Guild Wars 2

Ok I have watched in game and on the boards people using all kinda abbreviations us new guys do not know what these things mean is there some kinda page or something so we can understand what is going on cause right now their just letters and what not. Nothing I can understand. Someone needs to make a post of all the abbreviations and let us know what the hell they mean. Or type out the words cause not all of us are wanting to stand here scratching our heads through the whole game.

Must give examples or……not? Give some examples and people would be gald to tell you what they mean.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Abbreviations
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/163-common-game-acronyms-terms/
http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/textmessageabbreviations.asp

RuneCrimson.7380:

Someone needs to make a post of all the abbreviations and let us know what the hell they mean.

You cold just google them. Many are common across games and some are even in urban dictionary now. I’m sure if you listed the ones you don’t understand many here would help out. Then you could make a list so you can help the others you speak of.

If we cross paths in game make sure you check out my p/p/sb Thief

Thank you Healix one for the pages the other for not acting like a total jerk and showing me those. To the rest I could be here all day typing out every abbreviation I saw in game and on the board.

See no one knows anything about this p/p sb except you guys thats been playing this game for ages and those are not on any site. I know I checked before I posted the question.

RuneCrimson.7380:

See no one knows anything about this p/p sb except you guys thats been playing this game for ages and those are not on any site. I know I checked before I posted the question.

See, we have no clue what you do or don’t know. So people need you to give examples of what you want to know in order to help you.

But since you decided to label people as jerks for asking you to give examples, I will just say…good luck.

Again here is no freaking way to make a list of the thousands of abbreviations you guys use and then what you do is use smart alec ways to tell me that I should make a list. Come on even you know it would be impossible.

RuneCrimson.7380:

See no one knows anything about this p/p sb except you guys thats been playing this game for ages and those are not on any site. I know I checked before I posted the question.

Usually they are abbreviations for weapon sets. For example p/p pistol/pistol sb short bow. The sb would be on weapon swap. I messed it up though because sometimes you se it:

p/p/sb

Oh and don’t ever roll a Thief p/p/sb unless you like to run a lot.

Oh and I’ve been playing about a month and it took me a few weeks to figure out too. I f you have any questions shoot me a PM. I’ll try to help if I can.

RuneCrimson.7380:

Again here is no freaking way to make a list of the thousands of abbreviations you guys use and then what you do is use smart alec ways to tell me that I should make a list. Come on even you know it would be impossible.

Honestly it is kind of like learning a foreign language because in a way it is. The best way for me was to start reading the boards and eventually when you see them in context you figure them out after a while.

Something as simple as “hey guys, what does d/d or p/p mean?” in LA will net you a quick answer.

penatbater.4710:

Something as simple as “hey guys, what does d/d or p/p mean?” in LA will net you a quick answer.

Lions Arch

Yeah then I will be back to ask another thousand times for something else where I will be downed and beat over the head cause I don’t know crap.

See the thing is many MMO players have been doing it for so long it is a game language and a habit. Like I said I’m new as well and I know how it can be frustrating. Just ask and I’ll help you if I can.

I don’t do alot in Game cause I see all those abbreviations and kitten I guess they do not need help that bad that they do not want to tell us what they are talking about lol. I am missing out cause I asked once in game on the Map chat and got jumped on so I just stopped asking. Gotta love a helpful community.

Also like any language some players have carried over different abbreviations from different games which kind of translates into dialects. SO it would be kind of difficult to make a list here unless you give us a few examples. Also you may try the players helping players forum and you might get even more answers between the two.

Yeah unfortunately there are people that like to troll map chat or they think it’s funny when someone has not been playing 50 hours a week.

Some stuff translates easily given the situation/topic. So a few examples would be helpful.

Knowledge is account bound, but transferable between characters using the common method of communication.

There is no way possible to know what you do and do not know. Everything in an MMO has an abbreviation, most of them can be easily guessed by looking at the interface on the Hero screen (H).

If two abbreviations are the same for different things, the one on the hero screen uses camel case: eg. p/p/Cd – power/precision/condition damage, as opposed to telling someone your skill is on cd – cool down.

Events also have abbreviations or just use sections of the words in the event name. Locations have abbreviations. This is human language in a fast paced world, everything can and has an abbreviation. It used to be called shorthand – also stenography.

The Frozen Maw = Maw.
Shadow Behemoth = SB
Lions Arch = LA
dd = dual dagger or dagger dagger
s/sd = staff / scepter dagger
r/lb = rifle / longbow

and about a million others. You as a player need to familiarize yourself with the interface, realize what can and can’t be abbreviated by using the first letter of every word you see.
There are game specific ones like weapon abbreviations for your weapon set, skill abbreviations (though we can just ctrl or shift click them in chat), event names and locations, profession/class, and traits.

This will get you started, but it is up to you to learn how to learn online game lingo.
http://mmoterms.com/full-mmorpg-terms-glossary