RO Slang

A slang is a term related to a certain group. It's also usually said in a short/lazy way.

So in here we've all the terms related to the game that are seen as helpful/needed. This way players can check the page and understand what one means with it.

Be aware that some terms belong more to the gaming area than exactly RO but will help any new or player coming back to the game.

A

### After Cast Delay

After Cast Delay is a global cooldown. It affects all skills of the player whenever he/she casts one that has it.
It's also another name for Cast Delay of Skill, Delay, and Global Cool Time.
Gear that reduces the delay lets the player chain skills, different or equal, faster.
You can't spam skills faster than the value of cooldown so always take that into consideration.
### AoE

AoE is the abbreviation of Area of Effect and is used to classify skills or status that work in a specific area, as known as something that doesn't affects only the user or a single target.
When someone talks about AoE, usually is with a `number x number` designation. That is the area where the skill works with the player in the center of it.
This means that something with an AoE of 3x3 is a skill that works up to 2 cells from the casting area, when the player is the center of it, or where the skill lands, like in   Severe Rainstorm where the AoE starts where the player lands the skill.
**Example:**
  Heal is a single target skill because it only heals a player with each use
  Coluseo Heal is different, it's an AoE, because it heals players around the caster up to 15x15 cells
B

### BiS

BiS means BEST IN SLOT and, as the name says, it's used when an item is the best to use in a specific slot.
**Example**
Damn, that card is BiS for that build. Congratulations, buddy!
### Boss

Boss is the generic name given by players to any Mini-Boss or MVP monster.
### Broken

Broken is used when something provides an huge advantage when compared to something else.
**Example**
Enchant Deadly Poison is broken!! Any other class can't reach the same level of damage with such a low investment in a single skill thanks to that buff.
### Burst

Burst is used to classify high numbers of damage coming from a skill with a decent amount of re-use time.
**Example**
Your Ignition Break deals 5M damage per second! That's a nice burst!
***Note*** - Be aware that there are certain cases where a skill can actually change from being burst to DPS with the addition of a specific set of gears.
C

### Carry

Carry is the name usually given to someone that cleans an instance for a group of players although it can be applied to more places.
This is usually done to give other players free experience since the loot will belong always to the carry unless it's a place with rewards at the of the instance to each player.
Be aware that this is something seen as bad by certain players, specially the ones that enjoy the game for being a game played with friends where everyone has a role, because it removes the fun from playing it.
In some servers this also evolved to a service sold by players. Careful with that since some use that *for illegal activities* that can end with your account banned when you less expect.
### Cast Delay of Skill

Cast Delay of Skill is another name for After Cast Delay.
### CC

Abbreviation for Crowd Control,   Cursed Circle, and also for   Cart Cannon since they share the same initials.
Here is a way to understand when they're used for different things:
Crowd Control or   Cursed Circle - Related to PvP, Sura, or not related to damage at all on your side
"Can you play CC Sura today on WoE?"
"We need more CC in our team, we lack control whenever we push."
"You CC and I kill, okay?"
  Cart Cannon - Related to Damage
"My CC is doing 100k per use. Feels good, man."
### Cooldown

Cooldown is a forced frame of time, usually measured in seconds, that the player needs to wait between uses of the same skill or to do a certain action.
Any skill or action has always, at least, a waiting time of 0.14 seconds (game is limited to 7 actions per second):
It can be higher if it's a skill
Auto-Attack is limited to ASPD and to achieve a waiting time of 0.14 between attacks, the player needs to have 193 ASPD
Auto-casting skills ignore this waiting time.
This value can be reduced in some skills with specific gear.
### Crowd Control

Term used to classify skills or builds that help to control a decent number of players or monsters through status that disable them temporarily.
This is often shortened to CC.
Some players prefer to use instead the term Ground Control to talk about this.
**Example**
"Hey, can you switch to CC  Sniper? We really need one."
D

### Dancing

Dancing is the act of moving to a different direction of an action, skill or an auto-attack, when the animation of the same starts. That way a player can repeat the same action, use of a skill or auto-attack, faster in succession.
This happens because doing a movement like this counters the motion delay that the character gets from doing an action making it non-existent.
**NOTES:**
- ASPD affects the capacity to do this faster/better in most cases (some skills are actually capped and after a certain value adding more does nothing).
- High values of Ping may force some players to cap the ASPD of their characters to certain values outside of the max value (NOTE: Max Attack Speed is 190 for non-3rd Class and above, 193 for 3rd Class and above).
- Getting hit while doing this also removes forced animation delay of some skills such as   Cart Cannon.
- This doesn't work very well in full auto-attack builds, it's more of a *hit & run faster* technique, unless you're actually killing the enemy super fast and want to jump quicker to the next target.
### Delay

Delay is another name for After Cast Delay.
### DPS

DPS means **D**amage **P**er **S**econd and, like the name says, it's used to classify a lot of damage dealt by a build in a fraction of a second. This means that the source of damage needs to happen a lot of times per second. If that's not the case, then what you're seeing it's actually burst damage.
Be aware that while the term can be used for types of builds, it's also used when one wants to compare builds.
**Example #1** - DPS used to classify the damage dealt by a build as DPS
Your auto-attack character deals a lot of DPS. It's better than mine that only deals burst damage.
**Example #2** - A player comparing the DPS of his build with the DPS from a friend
Your build does two million of DPS but mine is better. I can actually reach 3M. You should do some changes to that like I did. It's a good base tho.
F

### Fat

Fat is a term that used to describe a player with a huge amount of Health Points.
**Examples**
"Damn, your Arch Bishop is super tanky and fat. How much HP do you've? Over 200k?"
"That's what I call a good and fat Paladin! We never died thanks to your constant use of   Devotion. Thanks, buddy!"
### Fats

Fats is the term used for potions that haven't been converted to their slim, another term for condensed, variation.
**Examples**
"Just a second, I need to buy some fats from the Tool Dealer."
"Don't worry, I still got time to farm  Witch Starsand to make some fats to let our brewer convert them tomorrow into  White Slim Potions for WoE.
### FFA

FFA means Free For All and it's used when monsters are free to be killed by any player.
This is only applied to MVPs but some players also announce that when they're doing their own events with their own monsters spawned from Abracadabra, Dead Branches, or Bloody Branches for the community. Some players also don't mind other players helping and announce it to others nearby.
G

### Glass Cannon

Glass Cannon is a term used to describe classes or builds that focus only on the offensive aspect of it and ignore any of the defensive aspects that the game offers.
This means that someone is comparing a class or build to a cannon, an heavy and strong weapon that can create a lot of damage with a single shot, but made of glass, something that can be destroyed easily by any person.
This translates into someone being capable of dealing a lot of damage in a very small amount of time yet anything can defeat him/her equally fast if counter-measures, like having a tank in the front of you to absorb damage, aren't available.
**Examples:**
"Man, I'm a glass cannon. One hit and I die. Unless you get a tank to let me destroy the monster safely, it simply won't work."
"Yes, party leader, I can destroy that MVP in seconds, I'm a glass cannon with very good gear. Look at my  +18 Vivatus Fides Aiming Bow [2]."
### Global Cool Time

Global Cool Time is another name for After Cast Delay.
### GvG

GvG means **G**uild **V**ersus **G**uild and is used to classify content where guilds fight against other guilds.
Currently the only mode available for that is War of Emperium.
H

### HP Sponge

HP Sponge is a characteristic given to a player or monster when the focus of the fight is more about big values of Health Points.
This means that the target is weak, provides very little to absolute no challenge, and most players should be capable of destroying the target just by getting close and spam skills with 0, or very close to, care about survival.
**Examples:**
"That MVP was super easy to defeat. It's basically an HP sponge and nothing else."
"That guy in PvP is such an HP Sponge... Does he even know that a lot of HP without proper reductions is just a way to make yourself look bad because you die to anything?"
### Hub

In short, an hub is the center part of a wheel. With time this concept expanded and adapted to many other areas. Games weren't excluded and neither Ragnarok Online.
Here hubs are basically the zones around a NPC where a player can save, through a **Save** option, his/her spawn point.
This enables one to quickly reunite with other players/friends to plan something to do later together, to simply chat since, or even to move faster to another place since it's accessible with a single use of a  Butterfly Wing.
Most used places as hubs are the zones around Kafras or Inns.
K

### KS

KS means **K**ill **S**teal and it's the act of steal the kill count of a monster that doesn't belong to a player because he/she wasn't the first to get there neither was anyone from his/her party.
This action is against the rules and is an offense that can end with a player banned when repeated and reported but, to be honest, unless the offender keeps doing it non-stop and prevents you from playing the game, you're better ignoring this action the first few times than wasting your time reporting it. Gravity's Support Services are quite bad and won't care enough about it.
Be aware that this doesn't exist against MVPs since those are FFA.
M

### Mini-Boss

A Mini-Boss is a monster stronger than a normal monster.
Since it's stronger, they also have benefits exclusive to them such as being immune to status and some specific skills, sometimes exclusive loot, and even provide a good chunk of experience.
Mini-Bosses are also, usually, monsters that drop cards with great effects.
Be aware that while MVPs are FFA, Mini-Bosses aren't FFA so players shouldn't attack them if a player is already there.
To known when a monster is a Mini-Boss or not, you can look at its name and see if there is a grey skull next to it.
**Example**
 Angeling
### MMORPG

MMORPG means **M**assive **M**ultiplayer **O**nline **R**ole-**P**laying **G**ame
The term is used to differentiate games that have characters playing a role in an online story that is actively in development, like Ragnarok Online, from others. Seeing that it's a *RPG*, players expect to have a decent number of freedom on what they can do with their character being it stats, gears, or influence in the world they inhabit.
This term was coined by Richard Garriott] in 1997
### Mob

Mob is the same as monster(s).
Be aware that some players may use the term for a pack of monsters.
**Example #1** - mob as a monster
I killed a brute mob
=>I killed a monster of the race brute
**Example #2** - mob as in pack of monsters
I killed two mobs
=>I killed two packs of monsters
**Example #3** - mob with an unclear meaning, may mean a monster or a pack of monsters. In this case it's the second sentence that clarifies the intent of the first
I killed a mob. It was full of Porings and Drops.
=>I killed a pack of monsters. It was full of Porings and Drops
### MVP

MVP means **M**ost **V**aluable **P**layer and that translates as the most influential player in a team or group.
On RO this is the tag that someone gets when they win a fight against a special Free For All boss monster by dealing more damage on it than other players also fighting. This transforms the winning player into the MVP and provides him extra experience, 1 of 3 possible MVP rewards, and exclusive loot from it.
**Example** - Image that appears at the MVP Player to know that he/she won

Since those boss monsters are the ones that make one player receive the MVP tag, players simply call those boss monsters MVPs.
MVPs also share the same benefits as mini-bosses so they're immune to status and a bunch of skills.
To known when a monster is a MVP or not, you can look at its name and see if there is a gold skull next to it.
**Example**
 Maya
P

### Pack

Another term for mob in the context of mob being equal to a pack of monsters.

### Power Creep

Power Creep is a term used to classify something that only gets more power with more updates to the point where balance doesn't exist anymore.
On RO this is a thing that exists a lot on PvP and GvG, not PvM, since the current balance of it is inexistent.
### PvM

PvM means **P**layer **V**ersus **M**onster or **P**layer **V**ersus **M**ob. In the end it's the same, it's the area of a game where players fight monsters for loot, experience, or to complete quests.
### PvP

PvP means **P**layer **V**ersus **P**layer, an area of the game where players fight other players.
On RO this is done through the PvP arenas that exist around the game or during the guild wars that the game has called War of Emperium.
R

### Raid

In MMORPGs, when available, a **Raid** is a hard and instanced fight that asks a full prepared party to face a very strong boss monster. And sometimes it even asks a decent amount of players of the entire server to defeat the monster!! **Yes, some games have Server Wide Raids!!**
The equivalent to this type of boss monsters on Ragnarok Online are the instanced MVPs although, nowadays, most of them are too easy to be defeated by players that reach the end game and get used to their mechanics.
There are exceptions, like Constellation Tower or Villa of Deception, but it's a very small number of them.
### RPG

RPG means **R**ole-**P**laying **G**ame
The term is used to classify a game as such when you can play one or more characters in a story with a decent number of freedom in what you can do with them being it stats, gears, or influence in the world they inhabit.
S

### Siege

Usually an alternative term used for WoE.
It's also linked to many aspects of GvG such as Guilds that only exist to play it being called Siege Guilds.
### Single Target

Single Target is basically a term used for the type of the target of skills.
You can see it as the opposite of AoE.
If a skill targets a single target, it's a Single Target skill.
**Example**
"Man, I'm having issues with all those packs, all my skills are Single Targets and they kill me too fast if I mob a bit. Maybe I should change build or play a different target in that place?"
### Spam

Spam on RO is a term related to how fast a character can use a skill consecutively.
If a player can use a bunch of skills really fast in a small number of seconds, that character is spamming skills.
**Example**
"Sick, man! You can now spam   Jupitel Thunder. Your SP never ends."
### Swapping

Swapping is the act of changing gears quickly for specific actions in the game.
Actions include stuff such as deal damage with a full offensive set and change to a defensive set of gears right after the animation go out, change your armor to tank a specific elemental hit from the enemy, etc.
Usually swapping is done by adding the item equipped and the one that will be changed to the hotkey bar close to each other.
**Example**
- Equipped gear (this need to be unequipped to be added to the hotkeys) is at Line 1 - Hotkey 1
- Gear to swap to tank a   Fire Ball with a  Pasana Card is at Line 1 - Hotkey 2
W

### WoE

WoE means War of Emperium and it's a Guild vs Guild event that exists at least once a week in the game, number of weekly events change according servers, where guilds fight for castles that provide exclusive treasure chests, dungeons, and loot.
Currently the game has four modes of WoE:
=> War of Emperium 1.0 - the first mode of WoE that started in Pre-Renewal and still exists in most servers
=> War of Emperium 2.0 - a more open mode that values more clashes between guilds than last room fights
=> War of Emperium: TE - TE means Training Edition and it's a WoE mode exclusive for classes that haven't evolved to 3rd classes yet (this also means that expanded classes can also join it as long as they haven't reached their final class evolution)
=> Herosria: WoE mode exclusive for 4th classes.
1. ↑ History of MMO Games - Wikipedia