Developer Blizzard Entertainment has taken to the official site of Diablo Immortal to shed some light on the latest hellish update, including the contents of Season 12 Battle Pass and the feature updates.
To address players’ Battleground experience being ruined by queue dodgers, there will be the 5-minute penalty as a preventative measure following the warning “Due to frequent cancelations, if you cancel again, you will be unable to participate in Battleground for 5 minutes. Do you still want to cancel?”
Blizzard also reported that Battleground matchmaking has been further optimized to create evenly matched teams more consistently. Between the penalty for queue dodgers and the improved matchmaking, the devs believe that players should experience higher quality Battleground matches going forward.
As of the new patch, the 7-day cooldown to reset all Paragon Point allocations has been removed. Additionally, all Paragon selections can now be saved as part of a loadout in the Armory for the increased flexibility. The team also introduces another round of quality-of-life improvements that will make using the Activities Calendar and Scheduler more convenient.
The rewards received from the Empowered Battle Pass are changing to provide players with increased earnings and choice:
- Ranks 5 and 35 will now reward 3 Normal Gems each;
- The Seled’s Awakening One-Star Legendary Gem has been removed from Ranks 5, 20, and 35, and has been replaced by a Fervent Fang Two-Star Legendary Gem at Rank 20.
“Owners of the Collector’s Empowered Battle Pass will now begin to earn Battle Archive Coins as they rank up each season. 100 Coins can be earned at Ranks 1, 10, 20, 30, and 40—these can be exchanged for Legendary Gems, Armor Cosmetics, Portal Cosmetics, and more from previous Battle Pass Seasons in the new Battle Archive Shop. After Rank 40 is reached and the Season Cosmetic has been claimed, players will have the opportunity to use Battle Archive Coins to purchase the Season Cosmetic for other Classes.
The items in the Battle Archive Shop will rotate each season, so be sure to check back often. Battle Archive Tokens do not expire and can be exchanged during any Battle Pass Season. Players can upgrade from the Empowered Battle Pass to the Collector’s Empowered Battle Pass at any time. If they do, any newly unlocked Rank rewards from the Collector’s Empowered Battle Pass will be automatically rewarded to the player.”
The new Season 12 Battle Pass is dedicated to the Great Families of Xiansai and hosts 40 ranks worth of challenges and rewards, such as Legendary Gems, Crests, Hilts, and more. It will be running until May 11th, so get out there and start slaying demons to claim your goodies!
