Shadowlands

If, like me, you've been wondering how Uther the Lightbringer could have been in Bastion this whole time, and have been at Icecrown Citadel when we first saw Frostmourne, well, it turns out a lot happened to the soul of one of Azeroth's first Paladins.

It's no secret I'm a transmog addict.

Shadowlands is changing the the leveling process.

This week, Matt Rossi and Joe Perez explore the ties between the Elemental Plane and the Shadowlands, whether the dragon you're riding is a transformed humanoid, and the nature of Nathanos Blightcaller's undeath.

I do not understand how poor Old Blanchy, who once saved a young Thrall from Durnholde Keep, who died nobly defending his home in Westfall against the wicked Defias, could have found herself in Revendreth.

Uther is the epitome of Paladins, of the Light, of goodness triumphing against evil.

If you're wondering what ray tracing is and why it's a big deal that it's being added to World of Warcraft, with it currently being tested in the Shadowlands beta, it's actually a simple idea -- as part of the beta, a change to lighting in WoW is being tested that allows the game to render multiple light sources and multiple shadows in one area.

Gear scaling is always an issue at the end of every expansion, and has been for a long time -- the very concept of ratings for secondary stats like Crit, Haste, and so on was brought in to fix an issue where items that granted a flat percentage to a secondary stat remained good indefinitely.

So I'm still thinking about those Heirloom set bonuses coming in Shadowlands -- or at least the pre-patch for it, when the level squish is slated to happen.

The latest Shadowlands build includes a pretty significant change to gear drops in raids: instead of weapon drops, there will be tokens you can turn in for weapons of your choice. These tokens are called Anima Spherules, and they can be turned in at your Covenant Sanctum for weapons and offhand items.