The glossary

10 of 304 words for “Trinket”

1. Trinket

   PvP

   The PvP trinket that breaks you out of crowd control on a two-minute cooldown. 'Trinketing' is using it.

   “He trinketed the sheep, re-sheep!”

   “Don't blow your trinket on a Hamstring.”

   See also: CC

2. 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

3. Proc

   WoW

   A random effect that triggers off something else — a weapon's chance on hit, a trinket, a talent. Short for 'programmed random occurrence'.

   “Wait for the trinket proc, then Mortal Strike.”

   “Ironfoe procs extra swings.”

   See also: RNG, Priority list

4. BiS

   WoW

   Also: Best in slot

   Best in slot: the single best item for a slot for your class, spec and goal. 'Pre-raid BiS' is the best you can get without raiding.

   “Devilsaur set is pre-raid BiS for physical DPS.”

   “That trinket is BiS until AQ.”

   See also: Pre-raid BiS, Equivalence points, Build

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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