Matthew Rossi

There's a case to be made that Castle Nathria isn't launching all that early.

For some players, getting to 60 was the most important part of Shadowlands, but by now they've achieved that and they're focusing on other things.

Rejoice in the most recent hotfixes, which have lowered the level at which Battle for Azeroth mobs scale with gear.

For me, it's the whole deal about animals in the various zones.

Is it questing in a particular zone?

Why can’t we just admit it?

Why can’t we just admit it?

We won’t give pause until the blood is flowing.

I need to watch things die from a good safe distance.

Vicariously I live while the whole world dies.

You all feel the same so…

This is the Queue and I’m listening to my Shadowlands playlist. This song feels very Maldraxxus-y.

I am playing Shadowlands entirely wrong.

WoW Classic is about to get its Phase Six, with the patch for 1.13.8 going live on December 1 and the opening of Naxxramas and the Scourge Invasion starting on December 3.

Every expansion to World of Warcraft goes through a cycle, starting out fresh to the majority of players (those that weren't in the alpha or beta, anyway) and then, over time, as we all level through it there's a feeling of growing familiarity.

Okay, so here’s the thing — I’m not saying it’s bad, or poorly designed, it’s clearly an excellent zone. But all the Wow, Maldraxxus is awesome hype had me really thinking I might love it, but then I got there, and it’s just slime and crap everywhere and corpses littering the ground and a lot of it grosses me out or turns my stomach. I’m also never a fan of ruthless Darwinism and while I appreciate the idea of Maldraxxus as the home of the Shadowlands’ defense force, it’s not really getting past all the stuff I’m not fond of.

Still, I’m level 57 now. Maybe I’ll start playing one of my alts on nights my wife is occupied. Don’t think I’ll ever join the Necrolords, though. Just on an aesthetic level, it’s not my bag.