Definition:Abbreviation guide

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Ashes	Ashes of Creation The MMORPG
AOC	Ashes of Creation The MMORPG
APOC	Ashes of Creation Apocalypse The Battle Royale
IS	Intrepid Studios

Generic Gaming Abbreviations

Adds	The reinforcements that a boss summons.
Aggro	To have hostile attention from NPCs. Also referred to as threat or hatred.
AFK	Away From Keyboard.
BRB	Be Right Back.
BBL	Be Back Later.
CD	Cooldown or The time to refresh an ability.
DPS	Damage per second.
XP/EXP	Experience Points.
Gank	'Ganking' usually indicates an unwelcome attack on an unwilling or unsuspecting participant.
Griefer	A player who deliberately irritates and harasses other players. Many MMOs enforce rules that forbid griefing.
HoT	Heal over Time, An effect that restores health over a period of time; antonym of DoT.
Kiting	A maneuver in which a player-character gets an enemy NPC to chase after them so as to lead them somewhere else (like a kite on a string).
GG	Used as parting words exchanged at the end of a competitive game or match as a gesture of good sportsmanship.
WP	Well Played, Used in the same way as "gg".
GF	Good Fight, Also used as the same was as "gg".
NT	Nice Try, an expression used to honor a failed attempt that was close to succeeding.
META/Meta	Very common, strong ways of playing the game. Often in the context of character builds or combat tactics.
Min-Maxing	Creating the "best" character by means of minimizing undesired or unimportant traits and maximizing desired ones.
Mob	Mob is a term for an in-game enemy who roams a specific area. An Enemy NPC.
nerf	A change intended to weaken a particular item, ability, or character, for balancing purposes.
Ninja looting	To unfairly loot the corpse of a fallen enemy.
NPC	A computer-controlled character or any character that is not under a player's direct control.
OOM	Out Of Mana.
OTW/OMW	On the way/On my way.
PUG	Pick-up group.
Rubber Banding	The result of network latency during a multiplayer game; players teleporting to locations. (lag)
Teabagging	An act usually considered disrespectful and provocative, consisting of a player-character repeatedly crouching and standing back up right next to or over a knocked down or dead opponent.
Trash	Non-boss mobs in dungeons and raids.