Quote Originally Posted by b3nzyme View Post
Hi. I'm new to ff14 raiding (not new to raiding in general) and I'm seeing terms thrown around that I have no idea what for.. in WoW.. if you so much as slightly shown ignorance of something, you're auto-assumed to be incompetent. I can't link them my WoW progress. It's irrelevant, but this game is too easy for me to just pretend I can't do something better than normals. Can anybody tell me what is

AQB
mario kart
(ok i learned what enum means) but they say 1/3 enum for the storm's crown extreme... the moment i'd join, i'll be expected to know what that strategy is supposed to mean)
c41
color partners

(i mean wtf lol)

is there a glossary of terms? I almost completed storm's crown ex on day one after going through several practice groups. The problem with those is they don't stick together long enough to actually get it done. Somebody gets an issue with somebody else and leaves, then everyone else instantly follows. Pretty toxic, imo, BUT... for me to join groups that are stated as "let's complete this" then I need to know these terms or I will not be taken as a serious addition to the group, seeing as how I'll instantly show ignorance of previous ff14 fights, when in fact, i have excitedly shown to myself and to some others that I can, in fact, do this (who can't?). I just don't know what they're talking about when they post gibberish and then readycheck right after.
Most of the terms come from the original activities or the person who came up with the strategy.

Donut = Nael Donut.
Exoflare - Moving flares

Most of the terms are just widespread these days, you will see things in the new EX macros like "Playstation" which literally just means playstation symbolts above heads, spread like a PlayStation controller layout for the Triangle, Circle, X and Square.
The Japanese macros tend to change a lot over the course of the first week and settle on a final 'Pug easy' design and most people just use those.

mariokart is just running around the room as a group
C41 is "Clear for One" aka one person getting carried
Color partners is just swap with your marker color partner (A and 1 are both red for example)

most of its just old names re-used over and over again.