Common abbreviations and phrases
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| (M/F)QE | (Male/Female) Quarian Engineer |
| (M/F)QI | (Male/Female) Quarian Infiltrator |
| AP | Armor piercing |
| AR | Assault Rifle/Adrenaline Rush |
| BE | Biotic Explosions |
| Boss | These are the big monstery things with large amounts of shileds and armor |
| BS | Biotic Slash |
| BW | Black Widow sniper rifle |
| CAR | Collector Rifle |
| CSR | Collector Sniper Rifle |
| ED | Energy Drain |
| ES | Electric Slash |
| FE | Fire Explosions |
| GE/Gethgineer | Geth Engineer |
| GI | Geth Infiltrator |
| Glass Cannon | Blanket term for high risk high reward character builds such as the Melee Geth Infiltrator |
| GPR | Geth Pulse Rifle |
| GPS | Geth Plasma Shotgun |
| GPSMG | Geth Plasma SMG |
| HP (character) | Hit/Health Points |
| HP (weapon) | Heavy Pistol |
| HVB | High Velocity Barrel |
| Kroguard | Krogan Vanguard |
| Mook | A mook is a bad guy, usually a lower level one, such as husks, troopers, abominations, and your mother |
| Murdertrain | A melee centric build of the Krogan Vanguard kit |
| Prox Mine/Proxy Mine | Proximity Mine |
| PSP | Premium Spectre Pack |
| PUG | Public User Game |
| QuariMan | Male Quarian |
| Quarksman | Quarian Marksman Soldier kit |
| RNG | Random Number Generator/Random Number Gods |
| RP | Recruit Packs |
| SF | Snap Freeze |
| SI | Salarian Infiltrator |
| SMG | Sub Machine Gun |
| SP | Spectre Pack |
| SS | Shadow Strike |
| TA | Tech Armor |
| Tac Cloak/TC | Tactical Cloak |
| Tac Scan | Tactical Scan |
| ULM | Ultralight Materials Mod |
| VP | Veteran Packs |
| XP | Experience Points |