Can anyone explain these common terms?

Caroloces

What is meant by:

1. Burst Damage
2. Proc
3. mitigate (I know the meaning of this word, but don't totally understand it in the context of class builds)
4. weapon crit
5. spell crit

I'm sure there'll be more to come, but I'd appreciate anyone granting some insight to this theorycrafting noob.

tinythinker

Caroloces wrote: »

What is meant by:

1. Burst Damage
2. Proc
3. mitigate (I know the meaning of this word, but don't totally understand it in the context of class builds)
4. weapon crit
5. spell crit

I'm sure there'll be more to come, but I'd appreciate anyone granting some insight to this theorycrafting noob.

1. Burst Damage = large amounts of instant or extremely rapid damage as opposed to regular strength attacks or DoT (damage over time) attacks.
2. Proc = how often a special bonus with a percentage chance to activate actually goes off (as in "when I do x" or "about every x seconds")/an actual occurrence of it hitting/going off.
3. mitigate = how much of a particular type of damage is ignored when you are hit by it, based on things like your armor, its enchantments, etc.
4. weapon crit = the odds that your (or an opponent's) weapon based attack (either light/heavy with a mouse click or from the ability bar) will hit for critical damage (i.e. much higher than normal); the odds of getting a critical strike and the amount of extra damage possible are based on your build, including things like Mundus stone boons.
5. spell crit = same as above but for spell-based attacks.

Weapon and spell crit play a special role for those fighting other players in Cyrodiil. Many players wear 4 or more pieces of armor with the Impenetrable trait as it reduces the odds of being hit for critical damage.

Nestor

Here are some other terms compiled by @Greatfellow

Greatfellow wrote: »

Here's a list of some acronyms. You'll probably already know some, but others you will find useful, and other people or resources will provide more:
AD - Aldmeri Dominion
AFK - Away from Keyboard
Aggro - how threatening a monster finds you, and decides who to hit.
AH - Auction House
AoE - area of effect
API - application programming interface
AvA - alliance versus alliance
Buff - An effect that makes a gaming character stronger
DC - Daggerfall Covenant
DD - "damage dealer", a character whose primary role is dealing damage
DK - Dragonknight
DoT - Damage over time
DPS - Damage per second
EP - Ebonheart Pact
ESO - The Elder Scrolls Online, the game.
FF - Focus Fire Used to denote a target all members of the group should direct their attacks against. E.g. "FF Sent" Would mean "Focus Fire Sentinels (because the stupid templar healer forgot how to dodge attacks!)"
FOV - Field of view (in context FOV slider)
FPS - Frames per second
HOT - Heal over time
HPS - heals per second
LFG: look for group
LMB - Left mouse button
Mob - Hostile NPC's
Mundus - The plane or realm of existence that encompasses Nirn, its moons and attendant planets
NB - nightblade
Nerf - An effect that makes a gaming character weaker
Nirn - The planet on which the Elder Scrolls is set
NPCs -Listing of all non-player characters in the game
OOM - Out of Mana
OP - Over Powered
Proc - "programmed random occurrence", i.e. random additional buff when using a skill
PuG - pick up group
PvE - Player versus environment
PvP - Player versus Player
RMB - Right mouse button
RNG - "random number generator", refers to the game's algorithms to determine if an ability hit and for how hard, or what loot dropped, etc.
Tank - a character built to withstand repeated and excessive physical blows, so as to divert, distract, or absorb
TESO - The Elder Scrolls Online
UESP - The Unofficial Elder scrolls Pages
UI - user interface
WTB - Want to buy
WTS - want to sell
WTT - want to trade
XP - Experience
ZOS - ZeniMax Online Studios, the developer of the game