Matthew Rossi

Matthew Rossi @MatthewWRossi — Matthew Rossi is a synapsid, perhaps descended from Cynognathus. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and grew up there before leaving to see the world and be mistaken for a sasquatch and/or minor singing celebrity in various locales. He currently lives and writes in Edmonton alongside his amazing and beautiful wife and their cats. He’s written three collections of speculative fiction, Things That Never Were, Bottled Demon and At Last, Atlantis. He loves playing warriors in World of Warcraft, barbarians in Diablo III, and he’s beginning to notice a pattern here.

BlizzCon

Diablo 2: Resurrected keeps the gameplay of the original intact, but consoles require some changes

by Matthew Rossi on February 19, 2021 at 11:21pm @MatthewWRossi

I was relieved to see that gameplay in Diablo 2: Resurrected is almost completely unchanged.

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BlizzCon

Diablo Immortal has a Paragon system, and it improves on Diablo 3’s model

by Matthew Rossi on February 19, 2021 at 6:45pm @MatthewWRossi

Watching the Diablo channel as part of this year's BlizzConline, I was surprised to discover that we're going to see a return of the Paragon system from Diablo 3 in Diablo Immortal.

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BlizzCon

Burning Crusade Classic is now officially announced, Level 58 boosts incoming

by Matthew Rossi on February 19, 2021 at 5:45pm @MatthewWRossi

We weren't surprised by the Burning Crusade Classic announcement, of course -- I don't think anyone was surprised, we expected it to follow once they ran out of content in WoW Classic.

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BlizzCon

Get ready to return to classic Sanctuary: Diablo 2 Resurrected is coming

by Matthew Rossi on February 19, 2021 at 5:29pm @MatthewWRossi

We've been expecting this one for a while.

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WoW

Shadowlands seems to want players to do a little of everything, whether we enjoy it or not

by Matthew Rossi on February 17, 2021 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

World of Warcraft is a game with a lot of content, and at max level players have a lot of activities to pursue.

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The Queue

The Queue: In the long dark night of the soul it is always Mythic Tomb of Sargeras

by Matthew Rossi on February 17, 2021 at 12:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Couldn’t sleep, head full of bad thoughts, and so it was time to run Tomb of Sargeras on Mythic, and it went better than I expected. Died a bunch but managed to clear it and kill Kil’jaeden, so that’s good.

This is the Queue.

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Discussion

How do you think the Legendary upgrade system could be improved?

by Matthew Rossi on February 17, 2021 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

I finally upgraded my legendary, and there are parts of the process I like -- like farming for Soul Ash in Torghast, that part I enjoy as long as I don't do the Chorus of Dead Souls, that I hate.

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D&D

How to adapt a video game — like, say, Diablo or World of Warcraft — to your D&D campaign

by Matthew Rossi on February 16, 2021 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

If you're a TTRPG nerd like myself, the most exciting announcement at this year's BlizzConline might well be that the folks at Critical Role will be running a Diablo-themed one-shot for the convention this year.

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Discussion

Why would you change your Covenant?

by Matthew Rossi on February 16, 2021 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

Honestly I can't think of any reason I'd change from Night Fae on my Nelf Warrior -- I like the AOE DPS of Ancient Aftershock, and I enjoy the story and how it interacts with my character and the past couple of expansions.

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Diablo