MWLL Players Slang Guide - Revision history

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 * '''AA''' - Anti-air, typically a vehicle like the [[Partisan]] or [[Huit]].
 * '''ASF''' / '''Aero''' - [[Aerospace]] Fighter.
 * '''BA''' - [[Battle Armor]], usually used to identify Battle Armors jumping or "flying" around being a distraction. Some mechs are terrible at killing BA and need support (e.g. [[Hollander II#Variant A|Hollander II A]]).
 * '''Back Capping''' - The act of capturing enemy bases far from the front line in [[Terrain Control]] matches.
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 ==Asset Slang Names==
 * '''Arrowpult'''- A reference to the Catapult C, which mounts two [[ArrowIV]]s as its primary weapons.
 * '''Blanner''' or '''Lanner''' - [[Black Lanner]], most annoying AA and rush mech ever.
 * '''Blasp''' - A shortened name for the [[Blood Asp]] Clan Assault mech.

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 * '''Huit''' - Shortened name for the [[Huitzilopochtli]] Clan Assault tank.
 * '''Hurasser''' - Affectionate derogatory nickname for the [[Harasser]] Inner Sphere light hovertank. Often a reference to a pilot driving a Harasser in a stupid or self-destructive manner.
 * '''LT''' - Abbreviation for either the [[Mobile Long Tom]] artillery asset, or the [[Long Tom]] artillery weapon itself.
 * '''Parti''' - A shortened name for the [[Partisan]] Inner Sphere support tank.

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 * '''Flanking''' / '''Flanker''' - A strategy and combat role wherein a player attempts to (often sneakily) attack the enemy team's forces from the side, or get behind it in order to snipe the Back Armor.
 * '''Good NARC''' / '''NARC Good''' - A [[NARC]] beacon has landed on an enemy, you are free to fire missiles towards the enemy (even if you can't see the NARC beacon on your radar)
 * '''Jump Sniper''' - See '''poptarter'''
 * '''k''' - Common multiplayer short for thousand, nearly always used for saying amount of money, eg: ''1k'' = 1000 Cbills, ''254k'' = 254 000 Cbills. Sometimes used as a shortcut for OK.

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 * '''[[Asset_Roles#Missile_Boat|Missile Boat]]''' - Usually refers to an asset equipped with a large number of [[LRM]]s or [[ArrowIV]]s, but can mean any asset with a large number of [[missiles]]. See: 'LRM Boat' above
 * '''Newbie''' - A player who is in the early stages of learning; a beginner. Unlike ''noob'' this is a positive description.
 * '''Noob''' - Often a derogatory term used to describe someone as new to or poorly acquainted with the game or aspect(s) of it.
 * '''Passive''' - Describing a player or asset as operating under [[Passive Radar]] mode, meaning they won't appear on your Radar outside of 250m. Eg. ''Passive Vulture''.

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 * '''[[Gameplay_Tactics#Ballooning|Ballooning]]''' - The act of attacking ground targets from a high angle with [[aerospace]] and [[VTOL|VTOLs]] in order to avoid return fire.
 * '''Boating/Boat''' - BattleTech slang for an asset that carries a large quantity of a specific variety of weapons. How specific that variety is depends on the asset; For example, you can have an Energy Boat like the [[Puma#Variant B|Puma B]] or [[Puma#Variant C|C]], or an LRM boat like the [[Vulture|Vulture C]], or a ballistics boat like the [[Huit#Variant F|Huit F]].
-* '''[[MWLL_Asset_Bible#Brawlers (Point-Blank to Close Range)|Brawler]]''' - A type of weapon loadout for any asset that includes mostly close-range weapons such as [[LBX20]]s, [[AC20]]s, [[SRM]]s and [[SSRM]]s, [[MPL]]s, [[MBL]]s. Alternatively, the term can refer to a player who specializes in close-range combat.
+* '''[[Brawler]]''' - A type of weapon loadout for any asset that includes mostly close-range weapons such as [[LBX20]]s, [[AC20]]s, [[SRM]]s and [[SSRM]]s, [[MPL]]s, [[MBL]]s. Alternatively, the term can refer to a player who specializes in close-range combat.
 * '''BT''' / '''BTU''' - BattleTech / BattleTech Universe - Universe and franchise on which all Mechwarrior games, including MWLL, are based.
 * '''Capping''' - Shorthand for 'capturing', relevant to [[Terrain Control]] matches.

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 * '''K/D''' - Kills to Deaths ratio - the amount of kills compared to deaths. Often displayed as, for example, ''5/2'' or ''4/6'', sometimes also as ''2.5'' or ''0.66''.
 * '''Legging''' - The act of shooting another mech's leg off. Almost always done to intentionally irritate or mock the target player.
-* '''LRM Boat''' - See: 'Boat' above
+* '''[[Asset_Roles#Missile_Boat|LRM Boat]]''' - See: 'Boat' above
 * '''LRM camper''' - A player shooting missiles from great distances, who is mostly stationary, and acts as a missile turret. See: [[Gameplay Tactics#LRM Camping|LRM Camping]]
 * '''LT''' - [[Long Tom Artillery Tank|Long Tom]] - Usually to identify that an enemy Long Tom is firing shells. A warning to encourage teammates to be unpredictable with their movement and try to keep radar in passive mode. Also as a request for someone to identify the location of the Long Tom for destruction. Also ''Left Torso''. Also the rank of ''Lieutenant''.
-* '''Missile Boat''' - Usually refers to an asset equipped with a large number of [[LRM]]s or [[ArrowIV]]s, but can mean any asset with a large number of [[missiles]]. See: 'LRM Boat' above
+* '''[[Asset_Roles#Missile_Boat|Missile Boat]]''' - Usually refers to an asset equipped with a large number of [[LRM]]s or [[ArrowIV]]s, but can mean any asset with a large number of [[missiles]]. See: 'LRM Boat' above
 * '''Newbie''' - A player who is in the early stages of learning; a beginner. Unlike ''noob'' this is a positive description.
 * '''Noob''' - Often a derogatory term used to describe someone as new to or poorly acquainted with the game or aspect(s) of it.

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 * '''TK''' / '''TKer''' / '''TKing''' - Teamkill / Teamkiller / Teamkilling - Heavily frowned upon and can be a bannable offense if intentionally repeated.
 * '''ToS''' - [[Test of Strength]] game mode.
 * '''TSA''' - [[Team Solaris Arena]] game mode.
 * '''Unit''' - Usually refers to a player's player group like [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] or the [[12th Vegan Rangers]], but occasionally refers to an [[asset]]

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 * '''Noob''' - Often a derogatory term used to describe someone as new to or poorly acquainted with the game or aspect(s) of it.
 * '''Passive''' - Describing a player or asset as operating under [[Passive Radar]] mode, meaning they won't appear on your Radar outside of 250m. Eg. ''Passive Vulture''.
 * '''Poptarter''' - A player jumping from behind cover to fire at an enemy. See: [[Gameplay Tactics#Poptarting|Poptarting]]
 * '''Pubbing''' - Playing on public servers (those typically hosted by members of a [[:Category:Community Clans and Units|Clan or Unit]]) where there is usually no formally organized play.

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 * '''Ram'''ming - Kamikaze [[Gameplay Tactics#Ramming and Zero-Throttling|tactic]]; flying your ASF into an enemy, crashing into him.
 * '''Redeploy''' - To [[suicide]] or disconnect and reconnect in order to quickly [[respawn]] at a different part of the map.
 * '''Rifle''' - [[Rifleman]] or one of several weapons like the [[HAG]], [[Gauss]], or [[Battle_Armor#Battle_Armor_Weapons|BA Recoilless Rifle]].
 * '''RTB''' - Returning to Base, usually for repairs or reloads.