It's called "Loot"

[Alukah]

I personally still find it is funny people say "looking for 3 damage per second and good to go" instead of "looking for 3 Damage Dealers and good to go". >.> Or when I tried wow at the start how I got very pissed when someone called my character a toon.

Since you ignored the previous posts, DPS is the term officially adopted for FFXIV, it's not just people randomly picking terms (like lotting).

You're looking for class roles, a "DPS class" is a class role and the NA localization team chose to use that term. With this I'm not saying that DD is incorrect, but it's not any more correct than DPS and it's probably more used than DD in most MMOs.

I'm wondering if there's any other game (other than XI) where people use "casting lots".

[Cigaran]

I'm wondering if there's any other game (other than XI) where people use "casting lots".

Across all the MMO's I have played over the past decade, this was the first time I had seen it referred to as that. Everyone else just call it what it is; rolling on loot.

[Viirin]

Wow, people must be bored to be arguing this much over terminology. I must be bored to since I'm replying.

DPS is the term officially adopted for FFXIV, it's not just people randomly picking terms (like lotting).

They're not really "randomly picking terms". Outside of the MMO world, "casting lots" and "rolling dice" are literally the same thing. People pick up habits from previous games they've played in terms of terminology they use. Both of these are equally valid, one is just less common than the other.

[Nikorayu]

Then again people interchange the words in the genre. If you came to XIV from XI it will be characters, Lot, and DD.... if you came from WoW/Other mainstream mmo it will be toon, Loot, and dps.

Or a mix of both.

[Artiss2k]

Yea when folks say lot they aren't trying to cleverly shorten the word loot. It's like everyone says it means to roll, or need, or greed or whatever on the actual loot, casting lots.

Welcome to Final Fantasy, we raise not rez, we lot on loot, DPS are DD, and toons are characters.

[Zakalwe]

Yea when folks say lot they aren't trying to cleverly shorten the word loot. It's like everyone says it means to roll, or need, or greed or whatever on the actual loot, casting lots.

Welcome to Final Fantasy, we raise not rez, we lot on loot, DPS are DD, and toons are characters.

Except it's not. Or not only. Sure, whm raises, but sch and smn rez. DPS is a role, per SE, not DD. At least in this game. Can't speak for XI, as I never played it.

[SinisterJoint]

Yea when folks say lot they aren't trying to cleverly shorten the word loot. It's like everyone says it means to roll, or need, or greed or whatever on the actual loot, casting lots.

Welcome to Final Fantasy, we raise not rez, we lot on loot, DPS are DD, and toons are characters.

I think its funny when people be like ... "This is how it is here" and I be like.. "This is how I roll buttercup"

I rez and dps with my toons.

My toons will always be toons... you nor anyone will change that.

Yep.. I went there

[Kat_Manx]

But then again I've always hated people being too upset over grammar or spelling.. If you understand what the person means, why would it matter? Reminds me of a Youtube video from danisnotonfire where he was explaining that if he figured out the mathematical formual for curing cancer and revealed it on the internet, everyone would just be like "LOL U SAID FORMUAL."

[Dhex]

Hur dur dur.

[TeganLaron]

What's with all the dumbarse threads? If you don't know what the word lot means, buy a dictionary. No need to make a thread about it.