Shorthand

Commonly used shorthand expressions you may see in chat used on EZServer

Acronym	Literal Meaning	More Info
Akka	Akkadius	EZServer's / Project EQEmu Developer
Draca	Dracawarrior	EZServer's World Developer
AA	Alternate Experience
AFK	Away from Keyboard
Aggro	Aggression	A character that will attack you
AoE	Area of Effect
CoH or CoTH	Call of the Hero	Magician spell, Call of the Hero
DoT	Damage over Time	refers to Spells
EoBA / EoMA	Earring of the Ages
EoFS or ToFS X	Essence of Frozen Shadow	"X" can be 1-7 depending on which Essence is being referred to
EoN	Essence of Norrath
Exp/XP	Experience
EZ	EZ Server
FS	Firestrike Augment
GLS	Greater Lightstone
GSoA	Gemstone of the Ages
GSS	Glowing Sun Shard
HoT	Heal over Time	Refers to Spells
IS	Icestrike Augment
Lore	You can only have one in your inventory
Live	EverQuest live (non-emulated)
Mask/MoE	Mask of Experience
Master	Master Essence	A no drop essence from Advisor Svartmane and Sleeper's Tomb
MGB	Mass Group Buff	Usually means someone will give a powerful Area of Effect buff (typically) in Nexus
Mob	Non-Playing Character	Same as "NPC"
Noob/Newbie	New Player
NPC	Non-Playing Character	Same as "mob"
NS	Ninjastrike Augment
PBAoE	Point Blank Area of Effect
PB	Plagueborn	A Reference to a quest mob in Sunderock (Tier 10 zone)
PH	Place Holder	NPC that has a chance to spawn a boss
Rainbow	Rainbow Crystals	Alternate Experience reward item
Regen	Regeneration	A Druid Spell, or how fast an enemy naturally heals
RNG	Random Number Generator
RoA	Ring of Ages
SLS	Superior Lightstone
SoA	Shield of the Ages
UA	Ultimate Armor
UC	Ultimate Charm
UW	Ultimate Weapon
ZP	Zone Pull	Item to aggro the whole zone