New Season New Character

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It is strange to me that the majority (seem to) agree that new characters need to be made for a new season. As if the developers can’t find a way to implement a season without making us create a new character. Every season a new character, in an RPG.

I may be in the minority but I find it ridiculous. Why can’t I take my max level character to play the new story in a season, for example? What is the rationale behind this other than “get used to it, it’s a SEASON” which makes no sense to me.

Can’t I play with the character from the previous season at a gear disadvantage at that level or something like that; anything than CREATE A NEW CHARACTER?
I don’t understand why this is so willingly accepted… Would it not be better to have a choice?

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So, this conversation has been done to death already, but if you are just playing the campaign again why can’t you do that on Eternal? For that matter, how can you play the campaign again on an existing character that already finished it? You’d need to start over anyway - so why not just create a fresh seasonal character?

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I’m not sure I’m understanding everything here.

What is the connection between playing the campaign again and new seasonal content?

In case I’m missing something here, this is how I’d want to play like:

Diablo 4 comes out, I make a character, maybe max it out, maybe not.
Season 1 comes out, I continue playing with the same main character through the new story and content. Season ends, everything works as it does now, you lose the things they take out with the seasone etc,.

But I cannot play the season 1 story nor it’s content with my main character, I need to start from scratch.

I wouldn’t necessarily want to play the campaign I already finished again - this is why I’m confused by your question. If that were the case, a new character makes sense. (Even then, might as well give people the option to replay the campaign with their main characters, that’s solves that problem).

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It is commonly accepted just becouse this is how diablo 3 and 4 is designed to be played.
It is all about restarting from nothing and how fast you can complete them game.

I am not saying it is a good system, but i am saying it is a system the general player pool wants, else diablo 3 would not have had 29 seasons where you started from nothing in every single one of them.

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Do you understand what seasons are and do?

How does someone who plays games like these does not comprehend what seasons are and do…
EDIT:
If you dont like to start again every season; play offseasonal and stop whining.

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"Do you understand what seasons are and do?

How does someone who plays games like these does not comprehend what seasons are and do…
EDIT:
If you dont like to start again every season; play offseasonal and stop whining."

No, it is you who doesn’t understand, but that’s not my problem.

I understand how seasons work, I’m just against it to the point that I’m not playing the game anymore because of it.

Now, once you accept that I understand how seasons work; what exactly is the response to it?

Why is it that we can’t have Eternal characters who can play new content? You can call it patch 2, patch 3, or season 2, season 3. It doesn’t matter how you call it, it matter how it is implemented. This is what I’m saying is basically awful.

At the end of the day, why can’t we have both? Let eternals play the new season with certain limitations and let people who want to start over every time and do the leaderboard or whatever it is, do that too.

Why not? Why is it so limited that I can’t keep playing my one character to experience new content? This is the part I actually don’t understand. What is wrong with giving different players different modes, so to speak? So at season 20 you can have 20 different characters dropped back in eternal and let me have 1 single one.

Is it too hard to do? Did they calculate this is the best way for player retention and/or profiting from whales and maybe some casuals?

It’s such a simple idea to give players more avenue yet if I missed a season, I can’t go back and play it. Not with one character, not with any character for that matter. This is why it bothers me that it’s so well accepted to the point there are people like you who sound brain dead questioning people’s understanding of seasons but ignoring the actual dilemma that exists because the seasons are the only system they have for experiencing new content.

Hey, they won’t change this, they won’t change it. I lost my 70 or whatever it was bucks and that’s that. But maybe there is a chance if enough people “whine” about it, blizzard might do their job a little bit better and I can get some more value out of this game, and got forbid have fun.

So if you don’t like people wanting different things than you, stay away from forums with your useless posts.

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You need to start fresh because else you will play only 1 DAY, maximum.

In S3, I hit level 50 in my first day, just by doing the seasonal questline. Which is … meh (mediocre) like any blizzard story in the last 10 years.

So if I were pure buffed with my S2 character, I would have played 2 hours and uninstall the game until S4. Why would I play it more then the Season Questline when my character is already buffed and oneshots everything ?

Creating new char means I get to play at least 1 week the new season. Now I am level 95 and already did Duriel 4 times, and most of my gear is 925ilvl, and got all unique items for my build (NOT ULTRA RARE UNIQUES). Now I am just hitting level 100, and finishing the last quest page for the season. Game Over, wait for S4 or play another class.
But I like this loop. And with the fact that now ilvl925 drops when you hit level 90 from NM Dungeons, makes the game more replayable.

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@TheSceptic1

That sounds like a game design problem. It makes sense that you would play a lot less in a new season with your main character all other things being equal.

In my opinion, that is part of the problem. Surely there is a way to design the season so that you don’t just rush through it because you are all geared up? The other thing is, why not give players the choice? Currently you are forced to start a new character.

In my case even if they don’t optimize the gameplay for eternal character I would be playing 1 day more than I am now.

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They have given you the choise, play season for new story and battlepass, or dont and play eternal.

Season bosses and new items will be transfered to eternal when a new season start, while the season gimmic will not. (so eternal will allways be one season behind, just as it was in D3)

Season in general are for speed runners, allways been.
We solo player slow pokes are best left in eternal. (i am a day 1 player yet i still dont have a lv 100 character as the game is too boring to play for me to even bother grinding past 75. (it is fun from lv1-50 tough))

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The choice is play eternal with no new content or play new character for new stories.

Ok, I can see the choice now.

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There is a way, its called timegated content, they tried that in WoW and everyone hates it.

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Got a friend who will not play seasons and therefore will not play D4 either.
For me it’s good with a new start though, for me it’s fun.

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this idea is stupid. i already have 2 100 on season full geared with ubers witch do vaults 100 under minutes, and barb one shoot every uber in game like it was be open world mobs and no one helped me at all. new char in season is only reason to play d3 and d4 actually, to chalange yourself and optimise everything and get better\faster\stronger]\more efficient each season. if u wanna play same char go to ethernals and alow big boys play what they liked for last dekade in d3 and now in d4. ONLY thing we need is char reborn to season like in d3 so i dont need to make “new” char just reset it for season. cheers and get good

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Ya, reborn would be great!
It’s fun finding those fresh items. Everything’s an upgrade and finding a new good piece is fun. The character gradually becomes stronger and you gotta make due with what little resource you have for upgrades. It’s the best part of the game, growing. Put in your first diamond… good stuff.

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@MarkDavid

You realize you called my idea stupid and then provided a solution that I am advocating for? That’s at least what this “char reborn” sounds like. So now it’s a matter of tweaking it so it works for most people, as in, I wouldn’t want to lose all my progress, maybe some of it.

Also, you having a maxxed out character shouldn’t mean that you MUST create a new character for new content. Why isn’t there a choice? What do you care if I play through the storyline with my maxxed out character? I don’t care that you make a character and waste time grinding the same thing every season. I care about the ability to do it either way.

@Bombus

Sounds pretty great, why isn’t something like his in D4?