Scott F. Andrews

Scott F. Andrews is a 13-year veteran of Blizzard Watch and its previous incarnation. He's been a Blizzard fan since the day he first logged into WoW in 2004. He is the author of The Guild Leader's Handbook, based on his long-running Officers' Quarters column. Scott enjoys reading and writing fiction, drinking craft beer, and traveling the world. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, son, and chihuahua.

Hearthstone

Scott F. AndrewsMarch 18, 2020

How Team 5 and WoW created an awkward situation for new Hearthstone classes

Demon Hunters are the first new class coming to Hearthstone! I am absolutely thrilled about this announcement, particularly about what it means for the future of the game. Team…
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WoW

Scott F. AndrewsNovember 8, 2019

Unpruning the fun: My hopes for Death Knights and Paladins in Shadowlands

Out of all the announcements about World of Warcraft at BlizzCon 2019, two things spoken by Ion Hazzikostas stood out to me over anything else: “unpruning” and “player agency.”…
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BlizzCon

Scott F. AndrewsNovember 2, 2019

Legendary weapon transmog restrictions will be lifted “very soon”

At today’s World of Warcraft Q&A panel, a player asked if we’ll ever be able to transmog our weapons into legendary weapons such as Val’anyr, Thori’dal, and the like.…
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BlizzCon

Scott F. AndrewsNovember 2, 2019

Diablo 4 lets you play however you want (as long as you don’t want to play offline)

“Player agency” is turning into the biggest buzzword of BlizzCon this year. Yesterday, Ion Hazzikostas used the phrase to describe what they wanted for WoW moving forward, much to…
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BlizzCon

Scott F. AndrewsNovember 2, 2019

If you like Mythic+ in World of Warcraft, Diablo 4 has you covered with Dungeon Keys

World of Warcraft has certainly taken its fair share of ideas from the Diablo franchise: random legendary drops, the whole idea of socketing gems into loot — even the…
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BlizzCon

Scott F. AndrewsNovember 2, 2019

Goodbye, dungeon loading screens: Diablo 4 has “seamless exploration”

To me a loading screen in Diablo games is a chance to take a breath — a break from the tension of surviving in the game’s hellscapes to gather…
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WoW

Scott F. AndrewsNovember 2, 2019

Leveling in Shadowlands will be “60 to 70% faster”

Today’s Deep Dive panel revealed further information about leveling changes coming to WoW in Shadowlands. Most significantly, the time to reach the new level 50 — in other words,…
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WoW

Scott F. AndrewsNovember 2, 2019

Shadowlands’ promise of player agency fills me with hope, but can the game follow through?

Day 1 of BlizzCon has come and gone. We will learn more details about the specific systems coming to Shadowlands tomorrow. But as an initial impression of WoW’s next…
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BlizzCon

Scott F. AndrewsNovember 2, 2019

Shadowlands will let us level from 1 to 50 anywhere

In today’s World of Warcraft What’s Next panel, Ion Hazzikostas revealed that, along with the level squish to 60, all previous expansion zones will scale to your level. You…
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BlizzCon

Scott F. AndrewsNovember 1, 2019

The four Covenants of the Shadowlands are the new Class Halls

Sylvanas is bringing us all to the Shadowlands, whether we like it or not. There, we will have access to a new way to earn abilities, items, and cosmetic…
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