Diablo 4 Early Access Beta Suffering From Long Queue Times And Server Issues

its all about the hype train people come back thinking blizzard is the same company that use to make great games. but instead find A Blizzard that just copys its old games with little innovation.

after they overload the servers with there hypetrain, month later they find themselves playing something on the ps5

Sigh... I've been watching some gameplay for a few hours and it looks like it's going to be another mid game just like Diablo 3. I made a small list of the things that put me off:

- Too much story so you never get to feel isolated. They have NPC story characters going into dungeons with you and talking all the time, cutscenes, etc;

- Mechanics where the thing you're trying to kill becomes immune and you're forced to attack other stuff before you're allowed to damage them;

- Weird gamey MMO-lite events with time limits in the world, which shatters immersion;

- Open-world syndrome, checklists;

- Dismantling and crafting, a.k.a unnecessary bloat that isn't fun to engage with;

- There's still health orbs every other kill instead of the potion belt, trivializing the game;

- Everything's automated really:
- - No portal/identify scrolls;
- - No inventory Tetris since all loot is the exact same size;
- - No stat allocation;
- - Legendaries are too strong for how easy they are to get, so there's no reason not to use them (Borderlands 3 has this problem too);

- The music and sfx are very generic... listen to any audio from Diablo 1 and 2 and you can tell it's from those games. Here, not so much.

- $70 game, always online, battle passes.

I mean, to play devil's advocate, getting a refund for a pre-order because the beta doesn't work isn't automatically a bad move on their part.

This game requires online support which means you can't even play single player if the servers are broken/down and who's to say the game won't be wonky for a week when it launches?

They never said they won't buy the game, just that they canceled their pre-order.

Personally I think all Pre-orders are a scam nowadays as it's an excuse for studios to release a half baked pie. If I MUST pre-order(because of the bonus) I never do it more than a day or two before it comes out which doesn't really hurt a person who usually gets games on the day of launch. That being said, NEVER PRE-ORDER A SEASON PASS. If you absolutely have to get it then get it when the first chunk comes out so you have an idea of what else is to come.

I have the money to purchase it but ill wail for next week beta if i get in by the looks of it.

I dont see what kind of changes will be done in such short time tbh, feedback here will affect mostly crafting and creep power level tbh with the usual bug(fixes) that having an extended pool of players tend to uncover.

Am i gonna miss out on anything cool by not pre ordering>??

& Not then playing the Beta?

**No Mans Sky** was the game i said never again w/ Pre-Ordering.

If it's worth it i would pre order & thats my question Ninjas

I opened the game, saw the 82 minute queue, closed the game, uninstalled it and contacted my game seller for a refund. Thankfully my refund was provided promptly and without issue.

Honestly I have no interest in ever preordering a Blizzard game ever again. Lesson learned.

This happens literally every time they do an open beta with these games. And happens on like, the actual launch week of their games too lol.

Nothing new.

By a show of hands, who's surprised that there's server issues with a new, huge game that a lot of people want to play??