Quote Originally Posted by Nanga View Post
Damage Dealer is a more "casual" reference from DD, but the true roots of DD in RPG games has its definition as, "direct damage".
In FFXI the term "DD" did indeed stand for "Damage Dealer". The term "DPS" was barely even used in FFXI. I'm not sure I even heard the term "DPS" used until I started playing WoW back in BC. There weren't any damage meters in FFXI that I know of, so the term really didn't have much of a place.

As for "DD" standing for "direct damage", I've never heard of that at all.