![]() A large-scale level 70 raid that’s part of the Eureka content and storyline.īene – Benediction, a level 50 White Mage oGCD that restores a player’s HP to full. Just letting the party know a player has returned from whatever they were doing.īA – Baldesion Arsenal. Usually embodies each Job’s iconic fantasy aesthetic, and is shown off in expansion trailers.ĪST – Astrologian, a Healer Job (Heavensward).ī – “Back”. You can fly in ARR zones once you beat the base game.Īrtifact Gear – One of the sets of level cap Job equipment given to a player as a result of quest completion. Refers to the base game, its storyline, quests, or content which go up to level 50. Another way of saying CPM – a metric listed on FFLogs that shows how ‘busy’ a Job or player is based on the frequency of their button presses.ĪRR – A Realm Reborn. If the tank pulls a group of enemies, your AoE skills will do way more damage than your single target skills.ĪPM– Actions per Minute. Casting Rescue on someone after they limit break can save them from the animation lock.ĪoE – Area of Effect. I’ve been using daily roulettes and Bozja to level my alt jobs.Īnimation Lock – The moment when your character is unable to move because they are performing a particular animation from a skill, e.g. ![]() I have an alt on Crystal DC because my friend plays there. Refers to who the enemies are targeting for damage.Īlt – Alternate, usually referring to a player’s second (or third etc.) character or Job. The player walked away from their game for a moment.Īggro – Enmity. The Offtank will grab the adds and bring them over here.ĪFK – “Away from keyboard”. The developers turn a blind eye to people using it (even on stream), as long as it’s not used in game to harass other players.Īdd(s) – Enemies which appear partway through a boss fight. Technically using it breaks the terms of service, but there is no way to detect its usage since it just reads game files. Want to run A8S with me for the glamour? I can’t solo it.ĪCN – Arcanist, the base class of Scholar and Summoner.ĪCT – Advanced Combat Tracker, the most commonly used damage parser by raiders in FFXIV. ![]() An ‘N’ indicates the normal version, but it is sometimes omitted. An ‘S’ indicates the savage version of the fight. 0 Chest: 5 or more players have already cleared this week.Ī1(S), A2(S)… – One of the 12 level 60 fights in the Alexander raid series. 1 Chest: 1-4 people have already cleared this week. 2 Chest: nobody has cleared this week yet. # Chest – In savage raids, indicates how many party members have already cleared a fight that week, and thus how many rewards will appear at the end of the duty. If you see a party finder group using an unfamiliar term, just ask them! Glossary I’ll list some of the more common terms that pop up frequently, but fight-specific strategy terms may not all be on here. ![]() Since every fight has its own mechanics to handle, you’ll often see party finder recruitment messages that describe the tactics they plan on using, which sometimes only make sense if you’ve previously done that fight or watched a guide video for it, e.g. ![]() Some Job actions are more commonly referenced by players in game and I will include some of those that you’re likely to see. There are tons of actions that could be shortened in this way, but they’re uncommon in general chat and for the most part they will not be in this list. You’ll usually know it refers to a Job skill based on context, such as a conversation happening on a forum thread or discord chat dedicated to a particular Job. ‘LD’ (Living Dead), ‘WM’ (Wanderer’s Minuet), ‘ED’ (Energy Drain). A Note on Job ActionsĬonsider that in an environment where several familiar players are speaking about a specific Job’s toolkit, they may use acronyms instead of typing out an entire skill name, e.g. I’m here to try to demystify some of the strange sentences you may have come across, and will cover various acronyms, terms, and slang that you’re likely to come across during your time playing FFXIV. Like most online communities, FFXIV has a large amount of lingo that you may be unfamiliar with if you’re new to the game, or even new to MMOs in general. Have you ever read something in chat and felt like you were completely out of the loop? Did it seem like everyone else understood but you just didn’t know what they were talking about? ![]()
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