TERA terminology


 * TERA has, like any other role-playing games, many abbreviations that can be confusing to new players. Here is a list of TERA terminology and acronyms.

A

 * aggro
 * alt: alternate character, some other characters player has
 * Is Alex online, is he on one of his alts?


 * AOE
 * apex, awakening: quest line at level 65 which gives new skills. Also used as verb: to used apex skills for boost damage
 * Apex the gate and we have change to win!


 * avatar
 * adds: additional monsters summoned by boss monster
 * Clear the adds and then focus on the boss!

B

 * Big-Ass Monster, BAM: in TERA monster that is significantly larger than player character. In MMORPGs this tells that monster is powerful.
 * Balder: gunner's skill Balder's Vengeance, single most powerful attack in TERA. Also used as verb, when you get Baldered in battleground or in CU (one-shot).
 * buff
 * BiS, Best-in-Slot: in MMORPGs equipment that is currently best, and hardest to get
 * I started when Deathwrack was BiS

C

 * channel
 * Change the channel, there's some guy killing low-levels on Lumbertown bridge.


 * cleanse, clean
 * Cleanse me, I got bleeding debuff!


 * CS: Corsairs' Stronghold battleground
 * All que CS! I need to go to sleep.


 * correction: aka enchanting advantage, bonus to next try when enchanting fails
 * cdr, cooldown reduction: This makes your skills available faster again when skills go to cooldown. Generally hardest stat to get.
 * cd: crash to desktop. Quite common in TERA after game has been on for a while.
 * CU: Civil Unrest

D

 * dailies, Daily quests
 * debuff: opposite to buff, effect that does harm
 * disco; disconnect and you have to relog to game again
 * drops, loot from killed monsters
 * doomzone: area in game where you cannot log in. If your character gets moved there, any attempt to log into character will fail. This can happen ie. if you crash on battleground and not get kicked before battle ends. You have to ask support to move your character to fix this.

E

 * enigmatic: In TERA refers to piece of gear that has no rolls picked. You can right click to choose rolls first time, next time you need Semi-Enigmatic Scrolls.
 * enrage: used at start of dungeon fight to burst the boss with damage
 * Elin honey: it's honey bees make in Pora Elinu, ask no more.
 * EU: Enlightened Union, one of the Alliance factions
 * ERP, erotic roleplay
 * That Elin gave me such good ERP. I'm sure it was a girl.


 * exp, experience point
 * EMP, En Masse Points, premium currency on NA servers used to buy stuff like costumes from shop

F

 * farm: killing some monsters or doing some activity to gather resources.
 * I was farming those BAMs for drops


 * frens: people who are not trash
 * gn frens


 * fail stack: same as correction, enchanting advantage, bonus to next try when enchanting fails

G

 * grind, grinding
 * grief, griefing
 * giga, giga leash: lancer skill Chained Leash
 * Follow the giga!
 * tells dps to attack opponents when lancer chains them


 * gear: equipment character has
 * girl: guy in real life, there are no girls in Internet. Even the cutest Elin is referred as "he" if there is no evidence proving otherwise.
 * garbage: Some who is bad in PvP. Or won just because they got lucky.
 * global: Global channel of in-game chat.
 * Someone is again spamming global with his WTS

H

 * HP, Hit points, health
 * Hitbox

I

 * iframe: skill that makes you invulnerable and is used to dodge some special attacks
 * IMS, Instance Matching System
 * This guy quit the dungeon with no reason. Put on the IMS.


 * item xp: mechanic added to level 65 gear. Gear gathers xp which makes enchanting easier.
 * item level: total score that tells how good your gear is. Some dungeons or quest unlock only on high enough item level.

K

 * KTERA: Korean TERA. Version of game that gets all the updates first.
 * So, this new dungeon came out in KTERA


 * kk: shorthand for million, kilo kilos or 1000&times;1000.

L

 * loot
 * Loot Box: item which, once opened, will give player item by chance. Also called RNG Box.
 * lb, last boss

M

 * Main
 * Mana, MP
 * memeslash: exploit on valkyrie skill Dream Slash using TERA Proxy. This exploit on projectile based attacks could kill multiple persons on PvP and allowed valkyrie to solo 20 man Harrowhold last boss.
 * memepulse: other exploit with sorcerer's Arcane Pulse, which allows spamming multiple pulses per second. Although this exploit is useless since skill is low damage and mainly meant as combo piece.
 * Mob

N

 * NPC, non-playable character, non-player character

P

 * PC, player character
 * PVE: fighting computer controlled monsters
 * PvP: fighting other players
 * puddle
 * Plague, Plague of Exhaustion: priest skill used to cancel some boss mechanics, mystic equivalent skill is Regression
 * You need to plague Lilith after the push, or we wipe.


 * purge, sometimes used for Plague/Regression

Q

 * que: tells others to queue some dungeon or battleground using Instance Matching

R

 * R / r, ready to start in dungeon.
 * resbait: mechanic in some dungeons. Boss attacks person who tries to resurrect dead player. To dodge this you have to bait boss to do the attack, cancel resurrection, dodge, then do the actual resurrection.
 * RP: Roleplay
 * RNG, Random Number Generator, thing that gives you change to succeed, or maybe not
 * roll: refers to lines in equipment you can choose by some method. Also used as verb (picking rolls).
 * Should I roll for double cooldowns?


 * roll: refers to selecting if you want dungeon dropped equipment or not. If you want equipment, press PageUp, if not press PageDown. Rolling for it gives each player random number 1-99 and highest roll wins. Bind-on-pickup equipment wants confirmation if you really want it and this process is really slow and should be disable at start of dungeon by part leader.
 * root: immobilization

S

 * stun: in TERA combat system state when you can't move to use skills for few seconds, marked with rotating stars around your head
 * silence: in TERA combat system means that you can't use skills but can run around
 * slaying: in TERA combat system you keep your health under 50% and equip special crystals for damage buff
 * SH: Shore Hold battleground
 * super armor: property of some skills, while casting them you only take half damage

T

 * talent(s): alternative name for Enhancement Points
 * toon
 * TT, TERA Thalers: premium currency on EU servers used to buy stuff from shop.
 * How much is TT?
 * When someone wants item from shop, and is willing to pay in-game gold (700-900 gold for 1 TT) for someone to buy it for them.


 * TC, Tera Club, premium account on EU servers
 * WTB TC


 * trash: Some who is bad in PvP. Or won just because they got lucky.
 * telegraph: term sometimes used for attack indicators monsters have

V

 * VO, Velika Outskirts: refers to PvP arena outside Velika North Gate
 * VM, Visionmaker Gear. Old level 60 and level 65 BiS gear. Ambush was called VM8 and Deathwrack VM9, since they were last top sets of endgame gear.

W

 * wipe, wipefest
 * WTB, Want to Buy
 * WTS, Want to Sell

X

 * xp, experience point

Z

 * zbala: Arabic for Trash/Garbage. Mainly used on EU servers. Opposite of habibi.

Other

 * 3%: After masterworking old level 65 gear equipment got random 1%, 2% or 3% bonus. This could be rerolled by rerolling the item even after all desired lines were in place.
 * selling +15 lucid weapon. 3%.


 * 3%: maximum amount of cooldown-reduction level 70 mystic can have.
 * need 3% mystic for GVHM