Diablo 4 Season 6 repeats a base game sin but atons for shortly thereafter

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As it tends to happen with seasonal content that launches alongside major expansions, Diablo 4Season 6 may take a back seat with the release of Vessel of Hatred, which has a lot of content to offer well beyond its story campaign. Diablo 4s new Spiritborn build is also taking center stage after the expansion's release, as the class has many customization options that players can take advantage of, especially if they plan to tackle the endgame activities in the form of Kurast Undercity and Dark Citadel. Still, for those interested in farming more items and materials, Season 6 is a good starting point – even if it repeats a major mistake from the base game, only to correct it later.




Aptly called “Season of the Hatred”, Diablo 4Season 6 is tied to the events of the DLC's campaign in the sense that the main enemies here are tied to Mephisto himself – the Realmwalkers. These entities roam the land of Sanctuary one region at a time, and players can claim new rewards for killing them and for progressing in the reputation bar with the seasonal provider. While this may sound enticing, Realmwalkers is essentially a large escort encounter.

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Diablo 4 Season 6 commits the base game sin of more escort missions


Why Diablo 4's new Realmwalker quest is skating on thin ice

Escort missions in video games as a whole as well as in Diablo 4 tend not to be very popular as they can take the momentum away from players, who instead have to sit back and wait for the escort target to do their thing while they kill monsters. This is mostly a stagnant encounter or one where players have to move slowly and wait for new waves of enemies to be defeated until the large unit is finally vulnerable. That's exactly what Season 6 demands of the players, as they have to fight off waves of enemies until the Realmwalker is vulnerable to damage and try to kill it.

Diablo 4 Season 6's Realmwalkers are not a typical escort mission as they are also the target to kill.

When Diablo 4 first launched, it featured several small-scale events in Sanctuary where players could obtain Murmuring Obols, making them very valuable. However, a bunch of these events were and still are escort missions where players are tasked with, for example, accompanying a ghost to various tombstones as they search for their mother, all while a handful of enemies spawn and attack players. Escort missions like these don't really reward construction work Diablo 4and they can be quite boring to go through, even if the rewards are good.


How Diablo 4 redeems its Season 6 mechanic

IN Diablo 4 Season 6, whether players kill the boss as the escort mission continues or after it reaches its final destination, it will create a portal to a dungeon. This is where season 6 settles down, as the location is randomized, which can be quite refreshing after an escort mission. It can still feel redundant if players have farmed Nightmare Dungeons in Diablo 4however, since the area always tends to be linear with the same target. Still, entering a randomly generated dungeon after what will mostly be a boring piece of content can be exciting and restore players to the pace that ARPGs are known for.

Additionally, players will be able to obtain the brand new Seething Opals in Diablo 4which will provide similar benefits to Elixirs, as the grant 15% more experience gained over 30 minutes. In addition to that, there are five types of Seething Opals, each of which gives players unique bonuses. These are:


  • Seething Opal of Equipment, which drops additional gear
  • Seething Opal of Gold, which drops additional gold
  • Seething Opal of Materials, which drops additional herbs and crafting materials
  • Seething Opal of Socketables, which drops additional gem fragments
  • Seething Opal of Torment, which drops additional Artificar's Stones

These are all interesting drops for one Diablo 4 seasonal activity, and given that players will start with nothing, it makes sense to continue with them – especially the Opal of Materials. As such, the escort mission needed to kill the Realmwalker remains a low point for Diablo 4but what follows is well worth it.

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