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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

Knock-down

Video games; MMO

A skill that sweeps a target off its feet. While knocked down a target is unable to perform any actions until it is standing again.

Snare

Video games; MMO

A skill that prevents an enemy from moving, with the intent of having all the members of a team moving out of the enemy's range and making it so they cannot attack the team.

Squishy

Video games; MMO

Description of a character that, if hit, will take high amounts of damage due to their low defense.

Scaling

Video games; MMO

Where the challenge presented to a player is altered depending on that players skill or character level.

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 respawning enemies, there ...

Line of sight

Video games; MMO

Whether or not the target of a player is visible to them. If the line of sight to a target is blocked during skill execution it is possible that the skill will not work as intended or fail to go off ...

Range

Video games; MMO

The maximum distance that can be between a player and their target before the skill will no longer works. Melee attacks will generally have short range, whereas magic attacks will be greater.

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