Try dying. (no, I'm not kidding) On characters that I've died on, the lag seems to go away. No, I have no idea why.

I agree that it is probably an unlucky streak. On the same note, bear in mind that this patch has a number of undocumented "features" including massive lag associated with mailing, random disconnects, companion stats tweaking, logout button not working, as well as a number of others. If a patch that breaks the game in a number of significant ways is not bad programming, I'd hate to see what you would call it.

Two quick questions: How much do the black/green crystals cost? Are they BoP? Thanks in advance for the response.

I'd rather just pay another $50 for 24 slots. I'm not overly thrilled about the concept of using in-game cash for something like this. If it came to it, I'd probably just buy credits from someone via paypal if I had to in order to fund the slots.

Hey Omega- in the other thread you said that the white crystals were BoP, so my alts were out of luck. Here is the method: Mail 2.5 million credits to an alt. Go to vendor with alt. Buy crystal. In case you needed to know, for your alts...

3000+ mission items in my mailboxes, hundreds of other items to r/e. Bought white, purple, and cyan crystals for my alts. Accumulated a nice wad of cash for just in case. I didn't like the speeders in the first place - clunky, not as fast as they should be - so I didn't bother with buying them.

I'm looking forward to emptying my mailboxes of the 3000+ mission items and hundreds of other items I've stored to reverse engineer. No, seriously. I'm also looking forward to an auction and a mailbox on my ship.

I typed all that. >.> <.<

1337 A numerical translation for “elite” pronounced “leet,” 1337 is a slang developed by hackers in the ’80s used over the internet. Many words from the slang have leaked to popular culture today (“kidz” is an example; using a z instead of an s is an element of 1337). It is mostly prevalent in the gaming world online where people can interact textually. — A — AE Area Effect. Used to refer to area-effect spells or abilities. E.g. fireball, smoke grenade. AFK Away from keyboard Aggro As a verb, it refers to a hostile mob that has noticed a player and is actively trying to attack that player. As a noun, it refers to the amount of “hostility” the player has generated on the mob. In typical combat strategy, the fighter tries to take as much aggro as possible away from weaker players such as healers and mages. Alt Short for “alternate”. It refers to the alternate character a player has from their main character. This is not a stable category as sometimes alts can out level mains and sometimes mains become moth-balled. AO Abbreviation for Anarchy Online. An online game. AOE Same as AE. Area of Effect. Attribute e.g. Strength, Constitution, Dexterity, Intelligence, etc. — B — Bind In certain MMOs, characters are teleported back to a safe spot when they die. This spot is predetermined by the user. The act of determining the safe spot requires an explicit action by the user. That action is known as a bind. The spot is typically referred to as a bind spot. Bio Short for biological. Usually used to indicate bathroom break. BoE Short for “bind on equip” – a term popularized by World of Warcraft. This term refers to items that become soulbound to the player after they have been equipped. In other words, the item can be traded as long as no one equips it. BoP Short for “bind on pickup” – a term popularized by World of Warcraft. This term refers to items that become soulbound to the player after it has been picked up from a monster. In other words, the item cannot be traded once a player picks it up. BoP items commonly cause looting conflicts and disputes during game-play. BRB “be right back” Bot Generally illegal and discouraged form of gameplay, where actions of a character can be automated to perform actions repeatedly in order to gain experience and level without actual user intervention. This practice is continually monitored by GMs and will cause suspension of service if one is suspected of botting. BRT “be right there” BTW “by the way” Buff Temporary boost to character attribute or combat ability — C — Camp(ing) The act of waiting in an area to hunt a specific mob or a specific spawn CoH City of Heroes, a super hero based MMORPG by NCsoft Class Professional archetypes. In D&D games, these would be warrior, healer, rogue and mage. The most typical class types are: close-range damage, ranged damage, healing, crowd control, support. Cleric Typical healing class in D&D style fantasy games. Corpse In certain MMOs, a corpse appears where the player died. Sometimes all the player’s items and money are left on the corpse and the player is teleported back to their bind spot. Corpses typically will decay after a certain time proportional the character’s level. Corpse Run The act of retrieving your corpse after you have died. This is typically a dangerous thing because people tend to die in dangerous places rather than safe places. Crafting A general category of skills that allows players to manufacture objects from raw resources Crit “To crit” refers to landing a critical hit either with melee or spells. Effective damage is usually increased from a base of 150% to upwards of 250% with extra talents/skills/buffs. Crowd Control Refers to a set of spells / abilities that temporarily paralyze or stun other mobs or players. Crowd control is an important group support ability when fighting multiple mobs. — D — DAoC Abbreviation for Dark Age of Camelot. An online game. DD Direct Damage. Used to refer to a class of spells and abilities that allow players to damage enemies from a distance. The firebolt is the archetypal DD. Debuff The opposite of a buff. An offensive spell cast on enemies that weakens an attribute or combat ability. Dex An important stat for rogues and archers. Dex usually relates to attack speed, dodge rate, and/or defense. Dirt Nap Slang for dead. Most corpses lie on the ground when killed. DKP Dragon kill points. A fairly elaborate score-keeping system used by guilds to fairly distribute loot based on participation and contribution to the guild. DoT Damage over time. Refers to a class of spells that deals damage over a period of time. These spells typically do more damage than DD spells overall. DPS Damage per second. Used when figuring out weapon speed and damage. Druid Hybrid class in D&D style games – part healer, part support, part fighter. — E — Eating Grass Vernacular for dead. Most players lie on the ground face down when killed. Epic(s) A class of items or equipment that are very powerful and difficult to acquire. Usually found in the hardest dungeons and have the lowest probability to drop. EQ Abbreviation for EverQuest, one of the first MMORPGs. Experience A quantity gained when completing tasks/quests, killing mobs, or discovering new locations in games. Characters level up when they gain enough experience points. — F — Farm(ing) The act of accumulating currency or items by constantly killing a mob or repeatedly performing a series of actions. FTL Acronym meaning ‘for the lose’. Similar to FTW but refers to a failture. For example, ‘afk FTL : ( ‘ meaning the player’s afk status caused him or her to lose. FTW Acronym meaning ‘for the win’. Refers to the act, ability or event that’s responsible for a victory. For example, “Stun FTW!!” with stun being a skill or spell that temporarily immobilizes an opponent. — G — Gank Verb. To be ganked is a term referring to one player being overwhelmed and killed by a large group. Can be either by a group of other players doing player-kill or a group of NPC monsters. Used in a sentence, “I got ganked yesterday in Fel.” Typically has the connotation that the other people had an unfair advantage (in number or level). GM Game Master. GM’s are characters in an MMORPG who are used by employees of the game’s creator company. They monitor the actions of the game world and answer the questions and complaints of the players. They have absolute control and power within the game. If the crime (breaking a law of the game, not the real world) committed is serious enough, they could even expel players permanently from the game. Griefer Title for a player who enjoys inflicting pain upon other players needlessly. If you kill newbies in a PvP game when you are level 50, you will gain no experience or benefit from the victimization beyond the pure joy of knowing you have given the player “grief.” Though griefers are almost always PKers, PKers are not necessarily griefers. Guilds Semi-permanent player groups. In typical games, players must use a substantial amount of capital to start the guild. GTG “good to go” and “got to go” – can be confusing when context is unclear — H — Heal A spell or skill that restores the health of the target. Could also be a call for help. If a player yells ‘heal me’ or even ‘heal!’ it means they are about to die unless another player restores their health. Health A common attribute, also called hit points or HP, that signifies the character’s life. Usually when health runs out, a player dies. IMHO Simply means ‘in my humble opinion.’ — I — INC Abbreviation for ‘incoming’. When a player pulls for a group, he will use this as warning that a mob is incoming. INT A common stat that stands for intelligence. Often the primary attribute for spell casters, it usually relates to spell damage and/or mana pool. IRL Stands for ‘in real life.’ Instance A copy of a particular dungeon for a group of players. Instanced dungeons are parallel worlds which let different groups of players explore the same dungeon in separate groups. — J — JK, j/k Short for ‘just kidding.’ Popular in most online chat environments including MMORPGs. Jump(ing) Most games allow the player controlled character to jump abnormally high in a reptitive fashion (WoW) though some games penalize players with a stamina cost for jumping (EverQuest) — K — K / KK / Kay All variants have the same meaning: okay. Used to confirm a statement made by another player. Example: “Can I have this loot? K.” Kite To lure a mob or player around while attacking or allowing allies to attack. A player usually draws aggro by casting a mobility reduction spell on the target. The monster tries to follow the target but cannot catch up, leaving it open to attacks or the effects of DoT (damage over time) spells. KoS Acronym for “Kill on Sight”. Usually refers to characters who are disliked by a particular faction. E.g., “I killed too many guards, now I’m KoS in town!” KS Kill Stealing. When one player attacks the same creature as another player and receives the reward for the kill instead of the person who originated combat. Newer games have mechanisms for discouraging this behavior. — L — LD Link dead – when a player is disconnected from the game, usually caused by lag or a faulty internet connection. Leet Slang for “elite” Ex: ‘I’m leet’ LFG “looking for group” Used in a sentence; “Lvl 60 Mage LFG!” LFM “looking for more”, i.e., after a group has been formed and more members are needed. LFT “looking for team” LMAO “laugh(ing) my *** off” LOL “laugh(ing) out loud” LOM ‘Low on Mana.’ Usually said by casters to inform the rest of the group that they are running low on mana and should not expect heavy healing or offensive spells. LoS Line of sight. A requirement of most ranged abilities, the view of the target must not be obstructed by any fixed obstacle such as a wall. Loot Currency or items that are dropped by a mob when it’s defeated. — M — Medding Resting in order to gain back mana in EQ was called Meditating. This is the commonly used abbreviation, also shortened to Med, as in, “Don’t pull yet, I need to med.” Mez Short for mesmerize. A short-hand for a collection of abilities that temporarily stun or immobilize enemies. Falls into the more general category known as crowd control. Min-Maxing When players attempt to create their characters as powerful as they can be by crunching statistics, planning their future routes, and any other methods in order to make their characters the statistically best character possible. Optimization. MMORPG Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game Mob An AI controlled monster. ‘Mob’ originally comes from the MUD era, where it was short for ‘mobile’, to differentiate monsters that would patrol a set of rooms as opposed to monsters which would stay in one place until killed. Mod Abbreviation of modification. Used as both a verb and a noun. As a noun, refers to add-ons by 3rd party programmers designed to augment the game (e.g., the self-cast mod). As a verb, refers to the act of performing this modification (e.g., he’s modding the interface). MOO MUD Object Oriented. Users in MOOs are able to create their own content – both static and dynamic objects. MT “mistell”. Mistells occur frequently because of typing in the wrong name before sending a message. Also because of auto-reply features. MUD Multi-User Dungeon, although some prefer Multi-User Domain. These were the original textual online worlds. Mule In many games, due to long travel times or inventory limits, it is helpful to create a character explicitly for the purpose of being able to check auction houses or store extra items. These characters are seldom actually played and are referred to as mules. — N — Nerf To reduce the power of an ability, item, player, or action. Usually this is a term applied when a power or ability is reduced because it is perceived to be too powerful. Mostly used in the past tense, for example – “I can’t believe they nerfed rogues again, now I can’t kill anything!” Newbie A new player to a particular game. Newbie is usually the nicer version of noob or nub. Ninja (Looting)/ Ninjaing Ninjaing refers to the purposeful looting of a drop from a monster that doesn’t follow the rules set by the group. This can take different forms in different games due to game-specific game looting mechanisms. In World of Warcraft, ninja looting refers to rolling for a BoP drop that a person should not have rolled on. Because WoW warns players when they roll for a BoP object, it is assumed that such behavior cannot be accidental. The player exhibiting such behavior is typically branded as a ninja looter. Used in a sentence: “Hey tom where did you get that epic sword for your hunter?” “I ninjaed it last night than /gquit!!” Noob The pejorative form of newbie. NP “no problem” NPC Non-player character ie. a character controlled by the A.I Nuke A spell type that deals the highest damage. Mages usually have the most nukes. — O — OMG “oh my god” Used in exclamation or to convey surprise. OMW “on my way” OOC out-of-character – used to refer to OOC chat. OOM “out of mana” Said by casters who’s mana supply is depleted. OST Original Sound Track. Refers to the game’s music. “This game has great music, I want to buy the OST!” Ownz Derived from the original word “own,” both words have the same meaning: to defeat some other entity in battle or other form of competition. The “pwnz” origin is probably from the fact that the “o” and “p” keys are adjacent on the standard qwerty keyboard, and were used interchangeably by mistake in games and stuck around since then. — P — Pat Short for patrol, a term used for mobs that have a set wandering path. In a dungeon, people will usually say “Wait for the pat” or “Watch the pat”. PB Point blank. Used to refer to a class of spells that originates in a radius around the caster. Typically, these spells are dangerous to the caster because they require proximity to the enemy. Specific spells are typically concatenated with the ability, i.e. pbae mez, pbae stun. PBAOE Point blank area of effect. These are a line of spells that effect an area around the caster. They can be either offensive or healing spells. Spells in this category are usually over powered like the Enchanter’s pbaoe in Dark Age of Camelot. PC Player Character. PK Player Killing. PKer Player Killer – a person who primarily plays to kill other players. Port Short for teleport. Used as a noun and a verb. Power Level When a higher level player tries to help a lower level player level faster. Most games have mechanisms that prevent power leveling. Proc Abbreviation of “programmed random occurence”, refers to the benefits of added damage or other buffing enhancement that occurs randomly when an item strikes or is used. PuG Pick up Group – a group assembled on the spot for a quest, a PvP battle, or an instance raid. Pull A standard hunting strategy where a player lures a single or a group of mobs to the group so that the group can hunt from a safe area instead of hunting in areas where new mobs may spawn. PvE Player vs. Environment. Environment stands for all monsters (mobs) in the game world. PvP Player vs. Player combat. pwnz same as ownz. — Q — Quest Tasks that players must complete for NPCs in games. May be referred to as missions in some games. QQ Represents a pair of tearing eyes. Often used as an insult towards a player who complains about a game feature or turn of events. Used in a sentence: “QQ more nub.” Qwerty The stardard type of keyboard used across the world. The first five letters spell out the type: Q, W, E, R, T, Y. — R — Race Refers to the playable races in a game. Most fantasy MMORPGs have fantasy races such as Elves, Trolls, and Orcs. Other genres may have unique races such as neohuman. Raid A more substantial engagement involving a large organized group of players typically set in a dungeon and involving difficult bosses. Regen Short for regeneration of health, mana, or other attributes. Also a common healing spell. Respec At certain high levels in some games, you are given the chance to “respec” your character. When you respec, you recreate your character from level 1 until the present level in terms of skills/powers/abilities/etc. Rez Short for resurrection. Refers to abilities that revive players that have just died. Typically only available to healer classes. ROFL “rolling on floor laughing” Usually said in response to a joke or funny situation. “ROFL he got killed by a lowbie!” Rogue A common class archetype that relies on speed and stealth over brute force or spells. Variants of this class are found in all genres but in slightly different names such as; thief, agent, or assassin. RMT Abbreviation for Real Money Trade – selling virtual currency or items for real currency. Roll To “roll” on an item means to type “/random 100″, where the server’s random number generator puts out a number between 1 and 100, the most generally accepted “fair” way to distribute loot and settle disputes. Root Can refer to a class of abilities as well as its effect. A root spell immobilizes a target. The target is then said to be rooted. Early versions of these abilities involved references to plants, hence “root”. RvR Realm vs. Realm. A type of player vs player combat that involves large numbers of players who belong to different factions or realms. — S — Server Due to technical reasons, each server can only support a limited amount of players. Each MMORPG typically has several servers. Players cannot interact with players on other servers though they can usually transfer for a fee. Shard Synonymous with server, originally used to refer to servers in Ultima Online. Solo The act of playing alone, hunting mobs by yourself. Soulbound An item-control mechanic where an item cannot be traded. In other words, only one person can own the object and it cannot be traded. See also BoE and BoP. Spawn Mobs typically appear (spawn) on a given schedule. This is both a verb and noun. Spec Short for specification. When used in games, it usually refers to the build/specifications of your character in terms of skills/abilities/magic/powers/etc. Spirit An attribute in many MMORPGs such as World of Warcraft. Spirit controls a character’s passive mana regeneration ability. Stun A typical form of crowd control that immobilizes an enemy. Skills, spells, and other abilities may have the power to stun. SWG Abbreviation for Star Wars Galaxies. An online game based on the Star Wars universe and published by Sony. — T — Tank As a noun, refers to character classes that can take a lot of damage. As a verb, refers to the act of drawing aggro from mobs before other team members strike with their abilities. Train(ing) Duel meanings. 1) A large group of monsters stacked near each other all following one player. 2) Training can refer to the act of killing monsters to gain experience or increasing your skills. Twink As a verb, the act of giving currency or valuable items to a newbie. As a noun, refers to a character that is twinked. In many games, twinked characters are visually marked by their level-inappropriate gear. Twisting To rapidly change from one type of ability to another where the abilities overlap momentarily. In DAOC a bard sings a song that gives a buff. By rapidly changing the song several songs will overlap due to the duration of the songs continuing for a short period of time. — U — UO Abbreviation for Ultima Online. One of the first MMORPGs, released back in 1997.”UO Rocks!” Uber Slang form of super from the German word. Ex: “Dude this sword is UBER!” USA Short for United States of America, the greatest country in the world. All other countries are lame. In a sentence: “Hey Mike, where you from? “I’m from Romania, you?” “I’m from the USA.” “GG, you win.” — V — Vanguard A failed fantasy MMORPG by Sony. It was released with high hopes but quickly faded away. Used in a sentence “Hey I just bought Vanguard!” “Dude you got robbed!” “*#%#” — W — WB “welcome back” Wipe To “wipe” means for the entire group whether party or raid to all die. However, party or raid can only continue if there is a class that can resurrect oneself, thereby avoiding the time consumed from running back from the the graveyard and regrouping at the beginning of the instance. WOOT Synonymous with “hooray” or “way to go”. WoW Abbreviation for World of Warcraft. An online game. WTB “want to buy” WTG Abbreviation of ‘way to go.’ Meant to provide encouragement but often used in sarcasm. Example: “I just died again to this boss!” “WTG, nub!” WTS “want to sell” — X — Xp Short for experience points. Often earned by killing monsters, completing quests, or other achievements. When enough xp is acquired, players often level up or become stronger. xD A face with the tongue sticking out. Usually used in informal conversations of comedic situations. Example: “We should mess around on our alts xD” — Y — Ygdrassil The tree of life found in many RPGs. Ragnarok Online in particular has many references to this magic tree. — Z — Zerg A combat strategy where a large group of players rush in at the target. Seen as a simple-minded strategy that requires no skill. Zombie The living dead. These trash mobs are found in most MMORPGs as low level fodder. Zone In games where different areas of the world are parceled out for loading reasons, different areas are referred to.

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I've been through Voss once so far, but I don't remember anything except the strange eyeballs. (Sith, Juggernaut) Of course, everything past Hoth just felt like chopping wood - long, slow, chopping through mobs that couldn't kill me. Which is nice sometimes, but god it took a long time to get to 50.

Mailbox storage= 200 messages max. After that, you can only get mail from the auction house; if someone tries to send you more, they get a message saying your inbox is full. Mail durations are 30 days. Using "return" does NOT make them last longer. Yeah... 5 characters with maxed mailboxes full of mission items. I really, really hope they whip the patch into shape soon.

I sure hope we get about 20 more character slots per server to enjoy all the combinations and fun that this Legacy system will allow!

I'm sure they just figured out a way to feed and water the gerbil powering the main generator while he's still running. Next week he might need a break though.

Will we be getting more character slots per server in 1.2? I'm so very much looking forward to the legacy system - I hoping to make a new Sniper spec'd Agent, as well as a Jedi guardian 1h dps type. But I'm out of character slots! Having a family of characters all able to share a history is quite probably the coolest thing in an MMO I've seen. Very much looking forward to this patch!

You get your deposit back if your item doesn't sell.... Is there some other fee of which I'm unaware because it's too small? I've been buying every investigation mission I see up at the auction; I have around 600 now sitting in mailboxes waiting for 1.2.

You know, when you google "artifical enhancement twins" you get something completely different than you'd expect having read this thread.

When I hear "prestige" in a video game, I snicker a bit inside. I've always laughed at that aspect of MMOs - raiders getting butthurt about other people having nice things, and/or people who don't have raid-equivalent gear butthurt about not having a way to get it. Gear shouldn't matter as much as skill. If the developers are competent, then everyone could have the same gear and only the people with the skill could have the real "prestige" awards - mounts, titles, pets - because as we all know, the best gear is only the best until the next patch. I'd like to have nice gear too - but as long as the "prestige" rewards are gear, not cool unique items/titles - I'm unlikely to get it.

I agree. I tried tanking my first heroic instance the other night, and targeting was a complete nightmare in comparison to WoW.

Guess we just have to ask for more character slots, don't we? What's the point of being a hardass? I mean, really.

Up and running on the test server. Thank god.

I'd suspect it's on the list of upcoming changes. I mean - it's simply an RNG frustration - not interesting gameplay - to need a metal mission and have none (or a low-yield moderate) available. At least you can circumvent the RNG slightly with multiple logins, but seriously, bleah.

I'm sure it's been stated many other places, but I'll say it again - I really, REALLY love the orange gear sets I have. It took a long while to acquire them, and I want to retain the look. Making me toss aside a really cool piece of gear simply because another can offer better stats (via augment slot) is so very World of Warcraft. Please, pretty please, allow the creation of augmentation kits, where the crafters get to make items/packages/whatever that allow the addition of augment slots to an item. And please, no sillyness with BoP items. If I can make a level 11 orange item with an augment slot (via crit crafting) it's silly to require a BoP end game material to open an augment on the same piece of gear that wasn't crit-crafted. Thanks very much (VERY much) for the ability to mail cross faction by the way!

As far as I'm concerned, theorycrafting and combat data analysis is the realm of people with way too much time on their hands. Keep combat logs out of the game, please and thanks. It's a game - not a sport, and certainly not a job.

Yeah -forget the raid mats part, or anything BoP. Make it expensive, sure. Just pass on the elitist-make-you-play-more crap. Thanks.