Shadowlands

We've had expansions to World of Warcraft come in with plagues of undeath, with a big dragon driving the elements insane, with Theramore getting blown up, with Orcs invading from the Dark Portal, with the Legion attacking everything, and with Darkshore under Horde attack.

While Shadowlands may not be changing the status quo as much as previous expansions, there is one aspect of it that's stood out to me from the very moment it was mentioned: Torghast.

I've been thinking a lot about what N'Zoth fate in patch 8.3 means for World of Warcraft going forward.

Battle for Azeroth has certainly not been all things to all people.

We've reached the end of Battle for Azeroth without a clear resolution.

I really haven't liked my professions for several expansions -- I think the last time I really enjoyed crafting in World of Warcraft was during The Burning Crusade, if only because that was when I made my Lionheart Executioner.

With all the alpha news, I'm even more into the "Forget Battle for Azeroth, can Shadowlands be here already?" camp.

Patch 8.3: Visions of N'Zoth arrives as soon as servers go live, so why on Azeroth are we worrying about 8.3.5?

If you're wondering when we'll get patch 8.3.5 in World of Warcraft, the answer is that as of right now, there isn't one planned.

In Legion, we gained our story by being part of a class Order, and each class had a different path through the expansion due to this overarching storyline unique to the individual Order Halls.