Terminology. Why does it bug me and others?

[Alavastre]

Hate to point it out, but DPS is the correct term for FFXIV. Check your Duty Finder. Check Yoshi P on the subject.

As for the other stuff, sorry to say, no one has rules on what terminology should be used. I guess you can make a FC with friends who use the same terms as you do. Otherwise, you have no hope of fixing what people say and you're doomed to be annoyed for a very long time.

[Amberion]

People who never played WoW or hate WoW are more stuck on that game than anyone else. Terms like DPS, Toon, and Pally have been used in several games BEFORE WoW, including Everquest and Ultima Online. But all these people want to see is World of Warcraft.

I don't think most people mean that wow coined those words, more that most people learned it from there.

As for me DPS, toon, lf Heal and a few others really don't make sense.

I use DD, and I have seen it in other games besides FFXI. So why do people say it came from, or only used in, FFXI?

[Cairdeas]

I agree with the OP. I grew up with DD, PLD, Regen and Refresh and Raise, and Character or (Understood) Me. When people say "Toon" I actually have a small mental breakdown and a thousand suns die from the rage I release into the universe.

[Mythrella]

None of those terms bother me. However, I am often amused by the hipsters that blow up about video game terminology, and refuse to accept that these terms existed anywhere outside of and prior to WoW.

When people say DD/DPS/Clan/Pally etc, I’m smart (or old) enough to comprehend what they’re referring to, whether I use those terms myself or not. And I don’t care which term they use as long as the message is received. It's a video game, not rocket surgery.

Personally, I can’t stand the misuse of quotation marks, nor when people blatantly abuse the English language by typing:
Should of
Would of
Could of
…but I’m not going to create a thread about it. Maybe. Yet. ♥

[Sixmp]

Personally as long as i know what people mean, i don't care what people use.
As long as they don't go nuts at me when i haven't a clue what something they used means, i say huh?.... I'm covered it a wall of spit brought on by the wind of anger because i didn't understand a 3 letter acronym that he and his buddies decided to use from a game i never played.

These shorter terms are just a mixed mash of old terms, squeezed into newer games for the most part anyway

We could always just use the full words instead. From the amount of complaining i see on these boards about how slow the fight system is we all have time to use them. Personally i have been fishing so i have no clue how fast or slow the battle system is.

[BoomerOU]

Nobody likes a pedant, language evolves and grows, fighting it and constantly attempting to correct people just makes a person come off as a snob.

[Zyeriis]

Nobody likes a pedant, language evolves and grows, fighting it and constantly attempting to correct people just makes a person come off as a snob.

And blatantly using ridiculous terms like "toon" just makes a person come off as an idiot.

[rtpsoulx]

I'm on OP's side.. when i see people saying "threat" instead of "hate" or even "enmity" it bothers the crap outta me... i can put 2 and 2 together but still it's....just weird.

[Mucko]

Complaining about Pally....come on.

[BoomerOU]

And blatantly using ridiculous terms like "toon" just makes a person come off as an idiot.

Being upset because of it makes a person come off as even more-so.