The glossary

8 of 304 words for “Honor”

1. Honor

   PvP

   Points from killing enemy players and winning battlegrounds. In vanilla they drove a weekly ranking; in Classic they buy PvP gear.

   “Honor resets Tuesday, grind while you can.”

   See also: Rank, Honorable kill

2. Honorable kill

   PvP

   Also: HK

   A kill on an enemy player of roughly your level that counts for honor. Killing greys gives nothing.

   “Twelve hundred honorable kills and still rank 7.”

   See also: Honor, Rank

3. Bot

   MMO

   A character played by a program, usually farming gold or honor. Reported, banned, replaced.

   “Bots in Tyr's Hand again, every hour.”

   See also: RMT, Farm

4. Cap

   Gaming slang

   A limit: level cap, hit cap, honor cap. Also 'capped': you've reached it.

   “Honor capped for the week.”

   See also: Hit cap, Max level

5. Grind

   MMO

   Repetitive play for XP, reputation, honor or gold. Farming with less dignity.

   “Grinding Timbermaw rep for the enchant.”

   “Rank grind ruined his sleep schedule.”

   See also: Farm, Rep

6. Rank

   PvP

   The vanilla PvP ranking, 1 to 14, based on weekly honor against everyone else on the server. Rank 14 — Grand Marshal or High Warlord — took months of near-full-time play.

   “He hit rank 14 in 2005 and never got a job.”

   “Rank 10 weapons are pre-raid BiS for a lot of specs.”

   See also: Honor, Grand Marshal

7. AV

   PvP

   Also: 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

8. Feed

   Gaming slang

   To die a lot and make the enemy stronger for it.

   “Stop feeding the rogue honor, stay at the graveyard.”

   See also: Inting, Honor