The purpose of introducing the Rebirth function is because players have been pestering Blizzard to do something about character slots. After a Season ends, the character becomes non-Seasonal. And when a new Season comes (prior to the introduction of this function), you would have to use another character slot to create a Seasonal character to participate in the new Season. Thus, it becomes a hassle when slots are filled up after previous Seasonal characters occupy them, and if you ran out of character slots, you would have to delete the character, which if you'd wanna play in non-Seasonal, you'd have to shift his/her gear, or move things which is a hassle.

The Rebirth function (partially) address this.

Seasons is all about starting new. Nothing you've earned from previous Season (and Non-Seasonal) contribute to your current Seasonal progress. With the exception of cosmetic stuff (e.g. pets, equip xmogs, portraits, wings, etc.)

This post has been edited by Kevmeister: Dec 22 2016, 08:20 PM

Not too sure about you, but ever since I hook it up to connect with the Aussie servers, my latency is slightly better than connecting directly to NA's server.

My ping is between 130 to 230 on any given day. If I played on NA, it's usually 290 to 400 (which is super delayish, believe me).

That one is just a PTR vendor la dei.

Seasonal reward for this Season is just a pet and the usual xmog set for completing up to Chapter IV, stash tab up to Conqueror. Portrait frames as per every season as usual for each chapter after Chapter IV.

Everything else is as is. Unlocked cosmetics that are not Season-exclusive unlocks permanently for Normal Mode and any Seasons following from when you've found/earn them.

Anyone can help my decrepit DH gear up for season? M6 or UE will be fine. Shadows' set is clunky to play with.

Still need help with Seasonal equipment hunt, any help would be appreciated.

Our clan is pretty much inactive these days. Most if not all have already obtained all the Stash Tabs, so mostly would be playing NS. There is a small chance that you might be able to party-up with clan mates, me not being one of them because I'm under geared af this season, and DH's Haedrig's this time around suck balls.

Good question, and like what Sabenarian has explained, it carries over.

Updated the FAQ to include that bit of information, thanks.

Don't mean to be rude but please keep conversations related to the OP.

Thanks.

Looking for people to group up with, still haven't gotten my last stash tab. At Destroyer currently.

Arigatou

I'll be on mostly in the evening at 9pm onwards. Any help is appreciated

I'm still active, and am looking for others to do this Season with. I could also help you plvl.

Basically, Seasonal is like ladder for D2.

Nice, I'm 300+ ish at the moment and doing the Destroyer chapter of Seasonal Journey. My b.tag is kevmeister#1659.

There's no SG server for Diablo III.

The only known ones for Diablo III are:

OnlineService.Matchmaking.ServerPool=Default (Los Angeles)
OnlineService.Matchmaking.ServerPool=AU1 (Australia/New Zealand)
OnlineService.Matchmaking.ServerPool=SA1 (Brazil)

And of the 3, Australia has the lowest latency.

This post has been edited by Kevmeister: Nov 22 2017, 03:10 PM

Don't expect that kinda consistency. The ping fluctuates depending on external factors, and not just the servers (e.g. TM fixing underwater cables, etc.)

The lowest latency you'll find is through playing the Asia server, which should give about anywhere between 100 - 150 ms.

Q14: What happens when a Season ends?

When a Season ends, a few things happen:

• Your Seasonal Hero(es) become Non-Seasonal
• Items in your Seasonal Stash will be mailed to you, which is available to claim within 30 days from when the Season ends. Not claiming within that time frame will have those items disappear permanently
• All extracted powers during Seasonal will also transfer to Non-Seasonal
• You can no longer participate in any Seasonal Achievement or Seasonal Journey
• If you started the game with your first character in Seasonal without completing Story Mode, you have to complete Story Mode to unlock Adventure Mode

Apparently my FAQ wasn't clear enough. To expand on that, whatever you've earned in a particular Season will be transferred to Non-Season when that Season ends. As for how Paragon works, your accumulated XP will be transferred to Non-Seasonal.

If your Non-Seasonal is 400, and your Seasonal is 100, you will roughly get about 400+. For a more accurate version of XP you've earned, visit:
http://www.d3bg.org/paragon-calculator/en.php

This post has been edited by Kevmeister: Dec 6 2017, 12:12 PM

Offering plvl for those who are just about to start Season 12, provided I don't get disconnected. B.Net tag is in the siggie.

Season 13 is now live.

What class are you playing first this time around?

You're gonna need to be specific on this... any level can be played without set items, but what are you trying to achieve by doing so?

Also, the only reason for anyone to play without a set bonus is to achieve The Thrill conquest (available in this Season).

If you need help with Seasonal Journey or just to gear up, add my b.tag as shown on my signature.