Matthew Rossi
SDCC: Blizzard announces Warcraft Chronicle, Reaper statue, comics and more
We covered Blizzard's SDCC exclusives, but now that their panel at the con is over (though the Warcraft movie panel is yet to come), what did we learn?
The importance of story
I know a lot of players who argue that the story in MMOs like World of Warcraft is less important than the play experience.
The Queue: Because it is bitter
One of my favorite poems is In the Desert by Stephen Crane. It’s a short poem, so I feel safe reproducing it here.
In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, “Is it good, friend?”
“It is bitter—bitter,” he answered;
“But I like it
“Because it is bitter,
“And because it is my heart.”
Let’s answer some questions.
Breakfast Topic: Do you feel done with Draenor?
Every time I think about the idea that patch 6.2 is the final raid patch for Warlords of Draenor, I ask myself if I'm done with the world, and so far I'm really not.
Know Your Lore: Orcish victimization and the blood of Mannoroth
If you've been playing World of Warcraft for a while, or were familiar with the Warcraft 3 game or tie-in books like Lord of the Clans and Rise of the Horde you were aware of a certain conception of orcs and their nature and identity.
Breakfast Topic: Do you want other Timewalking eras?
With the introduction of Timewalking we've seen several Burning Crusade and Wrath era dungeons made relevant again, with a chance at scaling 660 gear and a chance to experience the dungeons with their mechanics at the same level as they were originally designed for.
Breakfast Topic: Give me all the Apexis
I'm not really into the shipyard that much (just like I never really got into garrison missions) but what I am absolutely in love with is heading out to Tanaan, getting a bunch of quests, and then just powering my way to like 13k Apexis Crystals a day.
CM Lore responds to complaints about RNG PVP gear
RNG stands for 'random number generator' and, in this case, it basically means random stats on gear.
The Queue: I’m in Tanaan
My second warrior just broke ilevel 650 in Tanaan – I’m still using a 615 trinket but all my other gear is 650 or 675 from Baleful drops/purchases, and I’ll have my first Empowered Apexis Fragment for him tomorrow. My first warrior is pretty solidly at 690 or better, with normal HFC gear as well as Empowered Apexis. Looking forward to Heroic HFC. I’m liking this patch quite a bit.
Let’s talk about the Queue, and the questioning and answering thereof.
Breakfast Topic: Would you like Timewalking to be a daily event?
This last weekend we saw Timewalking dungeons for the first time, as a bunch of us between level 71 and 100 ran old BC dungeons again, scaled down to level and wearing gear from every era of WoW that followed.
