Guardian Basic & Forum Terms Compendium

Author : Alan                                                             CoAuthor : mathnut

Note: Basic Terms information has been taken from the Guardian Cross in-game Help by Square Enix

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Guardians Basic Terms

Guardians are creatures that were discovered by members of the Monster Research Guild. In this world, Guardians are revered as reincarnations of divine creatures. Humans co-exist with Guardians, and many people have learned to control them. Unlike ordinary Guardian tamers, Bran and his friends have been appointed Guardian masters, elite soldiers who serve under direct imperial decree.

There are many fascinating and appealing Guardians in Guardian Cross. Guardian features are described by the following parameters.

Level : Represents the Guardian's overall growth.
Experience (EXP) : When EXP reaches certain milestones, the Guardian's level rises.
Rarity : Represents the Guardian's basic power.The rarer a Guardian is, the more it tends to have advanced capabilities.
Attribute : Every Guardian is associated with a certain attribute, such as fire, water or thunder, and each attribute has its own affinities.
Type : A Guardian's basic personality. Two Guardians of the same variety but different personality types will have slightly different capabilities.
HP : A Guardian's vitality. HP is reduced when a Guardian suffers damage in battle. If HP reaches zero, the battle is lost. If the HP of all Guardians in the party reaches zero, the party is defeated.
MP : A Guardian's magic power. MP goes down when abilities are used during battle. MP is consumed to use skills and abilities.
Attack (ATK) : Affects the power of strike attacks.
Defense (DEF) : Affects the mitigation of damage from strike attacks.
Agility (AGI) : Affects the ability to attack first during battle.
Wisdom (WIS) : Affects the effectiveness of abilities and defense against ability attacks.
Abilities : Special skills a Guardian can perform.
New abilities are learned when the Guardian's level goes up, or when skill magic stones are used.
There are two kinds of abilities: attack and support.
Using abilities during a battle consumes MP, but can have quite an advantageous effect on the outcome.

Commonly used Forum Acronyms and Terms

NHT : Normal Hunting Ticket

SHT : Special Hunting Ticket

IGN : In Game Name
PM : Private Message : This is the forum person to person communication, not to be confused with in game messaging

B/O : Buy Out : Used in auctions to denote an instant sale

C/O : Current Offer : Used in auctions (and some trades) to denote the current offer
Coli : Coliseum
Coli lock : guardian that is Locked from entering coli for the week after a trade
Stat+2 Stone/Coli Stone :  Stones that give +2 stats, usually won from Coliseum or rewards from login

Stat I : Stones that give +10 stat points. Obtained from Coliseum or Events

Stat II : Stones that give +30 stat points. Obtained from Coliseum or Events

Stat III : Stones that give +100 stat points. Obtained from Coliseum or Events

SS : Silver Slime

GS : Gold Slime
Feeder : Any card used as combine fodder to level another card, frequently refers to lvl 55 4* cards but can also refer to lvl50 3* or even regular lvl1 1*,2*,3* and 4* cards. Thus its exact nature needs to be specified. E.g. : lvl55 4* feeder or lvl55 feeder (4* is understood due to lvl55)

Topper /+@ : A comparatively low value item added to a trade to make it more equitable (generally stones, lvl 55 feeders, or old/bad type 5*s)

Fresh : Denotes a guardian that hasn't been used at all (level 1, unstoned).

Clean : Denotes a guardian that has not been stoned

RB/+/R : Reborn : A guardian that has been combined with itself to increase its level and abilities

LS : Lighty Stoned ( usually means that the guardian has been sparingly stoned in a few or all stats)

PS : Partially Stoned (usually means the guardian is maxed in at least one or more stats)

HS : Heavily Stoned (usually means that the guardian has significant stoning in almost all stats or multiple important stats)
FSeMP : Fully Stoned except MP : A designation that the guardian has reached maximum stats from stoning in all abilities except for MP

FS : Fully Stoned in all stats.

LS : Last Stand : A guardian ability that can proc one a lethal blow that causes the guardian to be reduced to one HP instead of dead, costs all remaining MP
QS : Quick Strike : A guardian ability that activates as soon as the guardian enters the battle regardless of Agi, does damage based off of Atk
SD : Self Destruct : Guardian skill that has a chance of exploding on death doing damage equal to their remaining MP

WTT/WTS/WTB : Want to <Trade, Sell, Buy> // (Read **Note** below)

LF : Looking For  // (Read **Note** below)
RMT : Real Money Trades (Not allowed on GuardianCross-Forum.com – Results in BAN)

**Note** No buying threads are allowed on GuardianCross-Forum.com. Hence only using LF or WTB can result in warnings. It is however allowed to use LF and WTB provided u first mention the cards you have for sale in the thread subject/title. For more details please check the forum trading sticky sections for the rules.