Season 1 of Diablo 4 brings with it new quests and story content, but also questions that many in the community have asked regarding how it will work with new character creation. Recently, Screen Rant was given the opportunity to join in an interview with Diablo 4 developers to take a deeper look into many of the features of the Seasonal Journey, both for Season 1 and upcoming Seasons. This exciting endgame content begins on July 20, 2023, for the first Season, Season of the Malignant.
Diablo 4 Season 1 introduces new game mechanics and concepts to the dungeon crawler for players to have access to for a short three-month period but does not canonically influence the main storyline, so players are able to hop into a new season anytime they wish without feeling that they have missed any major lore drops if they took some time away from the game. During the interview, Screen Rant was able to chat with Associate Game Director Joseph Piepiora, Dungeon Designer Michelle Piña, and Quest Designer Madeleine James.
When players begin Season 1 of Diablo 4, there are some things that carry over from the Eternal Realm of the game, but players will have to start a new character for the Seasonal Journey, similar to how things were done in previous Diablo titles. If the player has completed the story campaign on any character on their account previously, then when they begin a new character on the Seasonal Realm they will be given the option to skip the campaign and dive straight into Season quests.
If, however, players choose not to skip the campaign for the Season character, they can still be earning progress through the Battle Pass content of the Season, but will not be able to experience the new Season quests with Cormond and the Malignant Hearts until the campaign has been completed first.
Diablo 4 is full of different approaches players can take for endgame content such as the Paragon Board, Nightmare Dungeons, and the PvP experience in the Fields of Hatred. The Seasonal Journeys which will occur quarterly in the game are also considered endgame content because they will not be available until after the campaign is completed.
2023-07-19 20:24:03
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