Slang-Teach me

Can someone explain to me what "farming" means and give me a list or find a list for what all those slangs mean? (For example "tanking" or "support unit") And what does "build" mean?

"Farming" is when you "harvest" an area for gold, items, etc. Basically, you run through an area intending to get as much gold or certain items out of it.

"Tanking" basically just means to build your character in such a way so as to withstand large amounts of damage for extended periods of time.

A "Support" person is a character that enhances other teammates at the expense of, or in addition to, their own personal character's effectiveness. Basically, this means increasing the damage teammates deal, allowing them to withstand more damage, or otherwise weakening the enemies so yoru team is more effective.

If you type in 'guild wars wiki' into an internet search, you'll find resources to help further define the various in-game terms...

Also pressing f10 in game will bring up the anet wiki. You can also do something like /help **search term goes here**.

"Build" refers to the 8(you are using them all, I hope)skils on your skillbar, plus attributes. It is basically your character design, or build.

I'll add two!

Newbie: a new player who as yet does not know the regular game elements

Noob: a player devoid of intelligence

Roshi_ikkyu that was a bit harsh, we were all noobs at one time or an other
He/She will learn in time.

What!!!

I think I should be insulted and outraged! I never called anyone a noob or newbie. Gees, atleast read someones post before commenting on it.

I was just being helpful adding some common lang terms. And you go ahead and be a big bully about it, meanie!

If you read the post above you you would know the definition of noob, asd opposed to newb.
You have insulted everyone with your statement.

To clarify:

Noob is not the same thing as Newb.

you noob.

Depends on who is calling who a noob. (newb? nub?) And what newb means on their planet.

"Farming" is when you are just doing an area, quest, mission, etc. for the purpose of simply getting as much of something as possible. For example, you can "farm" for gold and loot by simply running around an area killing creatures for their drops. Or you can repeatedly kill a particular boss (or bosses) to "farm" for a "green" (weapon or weapons). Sometimes you'll see people post things like "While doing X quest I decided to do a little "farming" while I was there."

A "build" is the overall set of skills, and/or runes and insignias (and weapons) that make up a particular character. Or "build" can refer to the overall make-up of a group. A build can be anything, but, a character who is just made up from an assortment of skills and attributes, without a specific purpose, is not usually refered to as a "build"
For example, there are certain skills and attributes that make a Necromancer good at making and sustaining "minions" - this would be known as a "Minion Master" build, or "MM" for short.

A "tank" is a character who's "build" is designed to be able to survive as much damage as possible. "Tanking" is when a "tank" gathers as many of the enemy around him as possible and takes the enemy damage while others in the party do damage to the enemy. In that case, the team "build" could consist of a tank (or tanks), a few casters (Eles, necros, mesmers, rits) to do the damage and a healing monk and "bonding" monk (and/or Rit) as "support units".

Thank You ppl