WoW to GW2 Terminology Guide

[Merendel]

one that comes up all the time
Auction House ---- Trading post

[Deleted]

Belf tits.....Sylvari tits!

[ZerOKami]

I believe this is somewhat relevant, user makes explanations for Guild Wars 2 using some WoW terms and small comparisons.

http://www.youtube.com/user/AzerothProTyriaNoob/videos

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Rogue.... Thief
Mage/Shaman...Elementalist
Warlock...Necromancer
Professions...Crafting Disciplines
2hand Swords...Greatswords.
2hand mace... Hammer.

[ScottsdaleHokie]

Hunter...................................Ranger

Except for the ability to use a ranged weapon and having a pet, the two aren't even remotely similar.

[Newbryn]

Rogue.... Thief
Mage/Shaman...Elementalist
Warlock...Necromancer
Professions...Crafting Disciplines
2hand Swords...Greatswords.
2hand mace... Hammer.

I feel I should point this out not the same thing completely different archtype.

[reckoner04]

Uhm, I'm not hundred percent certain, but aren't there also normal quests in GW2? Besides events? Or are those called events too...? (Like the first objective you get when you create a character)

[MagicMedicine]

Tauren.....................................Charr
Azeroth....................................Tyria
Kung Fu Panda..........................Kodan
Human....................................Human
Killstealer.....................................Ally
Nodewhore...................................Ally
Ghostcrawler.................Colin Johanson

[Ynna]

Uhm, I'm not hundred percent certain, but aren't there also normal quests in GW2? Besides events? Or are those called events too...? (Like the first objective you get when you create a character)

You've got objectives in events that can make it look like quests. You've also got the personal story, which follows pretty much the same structure as regular questing.

[Deleted]

Except for the ability to use a ranged weapon and having a pet, the two aren't even remotely similar.

KK, I dropped that one from the OP, it was added after a suggestion in the replies. Until I have experienced the game myself, I won't be adding any further class comparisons to this list. Hopefully the classes are so different from their wow "counterparts" that they won't be comparable in this list anyway.

[Deleted]

Except for the ability to use a ranged weapon and having a pet, the two aren't even remotely similar.

Not about them being similar, people do get the two mixed up - Hell, I get the two mixed up and I played both WoW and GW since their launch dates and from then on off and off for years.

And yes they are similar, just because Rangers can use melee weapons, doesn't make them not similar. A Hunter is basically half a ranger. I'm sick of people thinking things in GW2 'aren't similar' because they are, it's difficult to take a standard archetype and make it completely unique. Doesn't have to be completely unique to be good.

Also a few initialisms that people who didn't play GW might not get:
LA = Lion's Arch, the city in central Kryta
CoF = Now the Citadel of Flame (that initialism was used for Cathedral of Flame which was a dungeon in the charr homelands)
MM = Minion Master, this refers to a Necromancer who focuses all of his or her abilities on raising and maintaining minions.

[Roshar]

!.......<3

This made me chuckle.

[Kelesti]

Tauren.....................................Charr
Azeroth....................................Tyria
Kung Fu Panda..........................Kodan
Human....................................Human
Killstealer.....................................Ally
Nodewhore...................................Ally
Ghostcrawler.................Colin Johanson

qwhuthefuq

[Deleted]

Not about them being similar, people do get the two mixed up - Hell, I get the two mixed up and I played both WoW and GW since their launch dates and from then on off and off for years.

And yes they are similar, just because Rangers can use melee weapons, doesn't make them not similar. A Hunter is basically half a ranger. I'm sick of people thinking things in GW2 'aren't similar' because they are, it's difficult to take a standard archetype and make it completely unique. Doesn't have to be completely unique to be good.

Also a few initialisms that people who didn't play GW might not get:
LA = Lion's Arch, the city in central Kryta
CoF = Now the Citadel of Flame (that initialism was used for Cathedral of Flame which was a dungeon in the charr homelands)
MM = Minion Master, this refers to a Necromancer who focuses all of his or her abilities on raising and maintaining minions.

Sweet. I like... will add them to the OP.

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Tauren.....................................Charr
Azeroth....................................Tyria
Kung Fu Panda..........................Kodan
Human....................................Human
Killstealer.....................................Ally
Nodewhore...................................Ally
Ghostcrawler.................Colin Johanson

Kung fu Panda isnt a part of WoW though

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Tauren.....................................Charr
Azeroth....................................Tyria
Kung Fu Panda..........................Kodan
Human....................................Human
Killstealer.....................................Ally
Nodewhore...................................Ally
Ghostcrawler.................Colin Johanson

I was pulling a 'This doesn't make sense' face until I got to human, then from there on I just started laughing.

The fact Ally is repeated twice next to two insults just got me laughing

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The fact Ally is repeated twice next to two insults just got me laughing

...but the killstealers and nodewhores are your new best friends!!!

[Deleted]

...but the killstealers and nodewhores are your new best friends!!!

I'm still in the mentality of 'Oooh, you son of a bitch!' whenever I see someone collecting from a node I was heading towards.

Then I remember nodes aren't shared.

[Deleted]

I'm still in the mentality of 'Oooh, you son of a bitch!' whenever I see someone collecting from a node I was heading towards.

I can imagine I will no longer be yelling the term "F-ing scrub!" at my monitor as much as I used to.

[Deleted]

Kung fu Panda isnt a part of WoW though

Not for another month or so.