Quote Originally Posted by Matthew View Post
I hate it. Meat Shields, Heal Bitch / Bot, Blaster.. I find these sorts of terms distracting to say the least. I try to never use them.
Distracting from what? When discussing mechanics, they're quick and to the point. It'd be rather odd for the rogue to yell over that the enemy mage is buffing IC, but I'd imagine most everyone realizes that already (and if they don't...well, they have other D&D issues that need worked on).

p.s. The three terms you mentioned I've heard rooted from D&D more than I'ver ever heard them in other rpg's...how often, for instance, in most MMOs do you have to make a distinction between evocation and transmutation mages? Not often, in my experience. Blaster's a decent summary of what your wizard's about when they're an evocation specialist.