Paragon Level System added

there's a point to playing my lvl 60 again, hooray.

1.0.4 is going to make me play again.

I have to say, I'm super excited for this patch.  To bad it's coming out with GW2. 

The Paragon stuff is actually the first real intelligently thought out addition i've seen Blizzard announce for Diablo 3.  They might have pulled their head out of their asses for at least a second or two.

In their announcement they say this which pretty much sums up why I left the game

We understand that some players feel frustrated once they hit level 60 because they no longer feel like they’re making progress. It can be demoralizing to play for an hour, not get any drops, and also be out a big chunk of gold from repair costs. Your play session may not only end without an upgrade, it can wind up being a net loss. Everyone wants to feel like they’re making some progress when they log in, even if they don’t get that new sword.

Even though they're going to butcher the WD in 1.04, I'll still come back and check this out now and see if i can salvage my character into something 1.04 playable.  MF was the big notable from the announcement but it also says it'll increase your base stats with each paragon level as well just like regular leveling. 

I'm not sure when 1.04 is going to drop though but much like Doodi, my games thru the end of the year at this point are chosen and they start dropping this Tuesday for me with Transformers.  GW2 is also due out pretty soon, borderlands, assassins, halo, cod, doom, xcom, presumable torchlight 2...   Blizzard might have missed their window.  Patch 1.04 should have been patch 1.02.