So I thought I wouldn't be able to play til even tomorrow, but I woke up in the middle of the night with a bout of insomnia so I thought, fuck it, why not log in for a while. I also took the time to turn on voices (I often listen to podcasts or youtube while playing so I turn off voice audio) and enabled the cinematics too, at least for the first round. I also chatted to everyone who had an asterisk over their heads. I did not get too far as I wanted to explore every nook and crany. I only finnished the first zone outside of the new town (Westfold, or Westmarch or whatever the fuck it was called), but by killing everything I found and going into every dungeon that opened up I still managed to ding 63 on T1 by the time I reached the checkpoint and logged out.
I found three upgrades, a legendary bracer that summons a unique monster whenever you activate a shrine (could be interesting), a pair of yellow pants that were a full replacement for my legendary pants and a yellow weapon that also replaced a legendary. (Trash loot replacing highest tier stuff after an expansion in a Blizzard game? Say it ain't so! lol)
I did notice that after lvl62 some of the mobs started to hit hard. Twice I just managed to get away with a few % health (yeah, I am on SC mode, but I have PoR that I don't want to loose). There was almost nothing that could kill me on T1 in the previous acts so this was a pleasant surprise, and possibly a nasty surprise for some folks playing HC and not paying attention, so take care, the game does get harder.
Overall, from what I have experience so far, not bad. Can't wait to finish the act though and try out both Adventure mode and the Nephilim Rifts.