I hope they put in more effort than they did in Diablo 3. Those seasons never really held a candle to PoE leagues.
"introduce new content" well if you played diablo3 you know thats laughable. reworking items and boosting damage to a stupid level yes. but content? rarely if ever. Path of exile however was going it every season. but still seasonal end game is pathetic. Think about it in terms of world of warcraft. Imagine having to start over at lvl 1 with no gold, no items, no flying, nothing every 4 months. HOW FUN! Diablo4 could have and should have reinvented end game for the genre. Not copy pasted the old and tired pathetic seasonal end game loop.And knowing they were going to add more story every season but seeing here that its also locked behind season means theres literally no reason to play non season. So anyone whos been playing since launch is an idiot... 3 seasonal progression paths should exist, non-season with some new cosmetic rewards, seasonal with cooler looking rewards, hardcore season which has the coolest looking rewards. This will give hardcore a real reason to play outside of just the risk of death. Hardcore would unlock all 3 reward tiers, seasonal would unlock both seasonal and non seasonal rewards. This way if you dont want the annoying season restart you still have some reason to keep playing.Seasons killed this game before it even released.
So is this going to be one new character that will be the "Seasonal" character or a new character every 3 months?
What is this about “New Legendary Aspects and Unique Items” are those going to be exclusive to seasonal characters too? This just gets better and better! So those of us who don’t want to start over every 3 months are just getting thrown out with the proverbial bathwater? Great game… /s
So this is essentially going to turn into CoD then? A few little "free" Battle Pass things to make you feel good but ultimately get nothing unless you buy the Battle Pass every season on top of the game you already bought. Great. I'm super excited for seasons... At least D3 you just opt into.
I find it hilarious that people act surprised that you need to create a new character to have the seasonal content when it's been the case for basically over a decade in EVERY hack and slash with a seasonal system including Diablo 3.
I know Blizzard put a lot of mmo elements into the game but ultimately this is an arpg and seasons are what's keeping that genre alive. Battle passes are inherently seasonal content so it makes sense to tie them to the seasonal character.
Yeah, "making stuff for non-seasonal players" amounts to either 1. Create the normal content for the season, give it to the eternal realm players who already are geared and have everything and will clear it all in around 30 minutes, and then complain it was no content. Seasons don't tend to add only endgame stuff. Some endgame stuff for sure but if you've already got all the gear and everything farmed up it'll be lightning fast to bust through it. It's more about changes throughout the game. New leveling items, build changes, new ways to play an old class etc etc. All of these are lost if you just play eternal realm. 2. Create content that actually works for seasonal non-reset gameplay. AKA make a gear treadmill where each season has new stuff to grind out with higher item levels that are now the new normal. Part of the fun (all of the fun actually) is re-progressing your character with some minor tweaks depending on how much seasons get content here. Starting at 100 with full gear breaks the seasonal content concept. At most eternal realm players represent like 5% of the playerbase. People like getting those drops again, looking for new things, trying a new way rather than just blazing through 30 minutes of new content and waiting 3 months.
So much misinformation and being just plain WRONG.1. You can only get new cosmetics if you BUY the Premium Battle Pass. Free users get ZERO cosmetic items. (confirmed in dev interview.)2. Class Balance changes are available in both non-season and the new season.3. Quality-of-Life improvements are available in both non-season and the new season.4. Amazon Prime Subscribers will get Battle Pass Tier boosts (it's already listed on amazon for their prime day)
