Obviously you’re not forced to do this but it is disappointing cause i was looking forward to trying the new capstone pits.
If you just log onto your eternal realm character then all difficulties are unlocked.
I did the first pit just for the sake of doing it, went to torment 1 and realized it wasn’t really more difficult so i just changed it to torment 2 without having to do the pit.
Obviously i wasn’t forced to skip it but logically why wouldn’t i… gear drops for free basically at blood maidens and world bosses