List of terms

This article contains list of terms and acronyms of Planetside 2, and also common terms from FPS and MMO.

A

 * A2A
 * Acronym of Air to Air - Refers to when aircraft fight against aircraft.


 * A2G
 * Acronym of Air to Ground - Refers to when aircraft fight against ground vehicles, can also include against infantry.


 * AA
 * Acronym of Anti-Air - Weapons designed to damage aircraft.


 * ADS
 * Acronym of Aim Down Sights, bringing up your gun and aiming with the sight. Opposed of Hip Firing


 * AI
 * Acronym of Anti-Infantry - Weapons designed to damage Infantry.
 * Acronym of Artificial Intelligence - Can refer to the Engineer's Spitfire Auto-Turret or the Construction System's Turret AI Module.


 * Air
 * Abbreviation of aircraft. Refers to aerial vehicles (ESF, Dervish, Valkyrie, Liberator, Galaxy).


 * AMS
 * See S-AMS.


 * AO
 * Acronym of Area of Operations.


 * AOE
 * Acronym of Area of Effect - Typically refers to the Medic's Nano-Regen Device.


 * AP
 * Acronym of Armor Piercing.


 * AR
 * Acronym of Assault Rifles.


 * Armor
 * Abbreviation of armored vehicles. Refers to ground vehicles (Flash, Javelin, Harasser, Lightning, Sunderer, ANT, MBT, Colossus).


 * ASP
 * Acronym of Advanced Specialization Program.


 * AV
 * Acronym of Anti-Vehicle - Weapons designed to damage vehicles.

B

 * Baby gate
 * Refers to the Hardlight Barrier deployable.


 * Back cap
 * Refers to flipping an enemy base one lattice back, preventing enemies from capturing your faction's base.


 * Bacon
 * Colloquial term for a Squad Beacon.


 * Banana building
 * Refers to the crescent-shaped building commonly found in PlanetSide 2.


 * BASR
 * Acronym of Bolt Action Sniper Rifles.


 * Battle Bus
 * Usually refers to a Sunderer that has been fully certified with the Blockade Armor Certification and has dual bulldog weapons equipped.


 * BD
 * Acronym of Bullet Drop, the amount your bullet will drop over distance.


 * Bloom per Shot
 * Parameter, showing how much your cone of fire will increase per shot.


 * Blueberry
 * Refers to an ally player who is not in your Squad/Platoon, noting the blue carrot indicator above their head.
 * May also refer to New Conglomerate players, depending on how one has their faction colors set up.


 * Bolter
 * Refers to an Infiltrator using a Bolt Action Sniper Rifle.


 * BR
 * Acronym of Battle Rank.
 * Acronym of Battle Rifles, the class weapons, that was merged with Scout Rifles in the _Integration update.


 * BS
 * Acronym of Body Shot, a bullet that lands on the body as opposed to the head.

C

 * C-4 fairy
 * Refers to a Light Assault with C-4.


 * Cert
 * Abbreviation of Certification Point.


 * Cloaker
 * Colloquial term for Infiltrator.


 * CoF
 * Acronym of Cone of Fire, spread or area your weapon may discharge into.


 * Command
 * Refers to the Command Voice Channel in-game, used to coordinate/communicate between squad/platoon leaders on a continent.


 * Conc/Conc Grenade/Conc Nade
 * Abbreviation of the Heavy Assault's Concussion Grenade.


 * CQC
 * Acronym of Closed Quarters Combat, combat that occurs within the 15 metre range.

D

 * DBC
 * Acronym of Daybreak Cash, in game currency, usable in most Daybreak Games titles.


 * DBG
 * Acronym of Daybreak Games, the publisher company for PlanetSide 2.


 * Dildar
 * Colloquial term referring to the Infiltrator's Motion Spotter tool.

E

 * Elitefit
 * An outfit whose members are regarded as "elitists" or substantially good at the game; portmaneau of "Elitist" and "Outfit".


 * EMC
 * Acronym of Esamir Munitions Corp., now Mattherson's Triumph.


 * Engie
 * Abbreviation of the Engineer infantry class.


 * ESF
 * Acronym of Empire-Specific Fighter, single seat small aircraft. TR Mosquito, NC Reaver, VS Scythe.

F

 * FC
 * Acronym of Force Commander, typically used when one is in command of two or more Platoons at any given time.


 * FNO
 * Acronym of Friday Night Ops, a weekly livestream on PlanetSide 2's official Twitch channel showcasing different Outfits across the community. This livestream was discontinued in 2014.

G

 * G2A
 * Acronym of Ground to Air, refers to combat between vehicles to aircraft.


 * G2G
 * Acronym of Ground to Ground, refers to combat between vehicles or infantry.


 * Gal
 * Abbreviation of the Galaxy drop ship.


 * Gal Crash, Gal Rush
 * Rare strategy including suicide attack of large group of Galaxy aircrafts. Using the Galaxy's large size and its fragments, this attack can run over large amounts of infantry that don't take cover.


 * Gen, Gennie/Genny
 * Abbreviation of Generator.


 * Ghost cap
 * Refers to capturing a base with little or no enemy resistance.


 * Grape
 * May refer to Vanu Sovereignty players, depending on how one has their faction colors set up.

H

 * HA, Heavy
 * An acronym of the Heavy Assault infantry class.


 * HE, HESH
 * Acronym of High Explosion or High Explosive Squash Head.


 * HEAT
 * Acronym of High Explosive Anti-Tank.


 * Higby
 * Username and last name of the original creative director for PlanetSide 2, Matthew Higby (2012-2015).
 * Used by the game's profanity filter as a replacement for the "F-bomb" expletive.


 * Hip Firing
 * Shooting from the hip, Shooting without Aiming Down Sights.


 * HS
 * An acronym of headshot.

I

 * Inf, Infil
 * Abbreviation of the Infiltrator infantry class.

J

 * Jaeger
 * The private server used by PlanetSide Battles for controlled, competitive matches.


 * Jihad, Jihadi MAX
 * Refers to the NSO Defector, noting its Time Bomb ability, which allows it to self-destruct.

L

 * LA
 * Acronym of the Light Assault infantry class.


 * Lib
 * Abbreviation for the Liberator aircraft, which can seat up to 3 players and is effective against vehicles.


 * LMG
 * Acronym of Light Machine Guns.


 * Long Reload
 * Reload time with empty magazine.


 * LoS
 * Acronym of Line of Sight, referring to whether or not a target is visible from a player's view.

M

 * MAX Crash, MAX Rush
 * Type of strategy including attack with a massive amount of MAX units.


 * MBT
 * Acronym of Main Battle Tank — Empire Specific two seats tank. TR Prowler, NC Vanguard, VS Magrider, NSO Chimera.


 * Midfit
 * An outfit whose members are regarded as casual or average players; portmanteau of "Middle" and "Outfit".


 * Minecraft
 * Refers to Construction System deployables.


 * Mossie/Mossy
 * Abbreviation of the Mosquito, the Terran Republic's empire specific fighter aircraft.

N

 * Nade
 * Abbreviation of Grenades.


 * NC
 * Acronym of New Conglomerate — one of three empires.


 * NMG
 * Acronym of Nanite Mesh Generator, the Heavy Assault's default ability.


 * NS
 * Acronym of Nanite Systems — a manufacturer of equipment which is available to all factions.


 * NSO
 * Acronym of Nanite Systems Operatives — a playable fourth faction of robots in PlanetSide 2.

O

 * OHK
 * Acronym of One Hit Kill, a kill that only requires one shot or bullet being fired. Usually used in conjunction with a headshot.


 * OL
 * Acronym of Outfit Leader.


 * OMFG
 * Operation: Make Faster Game. A code name for the Performance Updates (PU).


 * Ops
 * Abbreviation for "Operations"; a term used by Outfits referring to the dedicated times they get on and play.


 * OS
 * Acronym of Orbital Strike.


 * OW
 * Acronym of Outfit Wars.

P

 * PL
 * Acronym of Platoon Leader.


 * Point hold
 * Refers to holding a Capture Point at a base for as long as you can using minimal spawns.


 * PSB
 * Acronym of PlanetSide Battles, a community-run organization that hosts controlled, competitive matches on a private server.


 * PTS
 * Acronym of Public Test Server.


 * PU
 * Performance Update. A term used by the development team for releases during the optimization period instead of Game Update (GU)

Q

 * QOL
 * Quality of Life. A general term meaning an improvement in some aspect of the game.

R

 * Raspberry
 * Refers to an enemy player, noting the red carrot indicator above their head when spotted.
 * May also refer to Terran Republic players, depending on how one has their faction colors set up.


 * Rez Grenade/Rez Nade
 * Abbreviation of the Combat Medic's Nanite Revive Grenade.


 * RPG
 * Acronym of Rogue Planet Games, the development company for PlanetSide 2.


 * RPM
 * Acronym of Rounds Per Minute. How fast a weapon fires.


 * RoF
 * Acronym of Rate of Fire. How fast fires a weapon.

S

 * S-AMS
 * Acronym of Sunderer Advanced Mobile Station, Certification available for Sunderer.


 * SC
 * Acronym of Station Cash (Or Seven Cash for EU ProSiebenSat1 players), in game currency, usable in most SOE games.


 * Scat MAX/Scatter MAX
 * Refers to an NC MAX with NCM1 Scattercannons equipped.


 * SCU
 * Acronym of Spawn Control Unit, the device which controls whether or not the faction in current ownership of the base will be able to spawn there.


 * Short Reload
 * Reload time with at least one bullet in the magazine.


 * Shottie/Shotty
 * Abbreviation of Shotguns.


 * Sky Whale
 * Colloquial term for the Galaxy.


 * SL
 * Acronym of Squad Leader.


 * Spittie/Spitty
 * Abbreviation of Spitfire Auto-Turret.


 * Stalker
 * Refers to an Infiltrator with Stalker Cloaking eqipped.


 * Steel Rain with Extra Steel
 * Refers to the use of Steel Rain with MAX units.


 * Sundey/Sundie
 * Abbreviation of Sunderer.

T

 * TK
 * Acronym of Team Kill.


 * T-Ray/TRay
 * Username and nickname of the original art director for PlanetSide 2, Tramell Ray Isaac (2012-2015).


 * TR
 * Acronym of Terran Republic - one of three empires.


 * TTK
 * Acronym of Time to Kill, the amount of time it takes to kill a target.

V

 * Valk
 * Abbreviation of Valkyrie.


 * Vanguard
 * The New Conglomerate Main Battle Tank.


 * VS
 * Acronym of Vanu Sovereignty - one of three empires.

W

 * WDS
 * Acronym of World Domination Series, a competitive in-game event promoted by the developers. WDS has not existed since 2014.


 * WG, Warpgate, Warp Gate
 * The home base of any Empire on each continent.


 * WP
 * Acronym of Waypoint - A waypoint can either refer to a Personal Waypoint, Squad Waypoint or a Platoon Waypoint. A squad and platoon waypoint can only be set by either a Squad Leader or a Platoon Leader via the main map.


 * Wrel
 * Username of the former YouTuber, current lead developer of PlanetSide 2, Michael Henderson (2015-present).

Z

 * Zerg
 * A large group of players who significantly overpopulate a single base to capture it.


 * Zergfit
 * An outfit whose members are known for zerging down lattice lanes; portmaneau of "Zerg" and "Outfit".


 * ZOE, ZOE MAX
 * Acronym of Zealot Overdrive Engine VS Empire specific MAX ability.


 * Zombie
 * Refers to a player being revived by a Combat Medic.