Wipe
Raiding & dungeonsEveryone dies. Then the corpse run, the buffs, and the second attempt.
“We wiped at 2%.”
“Wipe it, the tank's dead and the healers are OOM.”
See also: Corpse run, Progression
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5 of 304 words for “Enchant”
Enchant
MMOA permanent bonus applied to an item by an enchanter. Crusader, +15 agility, Mongoose.
“Crusader enchant on both weapons.”
“Cheap enchants on twink gear are a sin.”
Twink
PvPA low-level character kept at the top of a battleground bracket (19, 29, 39…) with the best gear, enchants and consumables money can buy.
“Level 19 twink rogue with Shadowfang, welcome to Warsong Gulch.”
“Twinking is a whole economy.”
See also: Bracket, Battleground, Stamina
Grind
MMORepetitive play for XP, reputation, honor or gold. Farming with less dignity.
“Grinding Timbermaw rep for the enchant.”
“Rank grind ruined his sleep schedule.”
Min-max
Gaming slangAlso: Min-maxing
To squeeze every last point out of a character: the best stats, nothing wasted.
“He min-maxed his twink down to the enchant on the cloak.”
See also: Theorycraft, BiS, Sweaty
Rep
MMOAlso: Reputation
Reputation with a faction, from hated to exalted, unlocking gear and recipes.
“Exalted with Argent Dawn for the enchant.”
WoW
World of Warcraft, especially vanilla, Classic and Forever.
79 words
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
What people say in every chat, every game.
79 words
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