Blizzard to extend Diablo III endgame with 100 new character levels

Blizzard to extend Diablo III endgame with 100 new character levels:

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Even the most devoted Diablo III fanatic will probably have a hard time arguing that the game is as compelling once you've reached the level 60 cap and are stuck looking for increasingly rare legendary gear just to get your stat advancement fix. Those late game junkies won't have to suffer through withdrawal much longer, though, as Blizzard has announced a new Paragon system that adds 100 more levels of potential character advancement on top of the current cap.
With the release of the upcoming 1.0.4 patch, level 60 characters in Diablo III will start earning experience towards a new set of "Paragon levels" with each monster they kill. Besides upgrading characters stats like standard levels, each Paragon level will also increase your character's ability to find gold and magical items by three percent. That should help prevent what Blizzard calls the "demoralizing" problem of playing for hours without finding any good items, and prevent players from having to resort to tactics like "Magic Find gear swapping" just to find the best loot. Paragon levelers will also get "a distinctive increasingly impressive border" around their character portrait for every ten levels they earn.
The Paragon system should extend the game significantly for Diablo III completionists; Blizzard says reaching the top levels "approximates the long-term time investment required to get a level 99 character in Diablo II." It's definitely in Blizzard's best interest to give its most devoted players some new goals to shoot for, since that's the only way its going to keep making money through the continuing revenue stream of the game's real-money auction house.
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