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AB

Arathi Basin, a 15-man battleground with 5 bases whose objective is to capture and hold bases to collect victory points.

AC

Auchenai Crypts, an Auchindoun instance in Terokkar Forest

Add

An additional enemy who has joined in an active battle

AFK

Away From Keyboard

Aggro

Enter combat with or cause to enter combat. Most often caused by proximity or direct attack, but can be a scripted event. Also means the attention of an NPC in combat.

AGI

Agility, a base statistic

AH

Auction House

Alt

A alternate character, as opposed to a main character or primary character

AoE

Area of Effect – a spell or ability that affects anything within a given space. Most often refers to damage, but can be healing, buffing, or debuffing as well.

AQ

Ahn’Qiraj, a set of level 60 raid instances in Silithus

Arc

The Arcatraz, a Tempest Keep instance in Netherstorm

AV

Alterac Valley, a battleground with 40 players on each side. The main objective is to kill the opposition’s general

Avatar

The representation of a player’s character in the world