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    FFXIV player Terminology

    So, another fun thread to keep people in a light-hearted mood. We all know that everything in life has common term we use to refer to those things, shortenings, local terms, cultural terms, etc. So what terms and various forms of jargon do we commonly use?

    Here are a few I recall:

    RAIDS
    T1-T13 - Refers to a "turn" in The Binding Coil of Bahamut raid
    A1-A12 - Refers to a section of the Alexander raid
    Gordias/Midas/Creator - refers to the specific section of the Alexander raid
    Brute Justice - Another way of saying A8, since he is the final boss
    Ark - Another way of saying A11, since he is the final boss in homage form
    O1-O12 - Refers to a section of the Omega raid
    Deltascape/Sigmascape - Refers to a specific section of the Omega raid
    Exdeath - Another way of saying O4, since he is the final boss
    Kefka - Another way of saying O8, since he is the final boss
    +Savage(S) - Adding Savage or S to the end of any of these refers to the Savage version of those raids.
    CT - Refers to the entirety of the Crystal Tower raids
    LotA - Refers to the Labyrinth of the Ancients raid
    ST - Refers to the Syrcus Tower raid
    WoD - Refers to the World of Darkness raid
    Mhachi Raids or Void Ark Saga - Refers to the raids found in the Shadow of Mhach series of raids.
    Vark - Refers to the Void Ark
    Weeping City/Wiping City - Refers to the Weeping City of Mhach raid
    Ivalice Saga - Refers to all raids in the Return to Ivalice story
    The Lighthouse - Refers to the Ridorana Lighthouss raid
    Tide Pod Challenge - Refers to running the Ridorana Lighthouse

    TRIALS
    RudaEx - Refers to fighting Garuda Extreme
    Levi - Refers to Leviathon in all forms, LeviEx specifically for Extreme trial
    RavEx - Refers to fighting Ravana Extreme
    BisEx - Refers to fighting Bismarck Extreme
    The Triad - Refers to fights involving Sephirot, Sophia, and Zurvan, and the story behind them
    SophEx - Refers to fighting Sophia Extreme
    Niddy - Refers to the Nidhogg in all forms, NiddyEx specifically for the Extreme trial
    Primal Ponies - Refers to the horse mounts dropped from the ARR trials
    Primal Pigeons or Burbs - Refers to the lanner mounts dropped from the HE trials
    Primal Puppies or Doggos - Refers to the wolf/kamuy mounts that drop from the SB trials

    DUNGEONS/ROULETTES
    Dailies - Referring to all things that have a daily reset, but usually the duty roulettes
    Ex - Expert Roulette
    Lost City - Refers to the lost City of Amdapor


    MISC
    Greg - Refers to Gilgamesh, both character and world
    Hildy - Refers to Hildibrand Manderville
    The Mists - Refers to thr Churning Mists zone and not the Mist housing district
    The Beds - Refers to the Lavender Beds housing district



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    Last edited by Eloah; 06-11-2018 at 09:20 AM.