It appears that the launch of the Diablo 4 beta hasn’t been as perfect as some had hoped, as many players logged into the beta servers to discover long wait times and bugs preventing them from jumping into this exciting year.
The beta is now available for early access to those who pre-ordered the full game or earned a code by eating a Kentucky Fried Chicken sandwich, while this upcoming weekend will host anyone looking to get their adventures started early in the open beta.
When taking to Twitter while facing wait times of over an hour, players took the opportunity to warn their teammates and shed light on the situation.
To everyone waiting for the Diablo 4 Beta servers/queue to stabilize:
Queue will soon be cleared up once everyone that got beta by eating KFC goes to the toilet for hours pic.twitter.com/5CVbm4QL3Z
— Ted Bacinschi (@Slootbag) March 17, 2023
The problem with servers and long waiting times continued into the afternoon. The official Diablo Twitter account recently commented on the issues, saying, “We are aware of issues affecting early access to the Open Beta, resulting in long waiting times and server outages. The team is managing the rate of players entering the game until we can fully fix connectivity issues.”
We are aware of the issues impacting Open Beta Early Access, leading to long queue times and server disconnections.
The team is managing the rate of players entering the game until we have a full fix for the connection issues.
– Diablo (@Diablo) March 17, 2023
Blizzard has warned players to expect wait times and not to leave the queue even if they are still stuck on the waiting screen after the usual queue timer has elapsed.