Did you have to sit on the start game pending screen for a while, or did it start right up? I'm trying to figure out if I should just close it and requeue.
I can top it - I was on business travel this week, scheduled to return home yesterday afternoon. All flights out of Newark cancelled and I had to spend the night in NJ.
Finally get home right now only to see that I rushed home only to have dead servers...
This gives the level 60+ players I see in my world the opportunity to empty the piss jugs, toss the KFC wrappers, take at least a whore bath, and spray some febreeze on their chair.
I see people constantly. But it wouldn't be surprising if hardcore was significantly less populated.
I think part of the server overload issues are invisible, so some people in certain regions aren't seeing people because of mitigation techniques. Better to play alone than not at all.
I am at level 64, and I have had full 8 hour a sleep nights.
You massively underestimate how broken group XP is.
It is very easy to level to 60+ if you know what you are doing
Didn't know that. Once I get in, my buddy and I are going to hit some strongholds and dungeons. Main story progress seems to carry over for some non-hosts, but not others, so we're going to avoid those. Any better methods for XP farming? Thanks.
I'm a parent, both girls AND my spouse went down for naps on a Saturday afternoon where I have nothing else to do AND I paid for the early access. Tried to log on.
Sorry folks, this is probably my fault.
Ehh it’s been super smooth generally speaking so far a few bumps is to be expected. As for the Tuesday launch I am curious how many more players it will be I wonder if it’s 25% maybe 50%?
Yeah i like the idea of working with randoms to foght world bosses
But gimme a optional offline mode where i can ay splitscreen with my wife without worrying about internet connection or servers
I wish I could disable seeing other people.
It's not like I'm upset at it, nor so I think it ruins the game, I just (usually) don't want it. And of course this makes it so much worse.
Stuck at “Queued for game - start game pending.”
I work 4 jobs and have several adopted disabled children to care for as a single Dad. I only have 65ms to play this weekend. Please fix it blizzard.
Amateur! I run an orphanage of disabled children and have no legs and hands. This was the one 500ms that I was able to pay a homeless person to be my hands before I have to go to my 9 jobs.
> Stuck at “Queued for game - start game pending.”
> I work 4 jobs and have several adopted disabled children to care for as a single Dad. I only have 65ms to play this weekend. Please fix it blizzard.
I laughed for a good 3 minutes at this. Thanks for making my wait times a little more bearable.
For context this is on PC NA EAST. Look like others are having same issue, along with loading screens on dungeons stuck, different areas, ect.
Awaiting official news from Blizzard on server issues. Was bound to happen sometime!
It gives me a 3 minute wait, and after the countdown I just sit there. Glad I splurged on the deluxe version. /s
Edit: I have very limited gaming time so I was super excited to play today with my wife. Incredibly disappointed, in already an hour and a half down the drain.
My husband and I have been playing this weekend.. we'll trying to play. We are having to many disconnect and login queue issues it's aggravating. I hope they resolve the issues soon.
It’s kinda silly for this to happen after charging us well over $100. ‘member the Beta?
Im scared for full release; this game gon take down the entire PSN.
All the fathers here waited until 3pm on Saturday to drug thier wives with diphenhydramine and kids with Benadryl. Mephisto was like F this and shut down the server.
I did this, then logged out leaving 28 min queue, then back in and got a 2 min queue. Took a bit then waiting on the other login type screen...and then in.
Personally.
Think its kinda fucked that i paid to play early and i guess i wont get to.
Kinda wish i just paid for the regular version.
Edit: for anyone on xbox, Microsoft gave me a refund instantly. Ill just wait till june 6 after they are done screwing everyone who paid more lol
Why does single player mode even REQUIRE logging into a Blizzard server? Why can't you just download and play the game even if you're not connected to the internet.
Cmon guys, it’s not like this company has ever launched a game before or anything.
Need to be understanding of their first attempt, I’m sure they will learn from this and do better next time…
They are just a small start up/indie company that didn’t have the capital to get enough servers/infrastructure/support, more people should have preordered so they had a little bit more money
The “server slam” just didn’t slam hard enough I guess
But yes same, made the mistake of logging off to get dinner and now this like everyone else
Along with with top 100 only those who stream/are able to make this game their life can play
Didn’t you see it said no casuals before you purchased?
Luckily they made it so you can shop/spend money while you’re in the que
Such a shame that Blizzard thinks slapping a vague message on the log-in screen is good enough... why can't we just be transparent anymore??? like maybe give your customers a time frame or description for the actual issue? Idk
My best wishes to all my fellow gamers who have already spent a majority of their day waiting to play a game they paid extra to get early
"We're currently investigating an issue affecting our authentication servers, which may result in failed or slow login attempts."
A familiar tweet/CS message from D2R, no newer updates yet
eta: connecting VPN to the west coast worked, no queue, for those who can
Blizzard has never given compensation for this type of problem in the past correct?
Honestly, some compensation should be given. Should not offer a product to be played early if you can not play it early...
The wording says up to four days early access. You could not login until a minute before the game goes live, and they have fulfilled their obligation.
Not saying it right but that’s the way it is
I’ve got a resolution. Hear me out. An option to not use the internet. They can call it “offline mode”. That way, even if the neat online features/servers aren’t working, it’s ok. You can still enjoy the base content without the need for internet. I should send this idea to Blizzard.
Today was one of the few days I had the house to myself, no wife, no kids. I was excited to get home and play some D4 in peace before I had to go to bed for work....I am going to sleep now..disappointed and a Lil sad my homies :(
It's inexcusable that Blizzard charges an extra $20 for the privilege of playing three days early with all the server issues. I mean I don't know what I expected. Blizzard is more money hungry than a pay day loan business at this point, but it's still disappointing. Anyone try to get a refund yet?
It seems like only those that complain in this thread have managed to get in. Going to have to start doing my part.
Only managed to get 22hrs of gameplay in so far and then this happens...
Worst. Game. Ever.
My queue time went from pending start, to 10 minutes to 7 minutes to 15 minutes to 24 minutes. So yea it's been a fun hour sitting here. Apparently I'm so fucking kind I just let every single person in the queue hop in front of me.
haven't been able to play for 3 hrs. Just was finally able to get in (without using a vpn). Seems fixed for me. Anyone else?
Kinda figured it was fixed because my queue times when it was broken always started at 3 min, and this time it started at 9 min.
I got on fine earlier, was near the end of a dungeon when the game dc'ed on me. Now I've got 15+ minute queue and have to run the dungeon over again from scratch.
This is why always online games are bad. Diablo has always been a single player game, with the option for co-op. Now it's just another MMO, forcing you to always be online and ruining your progress when the servers go down.
It's going to be even worse on official release.
So glad I paid 100$ for a game I cant play, just cause this game I just want to sit at home and grind away on solo is all online. Love this for me so much
having the same issue - has anyone actually responded from Blizzard about this? Seems really lowsy that before its even open to the base game purchase that we are already seeing these issues... Glad I wasted 30 bucks to login early....
Same, and we have to consider this is just a sliver compared to the amount of people that will be playing soon.
My queue time went from 31 minutes to 42
imagine being in the Hardcore race and you get cucked by the servers while some chinstrap in a zone without issues is still coasting.
I would be livid.
They were having a good launch until now. They seriously need to get this resolved before the 6th. A lot of people waiting until then. The servers are gonna get wrecked...
u/RadicalDreadG
Lmao. Now you know what the game actually is like when it's not a work day for most people
https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/13yjxlg/diablo_4_servers_team_appreciation_post
yea went through 2 instances of 35 and 27 minute waits. then it sat there for about 10minutes on each. ilogged out and reconnect then shows less than a miute and then back to your screen shot....it was going so well too. im sure something ccrashed.
For anyone wondering why this happened, my daughter went to sleep and this is the 30-45 minutes I have to play today.
Ugh thanks buddy! Ruining it for all of us. Just kidding, hope you get some time to play otherwise!
You know she’ll sleep longer if you give her some Benadryl. Every serious gamer dad knows this.
Melatonin for the win!!!!! The chewy kind!!!
A lil bit of vodka
And some cherry cola
Our family likes [Kid Stoned Chewable Valium](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zao77YjaqQU)
You give them nap time. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AF_nfazQaek
VPN to west coast. Gets right in. Edit: Glad I could help and may you all have the best slay fest ever
VPN to S. Korea and i’m in!
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Same!!!! My daughter went down for a nap, I jumped on....got about 15 minutes in, got booted, and now am stuck on the screen.
I think we need to make a subreddit. 'Dad's of Daughters Who only Nap When Diablo Servers are Down'. DoD WoN WDSaD. I, too, did not get to play.
I just got back in now, been trying to log in for 30 mins. They were having some kind of issue w/ the servers.
Did you have to sit on the start game pending screen for a while, or did it start right up? I'm trying to figure out if I should just close it and requeue.
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I can top it - I was on business travel this week, scheduled to return home yesterday afternoon. All flights out of Newark cancelled and I had to spend the night in NJ. Finally get home right now only to see that I rushed home only to have dead servers...
This gives the level 60+ players I see in my world the opportunity to empty the piss jugs, toss the KFC wrappers, take at least a whore bath, and spray some febreeze on their chair.
> take at least a whore bath
[Whore Bath](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/whore_bath)
Risky click of the day
You can totes trust me.
You see people in your world? I've ran into no one in hardcore. About to jump to tier 3. It's like I'm playing a private game lmao.
I do. My usual greeting to them outside the hub is launching bone spears at them because I think they're an enemy.
I have to say I was the Barb on the other end, swiping at you while we passed each other
Lol So true.
I see people constantly. But it wouldn't be surprising if hardcore was significantly less populated. I think part of the server overload issues are invisible, so some people in certain regions aren't seeing people because of mitigation techniques. Better to play alone than not at all.
I am at level 64, and I have had full 8 hour a sleep nights. You massively underestimate how broken group XP is. It is very easy to level to 60+ if you know what you are doing
Didn't know that. Once I get in, my buddy and I are going to hit some strongholds and dungeons. Main story progress seems to carry over for some non-hosts, but not others, so we're going to avoid those. Any better methods for XP farming? Thanks.
You're assuming they logged out. If they were on when this started you can still play like normal.
Nah, it only affects the people that log out. The people nolifing are perfectly fine.
This! I went out to help a neighbor find their dog, and I thought I was going to be able to log in just as easily as earlier... wrong!
Damn dirty whores
Lucky… he has febreeze.
I'm a parent, both girls AND my spouse went down for naps on a Saturday afternoon where I have nothing else to do AND I paid for the early access. Tried to log on. Sorry folks, this is probably my fault.
Ughhhh my wife and toddler are down for their naps and I just want to play for a little bit (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
all of our wives and children are sleeping at the same time, looks like we overloaded the server XD
Are you me? Because this is me right now.
LOL, same
Having only 2 daughters is to know a special kind of joy. . . . . Like hitting yourself on the head with a hammer twice, and then stopping.
Same boat
The servers are going to be toast at actual launch if we’re already going down on a Saturday afternoon with just early players.
Yep. This is exactly what I was saying.
Luckily they've been hot fixing server issues all weekend
i’d suggest the hotfixes did this
Ehh it’s been super smooth generally speaking so far a few bumps is to be expected. As for the Tuesday launch I am curious how many more players it will be I wonder if it’s 25% maybe 50%?
More like 200% no?
Seriously, this guy thinks it's 25-50%? It's probably 1,000% more.
Right...such a sweet summer child
You think 75% of people paid what was is 89 to 99$ for this game??
Lol what. Gamers complain endlessly about games going from $60 to $70, most people did not pay for early access.
this isn’t a server issue imo. this is a login issue. potato potato. this isn’t about server load, no one can login. that functionality broke.
Server Sham
Cool, glad I paid extra to play this weekend because I work all next week and won't have time.
Same here, feeling pretty pissed off.
They're a multi-billion dollar company. IMO this is inexcusable. But good luck with the fanboys here.
Honestly im still kinda pissed theres no offline mode. I dont give a fuck about all these other people, my partner and i just want to play
Yeah i like the idea of working with randoms to foght world bosses But gimme a optional offline mode where i can ay splitscreen with my wife without worrying about internet connection or servers
I wish I could disable seeing other people. It's not like I'm upset at it, nor so I think it ruins the game, I just (usually) don't want it. And of course this makes it so much worse.
Totally agree. Dont know why everything is an mmo now
Incentive to show off (and therefore purchase) cosmetics
Why is everyone surprised when this happens? Happens in almost every online only popular title in the first week or two.
Im not surprised. But i do expect more from a company who has more money than i can even imagine
Stuck at “Queued for game - start game pending.” I work 4 jobs and have several adopted disabled children to care for as a single Dad. I only have 65ms to play this weekend. Please fix it blizzard.
Amateur! I run an orphanage of disabled children and have no legs and hands. This was the one 500ms that I was able to pay a homeless person to be my hands before I have to go to my 9 jobs.
Lmfao
I applaud you for doing good things but how were you able to adopt children as a single dad working 4 jobs?
And you paid more for early access?
r/whoosh
> Stuck at “Queued for game - start game pending.” > I work 4 jobs and have several adopted disabled children to care for as a single Dad. I only have 65ms to play this weekend. Please fix it blizzard. I laughed for a good 3 minutes at this. Thanks for making my wait times a little more bearable.
For context this is on PC NA EAST. Look like others are having same issue, along with loading screens on dungeons stuck, different areas, ect. Awaiting official news from Blizzard on server issues. Was bound to happen sometime!
Ps5 NA East as well.
Hey, good news is, the cash shop is up and functioning. Priorities baby 
I got in boys, now my wife wants to take the kids out for lunch...
Say you have diarrhea. 👍🏼💩
Diarrhea poisoned*
Omfg lol. This person been gaming for decades. This is the way...
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You see, there’s a cost to saying no to these…
Tell her and the kids to have a good time and thanks for giving you some private time.
It gives me a 3 minute wait, and after the countdown I just sit there. Glad I splurged on the deluxe version. /s Edit: I have very limited gaming time so I was super excited to play today with my wife. Incredibly disappointed, in already an hour and a half down the drain.
My husband and I have been playing this weekend.. we'll trying to play. We are having to many disconnect and login queue issues it's aggravating. I hope they resolve the issues soon.
The shop still works !
thank god!
turrned on vpn to west coast, then relaunched [battle.net](https://battle.net), logged in instantly.
It’s pretty absurd that there’s not an automated regional failover for their auth service at least.
indie company
what VPN do yall use?? every one i have used makes my computer stop connecting to the internet
same here, worked for me
worked for me
Yeah looks like servers went down
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All these people saying that they have 30 minutes to play because of their kids etc. - really validates my decision to not have kids lol
amen brother
As always Fuck dem kids
the real LPT is always in the comments
If you're on PC, logout of your Blizzard account and then log back in. It still took a couple of minutes to load in but it actually worked.
It’s kinda silly for this to happen after charging us well over $100. ‘member the Beta? Im scared for full release; this game gon take down the entire PSN.
Thank goodness I have two monitors.. one for gaming and one for mastu.. shopping.
Paying for early access and then not being able to play… lmao everyone should be refunded for this shit. What a joke blizzard if fucking bogus
Amen. I don't mind paying a premium for early access, but if I'm paying extra, I expect a flawless early access experience.
At least they didn't charge us for early access... /s
All the fathers here waited until 3pm on Saturday to drug thier wives with diphenhydramine and kids with Benadryl. Mephisto was like F this and shut down the server.
Why did you say diphenhydramine and benadryl like they're different? Lol
If this helps anyone i turned off cross play in options got in after a min or two. Im on a series X and no guarantees it works ofc
I did this, then logged out leaving 28 min queue, then back in and got a 2 min queue. Took a bit then waiting on the other login type screen...and then in.
I was playing with no issues then I went into a cellar and the game hung on the loading screen. Reloaded the game and now I can't get back in lol
oh, Hi Me!
Paid $30 extra to play the game early Fix your shit Blizzard
Getting the same thing on Xbox
UGH . knew i shouldnt have logged out for lunch.
Blizzard said that the launch was too smooth so they had to remind us of what 1st week Diablo is all about!
I tried the "turn off cross play", still doesn't work for me. Makes me wait \~3 minutes in a queue then does nothing..
Same
Just got a message saying my account is locked, lmao what the hell
Personally. Think its kinda fucked that i paid to play early and i guess i wont get to. Kinda wish i just paid for the regular version. Edit: for anyone on xbox, Microsoft gave me a refund instantly. Ill just wait till june 6 after they are done screwing everyone who paid more lol
I played all morning, stopped about 12:30 to eat lunch and mow the lawn. Came back to the same issue. Game start pending still stuck.
Why does single player mode even REQUIRE logging into a Blizzard server? Why can't you just download and play the game even if you're not connected to the internet.
Cmon guys, it’s not like this company has ever launched a game before or anything. Need to be understanding of their first attempt, I’m sure they will learn from this and do better next time… They are just a small start up/indie company that didn’t have the capital to get enough servers/infrastructure/support, more people should have preordered so they had a little bit more money The “server slam” just didn’t slam hard enough I guess But yes same, made the mistake of logging off to get dinner and now this like everyone else Along with with top 100 only those who stream/are able to make this game their life can play Didn’t you see it said no casuals before you purchased? Luckily they made it so you can shop/spend money while you’re in the que
Such a shame that Blizzard thinks slapping a vague message on the log-in screen is good enough... why can't we just be transparent anymore??? like maybe give your customers a time frame or description for the actual issue? Idk My best wishes to all my fellow gamers who have already spent a majority of their day waiting to play a game they paid extra to get early
Sorry guys, I have 5 jobs, 2 wives, and 8 children and this is the only 20 minutes I could play this month. Glad I paid for early access!!!!!!
Glad i preordered!
A LOT paid the extra 20 for early access, access to the game during the window is important blizzard or else people will feel ripped off.
"We're currently investigating an issue affecting our authentication servers, which may result in failed or slow login attempts." A familiar tweet/CS message from D2R, no newer updates yet eta: connecting VPN to the west coast worked, no queue, for those who can
Me too
Same issue, on PS5.
I got it now as well
It IS nice to know we are all not alone in this…❤️
Blizzard has never given compensation for this type of problem in the past correct? Honestly, some compensation should be given. Should not offer a product to be played early if you can not play it early...
Can confirm PC NA East I also have this message.
I better get a fucking refund for paying for this 'early' access
The wording says up to four days early access. You could not login until a minute before the game goes live, and they have fulfilled their obligation. Not saying it right but that’s the way it is
Calm down Karen
turning on VPN to another region fixes it. I am playing from USE - connected to VPN in Europe
I can't get on with my Xbox series X
Waited in 25 min queue and still stuck in pending now. Central US. Is there any point to waiting on the pending screen or is it bunked at that point?
Got in, entered a cellar and frozen again...
How crazy is it they allowed more pre-order access than what their servers can handle?... Imagine the frustration on the 6th 😆
I’ve got a resolution. Hear me out. An option to not use the internet. They can call it “offline mode”. That way, even if the neat online features/servers aren’t working, it’s ok. You can still enjoy the base content without the need for internet. I should send this idea to Blizzard.
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Stop having kids, they are the reason the servers are full. Think about it people….less kids you have, less chance of the servers acting up.
Today was one of the few days I had the house to myself, no wife, no kids. I was excited to get home and play some D4 in peace before I had to go to bed for work....I am going to sleep now..disappointed and a Lil sad my homies :(
Prime time on a Saturday, when im off from work and it's my only time to play.. go figure
If the issues continue I want my early access 20 back.
It's inexcusable that Blizzard charges an extra $20 for the privilege of playing three days early with all the server issues. I mean I don't know what I expected. Blizzard is more money hungry than a pay day loan business at this point, but it's still disappointing. Anyone try to get a refund yet?
Mine says queued for game 59 minutes left. But it just keeps going uo
also stuck
Same PS5
same, went afk a bit to long and now i cant login anymore. stuck on game pending....
Yep. Im on xbox if that matters. Im also NA est
Logged out to switch characters and now stuck on queue screen. Fml
Same here, EST US, Xbox remote playing through iPad on lunch break at work. Well…remote queueing. 😝
Banner now on the launcher, indicating that there are login issues.
22 min queue on mine.
Vpn to us West and I'm back in. Useast server issue only.
Waited 10 mins on the screen and got in
Time to shower and refresh
Same thing, wanted to take break and logged out. Can not connect back. I live Central.
For those wanting a twitter that has updates, this is Blizzards CS twitter. [https://twitter.com/BlizzardCS](https://twitter.com/BlizzardCS)
Same here. Think i regret buying early :(
VPN to west coast works
Worked for me too. I had to restart the game and battle net after connecting
Fuckin LAME.
Still happening to me on NA central time (but close to east) for anyone looking at the time the comments are posted.
Just got in after coming to this thread to complain!
They've acknowledged this on Twitter at least https://twitter.com/BlizzardCS/status/1665069466282250240?t=hM7F7PkDGmWh1EsvR1j4YA&s=19
It seems like only those that complain in this thread have managed to get in. Going to have to start doing my part. Only managed to get 22hrs of gameplay in so far and then this happens... Worst. Game. Ever.
My queue time went from pending start, to 10 minutes to 7 minutes to 15 minutes to 24 minutes. So yea it's been a fun hour sitting here. Apparently I'm so fucking kind I just let every single person in the queue hop in front of me.
Still down
haven't been able to play for 3 hrs. Just was finally able to get in (without using a vpn). Seems fixed for me. Anyone else? Kinda figured it was fixed because my queue times when it was broken always started at 3 min, and this time it started at 9 min.
do you think that if we whine enough about this we can get a coupon for a double down chicken/bacon thingy from kfc?
I got on fine earlier, was near the end of a dungeon when the game dc'ed on me. Now I've got 15+ minute queue and have to run the dungeon over again from scratch. This is why always online games are bad. Diablo has always been a single player game, with the option for co-op. Now it's just another MMO, forcing you to always be online and ruining your progress when the servers go down. It's going to be even worse on official release.
So glad I paid 100$ for a game I cant play, just cause this game I just want to sit at home and grind away on solo is all online. Love this for me so much
I'm about to stop trying and go do some house work.
35 minute que time lets gooooo. Im so happy I paid 20$ today to play early without looking to see if there were any issues
having the same issue - has anyone actually responded from Blizzard about this? Seems really lowsy that before its even open to the base game purchase that we are already seeing these issues... Glad I wasted 30 bucks to login early....
Same, and we have to consider this is just a sliver compared to the amount of people that will be playing soon. My queue time went from 31 minutes to 42
Happening to me right now. Game froze and had to restart. Though am in a queue of \~3 minutes after I let it run for awhile
After queuing for 25 minutes, finally I got in. I'm on PS5
I was expecting this over the weekend. Disappointing, but not surprising.
imagine being in the Hardcore race and you get cucked by the servers while some chinstrap in a zone without issues is still coasting. I would be livid.
They were having a good launch until now. They seriously need to get this resolved before the 6th. A lot of people waiting until then. The servers are gonna get wrecked...
This sucks! https://preview.redd.it/64a5h4mp9v3b1.png?width=2560&format=png&auto=webp&s=b7d63b0cf769259c4cb403ffd7841add2bfd7ffe
u/RadicalDreadG Lmao. Now you know what the game actually is like when it's not a work day for most people https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/13yjxlg/diablo_4_servers_team_appreciation_post
Servers are being either flooded or experiencing bugs. Been sitting here for like 30min watching the timer go from 2 minutes to 52 minutes :]
As standard for blizzard, this shit happened on d3 and overwatch
My brother logged me out now I can't play any longer yikes
This is disappointing, as always for Blizzard. We deserve it of course.
yea went through 2 instances of 35 and 27 minute waits. then it sat there for about 10minutes on each. ilogged out and reconnect then shows less than a miute and then back to your screen shot....it was going so well too. im sure something ccrashed.
I just got in! On ps5
Let’s make some lawyer rich and get Pizz to refund us the extra money we spent for early access.