Planetside abbreviations?

[AxeGaijin]

Excuse me if it's been asked before, but search didn't come up with any results.


Every MMO has it's own lingo and specific abbreviations for places, items and people in game, is there a list of abbreviations available somewhere so I know what the vets are talking about?

TIA

[Azren]

squishy - foot zerg (not max)
vanny - vanguard
mag - magrider
baby tank - lightning
bang bus - sunderer
mossy - mosquito
sg - skyguard
ce - deployables from comat enginner

Didn't use much else, no need for them on TS.

[Gandhi]

Some of them are pretty straightforward, like mossie for Mosquito or gal for Galaxy. There's also

noobhammer - jackhammer
disco - lasher
biffer - BFR (not relevant in PS2)
cc - control console (maybe this will be cp now for capture point)

And of course
Elmos - TR
Barnies - VS
Smurfs - NC

[ITOS]

Adding to the list:

Gal - Galaxy dropship
Gal drop - Gal dropping troops on a target
Sanc - Sanctuary (won't matter in PS2)
Sanc locked - Being pushed back to your sanctuary
Gen - Generator
BD - Back Door (won't matter in PS2)
WG - Warp Gate

Then there is the usual AI, AA, AV which I assume you already know.

[Trolltaxi]

A bit longer list/thread from about two days ago.

http://www.planetside-universe.com/s...ad.php?t=43076

[TeraBlue]

Should this be something this is located on the Wiki so that new players can learn them all if they like, or at the very least so that there is a common list?

[Naz The Eternal]

Originally Posted by TeraBlue

Should this be something this is located on the Wiki so that new players can learn them all if they like, or at the very least so that there is a common list?

Would most definitely be easier to navigate and find acronyms in a wiki

[AxeGaijin]

Originally Posted by Trolltaxi

A bit longer list/thread from about two days ago.

http://www.planetside-universe.com/s...ad.php?t=43076

Cheers, that's useful.
Didn't show up in my search as I didn't use "slang" as a search word

Nothing on the Wiki either, where I searched first which made me search here. Other MMOs I played had either a compiled list on the Wiki or a sticky post on on the newbie forum.

Some abbreviations are indeed easy to figure out, but it's good to be able to read a thread and not going WTF?

[Obiyer]

Here's the acronym and slang list from Planetside Syndicate wiki:

http://wiki.planetsidesyndicate.com/...nyms_and_Slang

[Evahn]

This link should help:

http://planetside.station.sony.com/howto/jargon.vm

It's on the official PS1 site, and was how I got started on learning the jargon.

[Redshift]

Originally Posted by Azren

baby tank - lightning

No one actually said that... shittest slang ever, sounds wank and is longer than the original word....

[igster]

Gay Bike - Fury *8)

[Electrofreak]

Originally Posted by Redshift

No one actually said that... shittest slang ever, sounds wank and is longer than the original word....

I heard the Lightning tank referred to as a Paper Tank on more than one occasion, but yeah, never heard Baby Tank.

[Coreldan]

Double flamethrower MAX in PS2 shall be called KFC MAX!

[NewSith]

Originally Posted by Electrofreak

I heard the Lightning tank referred to as a Paper Tank on more than one occasion, but yeah, never heard Baby Tank.

I think I heard people calling it a tincan.