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Diablo IV: What to do ahead of Season 1 that carries over
Iselin
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Season 1 is coming on July 20th but the patch will happen on July 18th and there are a couple of things you need to do after July 18th for some of your Eternal Realm accomplishments to carry over and be credited to your seasonal character in Season 1.
You'll need to log in with your Eternal realm characters in both regular and HC, if you also play HC, and some of your achievements will then be applied to all your other characters, seasonal or not (some of this but not all has already been applied to any non-seasonal alts you already have.) These are:
1. Altars of Lillith - both their buffs as well as the renown experience earned - full or partial credit applied.
2. Areas Discovered - both the fog of war removal as well as the renown experience gained - full or partial credit applied.
3. Campaign completion credit - This one is all or nothing: if you completed the campaign you will be able to skip the campaign and go directly to the seasonal gameplay with the new gems, etc. If not, you'll have to complete the campaign in the season before you can start the seasonal track. Note: I believe "campaign completion credit" means also completing the epilogue after the last fight in Hell but not 100% sure.
4. The ability to ride horses. Also all or nothing.
1 and 2 above work separately for regular and HC - you need to do those unlocks separately for each game mode. 3 and 4 apply to both regular and HC regardless of which game mode you completed the task on.
If you have done all of 1 and 2 the renown points earned from that will give you credit for achievements 1 and 2 right from the start - that's 5 skill points and 9 potion limit - and you'll be about halfway to completing the third part and the extra skill point per zone from that.
Unlocking these things also gives your character XP normally but it's not known if that XP gain will also be applied to the seasonal characters. If it does then you'll likely be starting somewhere between level 5 or 6 instead of level 1.
You'll need to log in with your Eternal realm characters in both regular and HC, if you also play HC, and some of your achievements will then be applied to all your other characters, seasonal or not (some of this but not all has already been applied to any non-seasonal alts you already have.) These are:
1. Altars of Lillith - both their buffs as well as the renown experience earned - full or partial credit applied.
2. Areas Discovered - both the fog of war removal as well as the renown experience gained - full or partial credit applied.
3. Campaign completion credit - This one is all or nothing: if you completed the campaign you will be able to skip the campaign and go directly to the seasonal gameplay with the new gems, etc. If not, you'll have to complete the campaign in the season before you can start the seasonal track. Note: I believe "campaign completion credit" means also completing the epilogue after the last fight in Hell but not 100% sure.
4. The ability to ride horses. Also all or nothing.
1 and 2 above work separately for regular and HC - you need to do those unlocks separately for each game mode. 3 and 4 apply to both regular and HC regardless of which game mode you completed the task on.
If you have done all of 1 and 2 the renown points earned from that will give you credit for achievements 1 and 2 right from the start - that's 5 skill points and 9 potion limit - and you'll be about halfway to completing the third part and the extra skill point per zone from that.
Unlocking these things also gives your character XP normally but it's not known if that XP gain will also be applied to the seasonal characters. If it does then you'll likely be starting somewhere between level 5 or 6 instead of level 1.
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You can start the season in August if you want and logging into your Eternal Realm character, completing the campaign there, acquiring all the areas, etc. will still carry over to a seasonal character you start after that - it may even apply to a seasonal character you have already created but not 100% sure about that.
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Not a fan either of this kind of activity, but it has always worked like this in previous games?
The appeal is that seasons typically have some additional power and/or activity and/or reward that doesn't exist in the non-seasonal game and it's always something different each season.
It worked well enough in Diablo 3 to the point that very few players played anything other than seasonal play there for the past 10 years.
I may be wrong but I think D3 was either the first game to do this or one of the first. They certainly popularized it and some variation of it was copied by many other games.
They also did it without "season passes." Others added that wrinkle for monetization purposes but now D4 also has a season pass... although there's a free track included for all and the paid option is just for cosmetics.
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED
All time classic MY NEW FAVORITE POST! (Keep laying those bricks)
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
Proudly wearing the Harbinger badge since Dec 23, 2017.
Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018
"Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018
I'll keep an eye on the 1.1 patch notes before I decide what to play. There will be buffs and nerfs on that patch. Might do Druid but If they buff the Sorc enough I might just do that again.
One thing I didn't mention, they said in a Forbes interview that there is no expectation of grinding anywhere near 100 for season completion so any class should be just fine.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/07/12/diablo-4-interview-larger-future-seasons-earned-platinum-uber-unique-drop-rates/?sh=63cc3c1d1e4a
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― CD PROJEKT RED
NW new season keeps me busy until then.
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