The glossary

66 of 304 words for “OP”

1. OP

   Gaming slang

   Overpowered: too strong to be fair.

   “Twink hunters are OP in the 19 bracket.”

   See also: Nerf, Meta

2. Opener

   PvP

   The first move of a fight, especially from stealth: Cheap Shot, Ambush, Pounce.

   “Ambush opener crit for half his health.”

   See also: Stealth, Burst

3. BoP

   MMO

   Also: Bind on pickup

   Bind on pickup: soulbound the moment you loot it. Can't be traded or sold.

   “It's BoP, you can't give it to your alt.”

   See also: BoE, Soulbound

4. Cope

   Gaming slang

   Making excuses for a loss. 'Copium' is the imaginary drug.

   “It's not lag, it's cope.”

   See also: Salty, Skill issue

5. Bracket

   PvP

   A range of levels that queue together for a battleground, e.g. 10–19, 20–29. Twinks live at the top of each one.

   “The 29 bracket is all hunters.”

   See also: Twink, Battleground

6. Burst

   PvP

   A lot of damage in a short window, usually with cooldowns. The opposite of sustained damage.

   “Rogue burst with Cold Blood and Eviscerate.”

   “Enough burst to kill a clothie in a stun.”

   See also: Cooldown, Sustained

7. Camping

   Gaming slang

   Waiting in one spot for a spawn, a player or a drop.

   “Camping the rare spawn for the trinket.”

   See also: Spawn, Corpse camping

8. Casual

   Gaming slang

   A player who plays for fun and not much time. Also an insult from people who play too much.

   “Casual guild, two raids a week, no attendance rules.”

   See also: Hardcore, Tryhard

9. Cleave

   WoW

   Damage that hits a few targets near your main one, as opposed to a full AoE. Also the warrior ability.

   “Cleave the two adds while tanking the boss.”

   See also: AoE, Single target

10. COD

    MMO

    Cash on delivery: mail an item and the recipient pays to open it. Safe trading across the world.

    “COD it to me for 50g.”

    See also: WTS, Auction house

11. Cooldown

    WoW

    How long before you can use an ability again. Also the ability itself when it is a big one: 'pop your cooldowns'.

    “Save cooldowns for the burn phase.”

    “Death Wish is a three-minute cooldown, use it every pull.”

    See also: GCD, Burst

12. DPS

    WoW

    Damage per second, and by extension the damage-dealing role and the people playing it.

    “We're at 3 DPS, need a tank and a healer.”

    “His DPS is fine, his positioning is the problem.”

    See also: HPS, Parse, Rotation

13. 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

14. Evade

    WoW

    When an enemy can't reach you and stops taking damage. Sometimes a bug, sometimes an exploit.

    “Boss is evading, reset the fight.”

    See also: Leash, Exploit

15. Exalted

    WoW

    The top reputation level with a faction.

    “Exalted with Timbermaw, finally.”

    See also: Rep

16. Farm

    MMO

    Doing the same thing repeatedly for its rewards: bosses you've beaten, mobs that drop a material, an instance for a trinket.

    “Molten Core is on farm, it's a 90-minute clear now.”

    “Farming Devilsaur leather in Un'Goro.”

    See also: Progression, Grind

17. Flame

    Gaming slang

    To insult people in chat.

    “Don't flame the new tank, teach him.”

    See also: Toxic, Salty

18. Instance

    MMO

    A private copy of a dungeon or raid for your group. Nobody else's group is in your instance.

    “Everyone in the instance, we're starting.”

    See also: Dungeon, Raid, Lockout

19. Interrupt

    WoW

    Also: Kick

    Stopping a cast: Kick, Pummel, Counterspell, Earth Shock. Locks the target out of that spell school for a few seconds.

    “Interrupt the heal or we lose the fight.”

    See also: Focus target, Silence

20. Layer

    MMO

    A copy of a zone on the same server, used to spread players out at launch. Layer hopping lets you reach fresh spawns.

    “He's on a different layer, invite him to swap.”

    See also: Server, Phasing

21. Legendary

    WoW

    Orange-quality item: Thunderfury, Sulfuras, Atiesh. Long quest chains and raid drops, one per guild for months.

    “Guild's second Thunderfury goes to the off tank.”

    See also: Epic

22. LFM

    MMO

    Looking for more: a group with open slots.

    “LFM Strat live, need tank and 1 DPS.”

    See also: LFG, PUG

23. Line of sight

    PvP

    Also: LoS

    Whether a caster can see you. Breaking LoS behind a pillar or wall stops casts and pulls enemies to you.

    “LoS the mage behind the tree.”

    “Pull the caster pack around the corner, make them come to us.”

    See also: Kite, Pull

24. Loot

    MMO

    Items that drop from enemies, and the act of taking them.

    “Loot the boss.”

    “Loot rules are in the raid description.”

    See also: Loot table, Need or greed, Ninja

25. Loot table

    Raiding & dungeons

    The list of items a boss can drop, with their chances.

    “The trinket is on Onyxia's loot table at about 5%.”

    See also: Loot, Boss, RNG

26. Macro

    Gaming slang

    A short script that runs several commands from one button. Used for mouseover heals, stopcasting, one-button openers.

    “Macro Cold Blood into Eviscerate.”

    See also: Addon, Keybind

27. Macro (strategy)

    Esports

    In strategy games: the big decisions — economy, map control, timing. As opposed to micro. Not the UI macro, which has its own entry.

    “Their macro is better, they're always a base ahead.”

    See also: Micro, APM, Macro

28. Mechanically

    Gaming slang

    Skill with the controls: reaction time, precision, execution. 'Mechanically gifted' as opposed to smart.

    “Mechanically he's the best rogue on the server; his decisions are another story.”

    See also: Micro, Cracked

29. Nerf bat

    Gaming slang

    The imaginary bat developers swing when they nerf something.

    “Paladins got hit with the nerf bat again.”

    See also: Nerf

30. Progression

    Raiding & dungeons

    Fighting bosses you haven't killed yet, as opposed to farming ones you have.

    “We're on progression for Nefarian, expect wipes.”

    See also: Farm, Wipe

31. Race to world first

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: RWF

    The streamed competition between top guilds to clear a new raid first.

    “The race to world first for Naxx lasted five days.”

    See also: World first

32. Rare

    WoW

    Blue-quality item: dungeon drops and good quest rewards. Most pre-raid gear.

    “Blues from Scholo and Strat carry you into Molten Core.”

    See also: Epic, Uncommon

33. RNG

    Gaming slang

    Random number generator: luck. 'RNG' explains every drop that didn't and every crit that did.

    “Three weeks, no trinket, RNG hates me.”

    “Won the fight on RNG, three crits in a row.”

    See also: Proc, Loot table

34. Root

    PvP

    An effect that stops movement completely but not casting: Entangling Roots, Frost Nova.

    “Root and run, root and run.”

    See also: Snare, CC

35. Rotation

    WoW

    The order you use your abilities for the most damage or healing. In vanilla it is usually a priority list rather than a fixed loop.

    “The rogue rotation at 60 is basically Sinister Strike, Slice and Dice, Eviscerate.”

    “Follow the priority list on the rotation tab and the numbers take care of themselves.”

    See also: Priority list, GCD, Cooldown

36. Server

    MMO

    Also: Realm

    The world copy you play on. Also 'realm'. Your friends have to be on the same one.

    “Which server are you on? — Faerlina, Horde.”

    See also: Faction, Layer

37. Silence

    WoW

    An effect that stops all casting for its duration. A stronger interrupt.

    “Silence the healer and go.”

    See also: Interrupt, CC

38. Soft reserve

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: SR

    A pickup-raid loot rule: everyone names one item; if it drops, only those who reserved it roll.

    “SR the trinket and roll on the rest.”

    See also: Hard reserve, PUG, MS > OS

39. Tanky

    Gaming slang

    Hard to kill. The opposite of squishy.

    “A stamina-stacked warrior in AV is properly tanky.”

    See also: Squishy, Tank

40. Taunt

    WoW

    An ability that forces an enemy to attack the tank for a few seconds and sets their threat to the top: Taunt, Growl, Hand of Reckoning. The tank's emergency brake.

    “Taunt it off the mage!”

    “Taunt is on cooldown, that's why the priest is dead.”

    See also: Aggro, Threat, Tank

41. Tier set

    Raiding & dungeons

    The class armor sets that drop in each raid tier: Tier 1 in Molten Core, Tier 2 in Blackwing Lair, Tier 3 in Naxxramas.

    “Eight-piece Tier 2 and a Chromaggus trinket, he's done with BWL.”

    See also: Set bonus, Raid

42. Trash

    Raiding & dungeons

    The ordinary enemies between bosses. Trash drops, trash pulls, trash respawn timers.

    “Two hours of trash for one boss, that's Blackwing Lair.”

    “Trash respawns in two hours, keep moving.”

    See also: Boss, Pull

43. Twink

    PvP

    A 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

44. 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

45. World first

    Raiding & dungeons

    The first guild in the world to kill a boss. The race that top raiding is about.

    “World first Ragnaros went to a guild nobody expected.”

    See also: Race to world first, Progression

46. Aggro

    WoW

    The attention of an enemy: whoever it is attacking. Built up as threat; tanks want it, everyone else wants to lose it.

    “Watch your aggro, the healer just pulled it off me.”

    “Wait for the tank to get aggro before you open.”

    See also: Threat, Tank, Taunt

47. Balance

    WoW

    How you split survival against damage: more stamina and armor, or more crit and attack power. The line PvP players argue about. This site's gear planner has a knob for it.

    “Balance for PvP: enough stamina to survive an opener, the rest into crit.”

    See also: Stamina, Equivalence points, Twink

48. 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

49. Boss

    Raiding & dungeons

    A named enemy with mechanics and a loot table. The point of the instance.

    “Last boss drops the trinket.”

    See also: Trash, Mechanic, Loot table

50. Cracked

    Gaming slang

    Extremely good, mechanically.

    “That hunter is cracked, kited three people.”

    See also: Mechanically, Diff

51. Dual spec

    WoW

    Later feature that lets you keep two talent builds and swap between them. Not in vanilla; watch for it in Forever.

    “No dual spec means you're a healer on raid nights, full stop.”

    See also: Respec

52. 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

53. Five-second rule

    WoW

    Also: FSR

    Vanilla's mana rule: no spirit-based regeneration for five seconds after any spell. Healers cancel-cast and skip heals to get regen ticks.

    “Stop casting for five seconds and let the regen tick.”

    See also: Mana, OOM

54. For the Horde

    WoW

    The Horde's battle cry. Alliance say 'for the Alliance', but less convincingly.

    “For the Horde! — typed by twenty people entering AV.”

    See also: Faction

55. GL HF

    Gaming slang

    Good luck, have fun. Said at the start.

    “glhf — gates open in 30.”

    See also: GG

56. Healer

    WoW

    The role that keeps the group alive. Priests, druids, shamans and paladins. Healing generates threat too, which is why healers get eaten when a tank loses aggro.

    “Two healers is enough for Stratholme.”

    “Healer is OOM, stop pulling.”

    See also: Tank, DPS, OOM

57. HPS

    WoW

    Healing per second. The healer's version of DPS. Overhealing does not count.

    “Top HPS on that fight was the shaman, mostly Chain Heal.”

    See also: DPS, Overheal

58. Off-spec

    WoW

    A role or gear set other than your main one. Loot rules usually give main-spec priority.

    “I'll roll off-spec on the healing mace if nobody needs it.”

    “MS before OS on all drops.”

    See also: Main spec, MS > OS

59. OOM

    WoW

    Also: Out of mana

    Out of mana. The healer's most important sentence.

    “OOM, stop pulling.”

    “Innervate me, I'm OOM.”

    See also: Healer, Mana

60. Pog

    Gaming slang

    Also: Poggers, PogChamp

    Excitement. From the PogChamp emote. 'Poggers' is the same, sillier.

    “Thunderfury dropped, pog.”

    See also: KEKW, F in chat

61. Rekt

    Gaming slang

    Wrecked. The 2010s' pwned.

    “Rekt in the opener.”

    See also: Pwned

62. Seed

    Esports

    A team's ranking going into a tournament, deciding who they play first.

    “Top seed gets the weakest opponent in round one.”

    See also: Bracket (esports), Upset

63. Skill issue

    Gaming slang

    The reply to any complaint: you lost because you're worse.

    “Rogues are OP — skill issue.”

    See also: Cope, Scrub

64. Split run

    Raiding & dungeons

    A guild running several raids with alts to funnel loot to the main roster.

    “Split runs are how top guilds gear so fast.”

    See also: Speedrun, Alt

65. Stealth

    WoW

    Being invisible to enemies until you act. Rogues and cat druids. Stealth lets you choose every fight.

    “Opened from stealth with Cheap Shot, he never saw it.”

    See also: Sap, Opener

66. Throw

    Gaming slang

    To lose a winning position through mistakes — or on purpose.

    “That was a throw, they had it.”

    “Stop throwing and just play it out.”

    See also: Choke, Inting