Terminology. Why does it bug me and others?

[Nanga]

For some reason the use of terms like "DPS" instead of DD, and "Pally" instead of PLD, bug me and I can't really say why. It's not that I dislike WoW. I've played WoW for 5+ years. I thoroughly enjoyed the game until recently.

Is it because I expect only FFXI terminology to be used? I can't really say. I'm not really sure what it is or why it bugs me to see terminology from other games used in this one.

The Dev team uses the term, "DPS" when describing the game, in some of their Dev videos. So, I'm pretty sure if the guys who made the game are using it in describing their game, that it's also part of this game.

Also, DD means, "direct damage", and doesn't necessarily mean the same thing anymore. Games have evolved to where damage is coming from many different sources - some direct, and some indirect (a poisonous area on the ground is considered an in-direct source of damage, as are most environmental effects).

DPS is a universal measurement of damage from ALL measurable sources over a set period of time.

[Jeronlmo]

The Dev team uses the term, "DPS" when describing the game, in some of their Dev videos. So, I'm pretty sure if the guys who made the game are using it in describing their game, that it's also part of this game.

Also, DD means, "direct damage", and doesn't necessarily mean the same thing anymore. Games have evolved to where damage is coming from many different sources - some direct, and some indirect (a poisonous area on the ground is considered an in-direct source of damage, as are most environmental effects).

DPS is a universal measurement of damage from ALL measurable sources over a set period of time.

DD is "damage dealer", so its actually the universal term.

A shout saying

/shout LF 1 dps

Is actually saying

/shout looking for 1 damage per second

Which really makes me want to join and auto attack and go on about how awesome im doing for doing more damage than what's expected.

[Ruminate]

DD is "damage dealer", so its actually the universal term.

A shout saying

/shout LF 1 dps

Is actually saying

/shout looking for 1 damage per second

Which really makes me want to join and auto attack and go on about how awesome im doing for doing more damage than what's expected.

Only in FFXI does "DD" = "damage dealer"

Everywhere else, DD is used to describe an ability. DD, DoT, HoT, DH, AoE DD, AoE DoT... these are all terminologies used in the earliest MMOs, predating FFXI.

And a shout saying "LF 1 DPS" is actually saying "looking for 1 dps". You believe "dps" is an abbreviation, but its actually become a colloquial noun, sort of like how "tank" doesn't actually mean tank, or how "mob" doesn't actually mean mob.