Terminology. Why does it bug me and others?

[indira]

shows you who this game is made for, even the dev team uses WoW terms.

[Mysteran]

shows you who this game is made for, even the dev team uses WoW terms.

I would be very surprised if even 5% of these terms originated in WoW.

I've been playing MMOs, MUDs, and tabletop long before WoW was a concept and the majority of these terms were used then.

I've always learned DD as Direct-Damage, being a damage type. Hearing Damage Dealer confused me at first.

DPS as a role does make sense if you think about it. A Pally (Yes, I use the name Pally. Again, not from WoW. I picked it up playing table-top when we actually had to say the names of classes. We just shortened it to "Pally" when we said it and it kinda stuck) would be considered a Tank role. They take the damage. That's what they bring to the group. A White Mage would be the Healer, they bring healing to the group as their primary purpose. A Monk would be DPS. That's what they bring to the group and the primary focus of those sorts of classes is to do the most damage in the least amount of time. Hence DPS.

The first time I heard the phrase "Bubble" to describe a damage ward/absorption type ability was playing Dark Age of Camelot where the wardens had a spell that would do just that. The spell animation was to create a big bubble around the character for a few seconds. And just for reference, this pre-dates WoW by about 3 years or so I think.