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 3 Season 11: How to start and level your Seasonal Hero

by Matthew Rossi on July 20, 2017 at 3:30pm @MatthewWRossi

Diablo 3 Season 11 starts in just a few hours, and it'll be the first Season to feature the game's newest class, the Necromancer.

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Discussion

Are we going to have a year of patch 7.3?

by Matthew Rossi on July 20, 2017 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

Without going into spoilers, it looks to me like patch 7.3 is going to have some fairly robust systems that will take a while to exhaust, such as the Netherlight Crucible and Relic Customization.

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Discussion

What do you want to see in Chronicle Volume 3?

by Matthew Rossi on July 19, 2017 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

Okay, let's just get down to it -- what do you guys want to see in Chronicle Volume 3?

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Diablo

Diablo patch 2.6.0a fixes Necromancer portraits, transmog bugs

by Matthew Rossi on July 18, 2017 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Diablo 3's Patch 2.6.0a isn't the big content-heavy patch that 2.6.0 itself was, but what it brings us is relief from some bugs, updates to things meant to be updated before now, and some cleaning-up of the dust left behind in the wake of a major content patch.

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WoW

Frost Death Knight Breath of Sindragosa build changing in patch 7.3

by Matthew Rossi on July 17, 2017 at 5:45pm @MatthewWRossi

I don't play Frost very much on my Death Knight, and part of that is because of the raw dominance of Breath of Sindragosa, which requires you to collect certain Legendaries to maximize the build.

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WoW

Patch 7.3 Argus zone previews show off Mac’Aree and Krokuun

by Matthew Rossi on July 17, 2017 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Its no secret that I'm ludicrously excited to see the folks at Wowhead putting up new information about patch 7.3, and these zone preview videos they did for Krokuun and Mac'Aree are no exception.

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News

World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume 3 out March 2018, pre-orders now live

by Matthew Rossi on July 17, 2017 at 1:18pm @MatthewWRossi

It's official -- the folks at Dark Horse Comics have announced that World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume 3 will be coming out on March 27, 2018. Volume 3 looks as though it will focus on the Warcraft III era, as it mentions specifically that Arthas Menethil, Illidan Stormrage, and Jaina Proudmoore will be explored.

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News

Method claims World First Mythic Kil’jaeden kill

by Matthew Rossi on July 17, 2017 at 9:36am @MatthewWRossi

It's all over but the screaming: after getting the world first Mythic Fallen Avatar of Sargeras kill back on July 4th, Method has now completed their conquest of Tomb of Sargeras with the world's first kill of Mythic Kil'jaeden, bringing an end to the longest progression race World of Warcraft has seen since Al'Akir back in Cataclysm.

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Discussion