So the new season is here but I am unsure what to do. I created a new character, started playing and got to my first hub with my stash. Apparently, all of my items from the prior “Season” are still in the stash and I have an option to migrate them to legacy. I guess my question is apparently i was under the assumption that I created a character on the new season, this is not true. I guess i created a character on “legacy”. So now I ask, what is the difference between the legacy servers and the seasonal servers. I asked in chat but didnt really understand the answers and didnt want to take up much of their time. They said their is no difference at all unless you want to see how well you do on a leaderboard. So, this to me means, well nothing is different, all the new classes and changes are here in legacy. And the only reason to actually create a character on the new season is to race up the leaderboard? Is this true?
Fresh start only 
As of now, the only real difference from Cycle to Legacy is a fresh start.
Everything they’re adding to cycle are still core mechanics, so it will all available in Legacy as well.
They do plan to add sesonal only content in the future when they finish what they have planned for core systems in the game.
Uh… not quite… For many aRPG players (especially the alt-holics), the fresh start on a new cycle is the very reason for their excitement with the game, even if the majority of them don’t ever intend on competing for the leaderboards.