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I wanted to go in blind too. But... but... but... puppy backpack...

They had server issues with limited people on the dates for those that just pre-ordered. Now its available to the world for everyone. Good luck to anyone trying to login and attempt to play the beta today.

I made two attempts to play this morning. 30+ minute queues to log in, and I got disconnected as I waited. Looks like I may not be adopting a wolf puppy after all, unless things improve.

The queue was basically gone by saturday morning last week.

Necro is ... very op'd.

Also, my Lilith statue needs a buddy! Jesus christ

https://gear.blizzard.com/products/diabst0002-stat...

Downloaded on Xbox to see what all the fuss is about. Been waiting about 20 minutes to login. Game says 22 minutes to go in queue still. I don't care enough to wait any longer. What a joke. Not even sure why I'm bothering. Blizzard is such a crapty company. I remember my PC battle.net account was hacked a month after 3 came out and they banned me for life. Because my account was hacked. No refund, nothing. Said I was a cheater, end of story. Paid $60 for a game and then a month later its just gone, forever. Fudge them.

I mean, it is a beta, and they did state to expect server issues.

The hacked account thing sucks though.

Sorc and Necro at 25. I'd love to keep grinding and doing every little thing left ... but it just feels like a waste being that they're gonna axed in 2 days.

Time to wait for launch.

D4 Themed Xbox? Sons a doges ...

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/diablo-4-themed-...

I need a series x for posterity at some point. May grab one if it’s not stupid impossible.

I'd totally get this if I didn't have the Halo XSX. I have a feeling this is gonna be badass!

The leaked image is just the standard black Xbox Series X. It may just be a nice box with a digital copy of the game included.

Renaissance2K wrote:

That would be super lame, I hope that's not the reality. It's a great oppurtunity with the acquisition of Blizz by MSFT (hopefully) to make a kickass new Xbox for the release.

"Unfortunately, this bundle doesn't include any special Diablo IV artwork on the console or on its included controller. You are just getting the console, the game, the in-game items and that's it."

https://www.neowin.net/news/the-xbox-series-x-diab...

Well, that's just stupid, but I'm also relieved that I don't have to find a way to come up an excuse on why I need to buy it

Yeah I’ll just get it digitally on ps5 since it will tank in value with the inevitable 3 expansions and ultimate evil edition.

They're offering it for prebuy to MSFT employees at a minor discount ... I would have been so tempted if it was properly skinned.

Seems really short sited. Such a big name, and with the TotK SWOLED announcement. This absolutely could helped to push some consoles.

Oh well.

MrBean wrote:

I absolutely would have bought it / tried for it.

MrBean wrote:

I think there's still some supply chain stuff getting in the way of console variants, and Microsoft didn't have the foresight to make their shell replaceable like the PS5's plates.

But yeah, I'm in the same boat as you. Disappointed it doesn't exist, but happy I won't be tempted to buy it.

I think this may turn out quite good

https://youtu.be/aGDizGfd5KQ

Server Slam opens on Friday. I wanted to do it to get whatever one time thing they're giving away, but same day as Zelda!? ugh

MrBean wrote:
I'm sure you can spare a 30 minute break from Tears of the Kingdom in order to play Diablo

Just play Zelda while you're waiting hours for a Diablo server to connect!

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM DIABLO IV’S POST-LAUNCH EXPERIENCES

Basically, a premium battle pass, more money.

https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23952500/w...

"With each Season comes a new Battle Pass for you to earn rewards from, containing 27 Free Tiers and 63 Premium Tiers. Overall, there are three versions of the Battle Pass available. The Free Battle Pass, simply called Battle Pass, the Premium Battle Pass, which will cost 1,000 Platinum (equivalent of $9.99 USD), and the Accelerated Battle Pass, which includes all perks of the Premium Battle Pass, 20 Tier Skips, the Wings of the Creator Emote, and will cost 2,800 Platinum (equivalent of $24.99 USD)."

I hate everything about what I just quoted, but it sounds like it's just cosmetics so far.

That sucks. Battle passes don’t belong in a $60 game IMO

They don't, but the genie's out of the bottle now.

Orlandu wrote:

Yup, they know it’s extra revenue for them that people will pay for.

Server Slam is good. Playing on PS5 though and running into some issues with my character not moving sometimes or getting stuck besides that it is good.

One week to go!

Ugh, to pause on TotK and play this or not ... The decisions!

The first week will probably be a bit frustrating with server issues, so you can probably wait at least a little while.

Everything I’m doing gets put aside when Diablo IV comes out. Diablo and Baldur’s Gate are my two favorite game franchises, and we get an entry from both this year. Between those, the PSVR2, and FF XVI, this might very well end up being my favorite year of gaming ever.

I'll pick it up on sale. Absolutely no rush, I've got TotK to finish, and waiting in the wings is Metroid Prime and Xenoblade Chronicles DE. I'm swamped!

This'll give them time to balance the classes, there's still too many Druids in denial that it's okay that they clear bosses at a third of the speed of every other class in the game and I think they're all developers.

No one has ever got a Druid right in any game. It’s just the red headed step child of fantasy classes.

Feeb wrote:

No one you say? Oh ho, but are you SURE?

Pre-load available, 85gb! Wow.

I'll have to pre-load it tonight

I made a thread here if anyone wants to leave their battle.net names for teaming up when it goes live - https://gametz.com/VideoGame_Discussion/diablo-4-p...

Ah, looks like the 85gb is with the 4k textures ... half the size if you're not playing on Ultra (which I won't be on my 3070).

I was kinda hoping the the Load times on the PS5 would be better. Since there is Cross platform I suppose they had to keep it the same... faster load times may give an advantage. I will end up getting this at some point maybe in July... I really need to knock out a few games before adding another.

I was considering the deluxe for early access. Who am I kidding, I won’t touch this for weeks.

Feeb wrote:

I said the same thing but Diablo is a great "play during downtime at work" game for me .

I think I'm gonna shelf Zelda (ugh, I know), in favor of Diablo + Final Fantasy.

Zelda will become a play during paternity leave game I think.