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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3 of 304 words for “Gank”
Gank
PvPTo attack someone who can't fight back: lower level, half health, mid-fight with a mob. World PvP's favourite word.
“Got ganked in STV three times on the way to the quest.”
“It's a PvP server, ganking is the game.”
See also: Corpse camping, World PvP, STV
STV
PvPStranglethorn Vale: the level 30–45 jungle zone where every PvP server's ganking happens.
“Levelling through STV on a PvP server is a rite of passage.”
PvE
MMOPlayer versus environment: quests, dungeons, raids. Fighting the game, not each other.
“PvE server, no ganking, just questing.”
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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