It’s safe to say Diablo IV It hasn’t gone as smoothly as Blizzard probably hoped. Shortly after the beta went live on Friday, many players found themselves in long login queues. In my case, I had to wait almost two hours before getting a chance to play, only to quickly get disconnected after about 15 minutes.
Blizzard addressed the issue after players took to social media and the official Diablo IV forum to complain “The team is working on some behind-the-scenes issues that have been affecting players and causing them to get disconnected from the servers,” Blizzard said in its statement. about the topic. “This is done so that we can ensure stability between players entering the game after the queue process.”
If you are waiting to play, Blizzard asks you to stay in the login queue so as not to reset your timer. The studio said it would have a more accurate countdown to the start of the open beta next weekend when anyone who wants to try Diablo IV before I can do it. “We are actively working on these issues for this weekend,” Blizzard said. “Once they are resolved, we will be able to increase player influx and wait times will be significantly reduced.”
Later that day, the studio shared a , noting that it was also working to resolve a handful of other issues that players had reported about, including a bug that prevented some from joining groups. Starting Saturday afternoon, the queue to play Diablo IV it was much shorter. I got to the character select screen in less than a minute. “Many players have successfully logged into the game, but we are aware that some have experienced longer than expected wait times,” Blizzard said. “As we continue to implement stability improvements to our server, we expect our players to see continued improvements in wait time.”
Mishaps are to be expected during a beta, particularly when a studio is testing a live service game like Diablo IV. The last thing Blizzard wants is a repeat of Diablo III it was released when interest in the game overloaded the Battle.net login servers, preventing many from playing the game.
