The glossary

15 of 304 words for “XP”

1. XP

   MMO

   Experience points. Kill, quest, ding.

   “Two bars of XP to 40 and the mount.”

   See also: Ding, Rested XP

2. Exploit

   Gaming slang

   Using a bug to gain an advantage. Bannable when it's serious.

   “Wall-jumping into the instance was an exploit and they hotfixed it.”

   See also: Evade, Hotfix

3. Rested XP

   MMO

   Also: Rested

   Bonus experience you earn while logged out in an inn or city: kills give double until it runs out.

   “Log out in the inn to get rested.”

   See also: XP, Alt

4. Boost

   MMO

   A high-level player killing a dungeon while low-level characters collect the XP. Mage boosting was an industry.

   “Selling SM boosts, 5g a run.”

   See also: Boosted, Farm

5. Cheese

   Gaming slang

   Winning with a cheap trick rather than skill: an exploit, a degenerate strategy, an unfair position.

   “They cheesed the boss by fighting it on the stairs.”

   See also: Exploit, Meta

6. 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

7. 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

8. Quest

   MMO

   A task from an NPC with XP, gold and gear at the end.

   “Quest is bugged, the NPC isn't there.”

   See also: XP, Group quest

9. Resilience

   PvP

   A PvP stat from later expansions that reduces damage from players and crit chance against you. Not in vanilla; Forever may add its own version.

   “No resilience here — stamina is the PvP stat.”

   See also: Stamina

10. 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

11. Tag

    WoW

    The first hit that claims a mob's XP and loot for you or your group.

    “Tagged the rare, it's ours.”

    See also: Mob, Griefing

12. Hotfix

    Gaming slang

    A server-side fix applied without a patch or a restart.

    “Hotfix went in overnight, the exploit's gone.”

    See also: Patch, Nerf

13. 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

14. PvP

    MMO

    Player versus player: duels, battlegrounds, world fights.

    “PvP server, expect to die in STV.”

    See also: PvE, Battleground, World PvP

15. 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