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ATTENTION: Please only add things to this page that are WoW-only(ish) terms. Terms that are common to many/all MMORPGs should instead be added to MMORPG terms and acronyms Thanks!

• I made this page because, well, there wasnt any info on the complex terminology of the game. However, I only play Alliance side and know very little Horde terms, or about most areas above level 40. Any help would be greatly appriciated. Taziba 14:00, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• What the heck does "HWL" stand for? Thanks in advance. CSWarren 00:11, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

-- High Warlord the 14th Rank of the Horde Honor Sytem.

Contents 1 DPS Paladin merged here 2 instance? 3 Alliance Capital? 4 DKP 5 Some paladin Terminology 6 Blackrock DOWN 7 Barrens Chat 8 KK 9 Cleanup 10 Article currently unreferenced 11 Danked?

[edit] DPS Paladin merged here

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DPS Paladin. Johnleemk | Talk 10:24, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] instance?

wth is an instance? I am a GWer, and many of the GW sites i read are written by WoW players that use WoW terms, like instance. Having played online games for years (WCII, D1 and 2), I have never heard "instance" used, and i have no idea what it means.

In this specific game, an instance is similar to a dungeon. The main difference is that every party or group exploring the dungeon has it for themselves. For example; You and I belong to different groups traveling to the same instance. However, we will never see eachother inside the instance because my group has it's own "copy" of the dungeon,(Hence the term "Instance") and your group has your own. In this manner, World of Warcraft avoids problems such as spawn camping, kill-stealing, experience sharing and farming related problems other MMORPGs face.Extra.O 14:54, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alliance Capital?

Is Ironforge truly the capital of the Alliance Faction, or are you saying that simply because it's the most populated?

-- I don't believe there is an Alliance capital per se. However, Orgrimmar and Ironforge can be considered de facto capitals due to their high population, (until recently) exclusive Auction House access, and ease of transport from these cities to other places on their continents. Edit: Perhaps a better word to describe these cities would be 'social/commercial hubs' rather than capitals. 62.254.216.154 12:54, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

-- According to the Warcraft lore Ironforge IS the Alliance Capital and also the reason that, originally, the Auction House was put into IF. --Modki 13:17, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Orgrimmar is the Horde capital, because Thrall is the Horde faction leader. Seems to make sense to me... Can't remember who the Alliance faction leader is atm. sekhui 18:52, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

I think that Ironforge and Orgrimmar are considered capitals because 2 races (out of 4 for each faction) make home in it. Darnassus - Night Elves, Stormwind - Humans, Ironforge - Dwarves AND Gnomes; Undercity - Undead, Thunderbluff - Tauren, Orgrimmar - Orcs AND Trolls. PS I don't think that it's important to know which city is "higher". All cities are great and the "capital" term doesn't make them better or worse.

[edit] DKP

I went in and added a new term in the "D" section because I felt it was relevant, as a dedicated WoW gamer.

Dragon Kill Points. This is a system of points that are utilized by a large percentage of most guilds that participate in the the more difficult parts of the game. Since many endeavors in World of Warcraft are a team effort, some challenging bosses and dungeons require up to 40 players in a group, working together to defeat/achieve their goal. A lot of guilds will distribute DKP based on the bosses they have defeated to the players who were present for the kill, in order for them to "spend" these points to earn the epic-quality items that these bosses drop when they are killed. Many guilds have many different systems for distributing epic-quality items, whether it be bidding your DKP to get the highest bid, or just simply having the highest amount of DKP over other players of your class wanting the same treasure. Every guild has their own method, or adapts a commonly used one.

You will see that I input it in the right format. If you have questions regarding, or do not think that DKP constitutes its place in this article, please feel free to respond and tell me why you feel this way.--M@x 21:05, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

As I have stated in numerous edit summaries, terms and phrases and acronyms that are common to multiple MMORPGs (i.e. - NOT SPECIFIC TO World of Warcraft) belong on the page MMORPG terms and acronyms and not on this page. This is also stated at the top of World of Warcraft terminology. DKP systems were around long before World of Warcraft was even a thought in the minds of developers, specifically, in EverQuest. WoW specific terms belong on this page, terms that are common to many MMOs belong on the other page. See Talk: MMORPG terms and acronyms for more information regard how this decision came about. Thanks, --Naha|^(talk) 05:20, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

So...is the word "Boss" not a common term used in many online games? Or do not that many games besides World of Warcraft have bosses? DKP is an incredibly common term used in World of warcraft, whether or not it isn't specific to WoW. If someone was, say, looking for World of Warcraft terminology-maybe it would be beneficial to show what that specific acronym means? Just as "QQ", and other such terms in the article. Many of those are derivatives from other online games. I figured you wanted terms that were in common useage among WoW gamers casual and dedicated alike, and DKP is a good example. A large number of the terms on that list have been adapted from other MMO video games.--M@x 15:45, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Someone re-added boss, its been removed more than once. If someone wants to see DKP and other common terms they can click on the link at the top of the page to MMORPG terms and acronyms. This page is not for "incredibly common terms used in World of Warcraft", but for "Terms that are specific to World of Warcraft". Some terms that are common to many MMOs but that have additional useage in WoW may remain. For example, most people who use any kind of chat program (even outside of the gameworld) know that "DnD" means "Do not disturb". In WoW, however, there is an actually DnD function built into the game, typing /dnd well set you away. This additional useage allows it to remain on this page. --Naha|^(talk) 16:10, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Some paladin Terminology

I'm all in favor for the decisions made over the DKP term. I'm glad to see that my presentation was slightly redefined and input in to the "MMO terms" article.

Here are some that I'm sure are only relative to WoW, and would like to try my hand at suggesting. I play a Paladin in World of Warcraft, and thought of some pretty often used terms that should be considered. I saw in the article under "Paladin", there were a few terms describing certain paladin nicknames, and I'm not sure how you would classify the following. But the names in the definition currently showing, just seem to be small alias's. I'm just throwing out my ideas trying to make the article better. Afterall, this is supposed to be the best information source on the internet. :)

Since the Paladin is largely noted as "hybrid" character, a class that can attribute to many different needs, there are different play styles that one can grow accustomed to when playing a Paladin. For instance: A Paladin heals, so if there is no Priest, a Paladin may be able to take advantage of his healing in order to fill the gap of a needed healer. Although, the downside to a hybrid is that in most cases-they do not fill this specific role in a manner that the actual class that was meant to do it can. To be blunt, they may be able to do the most amount of things, but may not be able to do these things as well as the classes that were created in order to specifically do these things as a special dedicated role. Thus, different deviations of the paladin are born. Here are my terms...

DPSadin - Referring to a certain play style of the Paladin Class. This specific term suggests a Paladin that prefers to "Be like a Warrior" and deal damage most dedicatedly through melee techniques. Since Warriors are well known to be one of the best sources of "DPS", the term "DPSadin" was born. Sometimes DPSadins are referred to in a rather negative way, because it is somewhat largely a belief to players of the other classes that Paladins are best utilized when they are using their healing abilities to keep other players alive, instead of running in to the fray and participating in the battle at hand.

Clothadin - Refers to a certain play style of the Paladin Class. This term suggests a Paladin that equips his character with certain "Caster"/cloth equipment that is suited to increase healing ability, mana pool, and other such casting abilities. Since many of the casting classes meant to deal adequate amounts of DPS can only wear cloth armor, this inspired Paladins to utilize the benefits of the same gear to increase their abilities to heal, do damage with Holy spells, and have a larger amount of mana to use. Clothadins may be a very common occurence in guilds that raid high end material. In most cases, Paladins are slotted as healers in large raid groups, they aren't utilized for a means of damage when killing mobs or decreasing an enemy's health. Thus, the armour deficit that Paladins incur when wearing cloth (Paladins can wear up to Plate armour, the chain goes Cloth-Leather-Mail-Plate) slightly irrelevant to the use that the attributes of the cloth provide.

Do you think I could nip that bit about the "Hybrid", redefine it slightly and use that in the MMO terminology article?

Opinions are welcome and advocated. Thank you for your time.--M@x 20:44, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

If these are common terms used in WoW then they would be good additions to the article :) And sure, you an modify the hybrid defintion, I don't see a problem with that. --Naha|^(talk) 21:32, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blackrock DOWN

What is this about? It appears from the description that it refers to a migration event in specific servers, or something like that. Can someone please clarify? If not, i think it should be removed for the reason mentioned above (refers to a specific event and is nota generally used WoW term) 195.74.237.160 23:23, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

That's a good point. I've been trying to weed out anything that seems too 'server-specific', but I've been kind of hesitant to remove that one. I'd also like to mention, while we're on the general topic, that there seems to be a lot of generic internet slang working its way in to the article ('AFK' and 'IIRC', for example). I'm going to remove them for now. 207.216.10.130 10:48, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barrens Chat

I don't like this entry. "Face to face" chat hardly ever occurs in any zone in the game, most conversation as far as I can tell is in the /1 and /r channels, if not /g or /p. Physical distance is not a good reason for general chat to be silly. Not sure what to replace the entry with though I am thinking about it.

That's why I said that it's only supposition. Also, I suppose I should clarify my original point: When I speak of 'face-to-face' chat, I'm really comparing the total area of the zone to the number of players in that area. Goldshire is relatively small, as zones go, so it's likely that a given player will see at least one other person in the far corners on a semi-regular basis. The Barrens is much larger, and the player-base more spread out. I submit that a kind of 'mental isolation' occurs, where a player that is not in immediate 'conversation range' (eg, two players standing together) subconciously 'counteracts' this isolation by reaching for a bridge in the form of comedy and humor. For evidence of this, compare Goldshire chat (or that of any of the smaller zones) with Barrens chat, and then examine area vs. player concentration.

Again, this is all supposition to begin with, which is clearly marked in the 'Barrens Chat' entry. I feel that it is a valid suggestion as to the cause of Barrens Chat. DarkMasterBob 10:54, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] KK

I removed this as it has been around since long before Warcraft and long before Gold Famers.--Nayl 22:23, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

OK I just removed all of the terms that are generic MMO terms such as WTB, PUG etc. Some letters had none and some, such as P required half the section deleting to clean it up. --Nayl 16:29, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article currently unreferenced

This article is currently unreferenced. There is currently no way to verify which terms are legitimate WoW slang and which are slang created by an editor or which are used by only a tiny number of players.

In fact, I was going to submit this article for afd because of the lack of provided references and strong possibility of original research, but it looks like it's undergone an afd discussion already. Even so, the article still requires external references to be brought up to normal Wiki standards, and unverifiable terminology should be removed. Dugwiki 20:33, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

• As I seem to be the person who looks after this article I would like to know how I might go about referenceing/verifying/whatevering the language used within this article.--Nayl 20:56, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

• • I'm not positive, but I think the official Blizzard WoW site has a section of game terminology. A link to that would be a good start. Another possible source would be either a published WoW hint guide, assuming it has a glossary of game related terms in the back, and also possibly some online guides at major websites devoted to WoW. Dugwiki 18:46, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

• Alot of tose will contain standard MMO terms which I have been fighting to keep out of this article and this may prompt people to re-add them.--Nayl 18:52, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

• • You don't have to add terms you don't want to, but neither should there be terms that aren't backed up by a reference. Dugwiki 16:00, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

• I just keep it clean and free of general MMO and leet terms. I don't add much to it and think it should probably be deleted because of the amount of time I spend deleting MMO and leet terms added by people who don't read the warning. --Nayl 18:20, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Danked?

I suggest merging Danked to this article, since it appears to be a term with no notable usage outside the WoW community. I'm not sure how widespread it is within the WoW community for that matter; perhaps it should be prodded as a non-notable neologism? --Muchness 10:14, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I went ahead and merged it. --- RockMFR 19:51, 24 October 2006 (UTC)