MMO Acronyms – M, N, O, P

Main Assist

n. The main assist (MA) is the person in the group or raid that others will target and assist, in hopes to focus all their attacks on the MA’s single target.

Mob

n. A group of enemy or monsters.

vb. To be attacked by many monsters at once

MP

-Mana or Magic Point

MT

-Main Tank or mistell (sending the wrong message to the wrong person)

N

Nerf

vb.The act of weakening a character class, power, skills, item or other aspect of the game by the Game designers and developers in the interest of game balance and mechanics.

Newbie/Noobs/Newb/n00b

n. A derogatory term used on a player who is annoying, inexperienced, lack teamwork, or with little skills.

Ninja

vb. The act of stealing loot unfairly out of greed, without giving other party members a chance to loot or a fair way to decide on the loot. An exposed ninja will often be blacklisted among the MMORPG community.

n. The name given to a person who unfairly steals loot.

NPC

-Non-Player Character

O

OOC

-Out of Character (meaning out of role playing mode and in real life talk)

OOM

-Out of Mana

OOR

-Out of Range

OMW

-On My Way

P

PBAE

-Point Blank Area Effect

PC

-Player Character

PK

-Player Killer, Player Killing

Perma

(adj) Describing a certain power is almost permanent. When a power recycles and recharges by the time its effect wears off, that effect in term become permanent since another can be cast after the effect wears off. Often gamers will find gaming mechanics to make a limited use power (often buffs) perma-. Permadeath describes the game mechanic where your character get deleted when you die.

Pull

vb. A tactic used to draw a single enemy out of a mob so that the engagement in battle does not draw the attention of the remaining mob.

PM

-Private Message

PST

-Please Send Tell

PuG

n. PuG or Pick Up Group refers to the party of players who have never usually worked together before, cooperating now to perform a mission or task. Because players in a PuG aren’t generally familiar with one another, PuGs are notoriously known for deaths, ninjas, arguments and failures.

PvE

n. Player versus environment is used to describe the type of gameplay where people compete against the computer or computer-driven opponents. This often involves groups of players operating cooperatively to engage hostile monsters which are featured in many online roleplaying games. PvE content is an alternative to player versus player (PvP) content.

PvP

n. Player versus player is used to describe a type of gameplay that allows people to compete directly with each other, rather than playing against a computer-controlled opponent. This can include free-for-alls where everyone is on their own, or teams engaged in competition with other player-controlled teams. PvP content is an alternative to player versus environment (PvE) content. Some MMO games have specific areas where players can engage in Player versus Player combat, whereas others you can attack another player anywhere.

Pwn

vb. or “to Own” A MMORPG term used to designating victory over one’s enemy. To be pwned means to be defeated. Often used as a gentle way to rub in one’s victory and a commonly accepted term. Many theories are there regarding how the “O” became the “P” “PWNED”.