GameAmp: Guild Wars A-Z Dictionary

AFK: Abbreviation for Away From Keyboard, indicates that a player has stepped away from the computer and will be back soon
Aggro: Abbreviation for Aggravate, Aggro refers to the area in which an enemy will notice you and attack you. On your map in the top of your Guild Wars screen you will be signified as a green dot surrounded by a translucent white circle, which always stays centered above you. If any enemy enters that translucent white circle, they will notice you and attack you.
ANet: Abbreviation for Arena Net, the makers of Guild Wars
AoE: Abbreviation for Area of Effect, refers to skills that effect enemies in the area (ie: Balthazars Aura, Zealots Fire, etc.)

Bosses: Bosses are stronger than normal enemies from whom players are able to capture elite skills. Bosses are usually surrounded by other enemies and can easily be identified by their shiny color, which identifies what profession the elite skill that have is for (Blue=Monk, Red=Elementalist, Green=Necromancer, LighterGreen=Ranger, Yellow=Warrior, Purple=Mesmer) or by their names which are usually different than the names of enemies similar to them (ie: Bonettie)
B/P: Abbreviation for Barrage/Pet, which is the most common type of build for teams in ToPK, it is comprised of a Minion Master, a Monk, an Orders Necro, and 5 Rangers with pets.
BRB: Abbreviation for Be Right Back, used to indicate that the player is doing something else for a little while and will return to playing the game shortly.
Build: A Build is a set of skills, characteristics, weapons, and/or armor, which is used to accomplish a certain purpose. The best designed builds are the most effective and one build usually becomes the norm for completing certain tasks. A Build can also refer to the setup of a
party (ie: 1 Monk, 1 Warrior, 1 MM)

Call: Calling is the act of double clicking on an enemy target so that other players can hit "T" on their keyboards and select the target that your selected, it helps players concentrate their attacks on one specific target
Cap: Refers to the capturing of a skill, using a Signet of Capture (LFG to Cap, etc.)
Caster: Refers to an enemy or ally that does not deal physical damage but uses spells to deal damage
Chests: Chests are just what their name hints, they are treasure chests with goodies hidden inside them. In order to open a chest you need a specific type of key depending what area the chest is located in.(Obsidian Chests require Obsidian Keys) Chests either have purple items or gold items.

DDF: Abbreviation for Defend Drokner's Forge, a Titan Quest given from Glint in Drokner's Forge after the completion of the RoF quests (Groups for this quest usually begin in the Granite Citadel)
DNKP: Abbreviation for Defend North Krytan Province, a Titan Quest given from Glint in Drokner's Forge after the completion of the RoF quests (Groups for this quest usually begin in Lions Arch)
DP: Abbreviation for Death Penalty which is a penalty on your health (hp) and your energy. When you die 15% is added to your death penalty, the death penalty can be taken away by earning experience points (XP) on your character, or by going to a town or outpost.
Drop: Drop is a slang term used to describe the action of an item falling off the body of a dead enemy. Drops are randomly determined, but the farming of a certain area can lead to drops becoming worth less and less.

Ecto: Abbreviation for Glob of Ectoplasm which is a rare material that is dropped in the Underworld.

FA: Abbreviation for Final Assault, the last of the Sorrow's Furnace (SF) quests
Fame: Fame is gained by winning battles in Hero's Ascent (HA). The amount of fame you earn per battle is dependent on how many consecutive battles you have won.
Farming: Farming is the act of going out into an area along, without a party of other players or henchmen (henchies), or just with a couple other people and killing many enemies for rare drops and gold. For most farming builds, farming takes a lot of practice and a lot of money to get the correct weapons, armor and skill. Framing is considered to be unfair by many people, mostly because it requires a certain type of character (usually a warrior or a monk, but not always). ANet makes it take longer to farm, makes it much harder, or makes farming impossible altogether in an area in order to balance out the game, a process which is known as farming.
Favor: Favor is a term used to describe Favor of the Gods. Favor is given to a territory (Korea, Europe, America, etc) for winning battles in the Hall of Heroes. A territory must win 5 consecutive battles in the Hall of Heroes to gain favor of the gods, which will allow access to the Underworld (UW) and the Fissure of Woe (FoW) for players in those territories.
Flag Runner: Flag Runners are people who, during a Guild verse Guild battle (GvG), they use skills that provide speed boosts to pick up the flag, take it to the flag stand, and gain moral boosts for their team by controlling the flag stand.
FoTM: Abbreviation for Flavor of the Month, which refers to the popular builds that come and go somewhat quickly, but are very influential during their usage
FoTW: Abbreviation for Flavor of the Week, which refers to the popular builds that come and go quickly, but are very influential during their usage
FoW: Abbreviation for Fissure of Woe. Fissure of Woe is a very dangerous area filled with high level monsters. FoW is accessible by kneeling at the statue of Balthazar in the Temple of Ages (ToA). For a fee of 1,000g (1k) players can travel to FoW in search of rare chests and drops, when the entire party or the ghostly hero dies while in FoW the team is transported back to the Temple of Ages. Your territory requires Favor in order for you to be able to get into FoW
FTW: Abbreviation for For The Win, used to show superiority over other players (ie: GUILD NAME FTW)

Gear/Keg/Book Trick: This is a trick which is referred to as many things, the Gear Trick, the Keg Trick or the Book Trick. While players hold these items (gear, keg, book), they are unable to use their weapons (but they can still cast) and enemies will attack them rather than your other teammates. This trick was used in many high level areas where one Tank would carry one of the objects (gear, keg, book) and they would take all the damage for the team, which takes off a lot of pressure in dangerous areas. Teams who perform this trick usually take a bond monk, who uses maintained enchantments (life barrier, life bond, vital blessing, life attune, etc) in order to increase the power of the tank.
Godly: Godly refers to items that do 15% more damage under certain conditions (ie: they do 15% more damage while you are in a stance, while you are enchanted, if you give up 10 armor, if you give up energy or health regeneration, etc.). Godly weapons also require having a max Fortitude mod which provides the user of the weapon with +30 health (hp) and another max mod, usually a Sundering mod, which provides the user of the weapon with a 20% chance of having 20% armor penetrating attacks (See also: Perfect)
Gold: Refers to the color of an item symbolizing special attributes about that item. Gold items can be dropped from any monster/enemy in Guild Wars, but they are not always max. The attributes of Gold items are chosen randomly when an enemy drops the item.
GG: Abbreviation for Good Game, usually said by the winning team and the losing team after a match to show their good sportsmanship
GJ: Abbreviation for Good Job, used to indicate that the player who received this commend did… well, a good job.
GL: Abbreviation for Good Luck, used to wish that someone is lucky (ie: GL completing THK)
GLF: Abbreviation for Group Looking For, groups will often say GLF and then state then state a build or profession that they need in their party, then they often specify a reason why then need that member (ie: GLF Monk for Mission)
Green: Refers to the color of an item symbolizing special attributes about that item. Green items have max mods(except in the case of certain greens from the Factions campaign) on them, always do max damage, but they can't be customized, do not have rare skins, and are only dropped by specific bosses.
GvG: Abbreviation for Guild verse Guild, which refers to a battle between too guilds. The winning guild moves up on the ladder while the loosing guild is pushed farther down the ladder.

HA: Abbreviation for Hero's Ascent, where you can form a party to battle other groups from around the world to win fame. Consecutive wins in Hero’s Ascent will earn you more and more fame 1 win is 1 fame, 2 wins is 2 fame, and the scale increases to the point where 13 consecutive wins will get you and your team 40 fame.
Henchies: Refers to Henchmen, which are characters in Guild Wars that are not played by other people in the world, but are played by programs which tell them how and when to use their skills properly. They are by no means as good as human players, but if you can not find a real monk, then you can always find a monk henchman willing to help you out
HoD Sword: A sword gotten from the Hedge of Denravi which granted the user with +5 energy. This sword was taken out of the game so new players can not get the sword at the Hedge of Denravi, basically there is now a certain number of these swords available and that number will never change unless someone destroys a sword. These swords are highly sought after for their uses when farming and with Invinci ____ builds.
HoH: Abbreviation for Hall of Heroes, this is the final step to claiming favor of the gods for your territory.

IDS: Abbreviation for Icy Dragon Sword, which is a type of sword with a permanent icy mod on it and always drops with a 15% more damage when your health is greater than 50% mod on it. The sword is only dropped in Mineral Springs, north of The Granite CitadelIGN: Abbreviation for In Game Name, or the name of your character in the game. The term IGN is usually heard on websites rather than in the game, (ie: What's your IGN, I will help you farm some time)
IWAY: The IWAY build was a Flavor of the Month(s) in Guild Wars. The IWAY build, named after the skill it was based off of, "I Will Avenge You", was a very popular means of PvPing in Hero's Ascent. Since the fall of IWAY, America has become much less competitive in the Hall of Heroes and does not get favor nearly as much
Invinci ____: Invinci Monks, Necros, Mesmers, Elementalists, (aka 55 Monks, Necros, Mesmers, Eles, etc), are one of the most popular farming builds in Guild Wars. The build focuses around a spell called Protective Spirit which, when cast on the farmer, allows the farmer to only take up to 10% of their health as damage. By using a superior rune on each piece of your armor, and using an item, which gives the holder -50 health, players are able to get their characters down to 55 health. Having 55 health and Protective Spirit always cast on you, will allow your character to only take 5 damage per hit. Remember that hexes that degenerate your health can quickly kill these 55 health characters, so this build is only good for farming certain enemies.

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LA: Abbreviation for Lion's Arch, one of the cities in Guild Wars, it rivals Drokner's Forge for the best spot to sell high-end merchandise. Was considered by many to be the center of Guild Wars.
Ladder: The ladder is a list of the best Guilds in Guild Wars. Your Guild can move up in the ladder by winning Guild verse Guild (GvG) battles. The top 100 Guilds have their games recorded by virtual cameras so that other people can observe their playing styles/tactics by hitting the "B" button on their keyboard, then selecting a Guild verse Guild battle, a Championship Battle, or just a battle in Hero's Ascent
LDD: Abbreviation for Last Day's Dawn another Titan quest given from Glint in Drokner's Forge after the completion of the Ring of Fire (RoF) missions.
LFG: Abbreviation for Looking For Group, used to tell other players that you are looking to join a group. (ie: Healing Monk LFG for Mission)
LFR:
Abbreviation for Looking For Runner, used to tell other players that you are looking for a runner to take you to a certain place or take you through a certain mission. (ie: LFR to Drokner’s Forge)

MM: Abbreviation for Minion Master which refers to a necromancer who controls a large army of minions (usually bone fiends and bone horrors). Minion Masters are useful in almost all missions and are the main damage dealers in many farming builds such as Queen Farming builds, ToPK farming builds, and many others
Mods: Mods refers to components that modify weapons. There are two types of mods, normal mods which can be taken off at the loss of the weapon using an expert salvage kit, and inherent mods which are random mods that are determined when the weapon drops and cannot be taken off. Normal mods are components that can do many things, increase your health, increase your armor, etc. Inherent mods are mods that make you do more damage, but only up to 15% more damage. Some types of inherent mods are 15% more damage buy -10 armor, 15% more damage while you have more than half your health, 15% more damage but you receive -1 health or energy degeneration while you are holding the weapon.

Nuker:
Nuker is a popular term to describe Elementalist/Mesmers with meteor shower and arcane echo to deal out two meteor showers. Nukers are able to deal out lots of damage but at the price of much of their energy. The appearance of Nukers began to diminish after the infamous AoE Nerf but now they are beginning to retake their role as Guild Wars’ best damage dealers.

Obo: Abbreviation for Or Best Offer which is used when selling rare items that require bidding. (ie: WTS Gold Fellblade - 50k Obo), this would imply that if you do not have 50k you could offer 30k, but someone else could offer 40k and thus they have the best offer.
Orders: Refers to an Orders Necro who uses Order of Pain and Order of the Vampire to allow his team to do much more damage than normal. Order Necros are used in ToPK farming as well as in IWAY and Ranger Spike groups in Hero’s Ascent
Oro: Abbreviation for the Orozar quest in Sorrows Furnace (SF). This is another popular farming spot just like Final Assault (FA). Teams of 5-6 usually fight their way into Sorrow's Furnace in hopes of defeating the bosses in the quest and getting rare Green drops.

Patrol: A Patrol is a group of enemies that have a set pattern of movement, it is important in some situations to be aware of the patrolling enemies or you may be fighting a very hard battle when 5 more enemies run into your aggro circle because you were standing in the path they patrol
PM: Abbreviation for Private Message, PM refers to when you send a whisper to somebody. Most games have a method of speaking similar to whispering but it is usually called a Private Message and that term has just carried over into Guild Wars.
Power Leveler: Power Leveler is a term that used to define a farmer who takes a player (who is under level 20) along with him while he is farming. The lower level uses a scroll to enhance the amount of XP he/she gains. The power leveler just skills large amounts of creatures in a short period of time, which allows the lower level to gain levels quite fast for the usual fee of 1k per level.
PUG: Abbreviation for Pick Up Group, PUG refers to a group of people who you do not know (they are not in your guild, not your friends, etc.), but yet you join them to complete a mission or to PvP with them. PUG more commonly refers to a group of players who just accept any profession of character into their group. The downfall of PUG groups is that they are usually unorganized and lack the necessary profession types to excel at whatever they are doing.
Pulling: Pulling is a term used during combat in PvE. When somebody "pulls", they are moving their aggro circle so that only a specific enemy or enemies will attack you. Aggroing is useful when trying to get a small group of enemies rather than a massive group of enemies because a small group of enemies will be easier to defeat. Pulling is often performed by the tank who uses a bow, usually a longbow. The puller does not need to be a ranger, the bow makes it easier to pull one group when 2 groups are close together.
PvE: Abbreviation for Player verse Environment, PvE refers to players facing off against computer controlled enemies to accomplish missions. PvE is referred to as Role Playing when you create a new character.
PvP: Abbreviation for Player verse Player, PvP refers to when you are fighting against other human controlled players such as in Hero's Ascent (HA) or in a Guild verse Guild battle (GvG)
Perfect: Perfect refers to items that do 15% more damage under certain conditions (ie: they do 15% more damage while you are in a stance, while you are enchanted, if you give up 10 armor, if you give up energy or health regeneration, etc.). Perfect weapons also require having a max Fortitude mod which provides the user of the weapon with +30 health (hp) and another max mod, usually a Sundering mod, which provides the user of the weapon with a 10% chance of having 10% armor penetrating attacks (See also: Godly)

QF: Abbreviation for Queen Farming. Queen Farming envolves leading a party out of Augury Rock to kill the Queen for a rare drop, Kephket’s Refuge (a monk protection staff).

Rank: Rank can refer to both Guilds and accounts. Guilds are ranked on a Ladder, the closer the guild is to #1 the better the Guild is at GvG battles. Rank refers to accounts in a whole different manner. Ranks grant special emotes, there are emotes rewarded for rank 3,6,9,12, and nobody has gotten farther than that to know if there are more. The rank 3 emote is an elk, the rank 6 is a wolf, the rank 9 is a tiger, and the rank 12 is a phoenix. In order to progress in rank you need to earn fame, which is earned by winning battles in Hero's Ascent (HA). To achieve rank 1 you require 25 fame, rank 2 requires 75 fame, and they increase from there.
Rare: Rare is used to define certain weapons. Two weapons can have the exact same name, but one can look completely different, certain looks of weapons are very rare, meaning they do not drop often, and can be quite profitable if they have the correct mods on them. In order for a weapon to be rare it must have a rare skin, be a rare weapon, or have a rare mod.
Req: Abbreviation for Requirement, req tells how much of a certain attribute is needed to do the damage shown on swords, hammers, axes, bows, rods, and staves. It also shows how much of a certain attribute is needed to get the full armor effect from a shield, and it also shows how much of an attribute is needed to get the full energy bonus from an offhand.
Rezone: Rezone is a term used for going from one area into another area and then back to the area you started in. The purpose of rezoning is a simple one. When you travel to a different area (or town) all dead party members are restored to full health, so if you are being ran to somewhere and the Runner dies, then you just rezone and the runner is returned to life (if you rezone to a town then all Death Penalty (DP) is removed)
RoF: Abbreviation for Ring of Fire, RoF is where the last 3 outpost missions of the game are located, they are difficult, time consuming missions. The Ring of Fire is reached upon completion of Thunderhead Keep. RoF is also a common abbreviation for Reversal of Fortune a monk protection enchantment.
Runes: Runes are applied to armor in order to add attributes to your character. There are three types of runes, minor, major, and superior. Runes do not come without a cost though. You can only equip one rune per piece of armor. Minor runes add 1 attribute point to their designated attribute. Major runes add 2 attribute points to their designated attributes, but they reduce your health by 50. Superior runes add 3 attribute points to their designated attributes, but they reduce your health by 75. There are also runes of Vigor, which come in all three types. Runes of vigor add health to your character, but do not add attribute points. You can only use runes that modify attributes connected to your primary profession. Runes of vigor can be added to any character, regardless of their primary profession.
Runner: In Guild Wars, once you have been to a town or outpost on the map, your character can always return to that town or outpost. A Runner is a person who uses speed increasing skills to allow them to quickly run past enemies and bring people to a town so that they can unlock the town for future travel. Runners also run certain missions, which is basically running through the mission objectives, but in certain missions, mission runners might actually fight the mission for you which can take a long time but you know you will complete the mission. Most runners run for a set price, though some run for free or for tips when they are trying to run it for the first time. If you get lucky enough to get a runner for tips make sure you tip him/her, because how would you like it if you wasted your time?

SF: Abbreviation for Sorrow's Furnace, located in the Southern Shiverpeaks, Northeast of Camp Rankor. Sorrow's Furnace is home to two popular types of farming, Final Assault (FA) farming, and Orozar (Oro) farming.
Shard: Abbreviation for Obsidian Shard, which is a rare material dropped in the Fissure of Woe.
Skins: Skin is the term used to describe the graphics for certain weapons. Two weapons can have the same name but look completely different because they have different skins. Some skins are rare, while others are extremely common. Some skins like the Crystalline sword skin is rare, but that weapon only has one skin so thus the skin is not rare but the weapon is.
Spike: A Spike is a special build used for PvP and GvG, which requires all the damage dealers in the group to attack a specific enemy at the same time, which will not give the other team time to heal or protect their enemy. For a spike to work correctly it requires that the whole team can hear each other so they can all attack at the same time, so things such as TeamSpeak (TS) and Ventrillo (Vent) are used to communicate. There are many types of spikes, blood spikes, ranger spikes, Feast of Corruption spikes, and a couple others, but those are the main ones.
SS/SV: Abbreviation for Spiteful Spirit/Sympathetic Visage, SS/SV is a build used by Necro/Mesmers in the UW. The SS/SV teams up with a Invinci monk and deals the damage to make farming the UW much faster than if the Invinci Monk went on his/her own.

Tank:
Tank is a term which is used to describe Warriors, usually Warrior/Monks who are able to aggro many enemies without dying because of their high attribute points in tactics and/or strength. Tanks deal out a decent amount of damage but their main purpose is to keep the enemies from attacking the casters such as the Monks and Elementalists.
THK: Abbreviation for Thunder Head Keep, a mission located in Southern Shiverpeaks. This mission is considered by most to be the most difficult mission in the game. Despite being a very long mission, this mission also requires a lot of teamwork in order to succeed. Upon completion of this mission you will be transported to the Ring of Fire (RoF), which is home to many elite skills and 3 challenging quests.
Titles: Titles are a new addition to Guild Wars. Titles are considered pve rewards. Players who play pvp all the time are rewarded with their rank emotes so players who play pve should be rewarded also. The titles progress, as you do more and more stuff the titles change to match your accomplishments. You are able to pick which title you want to display under your name, but you can change it at any time. Capturing elite skills will earn you the title of Skill Hunter but capturing even more elite skills will grant you the title of Elite Skill Hunter. After 1000 hours of being under the influence of beer/ale in the game you will be granted the title of Drunkard. Some more titles are King’s Hero, Emperor’s Hero, Gladiator, Friend of the Luxons, Friend of the Kurzicks, and many more.
ToA: Abbreviation for Temple of Ages, ToA refers to a town in Kryta where you can access both the Underworld (UW) and the Fissure of Woe (FoW). In order to access these areas you must have ascended and your territory must have Favor of the Gods (Favor).
ToPK: Abbreviation for Tombs of the Primeval Kings, ToPK refers to a town which is located through a teleport/zone in the Dragon's Lair outpost (which you are transported to after ascending). ToPK is home to a very challenging area in which you and a team will try to fight to the end in order to kill 3 bosses who drop multiple weapons, some of which are usually Green weapons. The most common farming build in ToPK is the Barrage/Pet build (BP).
Touch Ranger: Refers to a R/N who uses expertise combined with 2-3 blood magic skills (vampiric touch, vampiric bite, and sometimes wallow’s bite or touch of agony). Since these are skills rather than spells they evoke the power of expertise making the 15 energy cost of vamp touch/bite drop to less than half of that. Touch rangers deal a lot of damage and are able to keep themselves alive quite well, but they are easily destroyed by the mesmer skill blackout, or energy denial. Here is a common touch ranger skill bar:
1: Vamp Touch, 2: Vamp Bite, 3: Life Siphon(Touch of Agony or Wallow’s Bite), 4: Offering of Blood, 5: Whirling Defense, 6: Throw Dirt, 7: Dodge 8: Res Sig
Trapper: Trappers are rangers who, with 12 points of expertise and 16 points of wilderness survival, are very capable of conquering both the pve and pvp elements of Guild Wars. Trappers usually have a bar of the 4 main traps (spike[E], barbed, dust, and flame) along with some expertise skills to keep them alive and usually a few nature spirits to increase the amounts of traps they can create in a period of time. Trappers can often be found in groups farming both the Underworld and the Fissure of Woe. Trappers are also present in Hero’s Ascent in Vim trap groups (aka vimway) and in such popular builds as IWAY. Pve trappers work by setting as many traps as possible then luring enemies to them for quick easy kills and good drops, while in pvp, groups of trappers either go on the offensive by rushing their enemies and placing traps around their enemies but they can also camp certain areas such as alters and are not easily moved. The more time you allow trappers to trap an area the easier you are making it for them to win the game.
TS: Abbreviation for TeamSpeak which is a program that allows people to communicate with each other over the internet, similar to using a phone only you use a microphone. TeamSpeak is not associated with Guild Wars but it used to coordinate spikes and to coordinate GvG battles, it is rarely used for PvE. (See also: Vent)

UW: Abbreviation for Underworld, UW refers to a high level area accessed through the Temple of Ages. The UW is a popular farming spot for Invinic Monks and their Necro SS/SV partners. There are chests in the UW which can hold rare and valuable items, but the main catch that drags people into the UW is the potential for drops of Globs of Ectoplasm. Globs of Ectoplasm, commonly called Ectos, are desired because of their semi-stable economy value of 6000g to 11000g.

Vent: Abbreviation for Ventrillo which is a program that allows people to communicate with each other over the internet, similar to using a phone only you use a microphone. Ventrillo is not associated with Guild Wars but it used to coordinate spikes and to coordinate GvG battles, it is rarely used for PvE. (See also: TS)

WTB: Abbreviation for Want to Buy, WTB is used to tell other players that you want to buy a specific item, (ie: WTB Gold Fellblade)
WTS: Abbreviation for Want to Sell, WTS is used to tell other players that you want to sell a specific item, (ie: WTS Gold Crystalline Sword)

XP: Abbreviation for Experience, gaining xp can help your character level up, gain skill points after your character has reached level 20, and get rid of your characters death penalty.

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