Articles tagged with: World of Warcraft

If you want to know at least a brief description of all the Eastern Kingdoms zones, you should read this WOW Insider special. And it's interesting that tells how relates to the past Warcraft III events and characters.

Note: If you like the Final Fantasy series, you must get Final Fantasy XII... I'm just starting the game but it's amazing. As enemies have fixed levels, I'm powerleveling my character in the very beginning and I have played 7+ hours and did nothing of the main plot yet :D

Posted on 2007-03-11

Tags: Final Fantasy World of Warcraft

Today I bring you another funny comic related to the World of Warcraft universe, Looking for Group.

This one is about a party of a Blood Elf, a Tauren, an Orc and an Undead and their adventures trying to do a quest.

Here's a sample:

Posted on 2007-03-05

Tags: Humour World of Warcraft

The Armory has just been released, still in beta stage.

What is this? Well, seems that Blizzard liked WoWRoster and have made their own one, featuring live real data direct from the game servers! With it you can search for any character or guild and obtain accurate and detailed data.

For example, this is the info of my primary character (yes, I've got poor gear, but I'm soloing almost all the time).

Posted on 2007-02-28

Tags: World of Warcraft

Tired of not understanding what "LFM preferred DPS 4 SM" means? Then this fantastic abbreviations compedium will be very handy:

• Chat:
• AFAIK: As far as I know
• AFK: Away from keyboard
• ATM: At the moment
• Bio: Short for "biological," this refers to fulfilling biological needs (i.e. using the restroom); often used to explain AFKs in groups
• BRT: Be right there
• BTW: By the way
• CBA: Can't be arsed
• DIAF: Die in a fire
• FFS: For f---'s sake
• FTL: For the loss (means "is bad")
• FTW: For the win (means "is good")
• GTFO: Get the f--- out
• IDC: I don't care
• IDK: I don't know
• IIRC: If I recall correctly
• IMHO: In my humble opinion
• IMO: In my opinion
• Inc: Incoming
• LF: Looking for ("LF tank," etc.)
• LF1M/LF2M/etc.: Looking for one more, two more, etc.
• LFG: Looking for group
• LFM: Looking for more (for a group)
• MT: Mistell (means "I sent this message to the wrong channel or person")
• Ofc: Of course
• OMW: On my way
• STFU: Shut the f--- up
• TBH: To be honest
• WC: Wrong channel
• WTB: want to buy
• WTF: What the f---
• WTH: What the hell
• WTS: Want to sell
• WTT: Want to trade
• Forums:
• GG: Good game (often sarcastic)
• GJ: Good job (often sarcastic)
• Imba: Imbalanced; usually means "overpowered"
• IBTL: In before the lock
• L2P: Learn to play
• OP: Original post/original poster
• OT: Off-topic
• QFE: Quoted for excellence
• QFT: Quoted for truth
• QQ: Doesn't "stand for" anything per se; rather, it's an emoticon: it looks like two crying eyes. It basically means "you're complaining," although it can also be used as a verb ("stop QQing").
• TL;DR: Too long; didn't read

• 1h: One-handed
• 2h: Two-handed
• 5SR: Five-second rule (the rule that mana regeneration from spirit only occurs if you haven't spent mana on a spell in the last five seconds)
• Add: An "additional" mob that has been aggroed, usually unintentionally
• Agg/Aggro: Probably short for "aggression" or some related word, it refers to who a mob is attacking -- that player is said to "have aggro" or have "pulled aggro"
• AoE: Area of effect (a spell or effect that takes place over an area, as opposed to working only on a single target)
• AP: Attack power
• Alt: An "alternate" character -- not your main (character)
• BE/Belf: Blood Elf
• BG: Battleground
• AB: Arathi Basin
• AV: Alterac Valley
• EotS: Eye of the Storm
• WSG: Warsong Gulch
• BoE: Bind on Equp
• BoP: Bind on Pick-up
• BoU: Bind on Use
• BS: Blacksmith/Blacksmithing
• Buff: A beneficial spell, or a change to the game that makes a given class/spec stronger
• CC: Crowd control
• DKP: Dragon Kill points, a cover term for a number of systems guilds use to distribute loot (see WoWWiki)
• DND: Do not disturb
• DPM: Damage per mana
• DPS: Damage per second
• DR: Damage reduction (due to armor)
• DS1/DS2/DS3: Class-specific sets of gear that drop from 5-man dungeons. DS1 and DS2 were known as T0 and T0.5, respectively, but that analogy breaks down when it comes to DS3.
• DW: Dual wield
• DoT: Damage over time
• Drae: Draenei
• Eng/Engi/Engy: Engineering
• FA: First Aid
• FP: Flight point/flight path
• FR: Fire resistance
• GTAoE: Ground-targeted AoE (an AoE spell for which the caster can choose a target, like Flamestrike)
• HPM: Healing per mana
• HPS: Healing per second
• HS/Hearth: Hearthstone
• HoT: Heal over time
• IRL: In real life
• LOM: Low on mana
• MA: Main assist
• MAP: Melee attack power
• Mats: Short for "materials;" refers to the ingredients in a crafted item
• ML: Master loot/master looter
  
• Mob: Short for "mobile" (derived from MUDs, where any NPC was either a stationary shopkeeper or mobile; see WoWWiki), this refers in WoW to NPCs, primarily NPCs that are meant to be killed.
• MP5: Mana per five seconds
• MT: Main tank
• NE: Night Elf
• NPC: Non-player character
• NR: Nature resistance
• NW: Netherweave
• Nerf: A change to the game that makes a given class/spec weaker
• OH: Off-hand
• OOM: Out of mana
• OP: Overpowered
• Pat: Patrol
• PBAoE: Point-blank AoE (an AoE spell that radiates out from the caster, like Arcane Explosion)
• Pot: Potion
• Proc: As best as I've been able to figure out, this is short for "Process" "Procedure" (see WoWWiki). What it refers to is things that have a chance to go off when some event happens. For instance, a Fiery enchant has a chance per hit to cause extra fire damage. This ability of the Fiery enchant is known as a "proc;" when it activates and causes the extra damage, one can say that it has "procced," and the activation itself, the extra damage, can also be called a "proc."
• PUG: Pick-up group (a group formed "on the spot" by use of the LFG tool or a channel or something, as opposed to a guild group or some other group of friends)
• RAP: Ranged attack power
• Res/Rez: Resurrect/Resurrection
• RL: Real life
• SR: Shadow resistance
• Spec: Specialization (in a profession or talents)
• T1/T2/etc.: Class-specific sets of gear that drop from raids.
• UD: Undead
• Xmute: Transmute

• Eastern Kingdoms:

• EPL: Eastern Plaguelands
• IF: Ironforge
• STV: Stranglethorn Vale
• SW: Stormwind City
• UC: Undercity
• WPL: Western Plaguelands

• Kalimdor:

• Darn: Darnassus
• Exo: Exodar
• Gads/GZ: Gadgetzan
• Org: Orgrimmar
• STM: Stonetalon Mountain
• STP: Stonetalon Peak
• TB: Thunder Bluff

• OL: Outlands:

• BE: Blade's Edge
• HFP: Hellfire Peninsula
• HH: Honor Hold
• NS: Netherstorm
• SH/Shat: Shattrath City
• SMV: Shadowmoon Valley
• Tero: Terokkar
• TM: Thrallmar
• ZM: Zangarmarsh

• RFC: Ragefire Chasm
• WC: Wailing Caverns
• VC/DM: Deadmines
• Stocks: Stockade
• SFK: Shadowfang Keep
• BFD: Blackfathom Depths
• Gnomer: Gnomeregan
• RFK: Razorfen Kraul
• SM: Scarlet Monestary
• GY: Graveyard wing
• Arm: Armory wing
• Lib: Library wing
• Cath: Cathedral wing
• RFD: Razorfen Downs
• Ulda: Uldaman
• ZF: Zul Farrak
• Mara: Mauradon
• ST: Temple of Atal'Hakkar (a.k.a. Sunken Temple)
• BRD: Blackrock Depths
• BRS: Blackrock Spire

• LBRS: Lower Blackrock Spire
• UBRS: Upper Bloackrock Spire (technically a 10-man, but doesn't feel like a raid, in my opinion)
  

• DM: Dire Maul
• Strat: Stratholme
• UD Strat: Undead side of Stratholme
• SC/Live Strat: Scarlet side of Stratholme
• Scholo: Scholomance
• HFR: Hellfire Ramparts
• BF: Blood Furnace
• UB: Underbog
• SP: Slave Pens
• SH: Shattered Halls
• SL: Shadow Labyrinth
• SV: Steamvaults
• BM: Black Morass

• ZG: Zul'Gurub
• AQ20/RAQ: Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj
• AQ40/TAQ: Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
• MC: Molten Core
• Ony: Onyxia
• BWL: Blackwing Lair
• Naxx: Naxxramas
• Kara/KZ: Karazhan

Borrowed from WoW Insider

Posted on 2007-02-25

Tags: World of Warcraft

Soon all level 70 World of Warcraft players will be able to face against Illidan Stormrage, the demonic night elf of Warcraft III, in The Black Temple, a new 25-man instance that Blizzard is developing to include very soon.

Requiring 25 level 70 people and being the first non-linear instance makes it a very interesting addition, as seems that it will be the hardest one (probably that's why they allow to go directly to fight the boss if you want to do so).

I'm going to need to make a sacrifice of sleeping time in order to reach level 70 asap... I'm dying to see all the dungeons and instances :(

Posted on 2007-02-24

Tags: MMORPG World of Warcraft