The lords of hell rage within the Black Soulstone, their souls screaming for vengeance and release. Before the artifact can be sealed away forever, Malthael–Angel of Death–manifests in the mortal realms with a deadly new purpose: to steal the Black Soulstone and bend its infernal power to his will.
So begins the end of all things...
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: Impenetrable armor, gleaming weapons, and heavy, heavy damage–wield the power of the Crusader, unbreakable new hero of the mortal realms.
- Inspired by the Paladin.
- Focuses on Shields. Uses Flails as weapons.
- Mid-range melee character.
- Uses the resource "Wrath"
Reaper of Soul in action (from Gamescom)
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
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
New monsters are introduced - The Seraph, Summoner of the Dead, Executioner and Death Maiden.
Screenshot from Blizzard
