The glossary

7 of 304 words for “MMO”

1. MMO

   MMO

   Massively multiplayer online game: thousands of players in one persistent world.

   “WoW is the MMO everyone else is compared to.”

   See also: MMORPG, Guild

2. MMORPG

   MMO

   The role-playing kind of MMO: levels, gear, classes, a world to live in.

   “An MMORPG launch is a stampede.”

   See also: MMO

3. Summon

   WoW

   A warlock and two helpers pulling a player to the instance with Ritual of Summoning. Saves twenty minutes.

   “Summon please, I'm in Ironforge.”

   See also: Hearth, Meeting stone

4. Uncommon

   WoW

   Green-quality item: random world drops and quest rewards with a stat suffix — 'of the Monkey', 'of the Eagle'.

   “Greens of the Bear are fine tank gear while levelling.”

   See also: Rare

5. Guild

   MMO

   A player organization with its own chat, bank and raid schedule. The social unit of an MMO.

   “Our guild cleared BWL last week.”

   “Guild drama, again.”

   See also: Raid, Raid leader

6. Meeting stone

   WoW

   The stone outside each dungeon. In vanilla it just found groups; in Classic it summons.

   “Meet at the stone.”

   See also: Summon

7. Meta-gaming

   Gaming slang

   Using knowledge your character wouldn't have. In MMOs it mostly means playing what's strong because it's strong.

   “Rolling warrior because it's meta is meta-gaming, and that's fine.”

   See also: Meta