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Beginner’s Guide of Acronyms and Abbreviations

PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:46 pm
by PFH
Always confused with what acronyms mean or simply cant remember what means what? Here is a list of acronyms very commonly used across Pirate’s Glory!

SOTL/SOL = Ship of the Line
MOW = Man of War
SOW= Sloop of War
TG = Trade Galleon
LF = Large Fluyt OR Large Frigate, depending on context
LMM = Large Merchantman
BoW = Brig of War
FG = Flag galleon
Tail = often referred to the last ships in a fleet (bottom of the list) which are usually Howkers, Cutters, or Sloops
Chest = referred to as this instead of Voodoo Inventory
RL = Real Life
GB = Gold Bars
GC = Gold Coins
Purse = Gold coins on-hand
Creds = Credits (currency bought via with Real Life money or with accumulated Gold Coins used to purchase them in the Credit Market (CRX))
TM = Trade Master
CB = Crystal Ball
SN = Spy Network
BD = Black Death
TI = Transport Immigrants
Spiral/TS = Time Spiral
HN = Hostile Natives
HW = Hostile Waters
Self Sac/SS = Self Sacrifice
VOTWD = Vengeance of the Witch Doctor
BL = Blacklist
Seren = Serenity
Prop = Propaganda
Con = Conspiracy
CD = Charity Donation
Fugi/FFJ/FOJ = Fugitive from Justice
Swarm = Swarm of Worms
Levi = Call Leviathan
Sabo = Sabotage

More will come as time goes on. Just a basic list for the basic player ;) :P

Re: Beginner’s Guide of Acronyms Commonly Used

PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:53 pm
by Admiral Nelson
To remind yourself, eh?

Re: Beginner’s Guide of Acronyms Commonly Used

PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:56 pm
by PFH
Admiral Nelson wrote:To remind yourself, eh?

Not me ik what they are :D :D :D but new players commonly get confused with the acronyms we use so i decided to give a post about it :)

Re: Beginner’s Guide of Acronyms and Abbreviations

PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:49 pm
by Bomont
Good idea. I remember wondering what some of these were.