Blizzard says that Diablo 4: Season of the Divine goes live on December 11 at 8:30 PM PST. During Season of Divine the Lesser Evils return "to spread chaos, with Azmodan driving the assault."
Players will get Divine Gifts to resist this invasion with "major permanent upgrades" also coming to itemization in Masterworking and Tempering. A "fresh challenge" is also coming to monster combat. Additionally, there is also a new Season Rank system that will grant players access to new rewards.
Blizzard says that they have included changes based on feedback from players that participated in the 2.5.0 Public Test Realm (PTR) for this release. Those changes and responses to feedback are detailed, at length, in the Season announcement blog post at Blizzard.com. Highlights of the new season can be found below.
Features of Season of Divine Intervention include:
- Azmodan’s Return: Joined by Belial, Andariel, and Duriel, Azmodan and the Lesser Evils wreak havoc on Sanctuary, taking advantage of the chaos surrounding Akarat’s mysterious return. Players utilize Nightmare Affixes to gain Divine favor.
- Monsters Evolved: Smarter and deadlier enemies plague Sanctuary with clearer combat roles. Enemies’ dynamic behavior encourages players to adapt their approach to confrontations.
- Itemization Overhaul: WithTempering and Masterworking streamlining the item journey, players can directly set affixes from a Tempering Recipe. Masterworking improves the Quality of an item, which gives a bonus to the base damage, armor, or resistance of an item.
- Sanctification: The powers of the High Heavens grace player items as one final and powerful upgrade, channeling Angelic power into gear. Sanctifying items has the chance to apply a bonus Legendary power, improve an Affix, add or replace an Affix, and, in rare instances, even make items indestructible.
- Season Rank: The Season Journey evolves into a more challenging version with even greater rewards. Known as Seasonal Rank, this system requires players to complete a Capstone Dungeon before progressing to the next Rank.
