Spork Posted August 29, 2015 Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) Here is a list of acronyms commonly used on these forums. I'll edit this post as new ones come in and I get definitions for ones I don't currently know the meaning of. If the mods feel this would be better placed somewhere else please feel free to move it to where you think it would be better placed. If you know some that are missing please post them up and I'll add to the list. A AI: Artificial Intelligence. How smart or stupid NPC's act. This can be tweaked by the devs. B Bell, Bella: Bellona. A ship in NA. Belle: Belle Poule. A ship in NA. BR: Battle Rating. Each ship has an assigned BR. Battle instances currently display the BR of each side and number of ships involved in the instance. C Carro, Caro, Car, Nades: Carronades. A short range cannon that does higher damage than either standard or long cannons but has the shortest range and lowest accuracy. Chain: Chainshot. This is used to damage sails on opposing ships. Con, Connie: Consti: Constitution. A ship in NA. D D-tag - defensive tag, tagging someone with the intention to run away Dev: Developer. Those people that actually make the game. Double: Double ball shot. This does higher damage but loads more slowly and loses effectiveness at range E E: East Econ: Economy or Economics. EH: English Harbor. F F11: The key used to report bugs in the game. This key also gives your coordinates using an X and Z system. Fore and afts: Ships that use fore and aft style sails, ie lynx,cutter,yacht, etc. Frig: Frigate: Can either describe a ship type or the ship currently named Frigate. G Grape: Grapeshot. This is used to decrew opposing ships. J J.Lt: Junior Lieutenant. A rank in NA between Midshipman and Lieutenant. L Lat: Latitude. A geographic coordinate indicating north/south position Lon: Longitude. A geographic coordinate indicating east/west position LT, Leut, Lou: Lieutenant. A rank in NA. M M&C: Master and Commander. A rank in NA. Merc: Mercury. A ship in NA. Mid, Middy, Middie: Midshipman. The starting rank in NA. MMO: Massively Multiplayer Online. Mods (when referencing the forums): Moderators. Those unloved and unlucky people that delete spam, move posts to correct areas, and generally cajole and coerce posters into good behavior. Mods: Modules or Modifications. Temporary modifications made to the ships attributes through the use of removable modules. MT: Matthew Town. The Pirate capital and starting port for all pirate players. N N: North NPC: Non Player Character, AKA bots. O OP: Original Post or Original Poster. The first post in a thread or the person that posted the first post. This may also very occasionally be used to mean Open World. OW: Open World. P PA = Port Antonio. British deepwater port on the northeast coast of Jamaica. PB: Port Battles. Perm Mods: Permanent Modifications. The modifications a ship is equipped when purchased with that cannot be changed. PM = Port Morant. British deepwater port on the east coast of Jamaica. POTBS: Pirates of the Burning Sea. An inferior game in every way. PR = Kingston/Port Royal. British Capital Pubbie: Casual player PVE: Player versus Environment PVP: Player versus Player. R Ren,Reno: Renomee. A ship in NA. ROE: Rules of engagement. The basic ruleset for battles. RP: Role Play or Role Player. RPG: Role Playing Game. RVR: Realm versus Realm. AKA Nation versus Nation. S S: South Santi: Santissima Trinidad. A ship in NA. Single: Single ball shot. Default that is loaded into your cannon. SOL: Ship of the Line. First, Second, and Third rate ships. T Tag, tagging - marking someone with attack circle TDAC: The Dutch Are Coming! TdB: Terra De Bas. A (at the time of posting) neutral harbor south of EH. Traf. Tragalgar battle. A weekly player driven event that happens every saturday featuring large scale PVP. Trinc, Trinco: Trincomolee. A ship in NA. U UI: User Interface. V Vic: Victory. A ship in NA. W W: West WIP: Work in Progress. Current state of the game. WTB = want to buy WTS = want to sell I know there's a bunch more so please post em up and I'll add them to the list. Edited March 31, 2016 by SteelSandwich Updated 30-3-2016 7
SteelSandwich Posted August 29, 2015 Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) ROE: Rules of Engagement WIP: Work in Progress RVR: Realm versus Realm Traf: Trafalgar Battle (saturday event) Edited August 29, 2015 by SteelSandwich 1
Blackjack Symons Posted August 29, 2015 Posted August 29, 2015 TDAC: The Dutch Are Coming! (Joking.) Santi: Santissima Trinidad, largest SOL Vic: Victory, SOL Reno, Merc, Belle: Renommee frigate, Mercury, Belle-Poule frigate 2
Spork Posted August 29, 2015 Author Posted August 29, 2015 Added items from Steel and Blackjack. Thanks gents.
Blackjack Symons Posted August 29, 2015 Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) EH - English Harbor, British Capital TdB - Terre-de-Bass, Neutral port south of EH. Edited August 29, 2015 by Blackjack Symons 1
BlueEagleGER Posted August 29, 2015 Posted August 29, 2015 Brig and Brigantine are different ship types and not acronyms for each other. Also J.Lt as short for junior lieutnant 2
Spork Posted August 29, 2015 Author Posted August 29, 2015 Added items from Blackjack and BlueEagle and removed brig as an acronym. Thank you and keep it up.
SeaWolf_ Posted August 30, 2015 Posted August 30, 2015 Bella: bellona. MT: matthew town pirate capital. Nades: Carronades. RPG: Role playing game. MMO: Massively multiplayer online. Econ: Economy. Perm Mods: Permanent Modifications. Mods: Modifications. 1
Macjimm Posted August 30, 2015 Posted August 30, 2015 (edited) Suggest listing them alphabetically for easier reference. Amend OW OW (also OP) = open world Or add OP OP = open world. Ref: Edited August 30, 2015 by Macjimm 1
SteelSandwich Posted August 30, 2015 Posted August 30, 2015 (edited) OP =/= OW (99% of the players dont use that term, so lets not add one if because someone else does it. Edited August 30, 2015 by SteelSandwich 2
Spork Posted August 30, 2015 Author Posted August 30, 2015 Additions made per WolfAceKing, Macjimm, Steelsandwich, and Blackjack Symons. Also amused myself to note I'd used an acronym in the original post and not defined it, Thank you fine sirs and./ or ladies. 1
SteelSandwich Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 TS = teamspeak used every now and then, yet not really game related
SteelSandwich Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 Pubbie added to list, any other new ones to add?
Galileus Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 How about: Tag, tagging - marking someone with attack circle D-tag - defensive tag, tagging someone with the intention to run away
Bramborough Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 PR = Kingston/Port Royal. British Capital PM = Port Morant. British deepwater port very close to PR. PA = Port Antonio. British deepwater port on northeast coast of Jamaica. I see these acronyms used all the time in Brit/Help chats. Might also want to delete the reference to English Harbor (EH) being the Brit capital; no longer the case. 1
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