - Attack rating
CKAR - Chi Kung Attack Rating
CKDef - Chi Kung Defence
Dam - Damage
CKDam - Chi Kung Damage
GK - Good Karma
BK - Bad Karma
Crit - Critical / Critical Rate
CKCrit - Chi Kung Critical / Chi Kung Critical Rate
XP/Exp - Experience
BP - Blood Points
BC - Blood Count
Char - Character
Para - Paralise (nuke, smashing or skill)
KO - Knocked out (Before entering comatose state)
Epi/Epit - Epitaph / Epitet
Res/Rez - Resurect

General Chat and Miscellaneous

These are most of the terms that occur in general chat and other miscellaneous abbreviations that appear throughout the game.

PQ - Party Quest
Q - Quest (not often used) / Question
Plz/plz - Please
ty - thank you
tyvm - thank you very much
kk - ok ok / kewl kewl / cool cool
PP - party please
AFK - Away From Keyboard
AFG - Away from game (still logged in and on computer but not active in game)
btw - by the way
atm - at the moment
sis - sister (form of address to female character)
bro - brother (form of address to male character)
omw - on my way
GG/gg - good grind / good game / game guard
gl - good luck
gd - good drops
bts - be there soon
OMG - Oh My God
W.T.F - What the F@DC. d/c - disconnect
LH - Low Herb
MH - Middle Herb
HH - High Herb
HS - Herb Steal
MM - Meng Mian (Cof Boss killer epi for white)
MSH - Mei San-He (VoH Boss killer epi for white)
SM - Sheng Mian (CoF Boss killer epi for black)
SYL - Shao Yu-Lang (VoH boss killer epi for black)
SM/KSM - Shen Mo/Killer of Shen Mo (Annother Epi)
TGW - True General Wei (CC5 boss)
KoG - Killer of Ghosts (Mansion Epi)
KoB - Killer of Beasts (Wild Tower Epi)
No0b/noob/n00b - Never owened online before / low level / inexperienced player / insult / character that follow higher levels and askes for free things (most annoying)
Newbie - New in Game / inexperienced player
Lowbie - low level character
wc - wrong chat
yw - your welcome
np - no problem
prob - problem
brt - be right there
bb - bye bye
gb - good bye
wb - welcome back
cya - see you later / see you after / bye
ttyl - talk to you later
w/[said word] - with [said word]
lol - laugh out loud
rofl - rolling on floor laughing
roflol - rolling on floor laughing out loud
roflmao - rolling on floor laughing my arse off
lmao - laughing my arse off
wo0t/woot/w00t - we own other teams / expresion of happiness
SS - Screen shot (press print screen button while in game and appears in program files 9Dragons capture character name)

Note: anything that appears in your chat as ******** is something that the chat filter has found rude offensive and inappropriate weather it be intentional or accidental. but for now all hope you enjoy it.

Well its finished ive spent over the last 6 hour doing this for you so i hope you appreciate this all. i think its alot more informative than my other one and alot easier to read.
Well i must give credit to lakers4eva becuse i cross checked my working with his (found it after working everything out). to Aashera for keeping my coffee mug full and correcting MY mistakes and keeping me sane.
well i hope this fits the bill of what you guys where after... took me long enough lol so now if you have just read all of this anything you see in game you should have no problems understanding.
Thanks all
Slaveborn

Edit - Have added some more levels and the new abbreviations for the new map as well as a couple of others that were reported to be missing. Hope its better now. Kepp the Feed back coming, This is not finished YET!

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