| R | Ready, generally used when you are done buffing and ready to start fighting/enter boss room etc. |
| r u | are you (example: "r u in a team?") |
| r2r | room to room. measn the team are done pulling mobs into the first mission room, and arer eady to proceed from room to room |
| rawk | rock |
| rawr | roar, like what a lion does, an exclamation |
| RB | Rome Blue |
| RCL | Revolving Cold Laser (if u see a 160+ sol and he has 2 white thingies in his hands, dont ask him if he can post his sleekmasters ) |
| registrar | a type of ARK who records character marriages in the game |
| req | requirement, most items in AO have a requirement of a certain minimum skill level to be equipped (example: "It's and easy gun to equip because of it's low burst req") |
| respawn | after a unique mob is killed it will respawn, or reappear, again after a certian amount of time at it's designated spawn point, respawning also occurs after the mobs have been cleared from a dungeon or outdoor hunting area (example: "We've cleared the area, now we'll have to wait for respawn.") |
| Rezz effects | cursed eq term for waiting for stats to return to normal after being ressurected (respawning at reclaim) |
| RG | Rome Green |
| rights | Team leader (usually the tank) perfers taking rights in the mission, and will go right whenever presented with a door on his/her right. |
| RK1 | the games first server, now called Atlantean |
| RK2 | the games second server, now called Rimor |
| RK3 | the games third server, designated for German players |
| RL | Real Life, what happens when you're not playing AO |
| RM | Real Mean. The most powerful human mobs usually have this in their names. If you face down one of these and live, solo or in a group, you are definitely uber. |
| ROF | rate of fire, the speed at which a weapon fires |
| ROFL | rolling on floor laughing |
| ROFLMAO | Rolls on floor laughing my ass off |
| root | a nanoprogram that roots the target in place for a period of time, the target may still fight and be attacked while rooted |
| RP | roleplay, being in character in a game |
| RPG | role playing game, a game where the player assumes the identity of a naned character which is defined by various stats which may be developed over the course of the game, RPGs were originally played with pen, paper and dice before the era of home computers |
| RR | Rome Red |
| RRFE | Reactive Reflective Shield - Extended. The top end soldier reflection shield buff. |
| rubberbanding | when you're running and suddenly end up back where you started moving from. Also called "warp lag". |
| ruins | usually refers to a hunting spot for cyborgs in Mort near Sentinels |
