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 4 classes all have unique gameplay mechanics, like Sorceress Enchantments revealed in today’s dev update

by Matthew Rossi on September 29, 2020 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Game Director Luis Barriga has given us a lot to mull over in the latest Diablo 4 development update.

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Diablo

What is the Diablo 3 Season 22 theme?

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

With the recent news of the Diablo 3 Patch 2.6.10 PTR, we're now aware of what Season 22's theme will be, and it's an interesting one.

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WoW Classic

WoW Classic is getting bug fixes that were never in the original game

by Matthew Rossi on September 29, 2020 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

WoW Classic moves further and further away from being a 100% accurate recreation of the original World of Warcraft with every moment that passes -- not that it was ever really going to be able to recapture what it was like to play WoW those years, but I digress.

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Discussion

What’s the first thing your characters are going to do when the Shadowlands pre-expansion patch drops?

by Matthew Rossi on September 29, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

Getting ready for all the changes that happen when a new expansion pre-patch drops is a time-honored tradition in World of Warcraft, and it's one I've been through a few times now.

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Diablo

Diablo 3 Season 22 is live on the PTR with shadow clones and bonus Kanai’s Cube powers

by Matthew Rossi on September 25, 2020 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

The Diablo 3 patch 2.6.10 PTR will start on October 1, opening testing for Season 22: The Season of the Shadow, as well as the usual assortment of changes to items and sets.

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Discussion

What would you think about World of Warcraft never adding any new player levels?

by Matthew Rossi on September 25, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

With the level squish coming to World of Warcraft fairly soon, I'm sitting here wondering about what will happen when Shadowlands is replaced by whatever the next expansion will be.

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WoW

Did World of Warcraft need a level squish?

by Matthew Rossi on September 24, 2020 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Back in March of 2019, based on statements by Ion "Watcher" Hazzikostas, I predicted the level squish in Shadowlands even though we didn't know it would be Shadowlands yet.

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Discussion

What WoW expansion was the best for your class?

by Matthew Rossi on September 24, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

For me, it's hard to say which World of Warcraft expansion had what I feel is the best Warrior, because each expansion did a few things I've loved -- Wrath of the Lich King brought us Titan's Grip, for example, which is absolutely my favorite Warrior ability of all time, even ahead of Charge.

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Blizzard