What is PA,HA,RA....?! Nerd language help me!!

Thecrocodile

Thecrocodile

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2008

Me/N

Okay so I was recruiting and I seen someone esle recruiting that were saying we have PA,HA,RA,TA and some other nerd words...can you help me explain what they are and what they do?

Neo Nugget

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

PA-?? No clue, never heard that one.
HA- Heroes ascent- It's a PVP area that you battle teams of 8, eventually go to the Hall of Heroes. This is the only place you can gain fame.
RA- Random Arenas- random teams of 4 killing each other- PVP.
TA- Team arenas.Like random arenas, except people team up before hand- PVP.

They aren't really nerd words, just abbreviations.

N1ghtstalker

N1ghtstalker

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2007

E/

Nerd language auwch that's quite rough

Heroes ascent, Random arena, Team arena?
they're PvP arena's

Covah

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Ontario, Canada

Catching Jellyfish With [소N트T ]

Me/Rt

PA = no idea
HA= Heroes Accent
RA= Random Arena
TA= Team Arena

In other words they were saying they do PvP

Edit: dammit too slow.

Thecrocodile

Thecrocodile

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2008

Me/N

Well What are the PVE stuff?

GVG and...

N1ghtstalker

N1ghtstalker

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2007

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Thecrocodile
Well What are the PVE stuff?

GVG and...
lol
Guild Versus Guild ain't rly PvE
PvE is mostly farming in the storyline like UW and FoW, missions, elite areas,... all ways to earn money

Darkobra

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

E/Me

He meant Underworld and Fissure of Woe.

Thecrocodile

Thecrocodile

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2008

Me/N

So guilds just go in groups like farming... why dont they call it farming?

Kattar

Kattar

EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING

Join Date: Mar 2007

SMS (lolgw2placeholder)

Me/

Wiki owns abbreviations.
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Guild_W...ssary_of_Terms

jonnieboi05

jonnieboi05

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mableton, Georgia

Guild Ancestors Reunited [?????????]

umm... ouch? nerd language? >,< so unneccesarry...

anyways:
PA = non existant, you misheard him/her
HA = heroes ascent
RA = random arenas
TA = team arenas
AB = alliance battles


and GvG.. this is NOT PvE ([P]ayer [v]ersus [E]nvironment). it is PvP ([P]layer [v]ersus [P]layer).


on a side note, welcome to GW and to our "nerd" community :P



~LeNa~

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Thecrocodile
So guilds just go in groups like farming... why dont they call it farming?
Because its not farming. Farming is playing solo to get good drops.

What they are doing is just playing the game (a group of 8, kill stuff and doing quests in a specific zone). The reason people use abbrivations like DoA, UW, FoW, is to tell people WHERE to go. You can't say in guild chat.. "hey, we are going to go kill stuff." Umm... okay, where?

IslandHermet

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Thecrocodile
So guilds just go in groups like farming... why dont they call it farming?

They call it many forms.

1. is Solo farming 2 kinds 1 is when 1 person and that person only goes out and kills stuff, the other is when 1 person and a hero or a h/h team goes out and kills stuff. both are considered solo because it is you and only you no other real people.


2. is group farming this can consist of 4-6 to 8 man teams killing stuff for the drops.

3. is duo farming or 3 man farming. this is when 2 players go into a area to kill things.(mostly 600/smiter,55/ss,105,ss and any other 2 man setup) 3 man trapping is when 3 rangers go trap kill a area by laying enough traps to kill any group pulled into it.

4. is a group where teams, normaly 8 man teams set up to kill a area (they want to kill, not kill for the drops which is what differs this from farming)

Painbringer

Painbringer

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2006

Minnesota

Black Widows of Death

W/Mo

PA = paragon???????????????????????? not sure

QoH

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Divine Beings

R/

PA = Power Attack

The Unknown X

The Unknown X

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Chair

We Love Butch Women[JoRa]

Mo/

Awaw, My Guild doesn't have a PA

Earth

Earth

Always Outnumbered

Join Date: Jul 2006

PA is probably Fort Aspenwood (FA).

Ku Ku

Ku Ku

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

England

[MYST]

Rt/R

To be honest, all they were doing was trying to shorten their post length - this way it shows up under the search party menu and people can read the whole post - or at least get the important bits!

Usurp

Usurp

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2008

The burbs of Atlanta

Quote:
Originally Posted by N1ghtstalker
lol
Guild Versus Guild ain't rly PvE
PvE is mostly farming in the storyline like UW and FoW, missions, elite areas,... all ways to earn money
I don't PvE to make money...I do it to explore the lore and plot. Making money and getting items is just a bonus.

To the OP: The abbreviations can be confusing and are overused IMHO...however, you should be careful calling them "nerd words" because you will make enemies...and it is not really true. I am an opponent of all the PC nonsense...but you should at least use true labels. I definitely wouldn't call using abbreviations "nerd speak"...more accurately, it is esoteric jargon.

DJCoastal

DJCoastal

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Mo/

Guild Wars Glossary of Terms...

Go here... http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Guild_W...ssary_of_Terms

Kattar

Kattar

EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING

Join Date: Mar 2007

SMS (lolgw2placeholder)

Me/

Sorry Coastal, I beat you by ten posts! Look at #9.