Tag

#mmo

50 words tagged “mmo”

gpose
noun

FFXIV's photo mode — freeze the action and frame the perfect shot.

#ffxiv#screenshot#photo mode#mmo
plank
verb

To die in-game. Flat on the floor, lights out.

#runescape#death#mmo
ding
verb

To level up — named for the sound the game plays when you do.

#wow#everquest#mmo#leveling
CP
noun

Champion Points, ESO's endgame grind that buffs you long after you hit max level.

#eso#mmo#endgame#progression
spec
noun

A weapon's special attack you bank up energy to unleash.

#runescape#combat#mmo
tower
noun

A circle on the ground someone has to stand in, or 'soak', to defuse it.

#mmo#ffxiv#raid#mechanics
mats
noun

The raw materials you need to craft something.

#mmo#crafting#economy#professions
inc
interjection

Incoming, a quick callout that enemies are heading your way.

#mmo#pvp#callout#chat
uptime
noun

The window when the boss is actually hittable — make it count.

#mmo#ffxiv#dps#raid
tank and spank
noun

A dead-simple fight: tank holds the boss, everyone else hits it.

#wow#mmo#raid#boss
theorycrafting
noun

Digging into the maths and game data to min-max the perfect build.

#wow#mmo#min-max#meta
wipe
noun, verb

When the whole group dies and the fight resets.

#mmo#raiding#wow#death
sword and board
noun

A one-hander plus a shield — the classic tanking setup.

#wow#mmo#tank#loadout
pull
verb

Starting a fight by drawing an enemy out toward your group.

#mmo#rpg#tanking#pve
twink
noun

A low-level character decked out in gear way above its level.

#wow#mmo#pvp#gear
toon
noun

Your character in an MMO.

#mmo#character#avatar#alt
HoT
noun

Healing over time, a heal that ticks you back up gradually instead of all at once.

#mmo#healing#mechanic
sheep
verb

To Polymorph an enemy into a harmless sheep so they're out of the fight.

#wow#mmo#crowd-control#mage
downtime
noun

Dead air in a fight — the boss is untargetable and you can't deal damage.

#mmo#ffxiv#raid#dps
ball group
noun

A small, drilled squad that moves as one ball of buffs and wipes whole zergs.

#eso#pvp#cyrodiil#mmo
meat shield
noun

A beefy character whose whole job is to soak damage for the squad.

#mmo#rpg#tank#role
healbot
noun

A healer treated like a machine that only exists to spam heals.

#wow#mmo#healer#role
proc set
noun

A gear set whose bonus fires off on a random chance, not on demand.

#mmo#eso#gear#rng
magicka
noun

The mana pool that fuels every magical ability in The Elder Scrolls.

#eso#elder scrolls#mmo#resource
spread
noun

Get away from everyone — a mechanic that punishes you for standing together.

#mmo#ffxiv#raid#mechanics
sprout
noun

A new FFXIV player, marked by a little sprout icon.

#ffxiv#newbie#mmo
ninja
noun

A player who snatches loot they had no right to roll on.

#wow#mmo#loot#etiquette
raidwide
noun

An attack that smacks the entire party at the same time.

#mmo#ffxiv#raid#mechanics
primal
noun

A god-tier trial boss in FFXIV, summoned straight out of the lore.

#ffxiv#trial#boss#mmo
stack marker
noun

The 'everyone huddle up' marker — pile on it to split the damage.

#mmo#ffxiv#raid#mechanics
clothie
noun

A caster class stuck in cloth armour — high damage, paper-thin defence.

#wow#mmo#caster#armor
light attack weaving
noun

Slipping light attacks between your abilities to squeeze out extra DPS.

#eso#mmo#dps#rotation
threat
noun

The hidden meter deciding which player an enemy decides to attack.

#mmo#rpg#tanking#aggro
DoT
noun

Damage over time — a debuff that ticks away an enemy's health bit by bit.

#wow#mmo#combat#debuff
proc
noun

When an effect fires off automatically the moment its conditions are met.

#mmo#rpg#combat#mechanics
limit break
noun

A charged-up, party-wide super move you unleash at the perfect moment.

#mmo#ffxiv#final fantasy#raid
RWT
noun, verb

Real-world trading — swapping in-game wealth for actual money.

#osrs#mmo#economy#banned
tag
verb

Landing the first hit on a monster so it's yours to claim.

#mmo#loot#tagging
pug
noun, verb

A random group of strangers thrown together for a run.

#mmo#grouping#pvp#pve
omnicrafter
noun

A player who's maxed every single crafting job — the full set.

#ffxiv#crafting#mmo
TTK
noun

Time to kill — how long it takes to drop a target.

#mmo#fps#dps
roulette
noun

Queue for a random instance and take whatever the game throws at you.

#ffxiv#queue#daily#mmo
waggro
noun

When your partner drags you off the game mid-raid.

#mmo#humour#afk#aggro
glam
noun

Your character's drip — cosmetic gear that overrides how your actual stuff looks.

#ffxiv#cosmetic#fashion#mmo
alt
noun

A second account — not your main, your spare.

#account#smurf#mmo#main
brez
noun

A battle res — resurrecting an ally mid-fight without dropping combat.

#wow#mmo#raid#death
mule
noun, verb

An alt character that exists purely to hold your stuff.

#mmo#storage#alt#inventory
add
noun, verb

An extra enemy that joins the fight you're already in.

#mmo#raiding#mobs#aggro
kite
verb

Backpedalling away from an enemy while still hitting it from range.

#mmo#rpg#moba#ranged
rez
verb

To resurrect a dead player and get them back in the fight.

#wow#mmo#healer#death