It's called "Loot"

[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.

[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".

[Sapphic]

...Let's be real though xD

You're a Damage Dealer, you're not a Damage Per Second.

SE disagrees with you XD

Since when did you que for a DD role in DF? it's listed as DPS. and wheres the DD subforum, tis called DPS roles

Tanks hit things to generate enmity, so they can be called Damage dealers too, as they deal damage to generate enmity ^_^

It's just like those who call Miqot'e Mithra, lalafells Taru etc.

[mayonnegg]

An a slightly similar note, can everyone, and I do literally mean everyone, please stop shortening 'potions' to 'pots'. Please understand.

[Heavy01Mk2]

dumbarse

[ShinkuTachi]

Well wtf is deeps? Is it dps? If so that's just as atrocious/cancerous/disemboweling/mashpotatos/toxic/vomit-inducing as the people who type ohemgee instead of omg.

Hey, I say "deeps," it's a fun term

[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.

[Meier]

Rolling for loot was known as casting lots in FFXI, and is probably known as that in at least a few other games in the genre.

If someone's telling you to lot they are telling you to hurry up and either roll or pass on something so that it drops.

Hey Fynlar! Random...but..are you Fynlar from Lakshmi? Lol

[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

[Heavy01Mk2]

Hey, I say "deeps," it's a fun term

more like enraging

But I cant stop you from giving penguins heat strokes, so go ahead.