Rotation Term Help

[Eecka]

People forget that a lot of players don't know these fancy terms.

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Its like doing math. :/

It's not necessarily that people forget, it's just that these are terms that have been going on for so long that most gamers know them. That combined with the fact that you can use the power of Google to figure out terms like "AoE" means that most guide makers won't bother. If they're going through the effort of making a guide, you should put in the effort to learn the most basic MMO vocabulary IMO.

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It's not like doing math. It is math. Figuring out rotations literally is math, so discussing them is essentially a maths discussion.

[MagiusNecros]

It's not necessarily that people forget, it's just that these are terms that have been going on for so long that most gamers know them. That combined with the fact that you can use the power of Google to figure out terms like "AoE" means that most guide makers won't bother. If they're going through the effort of making a guide, you should put in the effort to learn the most basic MMO vocabulary IMO.

If people go through the effort to make a guide they should also be including a sub section that makes a key for stuff for AoE meaning Area of Effect. To not do so is making an incomplete guide that rides on assumption that everyone knows what you are talking about. Hence the confusion. Especially if a player chose XIV as their first MMO. They are in the minority yet they still exist.

[Fiscr]

If people go through the effort to make a guide they should also be including a sub section that makes a key for stuff for AoE meaning Area of Effect. To not do so is making an incomplete guide that rides on assumption that everyone knows what you are talking about. Hence the confusion. Especially if a player chose XIV as their first MMO. They are in the minority yet they still exist.

Well it's hard to consider every "minority" in a guide. You have to start somewhere and you have to make some assumptions on what terms people might know. Else you will start explaining things like MP, HP and stuff. That might not be the goal of the guide you're about to write.
Plus, the people writing those guides usually are experienced players. So it's their daily vocabulary and they may just not notice, that others are not as familiar with those terms.

i think it's ok to assume some level of knowledge on the terms in a guide. And i also don't think, that DamianFatale was too lazy to learn the basic vocabulary He did ask the question here, so he put in the necessary effort.