Delves Developer Notes - Release Schedule, No Testing on 13th Secret Delve
Blizzard has released developers notes for Delves including the release schedule for system on live, announcing no testing for the 13th secret delve and more!
We’re very excited to have people come in and see what we have in store for our endgame difficulty.
We wanted to start things off with a layout of what we currently have, what we’re planning next, and our goals behind these decisions.
Before Season 1 begins in The War Within players will have access to Tiers 1, 2, and 3 difficulty in delves. We expect players who have been keeping up with the current season will prefer tiers 2 and 3, while newer players will begin in tier 1 before graduating up to 2 and eventually 3 when they gear up.
When Season 1 begins we will open up tiers 4 through 11 along with introducing a few mechanics in tiers 4 and above: seasonal progression, death counters, and Zekvir’s Influence.
Seasonal Progression
Seasonal progress can be obtained from any delve when the season begins.
Playing at higher tiers will reward more progress, but players will still be able to complete the season at lower tiers.
We want players to be able to find the difficulty that they enjoy and focus on that without feeling that they need to push higher to complete the seasonal track.
Tiers 9-11 are planned to have a higher difficulty curve as we do not plan on giving out increased power rewards there. They will give out gear at the equivalent of a Tier 8 delve.
We’re doing this so we can tune these delves to be particularly difficult without creating the assumption that all players should strive to hit tier 11.
Death Counter
Players will start a delve with a pool of lives. When you release after dying the counter will lower.
Players who reach zero lives can still finish delves, but they will miss out on bonus rewards like cosmetics and unlocking the next tier of difficulty. Every death that happens after.
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