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Double Blood Shard Weekend
There will be a double shard event during this weekend, so if you're farming Rifts and looking for a specific drop from Kadala this might be a good time before the season is over. Read more below.
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
If you love getting rare items from Kadala (and who doesn’t?), you’re going to love our upcoming buff!Starting this weekend, all heroes who log in to Diablo III on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will receive double the usual amount of Blood Shards in Adventure Mode! This buff affects all events which grant Blood Shards, including Bounties, Rifts and Greater Rifts.
The bonus buff begins in the Americas region this Saturday, July 9 at 12:01 a.m. PDT and ends on Sunday, July 10 at 11:59 p.m. PDT.
It’s time to get the final piece you need to finish gearing your character, so be sure partner up with Kadala and get that sweet loot! Good luck, nephalem – and happy hunting!
*For PC, the buff will start and end at the noted times in each gameplay region according to its local time zone (PDT for the Americas, CEST for Europe, and KST for Asia). For console, the buff will start and end in all regions at the same time, listed above. For time zone assistance, click here.
Season 6 Ending Soon
The two week notice before the end of a season has been given earlier today, and Season 6 will end on July 22nd. Season 7 is expected to begin on August 5th, with Patch 2.4.2 going live in between these two dates. See below for all the details.
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Here we are again, nephalem. As we prepare to close out another Season in Diablo III, it's time to take a moment to remember what you have achieved and ensure you're ready for the transition to a new Season.If you haven't experienced the end of a Season, there's a lot to know about what happens to your gear, progress, and characters. Don't fret! We're here to give you a full overview of what to expect when the current Season ends and the next one begins.
Table of Contents:The Season Rollover:
Those who have played through a few Seasons know there has been no shortage of gold, gear, or Paragon levels to earn. So what happens to all that hard earned progress when a Season ends? In short, you get to keep just about all of it. Here's a list of all the rewards from this Season you can expect your non-Seasonal heroes to enjoy:Note that all heroes, rewards, and progress will convert to the appropriate non-Seasonal game mode. Any items, gold, Paragon experience, achievements, Artisan levels or recipes, Stash space, and Blood Shards earned on Normal Seasonal heroes with transfer to your Normal non-Seasonal heroes when the season is over. Similarly, anything you’ve earned on Hardcore Seasonal heroes will transfer to your Hardcore non-Season heroes instead.
- Heroes
- Seasonal heroes will be converted to either non-Seasonal Normal or Hardcore mode heroes, as appropriate. There's no need to delete any characters to make room for them; your Seasonal heroes will continue to use the same slot they currently occupy in your roster after the rollover. You’ll also be able to use Season Rebirth to convert any non-seasonal character into a Seasonal, level-one character once the next Season begins.
- Gold
- Any gold you earn during the Season will transfer to your non-Seasonal heroes.
- Paragon Experience
- The total amount of Paragon experience earned is the amount that rolls over, not your raw total amount of Paragon levels gained.
- For example, if your Seasonal heroes reached Paragon 300, but your current non-Seasonal heroes are already Paragon 400, your new non-Seasonal Paragon level will still be less than Paragon 700 since higher Paragon levels take more experience to earn.
- Blood Shards
- Similar to gold, any Blood Shards you have available at the end of the Season will transfer to your non-Seasonal heroes.
- If your non-Seasonal heroes are currently at the Blood Shard cap, any Blood Shards you earn once the Season ends will temporarily ignore the cap. You can spend these at your leisure; however, note that you cannot pick up any additional Blood Shards until you are below your current cap.
- Items
- Items that are currently equipped on a hero or in that hero's inventory will stay on that hero as it moves to a non-Seasonal game mode.
- Items that are in your Seasonal stash will be sent through the in-game mail system to your non-Seasonal heroes. These items can be claimed by any non-Seasonal hero up to 30 days from the time you first log in after the Season ends. To access these items, enter a game and hit the Mail icon located in the lower-left corner of your screen to open up your inbox.
- Artisan Progress and Recipes
- If your Seasonal Artisans are a higher level than your non-Seasonal Artisans at the end of the Season, their level will transfer to your non-Seasonal Artisans.
- Any recipes you have on your Seasonal Artisans that are not available to your non-Seasonal Artisans will be transferred as well.
- Shared Stash
- Any Shared Stash slots or tabs you purchase during a Season that are not currently available to your non-Seasonal heroes will be transferred accordingly.
- Achievements
- Any achievements or achievement progress made during the Season is automatically applied to your non-Seasonal achievement profile. This happens in real time and does not require the Season to end first. Your achievement point total is also updated appropriately throughout the Season.
- Kanai's Cube
- After the Season rollover, any Legendary Powers unlocked using Kanai’s Cube on a Seasonal Character will become available on non-Seasonal characters as appropriate.
- At the start of a new Season, Seasonal characters will not have access to any Kanai’s Cube Legendary Powers unlocked during previous Seasonal or non-Seasonal play.
- Season 6 Rewards
- All players who reach level 70 on a hero in Season 6 will unlock exclusive leg and boot transmogrification appearances. These appearances will unlock immediately upon hitting level 70 on a Seasonal hero, and will be available on Seasonal and non-Seasonal heroes alike (even before the Season concludes). To access your new appearances, simply visit Miriam the Mystic and open the Transmogrification tab.
- In addition, players can earn portrait frames and an exclusive pet for completing various chapters of the Season Journey.
Season 6 Conquests:
Unlike other rewards, Conquests do not roll over at the end of the Season (because they aren’t available to non-Seasonal heroes). This also means that your non-Seasonal Achievement point total will not be affected by any Conquests you earn during a Season.
Season 6 Leaderboards:
Once the Season ends, all Seasonal Leaderboards will be wiped and you will be unable to attain new Leaderboard ranks until the next Season begins. The results of the previous Season’s Leaderboards will remain available for viewing in-game. Once the new Season begins, a handy drop-down menu will allow you to swap between the current and previous Season records. Don't forget that you can also view current and past Leaderboards right here on our website.
The non-Seasonal Greater Rift Leaderboards will also be wiped sometime after the end of the Season. However, you'll immediately be able to compete in the currently active Era with your non-Seasonal heroes (including those who have just rolled over), and will not have to wait for the start of the next Season.
Season 6 End & Season 7 Start Dates:
You’ll be able to sort through your rollover rewards and review your progress on the Leaderboards between Seasons. It’s a great time to reflect on the accomplishments you’ve made and enjoy the culmination of your pre- and post-Season loot hunts! Season 6 will be ending on the following dates and times:Season 7 will begin about two weeks afterwards on these dates:
- North America: Friday, July 22 @ 5:00 p.m. PDT
- Europe: Friday, July 22 @ 5:00 p.m. CEST
- Asia: Friday, July 22 @ 5:00 p.m. KST
For time zone assistance, click here. We look forward to seeing you in Season 7!
- North America: Friday, August 5 @ 5:00 p.m. PDT
- Europe: Friday, August 5 @ 5:00 p.m. CEST
- Asia: Friday, August 5 @ 5:00 p.m. KST
Ready for the Rollover?
How have you fared during Season 6? What was the highest Greater Rift you reached? Did you complete any Conquests? Any other exciting accomplishments to share? Let us know in the comments and prepare yourself—Season 7 is just around the corner!
So its one week shorter than s5 if I'm not mistaking. Well, better prepare for shitload of melting lol...
They forgot to put in their bloodshard announcement that the reason they're doing the buff is as an apology to all the people who wasted the season farming for bugged cosmetics they were told did drop~
the only week end where i am not here
if they did those weekends with varying buffs / mutators on a regular basis, one would even log in after he finished the current season two weeks in.
but why implementing a system and only use it never?
Season 7 will be grim for wizards...Vyr desperately needs a buff, it's uncanny to be able to play archon with 2 different sets, neither of them actually designed to buff the archon, while vyr - designed to do so is in a coma and will be dead and buried next season, after the Swami nerf...Blizz, you can't nerf Swami and leave Vyr as it is, you might as well just delete the set...
I feel your pain, indeed crusaders have it much worse. I quit playing my sader, it's just boring as hell in its current state from my point of view. indeed, there are a lot of set changes required, from the top of my head : adding dmg reduction to firebird, reworking vyr, adding dmg reduction to jade set, reworking basically all sader sets, barbs sets as well, buffing firebats for WD...the only two classes that seem pretty well balanced now regarding their sets are DH and Monk, especially considering the 2.4.2 changes. Not to mention many more fixes, for the monk set bugs which makes it very gimmicky to play, fixing AI for wd pets and many other bugs. One thing that really bugs me about wizards....altough it's a caster class, it has NO viable ranged caster build, which is incredible...even the monk has a viable ranged caster, and that's a melee class!
Ya and for saders the mechanics are there, rolands, light just need a solid buff and akkhands needs a good damage buff, slightly more cdr and dr but a solid buff to select sills will make it so its not going to over power the other three sets cause a lot of people say "oh just buff it to 1200 or 1500 well if you do that then it can become stronger than the hammer set....so no that wont work, buff condemn, phalanx, FOH and heavens fury only. Like the IK set should do IF seismic slam wasn't in the earth set which goddamn does that bother me but the whole 'fury to reset cooldown' is a garbage mechic if used to much. for perm-wrath thats fine but during wrath you're going nuts spending fury for the earth set they should just shave the cdr off of leap so you dont have to focus on the rolls of cdr so heavily on gear but anyways, the IK set should buff ancients damage, HOTA for sure and SS but since SS is taken maybe do somethign with...over power and revenge but those are really close melee skills...but for the barb really its just the IK set. Monks need a little tweaking and IMO a reworking on SWK with the sweeping wind stacks thing. Wizards need some decent balancing and tals proc should be from etched sigil, make it a channeling build almost that alone would house 5 builds from channeling wizard spells. Hello...play style diversity I can't speak for WD or DH as i dont play them much but..you get the idea:) And dont get me started on LoN which is probably my most favorite addition to the large back to back to back patches we got but....its a snooze fest too heh