d3 Season 15 End & Season 16 Start Dates

[Stan 5,243]

Season 15 was supposed to end on December 16, but the Diablo team decided to extend it and the new end date is January 6. Season 16 is scheduled for the week of January 11.

The new Season will go live with Patch 2.6.4 that was available for testing on PTR.

Blizzard (Source)

Hey everyone,

In order to ensure a smooth transition between Seasons, and give players extra time to enjoy the Double Bounty Cache buff, we will be ending Season 15 on January 6. With this, Season 16 is scheduled to begin on January 11. 

As a quick heads-up, we will also be resetting the current Era leaderboards on January 8, so you’ve still got some time to push for that final leaderboard placement before the rollover occurs!

Good luck,
- Tyvalir

[Kuarinofu 78]

Just in case you're still playing Diablo 3.

[rickster 12]

What we really need is a Double Bounty "Forgotten Souls" cache somewhere, since we burn through them so much.

Edited December 9, 2018 by rickster

[Rhondis 148]

RIP Diablo.

[Rooach 34]

12 hours ago, Kuarinofu said:

Just in case you're still playing Diablo 3.

 

[rickster 12]

IMHO, Blizzard would've been better off keeping the December 16 end of S15, and opening S16 just before the xmas/new years holidays, ...

Just because nobody wants Diablo Immortal, Is that a reason for Blizzard to vengefully chase us onto PoE. ?

Those Blizzard dev's really are lazy aferall.

Edited December 9, 2018 by rickster

[Feyd42 0]

Seasons are fine and all but just put Immortal into Diablo and keep adding to the game. I want to hear from a fan who actually wants Diablo to go to mobile. Just because there is a lot of games on the phone and tablet doesn't mean no one is using PC. Seriously look at WoW. But Blizzard isnt looking like they listening to the fans anyway.

[SavageBoots 0]

Next season will hopefully be amazing.

[inteus 10]

this is bullshit, ive been waiting for ages to come back with the new set buffs, now i can wait another month.. they really know how to please their customers atm.

[fenix 0]

not sure how i felt bout it but ok i guest

[Subjective 2]

Are the starter sets (from the seasonal journey rewards) going to be the same as S-15? Only played S-15 (NSwitch) so unsure if they change each season or not. ?

[darkinchworm 20]

6 hours ago, Subjective said:

Are the starter sets (from the seasonal journey rewards) going to be the same as S-15? Only played S-15 (NSwitch) so unsure if they change each season or not. ?

They change them up every season.

[darkinchworm 20]

On 12/11/2018 at 3:41 PM, inteus said:

this is bullshit, ive been waiting for ages to come back with the new set buffs, now i can wait another month.. they really know how to please their customers atm.

Considering they announced said changes November 19, I'm not sure how you've been "waiting ages" for them.
That being said - I too was annoyed to find that the season had been extended almost an entire month. It'd be nice if they were taking time to make other improvements and changes - I'd give my left nut for pets to pick up Death's Breath and/or crafting mats - but, whatever. I guess I'll go farm some bounty mats.

[inteus 10]

3 hours ago, darkinchworm said:

Considering they announced said changes November 19, I'm not sure how you've been "waiting ages" for them.
That being said - I too was annoyed to find that the season had been extended almost an entire month. It'd be nice if they were taking time to make other improvements and changes - I'd give my left nut for pets to pick up Death's Breath and/or crafting mats - but, whatever. I guess I'll go farm some bounty mats.

well considering diablo 3 has gotten 0 changes for AGES, then weeks does feel like AGES ... 

[rickster 12]

4 hours ago, darkinchworm said:

 I'd give my left nut ...

 also, if those timer "globes" in Rifts/Greater Rifts were just automatically picked up and/or given credit for, during runs, -that has been an age-old issue with D3 that needs to be FIXED. !

Edited December 13, 2018 by rickster

[Koxsos 38]

Any theorycrafting ideas on the most impactful build given you will have a freed up RoRG slot?
Or is it just dumbed down to "oh yeah, slot in ring of elements instead of that, and if you already had ring of elements, well slot in focus restraint or compas rose and cube it or something"
 

[rickster 12]

On 12/14/2018 at 6:52 PM, Koxsos said:

Any theorycrafting ideas on the most impactful build given you will have a freed up RoRG slot?
Or is it just dumbed down to "oh yeah, slot in ring of elements instead of that, and if you already had ring of elements, well slot in focus restraint or compas rose and cube it or something"
 

Since, (for S16), you won't need a RoRG anymore, then any, and every set build will now benefit from not having to wear/cube RoRG, which yes, free's up another Ring/Cube slot, and that's it.

-not sure if that's what u meant ?

Edited December 17, 2018 by rickster

[Chazzx 1]

Appears the double bounty caches are gone now... Just completed a run and got singles

[rickster 12]

What I would like to know is,

Many times we see the all buffs/benefits of Seasonal patches applied to regular/non-seasonal play,

But why is Blizzard implementing the (no need) buff of RoRG into S16, but NOT into the regular non-seasonal players. ???

In other words, what's the point of playing a "crippled" regular/non-seasonal character now ?

[rickster 12]

17 minutes ago, Chazzx said:

Appears the double bounty caches are gone now... Just completed a run and got singles

Yep, I just did an Act IV bounty tonight Dec.16, and I only got one cache.

wow, wtf,  I thought Blizzard wasn't ending Season 15 until January 6, 2019 ?!  Can't they make up they're minds? -Blizzard owes us some cash, or is that cache ? ?

Edited December 17, 2018 by rickster

[Koxsos 38]

On 12/17/2018 at 3:02 AM, rickster said:

Since, (for S16), you won't need a RoRG anymore, then any, and every set build will now benefit from not having to wear/cube RoRG, which yes, free's up another Ring/Cube slot, and that's it.

-not sure if that's what u meant ?

"Any theorycrafting ideas on the most impactful build given you will have a freed up RoRG slot?" is literally what I meant.
I mean I get all builds benefit, but which one will benefit the most?
Given the "mutator" I want to know if someone crunched the numbers and said "this and this build will have the most impactful and fun slot to benefit from it."  Also if there are more creative ways to take advantage than slotting focus/res or compas rose.

[rickster 12]

On 12/18/2018 at 2:46 PM, Koxsos said:

"Any theorycrafting ideas on the most impactful build given you will have a freed up RoRG slot?" is literally what I meant.
I mean I get all builds benefit, but which one will benefit the most?
Given the "mutator" I want to know if someone crunched the numbers and said "this and this build will have the most impactful and fun slot to benefit from it."  Also if there are more creative ways to take advantage than slotting focus/res or compas rose.

Ah k, but you're gonna have to be more specific than just, "What's the best build for S16.. "?  For example, in my case, I'll be looking to build a viable (Monk) T13/Rift DB runner with 2 sets now, Sunwuko/WoL, and Sages set, thanks to not needed RoRG. But ya, there will obviously be many, many other possible Class "Set" mixes too, coming soon, some better than other's.

 It looks like our "icy-veins" site here are gonna be busier this upcoming Season drafting some extra (mixed) Class Set build tutorials for us, hopefully?.   ?

Edited December 21, 2018 by rickster

[techwriter13 0]

On 12/16/2018 at 9:22 PM, Chazzx said:

Appears the double bounty caches are gone now... Just completed a run and got singles

I was playing last night (12/29/18) and getting double bounty caches.

[Sinbad 0]

At the end of S16 when our toon gets converted from a seasonal to a normal, will they keep the RoRG effect, or does that build then become worthless for normal gameplay, requiring a ring change?

[dmead001 0]

On 1/2/2019 at 3:58 AM, Sinbad said:

At the end of S16 when our toon gets converted from a seasonal to a normal, will they keep the RoRG effect, or does that build then become worthless for normal gameplay, requiring a ring change?

Wow I had not even thought about that. Makes me rethink a lot about season 16. Spend tons of time testing new builds that will all become obsolete when season 16 ends. Need time to think about that...