Matthew Rossi

You may be wondering what I mean by that title.

Hearthstone has an enviable remove from WoW and its canon.

Not just alternate timelines, either.

Every game has them, and every player has one they love.

Do you like dueling in WoW?

It turns out Overwatch players like tools to help them find groups.

Look let's face it -- it's currently unclear what Blizzard is doing with the Diablo IP.

I just love this game sometimes. For all the flaws you might list, one thing is clear — Diablo 3 does not care if I build and spec my character entirely around simply spinning my way through every single demon I see until they’re all dead. Indeed, it welcomes this activity. It loves it. And this is why I love Diablo 3.

I mean, I try other builds. Right now one of my Barbarians is rocking a Seismic Slam build using full Immortal King for the permanent Ancients and a Fury of the Vanished Peak. I don’t quite have enough pieces of the Might of the Earth set yet to focus on that, but once I do, I’m sure Seismic Slam damage will be delightful. But still, I love my Whirlwind build.

Actually, I got so impatient that I went and farmed up the Might of the Earth pants and went full Earthquake/Seismic Slam on my recently leveled Barbarian because why not? And yes, it’s delightful. I happened to get a pair of Bracers of Destruction out of a GR, and my word it’s lovely. Things evaporate. Does this mean I’ll abandon my Whirlwind build? No, it just means I have a reason to play two different Barbarians.

Like I needed one.

They are not Paladins.

World of Warcraft will be getting classic servers, and they'll be running a version of the 1.12 Drums of War patch.