‘Diablo 3: Reaper Of Souls’ Expansion Pack Details Revealed

Since the Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls is looming on the horizon, the folks at Blizzard Entertainment decided to cough up some details about the popular game’s forthcoming expansion pack. It sounds like a wonderful addition to the adventure.

In addition to new acts, levels, monsters, and items, players have a brand new artisan at their disposal. Blizzard recently opened up about what fans of Diablo 3 can expect from Myriam Jahzia and her many abilities.

The company explained:

“She and her clan are nomads known as the Vecin—a spiritual people, blessed with magical visions. They hail from a matrilineal society who worship a powerful deity known as the Allmother. The Vecin believe that the Allmother is the source of their visions, and that it is because of her that all Vecin possess a sixth sense they call the Sight. While the Sight always manifests more strongly in Vecin women, it’s especially strong in Myriam.”

When Reaper of Souls drops next year, Diablo 3 fans can upgrade their weaponry with a little enchanting. This will allow players to power up their swords, axes, and staves with a wide variety of special abilities. If you don’t like the powers your weapon received, then you can always go back to the previous one.

However, Blizzard offered up this warning:

“Keep in mind that when choosing which property you wish to reroll, you will only be able to reroll that one property from then on out. After a single property has been changed via Enchanting, all other properties will become ‘locked in’ and cannot be rerolled. Also, once you Enchant an item, it will become bound to your account and can no longer be traded to other players.”

Myriam also gives Diablo 3 players access to transmogrification, something that World of Warcraft fans already have in their bag of tricks. In short, the power allows you to swap your weapon or armor’s appearance with that of other items. Thankfully, you won’t lose any of the item’s power should you decide to make some changes to your arsenal.

Although Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls is currently expected to arrive for PC next year, it’s unclear when the expansion pack is coming to consoles. According to Shack News, Blizzard isn’t sure how to go about it just yet.

“We’re going to treat the expansion in the same way we treated ‘Diablo 3’ when we moved it onto console, which means that we have to make sure that it is adapted to the console ecosystem in a way that is going to play the best way possible. So that’s going to require some changes; some additions, some subtractions, just like we did with the original game, [but] it will definitely come to console,” Blizzard’s Matthew Burger explained.

Are you looking forward to the Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls expansion pack?

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