Diablo 4 launches. I play through 40-50 hours of story. Beat the game.
New season starts. The new Season might add a new zone and a new series of story quests with new npc characters that take place after the base game story chronologically.
I have to make a new character and play through 40-50 hours of the base game again in order to get to the new zone and the new story quests that take place after the base game.
Rinse and repeat every 3 months.
Correct?
I am not criticizing this in any way. I am asking if that is how it is, so I know what I am getting into.
Correct, that also includes having to find all of the statues of lilith and whatever other collectable as well every 3 months.
Also the content changes wont be that extreme, a lot of the changes season to season can be extremely minor.
Things like âSkeletons now all do fire damageâ.
Or âall dead enemies now leave spiderwebsâ.
"In a Diablo 4 quarterly update, the developers have given us a high level overview about seasons in Diablo 4 and what we can expect each season. There will be up to four seasons each year, each with new content that players will experience right from the get go. "
" In Diablo 4, players will get âup to four seasons a year.â Each of these seasons will not only shift the meta like they do in Diablo 3, but also add new content. Diablo 4 will get new features and quest lines each season, which Piepiora says players should be able to experience within only an hour of playtime. The quest lines will also flesh out the world of Sanctuary, and offer new stories to discover."
You will have to make a new character, correct. However:
itâs unlikely any of the new content, at least for the first few seasons, will be main story locked, and instead you will be able to just wander over to whatever it happens to be after the prologue and participate in the new stuff from like level 7.
Already as it is you can do actâs 1/2 and 3 in any order (possibly more but i only saw those bread-crumb quests in the beta)
As far as I know, after completing the story once on your account you are able to skip the campaign at character creation. This includes new seasonal characters.
I believe you will be able to start in essentially adventure mode with the endgame features unlocked from the start.
Replaying through the game multiple times is a pretty Diablo thing to do. Diablo 2 requires playing through the story 3 times on various difficulty to reach max level.
The game wonât make you replay through the story in seasons though as far as Iâm aware. There are much more efficient ways to level if all you want to do is level and experience the new content. Also playing a different class helps immensely with keeping the game interesting.
We donât know. In D3 you didnt have to replay the campaign to start end game in new seasons (I was able to jump straight to end game and level up to highest level in under an hour with new season character).
They havenât explained how seasons work in D4 though so letâs wait and see. But I can see it being very different than D3.
They said recently that they are looking at certain things being account unlocks and one of those mentioned is alters of lilith. So it will carry over season to season.
Altars of Lilith and renown rewards are all I really care about. I would replay the story without issue. Maybe the option to skip straight to Kyovoshad and bypass the tutorial section would be ok as well.
From an interview posted on Wowhead with Joe Shely and Rod Fergusson
âPlayers will need to complete the story at least once on their account. All future characters, including new seasonal characters, will have the option to skip the campaign at character creation. Blizzard thinks that players should experience the story at least once but after that, they should be free to choose what they want to do during the leveling process.â
Thank you! And yeah iâm sure you were the one that posted it before. I just couldnt remember what thread⌠posted/read way too much in past day lol.
What exactly is a âwannabe trollâ? Is it some type of honor to be a troll now, so aspiring to be one could be deemed acting like one, but not truly a real troll?
Oh thats good to know. I didnt know you can skip the campaign in seasons. Thanks. I didnât think you could because it looked like they were locking things behind the story like for instance mounts. It didnt look like you could earn mount riding until you completed act 1.
I think itâs a level 30 quest, but not positive. Either way, Iâd hope since we get endgame mode at character creation that mounts would also be unlocked at level 1 when starting those characters.
Dude real trolls are awesome and fun, Taking the piss. I miss the old âAnime is Satanâ facebook page. Those people knew how to troll and make people mad.
These people that âFlameâ and think they are trolling, are fake trolls. Just complete idiots is what they are.
Mounts are a quest. (side quest)
a quest called Donovanâs Favor, which players can complete to gain full access to the Spectral Charger and any other horses/mounts.