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.

Diablo

Diablo Immortal is really, finally, actually going into public regional testing soon

by Matthew Rossi on October 30, 2020 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

So, if you're like me, you've been watching the Diablo Immortal process over the past two years with mingled trepidation and confusion.

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Discussion

How do you plan on preparing for Shadowlands now that it’s launching November 23?

by Matthew Rossi on October 30, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

We now know it's about a month to World of Warcraft's next expansion, Shadowlands, barring any unforeseen complications this time around.

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Off Topic

Waiting on TTRPGs from Critical Role or Chris Metzen? Here are some of our favorite indie Tabletop RPGs in the meantime

by Matthew Rossi on October 29, 2020 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

This week, former Blizzard Senior Vice President of Story & Franchise Development Chris Metzen announced the formation of Warchief Gaming -- previously a gaming club and now a development studio for tabletop games -- and on the same day, Critical Role announced the formation of Darrington Press, which will also be focusing on tabletop game development.

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WoW

When is WoW’s Shadowlands expansion coming out? November 23!

by Matthew Rossi on October 29, 2020 at 12:15pm @MatthewWRossi

World of Warcraft Shadowlands is currently in beta, and now has a release date of November 23, 2020.

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The Queue

The Queue: Localized disaster

by Matthew Rossi on October 28, 2020 at 12:00pm @MatthewWRossi

It has been a week, y’all. Let’s just say that in order to use the only working bathroom in my house, I have to wedge an umbrella into the area above the toilet, and it sounds like a heavy rain just breaks out from time to time for no discernible reason. I haven’t slept more than two hours at a stretch since Sunday.

Anyway, here’s the Queue.

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WoW

Timewalking Campaigns and how they change leveling in World of Warcraft

by Matthew Rossi on October 28, 2020 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

The system-wide leveling changes for Shadowlands are live in World of Warcraft as of patch 9.0.1 and it's a major overhaul.

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Discussion

How would you handle leveling after Shadowlands?

by Matthew Rossi on October 28, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

The way leveling in Shadowlands works, you do 1 to 10 in Exile's Reach or some other starting zone, then from 10 to 50 you either do Battle for Azeroth content or one of the other expansions, from Cataclysm's revamp of Azeroth to Outland, or Northrend, or Pandaria, or even alternate Draenor or the Broken Isles.

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D&D

New D&D playtest content gives Monks and Rangers delightful draconic powers

by Matthew Rossi on October 27, 2020 at 6:00pm @MatthewWRossi

One of the things I love about playtest content in Dungeons and Dragons is when it gets weird.

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Discussion

What do you think of WoW’s Party Sync feature?

by Matthew Rossi on October 27, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

I've recently discovered the Party Sync functionality in World of Warcraft while helping my wife get her legendary cloak (she took off most of Battle for Azeroth due to the burning of Teldrassil, since, as a 16-year Night Elf Hunter, it messed up her character too much) and I have to say, this is a feature I'd have loved for WoW to have years ago.

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Off Topic