The glossary

7 of 304 words for “Epic”

1. Epic

   WoW

   Purple-quality item: raid loot, world drops and top PvP gear. Above rare (blue) and below legendary (orange).

   “First epic at level 60, finally.”

   “Purple doesn't mean upgrade.”

   See also: Rare, Legendary, ilvl

2. BoE

   MMO

   Also: Bind on equip

   Bind on equip: tradable until someone equips it. The auction house's epics.

   “BoE epic dropped, selling it for the mount.”

   See also: BoP, Auction house

3. Gold

   MMO

   The money. Epic mount 1,000 gold, respec 50, a flask 100.

   “Broke again, spent it all on consumes.”

   See also: Auction house, RMT

4. Raid

   Raiding & dungeons

   A large-group instance — 20 or 40 players in vanilla — and the group itself. Weekly lockouts, big bosses, epic loot.

   “Raid is Tuesday and Thursday, be on by seven.”

   “Molten Core was the first 40-man raid.”

   See also: Dungeon, Lockout, Tier set

5. Mount

   MMO

   Your ride. 60% speed at level 40 for 90 gold in vanilla, 100% at 60 for a thousand.

   “Epic mount at 60 is the real endgame.”

   See also: Gold

6. MS > OS

   Raiding & dungeons

   Loot rule: main spec rolls before off spec. The default in most pickup raids.

   “Loot is MS > OS, one epic per person until everyone has one.”

   See also: Main spec, Off-spec, Soft reserve

7. Ninja

   Raiding & dungeons

   Someone who takes loot they shouldn't — needing on everything, or a master looter giving items to themselves. 'Ninja'd' means it happened to you.

   “He ninja'd the epic and left the group.”

   “Ninja looter, blacklist him.”

   See also: Need or greed, Master looter