09:17 AM (EST) - Expansion Site is up!!!
09:00 AM (EST) - The 10-minute gameplay Crusader video is replaced with a better quality version!
8:59 AM (EST) - A screenshot of the Crusader's inventory added
8:29 AM (EST) - Blizzard confirms changes to game systems will come as a free patch!
8:26 AM (EST) - Lylirra answering Reaper of Souls questions on Twitter - Tweets added
Reaper of Souls Cinematic
Reaper of Souls Teaser
Official Site
The site looks pretty empty right now, but you can check out the female version of the Crusader there!
Here's what's new:
- New Class: The Crusader
- New Feature: Loot Runs
- Loot 2.0
- The Mystic
- New Level Cap - 70
- New Act
- Major Paragon Changes
- New Monsters
New Class - The Crusader
- Inspired by the Paladin.
- Focuses on Shields. Uses Flails as weapons.
- Mid-range melee character.
- Uses the resource "Wrath"
Image Courtesy of Arreat.de
New Feature - Loot Runs
- 15-20 minute completely random dungeons!
- Random weather!
- Random enemies!
- Random boss!
- Multitiered (severa levels deep)!
Loot 2.0
A comparison was given between how items in Act III drop now and how they'll drop in the expansion:
- Now: 256 white, 399 blue, 275 yellow and one legendary items.
- Then: 73 white items, 266 blue items, 83 yellow items and 7 legendary items!
- Legendary will be build-changers as seen in the screenshots below
Image Courtesy of Diablo3.judgehype.com
Images Courtesy of Arreat.de
Image Courtesy of Diablo3.judgehype.com
The Mystic
- Can Transmogrify items, so you don't have to sacrifice looks for power.
- Item Enchanting - allows to reroll one of the affixes on a rare/legendary item.
New Level Cap - 70
- Every class gets new Skills and Runes
- Which means a fresh economy and new power-cap as well
New Act
- Featuring what looks like Westmarch, with lots of graveyards and other fun places!
Major Paragon Changes
- Is now Account wide.
- No longer has a cap
- Seems to have Stat Allocation tied to it
Image Courtesy of Diablo3.judgehype.com
New Monsters
New monsters are introduced - The Seraph, Summoner of the Dead, Executioner and Death Maiden.
Images Courtesy of Arreat.de
Lylirra Answering RoS Questions
Originally Posted by Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
(Interesting, seems you 'Assign' Paragon Points to a character. So you earn them with 1 hero but can put them onto another? #D3RoS
@Narull Correct. All normal characters on an account will share a Paragon level, same for Hardcore, as well as earned Paragon Points. (Twitter)
What about dying in HC? How will that affect your paragon levels? Loss of applied points to that specific character?
@eikEn_ @Narull No loss of points or level in those situations. Benefit of it now being account-wide rather than character-specific. (Twitter)
Any estimates on release date at this point? I'd assume 2nd-3rd Quarter 2014.
@FallenHeavens No release date info to share right now. That's pretty typical, though! (Twitter)
But what do paragon points do? can they only be used once on each hero? do they add stats or?
@Narull It's a customization system. Paragon Points can be spent on various stats like STR/VIT/DEX/INT, movement speed, crit chance, etc. (Twitter)
also, what happens to the people who've already leveled up in Paragon?
@peli_can_flip Bonuses are retroactive. I.E. If you have two p100 heroes right now, the current plan is that you'd have 200 points in ROS. (Twitter)
Will the Crusader be STR based class?
@Twinkeyzzz1 That's the plan! (Twitter)
So dark and creepy love it! also gives wallpaper size of Malthael
@Malithras @mumper There will definitely be epic wallpapers in the near future. Seriously. I'm excited just thinking about them. (Twitter)
PS - I gots a sweet new t-shirt. #gamescom2013 #ReaperOfSouls #giggity pic.twitter.com/BU61sQhR7G (Twitter)
great news Lyli !! P500 people wont feel bad when they hear this P330 here, might get to 500 until RoS.
@DBraveZ Feature is still being developed, so some details might change. Just stay tuned; we'll be sharing more info in the coming months! (Twitter)
@Narull Correct. All normal characters on an account will share a Paragon level, same for Hardcore, as well as earned Paragon Points. (Twitter)
What about dying in HC? How will that affect your paragon levels? Loss of applied points to that specific character?
@eikEn_ @Narull No loss of points or level in those situations. Benefit of it now being account-wide rather than character-specific. (Twitter)
Any estimates on release date at this point? I'd assume 2nd-3rd Quarter 2014.
@FallenHeavens No release date info to share right now. That's pretty typical, though! (Twitter)
But what do paragon points do? can they only be used once on each hero? do they add stats or?
@Narull It's a customization system. Paragon Points can be spent on various stats like STR/VIT/DEX/INT, movement speed, crit chance, etc. (Twitter)
also, what happens to the people who've already leveled up in Paragon?
@peli_can_flip Bonuses are retroactive. I.E. If you have two p100 heroes right now, the current plan is that you'd have 200 points in ROS. (Twitter)
Will the Crusader be STR based class?
@Twinkeyzzz1 That's the plan! (Twitter)
So dark and creepy love it! also gives wallpaper size of Malthael
@Malithras @mumper There will definitely be epic wallpapers in the near future. Seriously. I'm excited just thinking about them. (Twitter)
PS - I gots a sweet new t-shirt. #gamescom2013 #ReaperOfSouls #giggity pic.twitter.com/BU61sQhR7G (Twitter)
great news Lyli !! P500 people wont feel bad when they hear this P330 here, might get to 500 until RoS.
@DBraveZ Feature is still being developed, so some details might change. Just stay tuned; we'll be sharing more info in the coming months! (Twitter)
Changes to Game Systems Will Come as a Free Patch
Our caring member TheLordOfTerror shared with us the great news that players won't have to buy the expansion in order to get the game system changes like the new Paragon system for example. Here is the info:
DiabloFans Quote:
Polish Diablo III Community Manager, Wuluxar, has confirmed that changes made to the game systems will be available to all Diablo III players as a free patch:
http://eu.battle.net...c/7960896792#13
Translation:
Forum user: “It’s likely that when the expansion comes out (or shortly before that) there will be a 2.0 patch.”
Wuluxar (Blizzard): “Changes to the game systems will come in a patch preceeding the release of the expansion – they will be available to all players, including the ones that don’t have the expansion (of course for free).”
No, but there was an interesting survey on these forums: http://www.diablofans.com/topic/95881-how-many-paragon-lvl-100s-do-you-have/
And if you consider that the huge majority of people doesn't even visit forums (a couple of thousand people on the forums, but millions playing the game) you can imagine what the real numbers look like. A few months ago you could still count the p100s on diabloprogress (~20k)...
I saw some liveblog of the conference say that he's trying to end the Eternal Conflict by destroying all demons.
He's out to reap the souls of the demon lords. I guess it fits the title.
The paragon changes are interesting and it seems they've caved in with stat allocation somewhat.
I'd like to see them post some information regarding PVP. Don't get me wrong this game was never a PVP centric game, but after awhile you'll want to be able to flex that epeen somehow in the game or burn time..and world PVP does that.
Storyboard mode. I swear to god they better remove this after you've cleared everything the first time over. The quest based games ruin public games and its utterly pointless.
Overall, I'm still not sure if I'll be buying the expansion, as my distaste for d3 has grown since release and I really don't know if I want to give them anymore of my money right now. I'm almost tempted to log back on and level my barb to p100 (currently at 73..) but I really don't know if I can take the pain.
i WANT D3 to be good, and this expansion gives me hope...but not quite there just yet. Hopefully as more information is released my faith will be restored.
Having read all forum posts today, the majority seems to be happy about the D3X stuff; there are a few people who still thought D3 is turning into just another PvP/e-sports game, but I'm confident they'll soon be gone as Blizzard clearly showed them the door.
As for the core of its gameplay, I think Blizzard hit many right buttons and I could totally see D3X to become what we wanted to have with D3 in the first place. Better late than never.
Those who still want e-sports, skill trees, and pro-gamer stuff, should leave to PoE for good.
Really? I'm sorry, but you're not very clued up on the lore, are you?
In the Book of Cain it's stated that Mathael's mood became darker since Sanctuary was created. It's also suggested that his infinite wisdom did not reach into the realm of the Nephalem, for which he might be increasingly hateful towards mortals.At the end of D2 he mysteriously disappeared, and no one knows what became of him, though it left a bleak omen.
This was planned all along, as I remember we had discussions on this very forum of how he might become an enemy in D3. And that was months before the game was released. So I struggle to grasp how they pulled this one out of their asses all of a sudden when even the public foresaw it more than a year ago.
That being said, I haven't played D3 in a while, as I haven't fully agreed with the mechanical side of the game. The itemization primarily left me wanting, and the loot 2.0 part of what lies ahead interests me the most. What I saw here didn't help. I want items to be far more interesting, not only legendaries, but rares included.
Firstly, I hope they give elemental damages extra effects.
Secondly, I hope they add more affixes across the board, so items can feel more lively.
Thirdly, since legendaries receive so much of their attention, I'm hoping they'll add a lot more into game of varying powers at higher levels, and some very rare legendaries and sets to collect at endgame.
http://au.gamespot.com/events/gamescom-2013/loot-20-diablo-iii-reaper-of-souls-6413370/
Just saw in the gameplay footage they showed on stage that one of Malthael's minions called humans of demon blood, so I guess we're included.
Thank you for the video. I noticed that the lvl 70 Dead Man's Legacy has 7.5 crit chance and the Jawbreaker 35% Crit damage. I think they are going to nerf these two stats to make old and new affixes a bit more competitive. And last, all Legendaries seems account bound without the use of the Mystic to change stats... well, better than having all your oranges on sale on the AH.
This looks amazing..
My big hang-ups are the itemization and the lack of meaningful choices when you level up.
So.. of course I'm buying this, but crossing fingers on the new loot and if the paragon stuff makes you make choices that matter.
+1
- Collectors Edition, is it gonna be availible for this game?
- No word on the talisman and charms?
- Will the mystic be in a patch with the 2.0 loot and 2.0 paragon?
The Hydra wand looks awesome though, at last.