After playing season 1 for 1 hour

He is right, since the only things that are shared between realms is statues of lilith and map exploration, which only puts you past the 2nd Renown tier, for +1x5 skill points / Potion charges, still need to grind some renown to get the other tiers worth perks. atleast they buffed sidequest and dungeon clear renown by 10…