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  1. #121
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    Arcturius's Avatar
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    Arcturius Strife
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    DPS is the measurement of damage and it didn't come from WoW. DD isn't wrong par say but with this battle system it is DPS and I have the devs to back that up. I got attacked in chat by a bunch of ffxi fan boys that got mad because I said "LF DPS." Their argument was that it originated from D&D. I wonder if they are aware that it is a board game and not a mmo and has no need for damage measurement.
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  2. #122
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    Rannie's Avatar
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    Rannie Lfey
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    You know I find Tank and spank kinda funny especially if playing as gld and using that paddle type weapon other than that I don't mind which is used dps or dd. What gets me is Toon but that is just my own opinion and you know what they say about opinions right?
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    I have a secret to tell. From my electrical well. It's a simple message and I'm leaving out the whistles and bells. So the room must listen to me Filibuster vigilantly. My name is blue canary one note* spelled l-i-t-e. My story's infinite Like the Longines Symphonette it doesn't rest- TMBG Birdhouse in your Soul
    A huge THANK YOU!!!! For FINALLY selling the Meteor Survivor Polo on the store. AND a huge thanks to my friend who bought it for me while he was at Fan Fest!!! YES I finally have my POLO!!!

  3. #123
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    Bluesnacks's Avatar
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    Kokoba Koba
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    lol I know someone that goes positively BERSERK when you say DPS

    you have to sit there and listen to a very angry lecture about how you're a bad player and wrong
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  4. #124
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    Wilan's Avatar
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    Wilan Serulia
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    Ragnarok
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    Gladiator Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by Hexy View Post
    As long as you understand what they are talking about, what should it matter? Potayto, potawto. Besides, I personally refer to anything you stand in, cone, frontal attack, or otherwise, as "stupid". Yeah, don't stand in stupid.
    Ok, so let's have the armor guy slashslash the meanie while us bububumers will poof our shinies at them! Since we're using random, arbitrary words that anybody can understand from the context!
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  5. #125
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    Roy Hildenbrand
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    Gladiator Lv 50
    I have played a lot of MMO's starting with EQ. Never played D&D on paper because I played warhammer instead and that was a lot more fun, since you know...it wasn't imaginary.

    But I will say that I dislike any term that WoW made popular, which is a lot. Purely because the people that used the terms all insisted they came from WoW (which they didn't) and acted like before WoW there was nothing (there was). That kind of drivel and matter of factly attitude is why any time I see anything that WoW popularized in the MMO community it makes me cringe. I also played WoW, but the amount of children and 40 year old virgins that played it really turned me off to it.

    As many of you have seen a lot of that community has come here, whereas in the times of 11 WoW wasn't launched yet, or was still teething as any new MMO does.

    I won't deny the impact that WoW had on the MMO genre as a whole, but the player base of that game ruined a lot of things for me.
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  6. #126
    Player Zyeriis's Avatar
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    Zyeriis Damerais
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    Quote Originally Posted by BoomerOU View Post
    Being upset because of it makes a person come off as even more-so.
    Soz dat totes cray-cray, u dun kno bout mah diabeetus. Irregardless, y dun u jus tell me 2 chillax. Mah mad bout toon tis legit. #swag #yolo

    Can I speak like this from now on simply because it's possible to decipher?
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  7. #127
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    Papamax's Avatar
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    Vance Blackstone
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    I use terms like "mob", "dps" (both as a noun and a verb), "tanknspank", and many more ACCEPTABLE terms used in MMORPGs since the genre first appeared. If it bothers you, then you need to get over it and learn to focus your angst on something more worthwhile. Or take up knitting. Either way, I ain't gonna change.
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    A smart man learns from his own mistakes; a wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

  8. #128
    Player Zyeriis's Avatar
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    Zyeriis Damerais
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    Quote Originally Posted by Papamax View Post
    I use terms like "mob", "dps" (both as a noun and a verb), "tanknspank", and many more ACCEPTABLE terms used in MMORPGs since the genre first appeared. If it bothers you, then you need to get over it and learn to focus your angst on something more worthwhile. Or take up knitting. Either way, I ain't gonna change.
    There are certainly plenty of logical, interchangeable and thus acceptable terms used in MMOs. DPS makes sense since that's how FFXIV itself refers to such jobs even if the direct words it is an acronym for do not ("damage per second" isn't a noun), it's still acceptable.

    Argument regarding what DD stands for doesn't matter since both are logical (Damage Dealer or Direct Damage). Tank and spank...makes sense but in the context of FFXIV I've been using/seeing "avoid red, make dead" or something similar since it fits the game's mechanics. LFP vs. IFP is something that pisses some people off (though because of the similarity between I and l, most people don't even realize what's being said). Looking for Party or In Flag Position, Flag Position indicating they have their looking for party "flag" up, it's redundant but goes unnoticed most of the time, so it's within the realm of acceptable/understandable.

    Terminology that can be figured out by some one the first time without having to be explained is acceptable, even if some people need it spelled out for them (terminology specifically not acronyms that are used in lieu of terminology). Whereas things like "toons" which need to be explained using terminology that already exists to describe the same damn thing can go fall off a cliff. How would you describe what a "toon" is without using the term "character" or the lesser used "avatar"? Even if I dislike "avatar" since it's not an entirely accurate way to refer to one's character, it still can be figured out the first time whereas "toon" really can't within a reasonable degree.
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  9. #129
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    Ranzan's Avatar
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    Kheima Rayne
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    Behemoth
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    Arcanist Lv 60
    Was in an instance when this happened.

    Me: Time for some FAT LOOT AND GILZ!!! :O

    Random party member: (Rages about how its gil not GILZ)

    Me: (Not sure if serious o.o)

    R.P.M. : (Continues to rage about the term)

    Me: -_- (Leaves instance)

    Also was denied a raise because said "my toon died can I get a raise? "

    Cant believe ppl are term nazis -_-
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  10. #130
    Player Zyeriis's Avatar
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    Zyeriis Damerais
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ranzan View Post
    Also was denied a raise because said "my toon died can I get a raise? "

    Cant believe ppl are term nazis -_-
    I had reasonable doubt as to whether this was a troll or not until the toon part. I still have my doubts but they're not really reasonable anymore and I probably would've left after that, especially since you're leaving out the context of how/why you died. Hate me if you want, at least we'd find common ground there and thus aren't entirely different.
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