The Evony Glossary
Thanks goes to Jaq. Original guide posted here: http://bbs.evony.com/showthread.php?t=88358
Source: http://jnmoves.com/blog/?page_id=218
Ambush: To intercept an enemy force with additional defensive troops in a manner undetected by the attacker.
Example: "He tried to ambush her, but she saw it coming and recalled her troops."
Archbow: An army primarily made up of archers, accompanied by small numbers of other units meant to slow down enemy units in combat.
Example: "She made a great effort toward teaching the new players how to use archbows when attacking."
AT: An abbreviated form of "archer tower."
Example: "Well, all his at's were killed by the last attack."
Att: An abbreviated form of the hero stat "attack."
Example: "We need to show him how to level his hero so he'll have one with a good att."
B'listers: Slang for "ballistae," the plural form of "ballista."
Example: "After raising his archery level high enough, he was able to make B'listers."
Ballis: An abbreviated form of "ballistae," the plural form of "ballista."
Example: "He made some ballis to attack non-player cities."
Balls: An abbreviated form of "ballistae," the plural form of "ballista."
Example: "She decided to make some balls to defend her towns."
Barb (noun): Slang for a non-player city.
Example: "The first thing he teaches new players to do, is to make their own barbs."
Barb (verb): To transform a player city into a non-player city by abandoning it.
Example: "After she conquered the town, she barbed it."
Barbie: Slang for an non-player city.
Example: "She's new at the game, so she hasn't conquered a level 10 barbie yet."
Bats: Abbreviated version of "battering rams."
Example: "He was having trouble getting through the enemy defenses, so he began making rams."
Camp: To use the camp time feature in Evony which allows a player to synchronize multiple attacks and delay troop movement.
Example: "He camped so he could he could attack all four of her towns at once."
Cap: The act of conquering a town from another player by attacking it when its loyalty is at zero.
Example: "Wow, the enemy capped our town before we could even get near it with reinforcements."
Catas: An abbreviated form of "cataphracts." Can sometimes refer to "catapults" as well.
Example: "Looking through the scout reports, he began form an attack plan for his catas."
Cav: An abbreviated form of the word "cavalry."
Example: "Keep sending cav at that city 'til its loyalty drops to zero."
CL: An abbreviated form of "coordinates list."
Example: "After finding juicy target, he saved it to his CL."
Coords: An abbreviated form of "coordinates."
Example: "He wanted to know where he was located, so he checked the coords."
Farm: A term for another player or players town with resources that are easily accessible to other players. Not to be confused with the resource field of the same name.
Example: "Ever since that new guy quit, his towns have been farms for the enemy."
Hbr: An abbreviated form of "horseback riding."
Example: "He sent cavalry, but they were too slow due to his low hbr."
Hit: Slang for attacking.
Example: "I'd like to hit some enemy towns today."
Honor: A point measurement system used for ranking in Evony. Can only be gained through combat or scout battles with other players. Affects wounded ratio.
Example: "After crushing their alliance, he had the highest honor on the server."
Horses: Slang for "cavalry" and/or "cataphracts."
Example: "No, he doesn't attack much with his horses, he seems to think they're good for defense."
Int: A shortened form of the hero stat "intelligence."
Example: "He wanted faster research time so he worked at leveling his int hero."
Layers: Small numbers of different kinds of troops added to a town or attacking army to slow enemy movement in combat.
Example: "All his layers made your archers waste rounds while his archers killed yours."
NPC: Stands for "non-player city."
Example: "He made a bunch of NPC's around his city, at the advice of his alliance."
Padding: Small numbers of different kinds of troops added to a town or attacking army to slow enemy movement in combat.
Example: "You lost that battle because the other guy had much more padding."
Phracts: An abbreviated form of "cataphracts."
Example: "Since he'd never tried them before, he made some phracts to toy with."
Pikes: A shortened version of "pikemen."
Examples: "He made some pikes to counter enemy cavalry."
Pol: A shortened version of "politics," it generally refers to the hero stat.
Example: "Her new hero had high politics, so she made him mayor."
Ponies: Slang for "cavalry" and/or "cataphracts."
Example: "Poor fool, all his ponies died on my walls."
Port: A shortened form of "teleport."
Example: "They ported some cities in last night."
Prestige: A point measurement system used for ranking in Evony. Can be gained through nearly any action except those taken directly against or for other players.
Example: "He was building like a madman, hoping to get his prestige high enough to put him near the top."
Pults: A shortened form of "catapults."
Example: "She made pults to improve her defenses."
PVP: An abbreviated form of "player versus player."
Example: "He's good at the economic portions of the game, but I don't think he's all that great at pvp."
Rainbow: Small numbers of different kinds of troops added to a town or attacking army to slow enemy movement in combat.
Example: "She used rainbows in every attack she sent."
Rams: Shortened form of "battering rams."
Example: "When she saw a massive army of rams coming at her, she panicked, then asked for help."
Rax: Slang for "barracks." It can refer to either the building type or towns made primarily for the purpose of producing troops.
Example: "He's spitting out archers like crazy from his rax."
Reds: Slang for enemy towns which appear with red flags on the game map.
Example: "Could we declare more wars so I'll have some reds nearby to attack?"
Reins: An abbreviated form of the word "reinforcements."
Example: "Her alliance sent reins to her, but they didn't reach in time."
Res: A shortened version of the word "resources."
Example: "He had plenty of res in that town, so I don't know why he didn't make more troops."
Rp: Abbreviated form of "rally point."
Example: "She wanted to send a larger army, but he rp was too low a level."
Rs: An abbreviated form of "relief station."
Example: "Unfortunately, his rs was too low for his reinforcements to reach her in time."
Scout Bomb: An attack involving only or primarily scouts meant to kill defending troops.
Example: "I attacked him with so many scout bombs he had nothing left."
Spears: Slang for "pikemen."
Example: "He sincerely hoped he had enough spears to block the incoming cavalry attack."
Swords: A shortened form of "swordsmen."
Example: "Looking at the reports, he couldn't for the life of him figure out why his enemy had so many swords."
Suicides: Small waves of expendable troops meant to remove fortifications and/or layers.
Example: "She decided to send several waves of suicides before the main force in order to reduce her enemy's massive number of traps."
Supplies: Slang for "resources."
Example: "When she attacked you, did she take all your supplies?"
Teletack: To use a teleport to get closer to a target or targets with the intention of attacking them.
Example: "He teletacked their alliance host last night and crushed his towns."
Trans: A shortened form of "transporters."
Example: "Wait 'til my trans get back and I'll send you some resources."
Valley: Any non-city map location, which is manifested as flats, lakes, grasslands, swamps, hills, deserts, and forests.
Example: "She took his valleys to annoy him."
Wave (noun): An army marching towards a destination either to attack or reinforce it. Often used in plural.
Example: "He sent numerous waves and still couldn't break her defense."
Wave (verb): To send multiple attacks at a single target.
Example: "The defenses in his town are down, she just needs to wave it down to zero loyalty."
Wipe: To eliminate all troops, archer towers, and some or all defenses in a town or attacking wave.
Example: "Now that she's wiped that town, there's nothing to stop her from taking all its resources."
Zero: Forcing the loyalty of an enemy's town down to zero through numerous attacks.
Example: "As soon as he goes offline, I'm going to zero his town."
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