Glossary of Terms and Definitions
Hi all. I have seen quite a few posts from newer players that do not understand all the terms and acronyms we use here on the boards. I know it can be frustrating when you have no idea what people are talking about so I figured I would start a glossary of terms to help them out.
If you see anything that is incorrect or have anything to add, please chime in and let me know and I will make changes or add it to the op. Maybe if it becomes comprehensive enough the mods can sticky it.
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Ability Mats - short for ability materials - used to upgrade character skills
Achievements - the list of activities you must complete over time to earn additional rewards
Action/Turn - when a player gets to go and use a skill
AI - Artificial Intelligence - the coding that decides what actions take place
Allies - the people on your ally list who you can borrow characters from
Ally Points - the points earned by borrowing characters that can be spent on bronzium cards
Arena Tokens - the rectangular silver tokens used to buy arena shipments
AOE - Area of Effect - refers to skills that effect multiple toons at once
Buff - A skill that adds positive effects to a character
Buff - when the developers change the game code to make a character stronger
Bronzium cards - cards purchased using ally points that have a chance to unlock characters or
character shards, get gear, credits, and training droids
Cap - the highest lvl a player, character, their gear level, or ability level can reach
CG - Capital Games - the developers who run the game
Cantina Crystals - the orange crystals used to buy Cantina Shipments
Chromium cards - cards purchased using Crystals that have a chance to unlock characters or character shards
Crit - refers to a critical hit. Critical hits do 150% damage. Chance of doing a critical is determined by a characters physical or special critical rating.
Crystals - the purple in game currency
Dailies - the activities you must complete every day to earn additional rewards
DOT - Damage over Time - an effect that produce damage on the next turn or over multiple
turns
DPS - Damage Per Second - not really applicable in a turn based game but used to refer to
high damage characters
Drops - the rewards you get for completing missions
Drop Rate - the percent chance an item has to drop
DD - Direct Damage - a skill that effects only one enemy character
Farming - completing missions to obtain specific items
GW crystals - the green crystals used to buy Galactic War shipments
DeBuff - a skill or effect that weakens a character
Devs - the developers who code and run the game
DS - Dark Side
EA - Electronic Arts - the parent company to CG
Force close - to exit game by closing app
FTP - Free to Play
FTW - Free to Win
GW - Galactic War
IAP - In App Purchase
LS - Light Side
Mats - short for materials - anything used to upgrade characters
Meta - Current state of game
Mods - Moderators - the guys who police the forums
Modding - cheating by using programs to change files in the game to provide an advantage
Nerf - When the developers change game code to make a character weaker
OP - Orginal post/poster
OP - Over Powered
P2P - Pay to play
P2W - Pay to win
Proc - an effect that is caused by use of a skill or ability, usually has a percentage chance of
happening
Purp Mats - short for Purple Materials - usually gear that is required for gear level 7 and above,
refers to the purple border around the object
PVE - Player versus enemy
PVP - Player versus player
RNG - Random Number Generator
Retreat - the gear button in the upper left corner has a retreat option. It can usually only be
used after the enemy team takes an action
Round - the actions that take place behind the scenes to fill the turn meter and determine
which character acts next
SA - Squad Arena
Synergy - a teams ability to work well together
Toon - another way to refer to a character or Hero
Turn - once a characters turn meter is full, he gets to take an action
Turn Meter - the blue bar below a characters health bar that determines when they get to take
an action
Xp - experience points
If you see anything that is incorrect or have anything to add, please chime in and let me know and I will make changes or add it to the op. Maybe if it becomes comprehensive enough the mods can sticky it.
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Ability Mats - short for ability materials - used to upgrade character skills
Achievements - the list of activities you must complete over time to earn additional rewards
Action/Turn - when a player gets to go and use a skill
AI - Artificial Intelligence - the coding that decides what actions take place
Allies - the people on your ally list who you can borrow characters from
Ally Points - the points earned by borrowing characters that can be spent on bronzium cards
Arena Tokens - the rectangular silver tokens used to buy arena shipments
AOE - Area of Effect - refers to skills that effect multiple toons at once
Buff - A skill that adds positive effects to a character
Buff - when the developers change the game code to make a character stronger
Bronzium cards - cards purchased using ally points that have a chance to unlock characters or
character shards, get gear, credits, and training droids
Cap - the highest lvl a player, character, their gear level, or ability level can reach
CG - Capital Games - the developers who run the game
Cantina Crystals - the orange crystals used to buy Cantina Shipments
Chromium cards - cards purchased using Crystals that have a chance to unlock characters or character shards
Crit - refers to a critical hit. Critical hits do 150% damage. Chance of doing a critical is determined by a characters physical or special critical rating.
Crystals - the purple in game currency
Dailies - the activities you must complete every day to earn additional rewards
DOT - Damage over Time - an effect that produce damage on the next turn or over multiple
turns
DPS - Damage Per Second - not really applicable in a turn based game but used to refer to
high damage characters
Drops - the rewards you get for completing missions
Drop Rate - the percent chance an item has to drop
DD - Direct Damage - a skill that effects only one enemy character
Farming - completing missions to obtain specific items
GW crystals - the green crystals used to buy Galactic War shipments
DeBuff - a skill or effect that weakens a character
Devs - the developers who code and run the game
DS - Dark Side
EA - Electronic Arts - the parent company to CG
Force close - to exit game by closing app
FTP - Free to Play
FTW - Free to Win
GW - Galactic War
IAP - In App Purchase
LS - Light Side
Mats - short for materials - anything used to upgrade characters
Meta - Current state of game
Mods - Moderators - the guys who police the forums
Modding - cheating by using programs to change files in the game to provide an advantage
Nerf - When the developers change game code to make a character weaker
OP - Orginal post/poster
OP - Over Powered
P2P - Pay to play
P2W - Pay to win
Proc - an effect that is caused by use of a skill or ability, usually has a percentage chance of
happening
Purp Mats - short for Purple Materials - usually gear that is required for gear level 7 and above,
refers to the purple border around the object
PVE - Player versus enemy
PVP - Player versus player
RNG - Random Number Generator
Retreat - the gear button in the upper left corner has a retreat option. It can usually only be
used after the enemy team takes an action
Round - the actions that take place behind the scenes to fill the turn meter and determine
which character acts next
SA - Squad Arena
Synergy - a teams ability to work well together
Toon - another way to refer to a character or Hero
Turn - once a characters turn meter is full, he gets to take an action
Turn Meter - the blue bar below a characters health bar that determines when they get to take
an action
Xp - experience points
