Blizzard has blown the lid off Diablo IV Season 2, which is known as Season of Blood, and as you may have twigged from the name, it’s focussed heavily on vampires. In fact, one of the main features that will be added to the dungeon crawler is vampiric powers.Players will find themselves teaming up with Vampire Hunter Erys, which is voiced by Gemma Chan, and it’s here that you’ll be able to sink your teeth into your new blood-drench powers. These are gained by a new resource known as Potent Blood and its matching Patches Armor, giving you powerful skill that allow you to fight like a vampire. Meanwhile, the Blood Harvest Season Event will give you the best chance of receiving Potent Blood and Pact Armor, and sees you facing off against armies of vampires and Blood Seekers across multiple regions of Sanctuary. The latter are new foes that arrive on the scene alongside the vampire Lord Zir. In addition to that, five endgame bosses are available to challenge: The Beast in the Ice, Dark Master, Varshan, Echo of Duriel, and Grigoire, The Galvanic Saint. Here’s the list of quality of life improvements you can expect:New players can now Skip the Campaign and jump into seasonal content immediately after finishing the Prologue, so they can join their friends when the season launches.Renown rewards you earn (such as potion charges, extra skill points, extra paragon points and murmuring obols), either in the eternal or seasonal realm, now carry over from season to season. Unique rewards gained from renown will now persist for new characters players create within the same game type. Hardcore renown rewards will be account bound to a player’s other hardcore characters, and non-hardcore characters will have rewards bound to that character type.Gain XP and reach Level 100 approximately 40% faster compared to Season of the Malignant.mprovements to Nightmare Dungeons include teleportation to the interior of the dungeon, increased monster density, more durable NPC companions, and reduced backtracking.Endgame experience has been greatly enhanced with the introduction of the Boss ladder, as players will be able to target farm the new and returning 5 Endgame bosses for Uniques and Uber Uniques which drop at a much higher rate. Legion Events and World Bosses will spawn more frequently, among other end-game improvements.Lots of Item and inventory management adjustments, such as making Gems a crafting material, reduced overburdening inventories and causing unnecessary trips into town, and preventing players from losing their progress on a Hardcore character from connectivity issues via changes to Scrolls of Escape.Mounts now move faster, are more agile, and have the ability to charge through blockades.And much more, including updates to towns, improvements to Events and monster density, changes to Elemental resistances and status effects, and UI and UX features.Diablo IV Season 2 is scheduled to launch on October 17, 2023 for PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One.
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