Exploit

Exploit

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.

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Category: MMO
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exploit

Internet; Internet security

To use the defects found in software code or function on a system to elevate privileges, execute code remotely, cause denial of service, or prompt other attacks. A buffer ...

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.

exploitation

Geography; Physical geography

Form of competition where the indirect effects of the two or more species or individuals reduce the supply of the limiting resource or resources needed for survival.

exploit

Engineering; Civil engineering

Excavate in such a manner as to utilize material in a particular vein or layer, and waste or avoid surrounding material.

exploitation

Sociology; Racism

Taking advantage of something or someone for one's own benefit or profit, eg exploitation of the colonies for the benefit of the mother country.

exploitation

Politics; Political Science

Taking advantage of something for one's own use or benefit, especially in an unethical manner. Thus an employer who pays unreasonably low wages or makes unreasonable demands on ...

avatar

Video games; MMO

The generic name given to the persona played as in a video game.

healer

Video games; MMO

A character whose primary function is to keep all the other members of their team alive by restoring their hit points when they are damaged.

damage per second (DPS)

Video games; MMO

A measure of the damage output a character has over an extended period of time.

cooldown

Video games; MMO

The time it takes for a particular skill to recharge. Powerful skills will have long cooldowns to prevent the player from using them excessively.

gold sink

Video games; MMO

A venture that players will want to engage in that takes money out of the in game economy. As many online games will feature potentially infinite sources of money through ...

player versus environment (PvE)

Video games; MMO

Gameplay that pits the player against the game itself rather than other players.

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