Season Journey Changes Incoming

A big thank you to everyone who took the time to check out the Season 7 Journey, test the changes and provide feedback! After considering the adjustments mentioned in Wyatt’s post last week and reviewing the feedback provided, we have some changes for Season Journey that you can expect to see in the next PTR patch.

Slayer

• Now requires Greater Rift 30 (down from 35).

Champion

• Now requires Greater Rift 40 (down from 50).
• Normal rift timer increased to 7 minutes from 6 minutes.

Destroyer

• Now requires Greater Rift 50 (down from 60).

Conqueror

• Now requires Greater Rift 60 (down from 70).

Guardian

• Now requires Greater Rift 70 (down from 80).
• Azmodan timer has been adjusted to 20 seconds (up from 15).

Torment XIII is definitely a step up from Torment X in regards to difficulty and it’s our goal to take that and player power into account. Conqueror and Guardian level achievements are intended to be the most intense, but also the most rewarding. That said, we did feel that the Greater Rift requirements were a bit too demanding and have been adjusted. In regards to the time requirements for normal Nephalem Rifts in Conqueror and Guardian, those will remain unchanged for the time being. Some players, classes and builds may have an easier time than others completing those achievements while others may find it more to their liking to find a group to speed things up.

Another common concern was the legendary gem requirements may be too easy, which is a very valid point! However, with the addition of augmenting legendary gem requirements, we wanted to avoid making the gem requirements feel too grindy. Some achievements will be difficult and challenging while others will require careful planning and time, all of which our goals for Season Journey.

Again, a big thanks to everyone participating in the PTR and please, keep the feedback for Season Journey and 2.4.2 as a whole coming!

This Focused Feedback thread is dedicated to revisions being made to the Season Journey.

Here are the changes that have been made to the Season Journey:

Haedrig’s Gift is no longer awarded for specific Seasonal achievements; the bags are now rewarded for the completion of Chapters II, III, and IV.

Achievements requiring timed Nephalem Rift runs have been re-tuned.

Overall difficulty has been shifted around; easier, more tutorial-based achievements are in Chapters I-IV while more challenging tasks can be found in Slayer and beyond.

All Rift-related achievements have been updated to include all difficulties, including Torment XI-XIII.

For more details on what changes have been made in Patch 2.4.2, please see our PTR Patch Notes.

Here are a few questions to get you started:

What is the furthest you have previously completed a Season Journey?

How many Season Journeys have you previously completed?

By comparison, how difficult is it to complete the new Season Journey?

How does pacing feel when moving from Chapters I-IV to Slayer and beyond?

How the the achievements that include Torment XI-XIII feel? Are they difficult?

With that said, thank you to all our PTR participants. Your feedback is appreciated and continues to be integral to our design and iteration process. Happy testing!

Please Note: In order to facilitate focused feedback, posts in this thread that are not relevant to the topics listed above will be deleted. Please create a new thread for your concerns if they are outside the above topics. Thank you!

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Nevalistis: Great question, Hebalon. Here’s what you can expect in each tier, for convenience:

Chapter I

Complete a Nephalem Rift

Equip 5 Gems into your gear

Level your Blacksmith to 10

Level your Jeweler to 10

Level your Mystic to 10

Complete 5 Bounties

Defeat Izual at any difficulty level

Defeat Rakanoth at any difficulty level

Reach level 50

Chapter II – Completing rewards 1st Haedrig’s Gift

Complete a Nephalem Rift on Expert difficulty

Level all artisans to 12

Craft a level 70 item from the Blacksmith

Craft a level 70 item from the Jeweler (Ring or Amulet)

Enchant an item using the Mystic

Fully equip a follower

Defeat Cydaea at Hard difficulty or higher

Defeat Siegebreaker at Hard difficulty or higher

Reach level 70

Unlock Kanai’s Cube

Chapter III – Completing rewards 2nd Haedrig’s Gift

Complete a Nephalem Rift on Master difficulty

Transmogrify an item

Craft an Imperial level gem

Learn 5 Blacksmithing recipes

Learn 5 Jewelcrafting recipes

Buy 1 item from Kadala

Defeat Belial at Master difficulty or higher

Defeat Maghda at Master difficulty or higher

Complete a full set (Act I-V) of bounties

Extract 1 Legendary Power into Kanai’s Cube

Chapter IV – Completing rewards 3rd/Final Haedrig’s Gift + New Portrait Frame and Pennant

Complete a Nephalem Rift on Torment I difficulty

Enchant a weapon to have a socket at the Mystic

Defeat Odeg (A1 Keywarden) on Torment 4 or higher

Defeat Sokahr (A2 Keywarden) on Torment 4 or higher

Defeat Xah’Rith (A3 Keywarden) on Torment 4 or higher

Defeat Nekarat (A4 Keywarden) on Torment 4 or higher

Defeat the Spider Queen at Torment II difficulty or higher

Defeat the Skeleton King at Torment II difficulty or higher

Complete a Greater Rift level 20 solo

Upgrade a rare item to legendary using Kanai’s Cube

Slayer – Rewards Portrait Frame

Complete a Nephalem Rift on Torment V difficulty

Level one Legendary Gem to level 25 or higher

Complete the Realm of Regret (A1 Uber) on Torment VI or higher

Complete the Realm of Putridness (A2 Uber) on Torment VI or higher

Obtain a Legendary from Kadala

Complete one Set Dungeon

Defeat the Butcher at Torment VI difficulty or higher

Defeat Zoltun Kulle at Torment VI difficulty or higher

Complete a Greater Rift 35 solo

Equip additional legendary powers for weapon, armor, and jewelry via Kanai’s Cube

Champion – Rewards Portrait Frame

Complete a Torment X Nephalem Rift in under 6 minutes

Level 3 Legendary Gems to 35 or higher

Craft a Flawless Royal gem at the Jewelcrafter

Complete the Realm of Terror (A3 Uber) on Torment X or higher

Complete the Realm of Fright (A4 Uber) on Torment X or higher

Master a Set Dungeon

Defeat Malthael at Torment X difficulty or higher

Defeat Urzael at Torment XI difficulty or higher

Complete a Greater Rift 50 solo

Use Kanai’s Cube to convert a Set Item

Destroyer – Rewards Portrait Frame

Complete a Torment XII Nephalem Rift in under 6 minutes

Level 3 Legendary Gems to 45 or higher

Craft a Hellfire Amulet

Complete 1 Conquest

Defeat Diablo at Torment XIII difficulty

Defeat Adria at Torment XIII difficulty

Complete a Greater Rift 60 solo

Use Kanai’s Cube to augment an Ancient item with a level 30+ gem

Extract 20 Legendary powers into Kanai’s Cube

Conqueror – Rewards 1 additional Stash Tab

Complete a Torment XIII Nephalem Rift in under 5 minutes

Level 3 Legendary Gems to 55 or higher

Complete 2 Conquests

Defeat Ghom at Torment XIII difficulty in under 30 seconds

Defeat Rakanoth at Torment XIII difficulty

Complete a Greater Rift 70 solo

Use Kanai’s Cube to augment two Ancients with level 40+ gems

Use Kanai’s Cube to reforge a Legendary item

Guardian – Rewards Portrait Frame

Complete a Torment XIII Nephalem Rift in under 4 minutes

Level 3 Legendary Gems to 65 or higher

Complete 3 Conquests

Defeat Azmodan at Torment XIII difficulty in under 15 seconds

Complete a Greater Rift 80 solo

Use Kanai’s Cube to augment three Ancients with level 50+ gems

Extract 40 legendary powers into Kanai’s Cube

Sorry if it’s a bit messy to read. Tried to get this up for everyone to reference ASAP, so let me know if you see any issues (as there was much copypasta involved).