Loving this guide for the newbies luv!
Here are some more terms & clarifications that can be useful for them;
FLAG CARRIER: A player carrying the flag to the goal. The main target for the enemies. Anyone can be the carrier despite the style of pvp you fall on (i.e. defense or offense).
GOALIE: A player that defends their flag by camping out (see below for a definition of the term "camper") at their base and assists Flag Carriers near the base as they approach. They are known to take on anywhere from one to all five enemies at once to protect the flag. They are the ones yelling commands like a captain (lol) to let their team know if they need help at the base, yelling the directions of where the enemy carrier went with their flag, and gives them a heads up on pretty much all the enemies at or near the base.
GUARDS: Players that protect the Flag Carrier at all costs. Even if it means taking their own lives to get the job done or catching the flag and moving forward to reach the goal. These are usually players on Offense.
DEFENDERS: Players that perform mostly guard and goalie duties but also go on Offense when need to. Pretty much do a little of everything.
OFFENSE: As stated above by Vidarr, a player whose sole purpose is to kill farm. However, they can assist the Flag Carriers, Guards & Defenders whenever needed.
STATS: The most important part of PvP is having a stat build that caters to -your- pvp style. Sometimes, what works for one player doesn't work for another. That being said, the stats are highly impirtant and play a key role in PvP. These are your Atack (atk), Defense (def), Health (hp), Damage (dmg), & Damage Per Second (dps).
Here is a brief run down of what the stats do & get some tips on some good builds: Check out Chilango's Assassination Build(s) thread!
BUILD(s): A skill build or stat build players use for both PvE and PvP. Some might be the same others will differ. For example;
---Offensive Build aka a Nuke--- High in damage (dmg, atk, & dps) with some defense (def) & low to moderate health (hp).
---Defensive Build aka Tank--- Moderate to high health (hp) with less stats than a Nuke build.
---Balanced Build aka Hybrid--- Having a balanced build with moderate stats, still pretty high but not as high as the Nuke build.
CAMPER: A player that stays in one spot and lets enemies come to them. Hence the term "camping" and "camper". This is a term often used to describe a player that stays in one spot throughout the entire match. There can be campers at spawn locations, waiting for a fallen enemy to respawn so they can kill them again and get the point, campers that remain at heart or speed boost locations. They can even be found in the middle of the map, in a corner by the zombies to spot enemies approaching. Even Goalies are considered campers (see above for reference). This is also a method used in some strategies.
RUNNERS: A player runs away from an enemy (or enemies) in an attempt to save themselves from being killed & try to find a heart immediately. Its a survival method used in varies strategies, such as; hit & runs, nuking, and even flag carriers run for hearts immediately as they are being attacked by the enemy.
HIT & RUNS: A runner that hits an enemy with one or two skills then runs off. Slowly weakening their opponents.
KSers & KSing: When your team mate steals your kill while you are fighting an enemy they are called KSers. Please note that Kill Steals are irrelevant & basicly do not exist in -team- matches. There is no 1vs1 on these games. There is no turn based system on any STS games (only the "go" style in SL due to players there caring too much about KDRs so they do 1v1 matches and no FFA). These players are often called Rushers in SL. *rolls eyes* Pfft, ffa all the way!
KDRs: Kill Death Ratios. The ratio between how many players you kill versus how many death you have. Divide your kills by the number of deaths you have and the result is your KDR.
TRAITORS/SWITCHERS: Players that switch teams in the middle of a match for various reasosn; want to be on a winning team, wants to farm the weaker team for kills, doesn't want to be farmed themselves, etc. Therefore betraying their team mates.
DC(ed): Simply means Disconnect(ed) due to lag during a match.
REIPED (spelled correctly in game but not here): This is a term used to describe an enemy mob that killed a player. It is highly duragatory, disrespectful, and offensive to victims of the -real- meaning of the word (although not everyone takes it so offensively). It is a word that really shouldn't be used (nor allowed to be used) in such a way imo.
STUFF TO LOOK OUT FOR (or have no names yet) DURING A MATCH:
- Players that leave the matches while in the middle of a fight. Some actually don't DC, they do it on purpose so they can regen their hp at the fountain & come back to the match. Thus avoiding a death point.
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I'll edit this if I can think of any more terms & stuff.... x.x
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