AV
PvPAlso: Alterac Valley
Alterac Valley: 40 v 40 across a whole zone, ends when a faction boss dies. Can last hours or minutes depending on the era.
“AV weekend, honor is doubled, everyone's queueing.”
See also: Battleground, Honor
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Attack power
WoWAlso: AP
The stat behind physical damage. Strength and agility convert into it differently per class; one point of AP is roughly 1/14 of a DPS point.
“That's 60 attack power from strength alone.”
“AP is worth more than crit for a rogue until you have a lot of both.”
See also: Spell power, Crit
Balance
WoWHow you split survival against damage: more stamina and armor, or more crit and attack power. The line PvP players argue about. This site's gear planner has a knob for it.
“Balance for PvP: enough stamina to survive an opener, the rest into crit.”
See also: Stamina, Equivalence points, Twink
Also: EP, Stat weights
Stat weights: how much each stat is worth in one currency (attack power, spell power, healing, stamina) so items can be compared with one number. What this site's ratings are built on.
“By equivalence points that ring is worth 40 AP, the other one 52.”
See also: Theorycraft, BiS, Hit cap
WoW
World of Warcraft, especially vanilla, Classic and Forever.
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Raiding & dungeons
Group PvE: pulls, loot rules, wipes and parses.
47 words
PvP
Battlegrounds, duels, twinks and world PvP.
31 words
MMO
Words shared by every online RPG.
47 words
Esports
Competitive play, broadcasts and the meta.
21 words
Gaming slang
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79 words
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