WoW
What’s the most fun you’ve ever had in a Blizzard game?
Okay, so this one's hard to answer and completely unfair because I personally have like six different answers.
The secret Slime Serpent mount has been found in Plaguefall! Here’s how to get it for yourself
Another of Shadowlands' secrets has fallen to the dedicated folks over on the Secret Finding Discord -- this time it's the secret of obtaining your very own Slime Serpent mount from Plaguefall.
How important is it to you that lore continues from one WoW expansion to another?
The story of World of Warcraft is one that continues.
Who are the Dreadlords? How did these cunning demons shape Azeroth’s past — and what can we expect from them in the future?
Sometimes an expansion will have open plot threads that lead into another expansion, sometimes there are story points that lead into a later part of the same expansion, and sometimes there are fun clues that never amount to anything -- yet.
Kael’thas has a new voice actor in patch 9.1
The folks at Wowhead have a video comparing the original voice lines to the new ones, and it's subtle but definitely noticeable that in patch 9.1, Kael'thas Sunstrider is now being played by a new voice actor.
How long is too long between patches?
I've written on this subject before, of course -- back in 2015, for example, and boy howdy that was six years ago -- but seeing Reddit user cptshooter put together a timeline of every WoW expansion going back to vanilla showing when each patch dropped shows us that in Shadowlands we're likely going to be sitting through one of the longer gaps between major patches in World of Warcraft history.
PVP Gear in patch 9.1 has situational ilvl, making it less desirable for PVE
One of the biggest concerns in Shadowlands so far is loot acquisition, especially for PVE players.
Patch 9.1 adds even more options for covering your eyes with six new eyeglass models
I don't think I've been particularly subtle about my love for transmog, which is basically the best way to customize your character in World of Warcraft, even after the various additions we saw in Shadowlands.
What should Blizzard do to (further) fix Anima? What do you think would make players happy about the Anima system?
Anima, like other rewards in Shadowlands, kind of feels bad at the moment.
The fate of the Primus may be revealed in patch 9.1
The Primus, wayward leader of the Necrolords of Maldraxxus, got a new model in patch 9.1, and in addition to that snazzy update, we also now find out what happened to him when he vanished -- both where he was going, and why.