New to PlanetSide 2? Below are a few terms which will bring you up to speed and able to communicate with fellow soldiers in an efficient manner. AA, Anti-Air: Weapons designed to counter aircraft. ADS, Aim Down Sights: As opposed to hipfiring, bringing up your gun and aiming with the sight. AI, Anti-Infantry: Weapons designed to counter infantry. AMS, Advanced Mobile Station: Vehicles known as AMS serve as mobile, forward respawn locations. AV, Anti-Vehicle: Weapons designed to counter vehicles. BR or Battle Rank: Rank Reflecting a soldiers experience. Cap, Capture Point: The areas of a base that must be held to capture the base. Certification Points, Certs: Used to sidegrade into additional skills, vehicles, and weapons. Earned with experience. Clegged: To bungle something. CQC, Close Quarters Combat: Fighting that occurs up close and personal. CoF, Cone of Fire: The spread or area your weapon may discharge into. Drop Pod: Used in hotdrops to deliver troops to the ground safely. ESF, Empire Specific Fighter: Referring to each Empire’s unique air fighter. Engineer, Engi: An infantry class devoted to support of all things mechanical. Probably the class most often run over. Experience, Exp: Points gained in battle, accumulating into Certification Points and Rank. Galaxy, Gal: A 12 seat air transport crucial for hotdrops. Hack, Hacking: Infiltrators are able to hack enemy terminals and turrets, allowing their use for allies. Heavy Assault, HA: An infantry class devoted to distance suppression and anti-vehicle counters. Hipfiring: The act of firing your weapon without aiming down the sight. Hotdrop: Airborne deployment from a Galaxy to drop onto contested territory or behind enemy lines. Infiltrator: An infantry class known as a cloaker and sniper. Instant Action: Hotdropping via a drop pod directly from the in-game map. Jump Jets: Pack that allows a Light Assault soldier to fly or hover for short periods. Liberator, Lib: A three seat fighter useful primarily for ground strafing. Light Assault, LA: An infantry class noted for its mobility and use of Jump Jets. Lightning: A single seat tank available to all Empires. Magrider: A Vanu Sovereignty two seat tank known for its ability to hover. MAX, Mechanized Assault Exo-Suit: A suit infantry classes can utilize for superior ground combat. MBT, Main Battle Tank: Referring to each Empire’s unique two seat tank. Medic: An infantry class known for healing and reviving allies. Mosquito, Mossie, Mossy: The Terran Republic’s single seat fighter aircraft. NC, New Conglomerate: A loosely connected group of rebel factions and idealistic freedom fighters, the New Conglomerate fights against the hegemony of the Terran. The New Conglomerate is a separatist faction determined to remain free of the controlling and domineering Republic. OL, Outfit Leader: The leader of an Outfit. PL, Platoon Leader: The leader of a Platoon (multiple Squads). Prowler: A Terran Republic two seat tank known for its ability to rapid fire. RoF, Rate of Fire: How fast a weapon fires. Reaver: The New Conglomerate’s single seat fighter aircraft. Resupply Terminal: Terminal where soldiers can change their class or spawn ground and air vehicles. Scythe: The Vanu Sovereignty’s single seat fighter aircraft. SL, Squad Leader: The leader of a Squad. Sunderer, Sundy: A 12 seat ground transport. Also often used as an AMS (Advanced Mobile Station). TR, Terran Republic: With a militaristic government, the Terran Republic uses its Imperial and authoritarian might to impel humanity in peaceful coexistence through any means necessary. VS, Vanu Sovereignty: A technocratic faction that believes humanity can only evolve by rediscovering and tapping the lost technology of the Vanu. The Vanu Sovereignty are a transhumanist cult of academics, intellectuals, and technology worshippers who believe that human destiny lies in the further development and exploitation of the alien technology. Vanguard: A New Conglomerate two seat tank known for its shield. Warpgate, WG: The home base of any Empire on each continent. Did we miss any? Let us know!
bringing a old topic up but hey everyone does it -_- but to be not a troll the Vanu Desc is awesome :3
just the latest post directly above this one WDS sad that you missed it... oh well some people didn't realize it existed first season
....no. Those are player made terms, and frankly, you don't actually hear them that often anyway; so they aren't worth mentioning.
i didnt know this existed, well heres some FLAK MAX: dual burster MAX SCRUB: noob/terrible player/player who exploits cheesy parts of the game (machine gun turrets in front of spawn rooms ZOE MAX the most powerful MAX ability for several months, Zealot overdrive module IWINSHIELD: the vanguard shield, if equipped they will win LD MAX lockdown MAX BLUEBERRYS NC soldiers VANS sundys ICE CREAM TRUCKS also sundys, paired with ice cream van music SWAGRIDER the magrider HACK MAX dual hacksaw MAX SCAT MAX dual Scattercannon MAX FRAC MAX: dual Fracture MAX POUNDING MAX dual pounder MAX BACK-CAP: capping a base that the enemy is coming from to stop them from capping your base
Forgot ghost capping Ghost capping: a scumbag 'tactic' that involves capturing bases that no one is in because you suck at fighting.
AB: Afterburner OP: Overpowered UP: Underpowered Dolphin: Mosquito ESF Pancake: Scythe ESF Flying Brick/Cow: Reaver ESF Skywhale: Galaxy ESRL: Empire specific rocket launcher Gank: Gang up and kill EZ Mode: VS and TR factions Term: Terminal Dorito: The HUD indicator icon above a spotted enemy infantry/vehicle PA: Pump action shotgun (see QQ) QQ: Tears, lacrimonious crying over something alleged to be OP (see OP) SOE: ...see "Clegged" Bricks: C4 Smed bucks: Station cash, commonly abbreviated to SC Fairy: Light assault class Win shield: HA class ability shield or Vanguard shield Lock on: The dumbest thing ever added to PS2...
OHK - One Hit Kill OHSK - One Head-Shot Kill BASR - Bolt Action Sniper Rifle SASR - Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle ESBASR -Empire Specific Bolt Action Sniper Rifle Randyzook (spelling?) - the maneuver that you use to roll your esf, jump out, do something (usually fire a rocket or repair), and then jump back in before it hits the ground.