The following is purely optional for people to do, and many have probably realized the same, but I decided to make a thread about it to share the idea since it might be my plan for future Episodes: With the new Episode format, the Season Passes have a level cap - Level 100 for Act 1, 150 for Act 2, and 200 for Act 3. XP still counts for increasing Artifact Power Bonuses, For some, it probably gives an incentive to bounty prep for each Act of an Episode for that quick boost at the beginning of each new Act, but that is entirely optional. But the Seasonal Challenges now offer a new avenue of storing up XP, and you can complete them just through regular gameplay. Before now, most would probably complete them for XP and the Bright Dust they give automatically, especially the Large Bright Dust award at the end of the season. I admit that Bright Dust was my major incentive for doing them. Now, there is an incentive to save them, especially the XP +++ Challenges, given their XP values are the following: Challenger XP (25,000 XP) Challenger XP+ (50,000 XP) Challenger XP++ (100,000 XP) Challenger XP+++ (200,000 XP) Even the regular XP Challenges are more than double Weekly Bounties. Paired with the doubled XP gains at the start of a week, Blinding Light, and the XP boosts, saving Seasonal Challenges can afford rapid progress through the Act 2 and 3 sections of the Season Pass for future Episodes, and lessen the gameplay time and work required to complete the Season Pass in each Act.