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.

WoW

Blizzard hotfixes Infinite Stars and other Corrupted Item traits to bring their damage down

by Matthew Rossi on January 24, 2020 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

The way Corrupted Items are supposed to work, there's an intention that you'll always balance your Corruption against the benefit a specific item or trait will bring you, looking for ways to keep your Corruption low enough that you're not blowing up your raid while you also blow up the monsters.

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Discussion

What do you do after you accomplish your goals?

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

Guys.

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WoW Classic

Classic Alterac Valley goes from #NoChanges to #SomeChanges

by Matthew Rossi on January 23, 2020 at 6:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Is it time to admit that WoW Classic, despite being very popular at its launch, can't really do what it set out to do?

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Editorial

World of Warcraft evolves, and our expectations should along with it

by Matthew Rossi on January 23, 2020 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

World of Warcraft will turn sixteen this year, and in a very real sense, World of Warcraft has been replaced seven times -- it is not at all the same game it was sixteen years ago.

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The Queue

The Queue: Wrathion? I hardly know Ion.

by Matthew Rossi on January 22, 2020 at 12:00pm @MatthewWRossi

I mean we’ve never actually spoken.

I have to say, so far I’m enjoying 8.3. No more faction conflict, a whole lot of Old God nonsense around, and I get to raid on a Fury Warrior again despite being geared like a circus clown. Two bosses down and a third boss to 5% on our first night of raiding, not too shabby. I mean, I keep getting belts from every single Major Assault I do and the Minors seem to have forgotten that gear can drop, but overall, I like what’s happening now.

Here’s the Queue. Matt’s enjoying WoW again.

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D&D

What is Unearthed Arcana in D&D 5e?

by Matthew Rossi on January 22, 2020 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

There's a tradition behind Wizards of the Coast's Unearthed Arcana which goes all the way back to the original Advanced Dungeons and Dragons line of games, before even 2nd Edition AD&D or the consolidation of both lines into what we called 3rd Edition.

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WoW Classic

Why hasn’t WoW Classic been as challenging as it was the first time around?

by Matthew Rossi on January 22, 2020 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

Look, there's no gentle way to say this -- Naxxramas was cleared in WoW Classic in like an hour and a half. An hour and a half.

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Discussion

How do you think a World of Warcraft expansion should end?

by Matthew Rossi on January 22, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

World of Warcraft's patch 8.3 is the ending of Battle for Azeroth, and with today's Ny'alotha raid we finally see the conclusion to the story of the expansion.

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WoW