As a classic MMO game series, Diablo 4 always adds some interesting updates or new mechanisms and gameplay in the new season to bring freshness to your experience in each season. As the latest season, Season of Hatred Rising also does this.
It not only introduces new dungeons and enemies but also adds new difficulties for you to challenge, and adjusts the design of item quality. But among all the changes, there are two that are undoubtedly the most popular among players, the updated Paragon system and the new item Seething Opals.
Based on this, we will introduce the specific content of these two new features to you so that you can understand why they are so popular.
1. New Item Seething Opals
As soon as Seething Opals was launched in Diablo 4 Season of Hatred Rising, it became popular in the entire game community and became one of the most popular new features in Diablo 4 Season 6.
In the past, in Season 1, Diablo 4 introduced Malignant Hearts, a special item that provides benefits such as offensive, defensive, or utility enhancements. Season 2 added Vampiric powers as a new item, giving you buff such as cooldown reduction and extra damage. The companion Seneschal introduced in Season 3 will follow you on your adventures.
In addition, because of major changes to the base game, there were no new seasonal mechanics in Season 4, but Season 5 restored this tradition by adding the Infernal Hordes mode. In Season 6, Diablo 4 added new consumables called Seething Opals.
Seething Opals act like an elixir, and once activated, they will bring relevant benefits to the player for the next 30 minutes. There are five types of Seething Opals, which not only increase your chances of obtaining more conventional items such as Diablo 4 Gold, combat equipment, herbs, crafting materials, and gem fragments, but also give you a chance to obtain dropped Artificer’s stones, Runes, boss summoning items, or Infernal compasses.
Currently, there are three ways to get Seething Opals in Diablo 4 Season of Hatred Rising. They are to participate in the Hatred Rising event to earn event rewards, complete the season goals to improve the reputation of Zakarum Remnants, or complete certain season journey progress to get corresponding rewards. In the end, these rewards will all have Seething Opals.
Although it is not clear whether the game developers will keep Seething Opals forever, there are still many new content worth playing in the current season. Because besides the two most popular new features, Diablo 4 also added new passive skills and active skills to all classes in Season 6, made major changes in itemization, and introduced new Realmwalker enemies and added a new dungeon called Seething Real.
The most interesting thing is that a few players do not agree to let the Realmwalkers of Season 6 continue to stay in the game later, but as a new item related to it, they hope Seething Opals continue to exist after the end of Season 6.
2. New Paragon System
While Seething Opals has been well received, it’s not the only new feature that has won over players. The new Paragon system is also very popular as a game mechanic that has been optimized in Season 6, and some players even consider it the “real MVP” of this season.
Apparently, this is because the Paragon system gives the endgame of Season 6 a much-needed sense of purpose and progress, which was not always evident in previous seasons. All this is actually thanks to the major changes the Paragon system has received in the new season, such as splitting characters and Paragon levels.
In Season 6, you will find that the game developers have not only modified statistics such as health and armor in the Paragon system, but also provided a new board for each of the 5 classes. These boards contain a Legendary node and additional Normal nodes respectively, and the related Paragon points have also increased from 200 to 300.
In the Rise of Hatred season, the Paragon system will be unlocked when you upgrade to level 50, and then you will get some corresponding Paragon points. These points can be used to fill in the nodes on the board, thereby unlocking more other nodes related to abilities, attributes, and character characteristics to help you improve your character’s strength.
Currently, the types of nodes in the game are Normal Paragon nodes, Magical Paragon nodes, Rare Paragon nodes, or Legendary Paragon nodes. In addition, there are some differences between different professions in terms of the node types provided by the Paragon system. Some professions have many rare Paragon nodes or legendary Paragon nodes to unlock, while others are mostly normal nodes.
In addition, the new Paragon system’s removal of magic Glyphs is also worth your attention, because this indicates that the game may add more interesting rare Glyphs to the system in the future, and use their power to make the Paragon system better serve your combat experience. Because Glyphs will also provide you with rewards or special gains.
It is worth noting that Glyphs are arranged in rank and alphabetical order in the game. If you want to know what each Glyph is used for, you need to check them one by one by hovering the mouse over each glyph.
After this introduction, I believe you have a deeper understanding of these two new features of Season 6. So why not enter the game and experience it while Season 6 is still in progress!
