A DLC with its own season pass?

[TwinelyWix]

Can somebody please explain this to a guy who only played for like 10 hours in 2021? Do i need it? Am i fine with just the dlc?

[EckyThump]

Alongside each big yearly expansion ('Lightfall', 'The Final Shape') there runs a number of smaller content drops, formerly called Seasons, now called Episodes.

So here, alongside The Final Shape until the next big expansion in 2025, we've had Episode: Echoes, now we're in Episode: Revenant, with Episode: Heretic to come.

Each requires a pass to play, giving you access to a short questline, a new activity, exotic weapon quest, access to the weapons released for that episode. During the time that each episode runs, there is a reward track with 200 levels of rewards, which can only be levelled up during this time. There is a free track with rewards all players can claim, and a premium side, which has various consumables, episodic currencies, boosts and bonuses, and exclusive cosmetics.

[TwinelyWix]

Publicado originalmente por EckyThump:

Alongside each big yearly expansion ('Lightfall', 'The Final Shape') there runs a number of smaller content drops, formerly called Seasons, now called Episodes.

So here, alongside The Final Shape until the next big expansion in 2025, we've had Episode: Echoes, now we're in Episode: Revenant, with Episode: Heretic to come.

Each requires a pass to play, giving you access to a short questline, a new activity, exotic weapon quest, access to the weapons released for that episode. During the time that each episode runs, there is a reward track with 200 levels of rewards, which can only be levelled up during this time. There is a free track with rewards all players can claim, and a premium side, which has various consumables, episodic currencies, boosts and bonuses, and exclusive cosmetics.

So I don't even get to farm older seasons?

[Lisa]

Publicado originalmente por TwinelyWix:

Publicado originalmente por EckyThump:

Alongside each big yearly expansion ('Lightfall', 'The Final Shape') there runs a number of smaller content drops, formerly called Seasons, now called Episodes.

So here, alongside The Final Shape until the next big expansion in 2025, we've had Episode: Echoes, now we're in Episode: Revenant, with Episode: Heretic to come.

Each requires a pass to play, giving you access to a short questline, a new activity, exotic weapon quest, access to the weapons released for that episode. During the time that each episode runs, there is a reward track with 200 levels of rewards, which can only be levelled up during this time. There is a free track with rewards all players can claim, and a premium side, which has various consumables, episodic currencies, boosts and bonuses, and exclusive cosmetics.

So I don't even get to farm older seasons?

well, Epsiode Echoes yes. everything before that, kinda no. You can do "weekly Exotic Rotation Misssion" where you can ""farm"" older Seasonal Weapons.

[Catalyst]

nope. old seasons get nuked and are gone forever when that year of dlc ends. the loot remains, the exotic quests stay, but the actual activities are usually gone forever. sometimes the activities get turned into strikes, like the battlegrounds missions, but usually they just get deleted

[EckyThump]

Publicado originalmente por TwinelyWix:

Publicado originalmente por EckyThump:

Alongside each big yearly expansion ('Lightfall', 'The Final Shape') there runs a number of smaller content drops, formerly called Seasons, now called Episodes.

So here, alongside The Final Shape until the next big expansion in 2025, we've had Episode: Echoes, now we're in Episode: Revenant, with Episode: Heretic to come.

Each requires a pass to play, giving you access to a short questline, a new activity, exotic weapon quest, access to the weapons released for that episode. During the time that each episode runs, there is a reward track with 200 levels of rewards, which can only be levelled up during this time. There is a free track with rewards all players can claim, and a premium side, which has various consumables, episodic currencies, boosts and bonuses, and exclusive cosmetics.

So I don't even get to farm older seasons?

Seasons that are older than The Final Shape are gone, though some of the content does remain in some form. If you mean Episode: Echoes, the questline, loot, etc, those are all still available, it is just the reward track that you can no longer access, the 200 ranks of rewards. That's unavailable now.

[TwinelyWix]

Publicado originalmente por EckyThump:

Publicado originalmente por TwinelyWix:

So I don't even get to farm older seasons?

Seasons that are older than The Final Shape are gone, though some of the content does remain in some form. If you mean Episode: Echoes, the questline, loot, etc, those are all still available, it is just the reward track that you can no longer access, the 200 ranks of rewards. That's unavailable now.

What is in the reward track? Exclusive cosmetics?
So content-wise im fine with just buying deluxe? I have the base game and dlcs up to lightfall

[Kylito]

Publicado originalmente por TwinelyWix:

Publicado originalmente por EckyThump:

Seasons that are older than The Final Shape are gone, though some of the content does remain in some form. If you mean Episode: Echoes, the questline, loot, etc, those are all still available, it is just the reward track that you can no longer access, the 200 ranks of rewards. That's unavailable now.

What is in the reward track? Exclusive cosmetics?
So content-wise im fine with just buying deluxe? I have the base game and dlcs up to lightfall

Yup, just cosmetics and some resources, and boosts that pertain to the current season/episode. As far as gameplay goes, getting the annual pass will allow you to experience the same activities and items as everyone who played when it came out.

[Seb]

There is some version on sale right now that has pretty much everything for 65$ ish.
If you'r interested in D2 again i'd get that for sure. You get a year season pass it seems if i read correctly. 65$ is less then buying all the seasons as they come out, and you get all the content.
Get that, don't look back, enjoy.