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Hero Siege's Season 10 is expected to launch in August, and many players are eagerly anticipating it.

The upcoming Season 10 includes a wealth of content, simplifying the previously somewhat cumbersome leveling path and difficulty system. It also optimizes and improves the system, makes some core content free, and reshapes the various classes.

These changes aim to address long-standing pain points for players, lowering the barrier to entry. Here's a detailed breakdown:

Simplified Leveling Path and Difficulty System

In previous versions of Hero Siege, a new character's progression path was almost fixed: you needed to first complete Normal difficulty levels, then enter Nightmare difficulty levels, and finally reach Hell difficulty levels to begin your loot-hunting journey.

Furthermore, the Hell difficulty was subdivided into multiple tiers, from Hell 1 to Hell 5. While this design lengthened gameplay time, it also led many players to find it repetitive and tiring.

The game developers didn't ignore this issue and made significant changes in Season 10: completely removing Nightmare difficulty.

Now, players can directly level up from level 1 to 100 by completing the entire campaign on Normal difficulty.

Completing Normal unlocks Hard and Inferno difficulties, allowing players to enter the endgame gameplay focused on loot farming and pushing higher floors.

Meanwhile, to prevent the initial leveling process from becoming monotonous, the developers added numerous new smaller areas throughout the game's chapters, such as River, Village of Lamia, and Valley of Spirits, among others.

Furthermore, Act 8 and the new Act 9 will become fixed components of this leveling process, rather than optional content. The new area "Ebenthorn" in Act 9 will unlock after you defeat Boss Odin, providing a satisfying conclusion to your progression.

This change means players no longer need to skip chapters to rush through the game; they can experience the entire game world in its entirety.

System Optimizations and Improvements

Besides simplifying the difficulty system, Hero Siege Season 10 includes several optimizations that significantly improve the player experience, detailed below:

One key improvement is performance. Hero Siege's endgame gameplay often involves screen-filling skill effects and monsters, making frame drops a common complaint among streamers and players.

To address this, the developers announced they rewrote the backend code for Skills and monster collision handling, and completely rebuilt the monster AI and Pathing from the ground up.

Internal testing videos show that even in scenes with extremely high monster density and projectiles flying everywhere, the game maintains a smooth frame rate.

Meanwhile, they've addressed the latency and lag issues unique to multiplayer mode by removing client-side object collision detection, aiming to make the online experience as smooth as single-player.

Next, Relic Storage has been added. For players who enjoy collecting and experimenting with different playstyles, this new Relic Storage is a godsend.

Relics are a core item in Hero Siege's endgame gameplay, but previously, managing them was cumbersome due to the lack of dedicated storage space.

Season 10 adds free Relic storage slots, solving the storage space problem. The game also introduces a collection system: once you collect and upgrade all Relics, you unlock corresponding titles and achievements.

Even more user-friendly, this Relic Storage may support cross-character use within the same account, allowing you to easily switch between and test Relics across different characters.

Furthermore, Stash Tabs limit has been increased to 20 pages, and the number of Skill, Incarnation, and Ether Tree point allocation schemes that can be saved has increased from 5 to 8.

This means players can experiment with multiple builds more freely and won't need as much Hero Siege Gold for fine-tuning.

Free Access to Core Content

For a game that has been running for many years, Hero Siege has had many paid DLCs and paid classes, which has put pressure on some players.

However, in Season 10, the development team's attitude in this regard is very clear: they will no longer use core gameplay and classes as monetization points.

First, Act 8 and Act 9 will be directly included as free base content. If you have already unlocked Act 8, the situation will be similar to when some classes were made free in Season 9; you will receive a special Cosmetic as compensation.

Second, another batch of classes will be available for free. The four popular classes Marauder, Plague Doctor, Shield Lancer, and Jötunn will be available to players for free. Of course, players who have already unlocked these classes will also receive some compensation.

This move sends a very positive signal: the developers are working to shift the game's monetization focus from "functional content" to "appearance and convenience".

This approach is similar to Path of Exile, where the core gameplay and main game are entirely free, generating revenue through skin sales. In short, this is good news for players.

More Talent Trees and Class Rework

In addition, according to the developers of Hero Siege, they will completely rework the skills of each class in Season 10, and each class will have two Talent Trees.

This means that not only will the class balance in the game be adjusted again, but players will also have more freedom in their character development and build design.

However, they haven't revealed the specific details of the rework yet; we may have to wait and see.

That's all for Season 10 update of Hero Siege. This update is highly anticipated, not only because it includes free core content, but also because many issues that players have complained about in the game have been addressed. Let's wait for its official release!