Adventures in FFXI: Happy Happy joy joy in fast and slow motion

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Happy Happy joy joy in fast and slow motion

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Glossary of Terms Used

Aggro=Aggression, gaining the attention of a monster, generally used when the attention is unintentional, see pull for intentional.

AoE=Area Of Effect, the opposite of single target the size of the area varies

Bard=A party support job that casts magic without the use of MP, suffers from long casting times but compensated by almost all songs being AoE.

Black Mage=a job in game, frequently referred to as a "nuker" they use spells to deal massive ammounts of damage to an enemy using spells; they are very weak defensively and if not played properly can cause major issues with hate control, also frequently used to sleep enemies

Blink=Using Shadows, generally from spells, to absorb damage directed at a player; one method of tanking is for a ninja or ninja sub character hold hate whenever shadows are up, and try to recast as soon as the last is used; an AoE attack can frequently strip all shadows at once.

Blood=game slang for your HP measurement or any action based on HP other than healing; Bloodport means to purposely die so that you can go to your home point; Blood tanking means a character with high survivability due to HP, Vitality and high Defense holding hate to tank for the group, maily paladins and warriors at lower levels; Blood aggro is getting hate from undead due to low HP, sometimes used to describe getting hate due to resting as well

FoV=Fields of Valor-scavenger hunt type hit list of monsters that gives XP bonuses, gil and mission points usable for field support.

Gil=game money, not to be confused with ancient currency used in certain quasi-quested end-game gear

Hate=a complex formula that determines who has a mob's attention and thus receives attacks. Hate is a combination of damage dealt, amounts healed, buffs/debuffs and hate maneuvers used. Hate control is one of the core requirements of the game.

Link=A related mob coming to help another mob the party is in combat with, happens when linking mobs get in linking range

Mob=A slang term for enemies in game, one of several

Pull=Getting an enemy's attention and then running to a safe area to fight, used to prevent links/aggro from other enemies during fight.

Red Mage=a casting job capable of casting both offensively and defensively, but with a specialty of debuffing enemies and buffing friends, has evolved into an all-purpose job, especially with the right sub-job. One of the most sought-after jobs in the game due to its utility when making groups

SE=Square Enix, the company that makes the Final Fantasy games.

Tank=A role when fighting in groups, a player assigned to hold an enemy's attention so that they don't go after more vulnerable members, done by jobs that have higher survivability, see Blink and Blood

Thf=Thief one of the jobs in game, has bonuses to finding money and treasure, used for hate control, and to pull monsters.

Adventures in FFXI

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Happy Happy joy joy in fast and slow motion

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