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.

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How important is World of Warcraft’s story to your gameplay experience?

by Matthew Rossi on January 15, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

I often wonder about how other people play World of Warcraft.

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A quick and dirty guide to gearing up in patch 8.3

by Matthew Rossi on January 14, 2020 at 5:30pm @MatthewWRossi

This isn't what I'd call the best way to gear up in patch 8.3, but it covers the absolute easiest path to decent gear once next week rolls around and the patch drops.

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How to do Horrific Visions in patch 8.3

by Matthew Rossi on January 14, 2020 at 2:30pm @MatthewWRossi

If you liked the Mage Tower in Legion, then World of Warcraft patch 8.3's Horrific Visions is content that is designed to appeal to you -- it's content you can do solo or in a small group (up to five players) and it's designed to start off with ramping difficulty that will eventually force you out until you get better at the encounters and better geared to resist the sanity draining mechanic of the Vision.

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How to get to Ny’alotha in patch 8.3

by Matthew Rossi on January 14, 2020 at 10:15am @MatthewWRossi

So you want to get ready to raid Ny'alotha as soon as it unlocks on January 21st, and you're looking for the fastest way to get to the raid.

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How to get to Uldum for N’Zoth Assaults in patch 8.3

by Matthew Rossi on January 14, 2020 at 9:45am @MatthewWRossi

If you're looking forward to doing N'Zoth Assaults in patch 8.3 for all that sweet loot and Coalescing Visions, you're probably wondering the fastest way to get to the far-flung locations where they take place.

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How to get to Vale of Eternal Blossoms for N’Zoth Old God Assaults in patch 8.3

by Matthew Rossi on January 14, 2020 at 9:25am @MatthewWRossi

In patch 8.3 Azeroth is under attack by N'Zoth and you need to do your part to foil the Old God's Assault on the world.

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Discussion

What are you doing first in patch 8.3?

by Matthew Rossi on January 14, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

I mean, I kind of know what you're doing first -- if you want to do anything else in World of Warcraft's patch 8.3, you'll need to do the introductory questline that unlocks everything else, from the Old God Assaults to the Horrific Visions and including the raid itself, since the raid portal for Ny'alotha will switch between Uldum and the Vale of Eternal Blossoms depending on which zone is under attack by the Old God itself.

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When will WoW patch 8.3.5 be released?

by Matthew Rossi on January 13, 2020 at 9:21pm @MatthewWRossi

If you're wondering when we'll get patch 8.3.5 in World of Warcraft, the answer is that as of right now, there isn't one planned.

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The time is right for Blizzard to get back into pen and paper gaming

by Matthew Rossi on January 13, 2020 at 6:00pm @MatthewWRossi

This post was inspired by two things: seeing that Riot Games are getting back into making tabletop games, and the recent announcement of the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, a sanctioned Wizards of the Coast product featuring the campaign setting seen every week on Critical Role.

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