OK, read a bunch of blogs/posts about end of season and the only thing I’m not fairly straight on is whether or not I will be able to use any of the gear from my current seasonal character on my new seasonal character at the beginning of the new season?
I understand that all my gear will be mailed to me to be put in “nonseasonal” stash but can I eventually move it from nonseasonal to a new “seasonal” character or is it all essentially lost to future seasonal play? I’m guessing the answer is yes so I’m wondering why to bother playing seasonal anymore so close to the end if we cannot use any of the gear next season. I’m not a leaderboard climber just enjoy playing but not looking forward to starting over.
That is what the season is all about and any new rewards they offer. Plus some player like to see what they can accomplish in a short time frame. Do you already have the 5 additional stash tabs you can get from the seasons?
Better not play seasons then. Every season you start from scratch, just as if you bought the game an hour ago and are playing for the first time - no gold, no paragon points, nothing except basic starter items, no blood shards, nothing.
Once season ends and your items are mailed over to non-season, those items will never again see seasonal play.
I have 8 stash tabs. Shame I have to lose all the gear to any future seasonal play though. Have many complete sets with many primal pieces that I’m not sure why I bothered to collect when my focus was on playing one character and making it the best I can. I assumed I was collecting all that extra gear for future seasons but not the case.
Best advice - a day or so before season ends, play Tetris with your stash. Decide if an item is something you really want to keep. Salvage any non-ancient items, junk you were holding onto ‘just in case it might come in handy’, etc. Keep ancients, primals and gems. Might want to stick saved stuff in your inventory because you only have 30 days to claim stuff from mail before it disappears. There have been numerous posts ‘Where did my stuff go?’. Do yourself a favor, keep it on your hero - won’t get lost in the mail if you do that.
Yeah, I don’t play all the characters so more tabs are not really needed for me. I will look into non-seasonal play but from what I understand there is not a lot of public games to search for and join.
If you do not care about additional stash tabs, new pets, new wings, new portrait frame, new pennants, new transmogs or any other items you might obtain in the season, just play NS. Just remember many of the people will be in the season. You just might be the first person to say that more stash tabs are not needed. Take care.
Yeah, I’m into all that seasonal stuff too, just don’t play more than 2 characters (barb & wiz) so all the extra tabs are not needed. Especially now that I know that saving any gear that doesn’t fit into my particular character build is a waste of time. I go for whatever build the “experts” say are the best for a particular character and that is what I farm.
I made a lot of mistakes in my first season playing this game so it will be fun to play from scratch one more season with more knowledge but not sure it will be something I will do season after season. How long do seasons usually last? Thanks for all the advice and info from everyone!
Seasonal is COMPLETELY fresh. The point of Seasonal play is to chase them vanity items, and for players who enjoy the lvl 1->paragon 5k grind over and over and over.
Remember also that all the xp you are grinding in seasons is not lost as it also transfers to your non-seasonal characters at the end of the season, therefore increasing their paragons.
Because you acquire gear so fast, the game really best functions in these little 3 month bursts. The seasons usually have a different theme to spice things up. This season gets ethereal weapons which are really powerful and come with passive skills, but you only get them for the duration of the season. Should be a fun one.
