Tomorrow Season 1 will begin and I want to start with a new character then.
I’m currently playing a Rogue at Level 50 and I am at Act V. When I play through the game before starting Season 1 with a new char, does this make a change? Can I skip the story completely after completing the game once?
From what I’ve heard, yes, by completing the story once on your account all (inc. seasonal) characters are able to skip the story entirely.
There are also some account-wide benefits like the shrines, and apparently they were considering making map exploration stick - though I haven’t seen that confirmed.
Map exploration and Lilith altars are account wide now, check the patch notes in Gameplay Update section https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23964909/diablo-iv-patch-notes
I was just coming back to post that exact link! :) Thank you for doing so!