Phil Ulrich

One of the biggest features of our trip to Siren Isle in WoW's 11.0.7 patch is the promise of a brand new shiny ring to upgrade over time and fill with special gems that have magical powers.

By this point, a lot of World of Warcraft players have done a great deal of gearing up during Season 1 of The War Within, but there are still a lot of walls being hit by players at the high end -- achievements with some silly requirements, absurd amounts of crests needed to craft the highest tier of crafted item, and overtly punitive crest losses from failing a Mythic+ timer.

After the freedom to fly all over Khaz Algar right off the bat in The War Within, it might come as a shock to players to not be able to fly again on the Siren Isle.

The centerpiece of WoW patch 11.0.7 is Siren Isle, with its four new mounts and its fancy customizable ring, along with quests, story, and all the usual stuff you've come to expect from a World of Warcraft content patch.

Despite the fact that Larian Studios is done with Baldur's Gate 3 and has stated that they have no intention of producing DLC for the game (up to the point of starting DLC, then canceling it, because it wasn't really coming from the heart), they keep dropping entire patches that -- on top of the expected bugfixes and such -- keep adding features on par with what other games would provide in (non-free!) DLC.

I've often said that collecting tabletop RPGs is a different hobby from playing them.

There's a ton of stuff in game as part of WoW's 20th Annivesary event -- rewards to buy, Timewalking to run, achievements to hunt, quests to do, and secrets to ferret out.

Among the other features that we have to look forward to in World of Warcraft's upcoming patch 11.0.7 is the return of divisive PVP-only mode Plunderstorm.

The World of Warcraft's patch 11.0.5, and its centerpiece 20th anniversary event, are both now live, bringing with them a plethora of activities to do -- as well as the all-important sweet, sweet cosmetic loot.

The fall weather here in the Northern Hemisphere is the perfect time to hang out inside around a table with your friends, your collection of dice, and your favorite tabletop RPGs.