Matthew Rossi

Back in Mists of Pandaria we had a fun little thing called Scenarios, similar to the things that happen now when you're doing a certain hard quest out in the world or as part of your class order hall campaign.

Games like Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone and Overwatch all have a variety of play modes because those games are primarily PvP experiences.

Never actually played that game, mind you. But I watch a lot of Man at Arms and they made the Witcher swords on that show, so I went out and got Destiny since it was going for cheap. I had Witchfury in my collection, but not Destiny, because I never could get that sword to drop. Back in Vanilla, Destiny was one of the swords that you saw on people who were DPS Warriors or Paladins before they’d get into MC or start PvPing heavily for the weapons. I went from the Barbarous Blade to the Arcanite Champion (sword spec ruled back then) and finally picked up my Sulfuras, but I never had Destiny. (I also never got Ashkandi back then, either… it took me six years.)

Yes, this has been ‘Matt natters on about transmog again’ and hopefully you’re used to that by now. I don’t have a PS4 and I can’t get one (or a Switch, for that matter) so you’re stuck with me talking about WoW for a while.

I know we're not even half done with Legion yet, but one of the things that keeps popping up in my head every time I see a Hunter with Hati or use Strom'kar's Warbreaker ability is this notion of just how much time and investment we put into these Artifacts.

For the roots of the divide between the few remaining High Elves and the Blood Elves, we must go back to two figures -- Kael'thas Sunstrider and Garithos, self-proclaimed Grand Marshal of the few remaining Alliance forces in the region after Prince Arthas Menethil's betrayal of his father and his kingdom to the Scourge.

One of the things players really seem to love in expansions is that they be self contained.

I like going back to Darnassus on my Nelf Warrior from time to time and imagining how completely boring she finds the place. Plus, it’s a brand new city by Night Elf standards. I mean, they just grew that giant tree after the Third War. It’s not like she (or any Nigh Elves, really) grew up there or anything, the buildings are either new construction or likely ruins that were off the coast of Kalimdor and raised by Nordrassil when it grew. Considering my Warrior is neither a Druid or a Priest, I get the feeling she views the city as a memorial to the Third War more than an actual home.

But it’s pretty and there are other Night Elves there, so heck, why not visit when she gets homesick?

Warlords of Draenor had several problems -- a lack of endgame content, a truncated storyline and a dearth of development where more than a year passed between the Hellfire raid and the next patch.

Today, the Heroes Twitter teased an upcoming announcement to drop during the Heroes of the Storm Global Championship (HGC) series Western Clash tomorrow.

If you've been holding off on getting the complete StarCraft II collection, now might be the time to snap it up.