Shadowlands

One of the things that's been a big part of gearing in Battle for Azeroth is randomness.

Vol'jin was done dirty.

So, one of the big questions people have asked about the leveling squish since it was announced for Shadowlands is simply what level will I be when the expansion arrives? While it's easy for certain characters -- if you're level 120 now, you'll be level 50 once the pre-patch for the upcoming expansion comes out -- it's not that easy for your level 73 Druid.

Yesterday, Blizzard released the fourth and final Afterlives short.

World of Warcraft's Next Top Mount™ poll has been going for a nearly two weeks, and you have less than a day to cast your votes.

By now we've all watched the new Afterlives: Revendreth animated short and we've all seen a certain Warchief return (if in slightly diminished circumstances) and we've also all gotten to listen to Sire Denathrius' best PR spin on the Anima drought in the form of an open letter to the Venthyr of Revendreth.

I've seen people discussing Covenants in World of Warcraft's upcoming Shadowlands expansion and how they don't feel like they can choose one based on the aesthetics or storytelling -- the fact that the Covenants add real, tangible power to a character means that they will always be subject to balance issues.

This week, Matt Rossi and Joe Perez explore the lore implications of the Ardenweald Afterlives short as well as the datamined information about the dreadlords possibly pulling strings behind the scenes.

The short and unhelpful answer to the question Who is the Jailer is that guy up there at the head of the post -- Game Director Ion Hazzikostas confirmed on his live interview with Zoltan.tv that the folks at Wowhead had successfully datamined the fella's model, and that up above is it.

The new login screen for Shadowlands has been released.