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MMO

Massive Multiplayer Online games. These games will feature interaction with other players in real-time and on a large scale.

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MMO

buff

Video games; MMO

A status effect that improves the characteristics of a player.

toon

Video games; MMO

Slang term for a player controlled character.

non-playable character (NPC)

Video games; MMO

Includes every character that is controlled by the AI, but does not include characters that other people are controlling in online games.

damage over time (DoT)

Video games; MMO

An attack that will deal damage at intervals over a period of time.

exploit

Video games; MMO

Utilising a bug or a feature in an unintended way for benefit. Comes in varying degrees of severity with the worst often being looked down on by the playerbase.

farming

Video games; MMO

Repeating an action many times over with the intent of gaining a particular resource at maximum efficiency.

grinding

Video games; MMO

Repeating an action many times over with the intent of gaining a particular resource at maximum efficiency.

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