So I know cycles are like leagues in PoE and seasons in D4, but what exactly did 1.0 cycle bring to the game compared to early access or legacy chars ?
We can sit here and debate about this, not like people will get any further progressing in the campaign with 5 hours loading screens.
As mentioned in many many threads already, for now cycles have the exact same content as legacy, except for the fresh start and leaderboards. This is because they’re still getting content core to the game (masteries, factions, there are still missing skills, etc). Once that’s done, we’ll see what they come up with for cycle content.