Official Site: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/reaper-of-souls/
Source: Youtube Channel Diablo
We all knew it was coming, but we never knew when it was coming. Today, Blizzard has announced that they are working on releasing an expansion for Diablo 3 with the subtitle "Reaper of Souls". It's known and understandable that many players did not like Diablo 3, but I thoroughly enjoyed the game and have been waiting for an expansion to be announced and here it is! I still play Diablo 3 to level up my other characters, but I have pretty much given up end-game as it has just become a repetitive chore of running through the same levels over and over to slowly level up my paragon level and "maybe" getting an upgrade to my equipment. So it was natural that I was excited for an expansion as it will mean new characters to play, an extra Act, and more content. Here's a quick run down of what is known about the expansion:
-New class: Crusader; similar to D2's Paladin?
Source: Youtube Channel Diablo
-Level cap raised to 70; new runes/skills for everyone!
-Act V in addition to the 4 acts before it
-Main enemy will be Malthael, the angel of death (watch video at top)
-New enemies to fight; unsure if previous acts will have new enemies
-The "Mystic" NPC will be able to re-roll stats on items and change their look
-Paragon level applies to an account rather than one character and has no cap
-Loot Runs: (Hopefully) Randomly generated dungeons for end-game. Kotaku has described it as "Completely random dungeons, with several levels and a random boss at the end." It could be set levels and be picked at "random", but I'm hoping for randomly generated levels like in Diablo 2.
I am excited for new characters, a new Act to the story, more skills and abilities for the characters I already have, new bosses, and I'm especially excited about Loot Runs if it's randomly generated dungeons. Diablo 3 was lacking an end-game content where things could stay fresh and keep me playing and so this might be the answer to that. Since it's Blizzard, we might not get to see this expansion for a while, but it has been announced for a release in 2014. Getting a year from them is better than having to wonder how many years later we'd have to wait before we got to play it. I am so ready for some more Diablo 3!
Also, the console version of Diablo 3 will be releasing on September 3, 2013 if you had planned on getting it for console instead. Some benefits of Diablo 3 on console is being able to play offline without the need for constant internet connection (no lag/disconnections), playing 4-players locally on one system with your friends, having an action-controller scheme similar to Gauntlet over the point-n-click experience, and playing on a large HD Television set.
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