Matthew Rossi
The Queue: Anthropomorphic Dinosaurs
Look, someone asked. It’s totally in bounds.
Breakfast Topic: Are leveling and endgame disconnected?
I'm not asking if leveling is too easy, I'm asking if it's too divorced from what we're expected to do at max level. One of the things that limits console RPG's from getting too much ability bloat is the limitation of the control interface, but MMO's like WoW pack on the abilities - even after the pretty significant trim that we saw in Warlords of Draenor a max level characters interface can have upwards of twenty regularly used buttons on it.
Heroes of the Dorm registration ends March 26
If you're a college student and you'd like to play Heroes of the Storm on ESPN for a chance to win college tuition, you should register now. How soon are we talking? By March 26th registration closes, so that soon.
How to get Sha’tar Rep in a day
I decided I wanted to get my Sha'tar Defense reputation up as fast as I could, because I'm a transmog junkie and I main a draenei, so I wanted to get that sweet Sha'tar Defense Plate set for him.
Breakfast Topic: What did you expect that didn’t happen?
Looking back over the course of Warlords of Draenor, one thing I really expected that didn't happen at all is that I thought Shattrath would be a raid, instead of an outdoor zone for garrison daily quests.
The Queue: Worgen druids don’t seem to sniffle
Getting into the questions fast for this edition of The Queue. Why? Because druids.
Breakfast Topic: I miss reforging
I don't want to miss reforging. The problem is, for me, some stats are still just garbage - crit and mastery are still our absolute best stats, haste is still bad (bordering on very bad depending on talent choices) and both versatility and multistrike are, at best, meh. Yes, it's true, with the changes to gear and enchanting and gemming I can put on a new piece of gear almost immediately without running off to tinker with it. But the problem is, often, I don't want to, even if it's an ilevel upgrade, because it's a haste/multistrike piece and why even bother?
Diablo III Live Developer Q&A on March 23
For the Diablo III players among us, some news - this Monday, March 23rd, there will be a live question and answer with several of the developers on Diablo III, talking about the next patch and season for the game.
Has RNG outlived its usefulness?
RNG is short for random number generator, and its the randomness when you do something like roll for loot, or even the randomness that determines whether a certain piece of loot even drops - whether loot is set to personal, or you're using master looter, there's always some randomness because a boss doesn't drop everything it could drop when you kill it.
The Queue: Stabbing everything
Look, if there’s something wrong with becoming a tornado of swording and slicey stabby killing everything around you, then I am proud to be wrong.
Let’s do the Queue folks.
