Chat

Overview

Using in-game chat you can communicate with individual players, members of your party, members of your guild or the wider community of online players. You can only communicate with players logged on to the same server as you.

Five chat tabs are provided and these may be customized to suit your needs. The default tabs are labeled

• Whole
• General
• Party
• Guild
• Ad

The [T] button on the right toggles the visibility of these five tabs. The left most tab is the default chat view.

A Settings button [S] is located to the left of the chat input box. Use the Settings button to customize each tab.

• The illustration highlights these two buttons.
• It also shows that custom tab names can be assigned by the user.

The size of the chat window can be increased using the resize widget in the top left corner. You can scroll through the chat window by dragging the scroll bar or by rolling your mouse wheel.

Nuts and bolts

The name of each character using chat is underlined. Left click on an underlined name to automatically initiate a Whisper (a.k.a. private message or pm) to that player.

• Via the Alt+F Messenger window you can add an avatar's name to a block list and all speech in every channel from that character will be muted.
• Another way to block them is to target them, and right click the portrait picture and select block. (this is easier for spambots with long names of gibberish)

At the chat input box type your message and press enter to send. You can add a prefix at the beginning of the line to address your message as follows:

• ! to address every user on the same server as you. a.k.a. shouting!
• $ to address only the Ad channel
• # to address only your party members. a.k.a. party chat
• % to address only your guild members. a.k.a. guild chat
• "MyFriend to address only the character named "MyFriend" a.k.a. Whisper, private message or pm

Messages are color coded to identify the source of the message.

• A message from a Gala-Net authorized Game Master (GM) is color coded orange whether the message appears in General chat or as a Whisper. Gala-Net employees will never ask you for your password.

The chat input box is also used to invoke a number of special actions. Some of these have a functional purpose while others are for simple entertainment. A prefix of / is used before such action commands.

Actions

Most of the actions accessed via the Alt+T Control window also have a chat line command highlighted in blue font within the tool-tip. Some chat line commands that are not as well documented are listed below.

Command	Action
Guild commands
/gleave	leave a guild
/gcreate guild-name	create a guild
For guild master/leader only
/gopen	open the guild management window
/ginvite player-name	invite a player to your guild
/gkick player-name	kick a player from your guild
/gpromote player-name	promote a guild member
/gdestroy	disband your guild
/screate team-name	create a siege team
/sinvite_gp player-name	assign a siege party leader
Party Commands
/pleave	leave your party
For party leader only
/pcreate party-name	create a new party
/pinvite player-name	invite a player to your party
/pkick player-name	kick a player from your party
/ppromote player-name	promote a party member
/pdestroy	disband your party
/pshare each	assignment of drops picked up by party members
/pshare random
/pshare turn
Commerce/Trade
/shop	open a shop/store
/trade	request a trade with selected player
Miscellaneous
/union	open the Combine window
/position	display your map coordinates
/add_denial player-name	adds player-name to your block list
/add_friend player-name	adds player-name to your friend list

Common Practice

Use the server wide broadcasting (! and $) sparingly. Don't repeat the same message over and over again.

For !-shouted chat there is no penalty for the first 3 messages but for the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th message there is a 1%, 5%, 11%, 21% reduction in your HP & MP. The counter resets after a minute or two. So just avoid prefixing every message with a !

For $-advertising chat you are muted once you have posted (Lv/10) posts within a short period.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations are a way of life in just about any chat room and Rappelz is no exception. Several that you may encounter are:

ll+ee

Referring to skills, the first number ll is the skill level (a.k.a. SLv) and the second number, ee is the enchantment level of a skill card matching that skill. For instance, a 10+4 tamer is a summoner class character who has learned Creature Taming up to skill level 10 and who has successfully enchanted a creature taming skill card up to enchantment level 4.

This type of advertisement often appears in global or ad chat.

nn+oo

Referring to pets, the first number nn is the pet's current level and the second number, oo is the number of overbreed levels for that pet. For instance, 65+10 would refer to a pet that is currently level 65, and has 10 overbreed levels.

Nx

Somewhere in that ten-digit level range. For instance, someone between 20 and 29 would be 2x and someone between 80 and 89 would be 8x

nn.pp

The player is at Lv nn and has pp% progress to the next level. For instance, someone who is 70.8 is Lv70, and is 80% of the way to Lv71.

abby

Abhuva, dungeon boss in Relics of Arid Moonlight

AE

Ancient Element

alt

Alternate character, i.e., not your main character

AOE

Area of Effect

avatar

Your character (a.k.a. toon)

BP,BPix

Blue pixie

bb

Bye-Bye

Bish,bish

Bishop, a Cleric second job choice

BK

Battle Kahuna, a Kahuna second job choice

blksm

Blacksmith

brb

Be right back

brt

Be right there

BS

Battle Summoner, a Sorcerer second job choice

bubble

A heal over time spell that creates an image of a blue sphere around you (see HOT and RPW)

cc

Crowd control (i.e., stunning/freezing/slowing additional mobs that are coming towards you)

cbf

Can't be f**cked

cd

Cooldown time of skills

champ,chmp

Champion, a Fighter second job choice

clean

Not upgraded (with cubes or at the blacksmith)

CM,cm

Chaos Magician (a Dark Magician second job choice), or occasionally Crystal Mountain, the location of Crystal Valley (see CV1/CV2)

CS

Cash Shop

CTC

Creature Taming Card

cuz or coz

Because

DA

Darkness Arrow

Can also refer to Deva Archers, a rare group of players who are mostly holy warriors / soldiers and use a bow. The suffix "S", "HW", or "K" refers to their class. (ie, DAS, DAHW, DAK respectively)

dc,DC

Disconnected

DD

Damage Dealer, a role in a dungeon party.

de

Dead end (a small room at the end of a hallway in a dungeon that has several mobs that spawn there)

dlvl

Delevel (to go down in levels)

DM,dm

Dark Magician

DP,dp

Dungeon party

DPLF

Dungeon party looking for. This is used by a dungeon party looking for more members to join them. It is usually accompanied by a level range, and also sometimes by any specific roles wanted as well as the roles of the people already in the dp. E.g., "DPLF lv6x want healer, have dd and tank". See also LFDP.

DPs,dps

Either Dungeon Parties (DPs) or Damage Per Second (dps), depending on the context (more commonly dungeon parties)

ds,

Dark Spiral, A Chaos Magician skill

Dual Summoning, when a pet class is summoning 2 pets at the same time

Drop-only

Not purchasable in an NPC shop, this item can only be obtained from monster loot or from other players

ev,eva

Evasion

evo

Evolution (of a pet - there are three total)

Evoker

EW

Enchant Weapon (Kahuna skill, has four possible elements)

farm

To kill the same mob or group of mobs over and over again, hoping for a particular drop (usually a pet card)

FB

Fireball or Fairy Bottle (Cash Shop only item)

ffs

For f**k's sake

FotW,FoW

Feast of the Wind (former Skeleton self-buff, now Odin's Fury)

fresh

A pet which is very low level (0-20) and has no JP spent (from "freshly tamed")

FTL

For the lose (less common than FTW)

FTW

For the win

gd

Good duel

gg

Good game or Good going (usually sarcastic)

gj

Good job (sometimes sarcastic)

gl,GL

Good luck or Guild Leader (unambiguous name for guild master - avoids confusion with Game Master)

GM,gm

Game Master (the people who run the game) or Guild Master, depending on the context

GMFB

Godmother's Fairy Bottle (Cash Shop only item)

GPots,G-Potato

G-Potato (The currency for the Cash Shop)

gz

Congratulations. Often seen in Whole chat after a job transfer

hawk

Hawkman

HB

Headbreak (strider fear skill)

hf

Have fun

HLP

High level pet

HOT

Heal over time

huna

Kahuna or Battle Kahuna

hw,HW

Holy Warrior

ign

In-game Name (the name of your character)

imo, imho

In my (humble) opinion

inc

Incoming - Used to inform parties that a mob or group of mobs are incoming.

kite

to simultaneously use ranged attacks and to retreat to avoid being hit. Typically used on very strong enemies while soloing.

kk

Okay, cool

kos

Kill on sight

ks,KS

Kill steal - attacking a monster someone else is attacking when they're not in your party. When used during a party (often in a dungeon) though, KS can also refer to the "kill speed" of the party, or how fast the party is killing monsters.

LB

Lightning Bolt

lfg

Looking for group - not common in this game, you sometimes see new people from other games using this abbreviation.

LFDP

Looking for dungeon party, used by someone looking to join a dp. Those using this abbreviation usually include their class and level, e.g., "LFDP lv50 huna". See also DPLF.

Liki

Likirus (spelled differently different places, including Rikirus), dungeon boss in Crystal Valley

lock,Lock

Warlock, a Dark Magician second job choice

lol

Laughing out loud

M

Magic (usually as a preface to atk, def, res, or regen)

main

Main character

mob

A monster

MS

Meteor Shower, a Chaos Magician skill

mt

empty or mistype, depending on the context

NM

Nightmare

np

No problem

nvm

nevermind

ob,OB

Overbreeding or overbred

ofo

Oforia, dungeon boss inRelics of Arid Moonlight

omg

Oh my God

omw

On my way

oom

Out of mana (see MP)

Orni,Orth

Ornitho

OP

Original poster - the starter of a thread on the forum

P

Physical (usually as a preface to atk or def)

pass

Usually refers to a Hidden Village pass, but occasionally refers to a password

pc

Price check - not a very reliable way for obtaining a price estimate. Visit the Auction House instead.

pot

Potion

PvE

Player versus Environment

pw

Password

R Heal

Rapid heal

Reck

Recklessness. This refers to 4 different Kahuna skills, Recklessness of Fire, Recklessness of Thunder, Recklessness of Earth and Recklessness of Water.

Res

Resistance (usually when referring to your character information, and prefaced by m), sometimes Restoration, a cleric HoT skill, or Resurrection, see below.

rez,res

Resurrection, a cleric or blue pixie restore life spell, or refers to a resurrection scroll, a purchasable restore life targetable spell. Please note the cleric and blue pixie spells give back some experience points, while the scroll does not.

RP,RPix

Red Pixie

RP

Roleplay

RPW

Restoring Purified Water, a Kahuna heal over time skill

sala,sally

Salamander

SB,sb

Soul Breeder, a Breeder second job choice

SH,sh

Shadow Hunter, a Strider second job choice

sin

Assassin, a Strider second job choice

skel,skelly

Skeleton

skin

The graphic used for an item

SLv

Skill level. Not to be confused with JLv or plain Lv.

sorc

Sorcerer

SotW,SoW

Speed of the Wind, a Kahuna buff that increases MovSpd

sps

SpellSinger, usually favored over ss

sry

Sorry

ss

Stamina saver, screen shot and rarely SpellSinger depending on the situation (usually stamina saver, especially when capitalized)

SSS

Spiracle Shock Shot

stam

Stamina

SW

Shamanic Warrior (orc targetable buff, used to be Strong Warrior)

ta,TA

Time Attack

tb,TB

Town Break - party members may mutually agree to take a break and Return Scroll back to town usually to unload loot and to empty their Chaos Necklace of Lak.

toon

Your character, a.k.a. avatar. Short for cartoon.

tp

Teleport (rarely used)

ty,tyvm

Thank you, Thank you very much

tx

Thanks

war,War

Warlock, a Dark Magician second job choice

Water

Restoring Purified Water, a Kahuna heal over time skill

wc

Wrong chat

WH,wh

Warehouse

WL,wl

Warlock

WTB,wtb

Want to buy

WTF,wtf

What the f**k

WTH,wth

What the hell

WTS,wts

Want to sell

WTT,wtt

Want to trade

Xbow,xbow

Crossbow

yw,yvw

You're (very) welcome

Chat Settings

Here are the various settings available when the [S] button at the left of the chat window is clicked. It's the same list for all 5 tabs.

Channel

You don't have to use the default names for each of these five tabs! e.g. you might create a custom label "Market" to better focus on Shop and AH notices.

Subject

You can add a prefix:

• ! to shout at every poor bastard using the same server as you!
• # to address only your party members
• % to address only your guild members
• $ to direct your message to the Ad channel
• (MyPrefix) to prefix every message sent by you from this chat tab with "(MyPrefix)"

User Chatting

Top level enable/disable of next level check boxes.

General Chat

• chat from any character that is within the same visible range as is in effect when you have the Game Environment option slider for "Indicated Distance for Character" set to "Far";

(displayed in chat window as dark blue font for char name and white font for message body)

• Auction House notices & Dungeon Siege notices

(displayed in chat window as yellow font)

Shout

• anything broadcast to the entire server community usually using "!"

(displayed in chat window as dark blue font for char name and light blue font for message body)

Shout chat is enabled at Lv20 The in-game advice is correct.

Ad

• anything announced to the Ad channel usually using "$"

(displayed in chat window as cyan font for char name and message body)

you only get a certain amount of adds a day

Whisper

• anything addressed by name usually using:

"toon-name message

(displayed in chat window as white font except for To:/From: prefix in yellow font)

Friendly Whisper

• this is not whisper from a toon on your list of 32 friends.

Group Chatting

Top level enable/disable of next level check boxes.

Party Chat

anything addressed to your party by a member of that party usually using "#"

(displayed in chat window as green font)

Guild Chating

anything addressed to your guild by a member of that guild usually using "%"

(displayed in chat window as purple font)

System Message

Top level enable/disable of next level check boxes.

All system messages are displayed in chat window as white font.

Exp

• describes EXP & JP gained or EXP lost

NPC

• describes any buffs your character receives
• Auction house notices of a higher bid than yours having been placed; or a buy it now event

Basic Damage

• damage received by your toon or your pet;
• damage delivered by your toon;
• your evasion of damage

Skill Damage

• damage delivered using special skills & critical hit

Item Related

• describes items & rupee gained or lost including rupee gained via "blue sell shop" sales.

Battle

• damage delivered by your pet

Creature

• creature missing it's target;
• creature summon
• creature recall

Others

• transactions at a private shop or NPC shop (but not the rupee gain or loss); *new areas (of the map) that you move into;
• stamina bonus EXP & JP gained;
• self buff;
• failed attempt to do or use something or to go somewhere;
• warnings for MP/HP penalties & movement slowed;
• party creation and disbanding