Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-206.57.227.121-20171129131107/@comment-454133-20180102180704

We do have a slang page, Common Terms. We just never got around to fully filling it out, and I would welcome assistance (I always have less time and energy than I need).

Your description of Arc-Dodger is more or less correct.

U-Boat actually refers to a specific build of Jumpmaster which is no longer possible, thank the gods. Contracted Scout with Deadeye, R4 Agromech, Extra Munitions, Plasma or Proton Torpedoes, Guidance Chips. 3 of those was a "wolf pack", able to unload a heavy munitions alpha strike, plus bring to bear the jumpmaster's turret, health, and absurd dial. They were a real force to contend with, and if you weren't running a fleet you knew could fight them, you weren't a contender. The same applied to the jumpmaster in general, but for a while u-boats were one of the kings.

First Deadeye was nerfed to be small ship only, and that was a big relief. Slightly related, Manaroo was also nerfed to be range 1 only, to deal with Dengaroo and related manaroo madness (especially with Attanni Mindlink, which has also been nerfed since then). That was just a nerfbat to the kneecaps though, and U-Boats still survived (and Dengar still dominated). Now finally the Jumpmaster has taken a nerfbat to the skull, removing the torpedo and salvaged astromech slots entirely and bringing the ship down to normal power levels. Also outraged a lot of Jumpmaster players. I haven't cried a single tear. >:)

PTL is indeed Push The Limit, and you can even link or search it on the wiki. We have a few shortcut terms that are used so often, we've added redirects for those terms.

Donus Hole is correct.

Psycho Tycho is indeed correct, though there's some variation on how he can be equipped.

You're also right on Brobots.

The trick with build names, as you mentioned, is the meta swings around so much. That said, historical data is useful, e.g. if someone these days hears about U-Boats, Dengaroo, etc. The other problem with listing builds is, I would want the page dedicated to builds known widely, but we'd always have people editing the page to add their own builds (which they're very proud of, but which don't have any meaning in the wider meta). To stay on top of this I'd have to aggressively maintain the page, and stay current on top meta slang, which I'm too lazy to do. ;)