Blizzard confirmed that it has released a patch for the ongoing Diablo 4 early access beta that reduces queue times and increases server stability.

The Diablo 4 beta that launched on Friday, which is exclusive to pre-orderers, KFC Double Down eaters and giveaway winners, was accompanied by some bumps. Queue times of over two hours developed when the beta launched, and disconnects and performance issues marred the experience. Blizzard, however, quickly responded and its latest patch is just one example of this.

A message shared with the community confirmed that Blizzard was tracking several key issues during the Diablo 4 early access beta. The biggest issues included not being able to join a party at times, having to restart the game due to party errors, rubberbanding while moving between zones, and PC performance issues for certain hardware. But at the top of the list were Diablo 4 beta’s queue times and general server stability.

Since then, Blizzard has confirmed that it has released some patches for Diablo 4 beta that significantly improve certain aspects. The latest patch fixed an issue that caused endless waiting on consoles – this was a bug introduced by a previous patch – when queue times improved overall for the beta. These patches also specifically addressed server stability issues that the Blizzard development team had been tracking. Those who try out the early access beta this Sunday should zoom through Diablo 4’s queue and have a smooth gameplay experience.

There are still many problems that have not been resolved yet. Rubberbanding remains a frustrating problem, and some players did not start -the Diablo 4 beta world boss event -at its scheduled time Saturday night. These problems are still being tracked, but they may not be resolved until -the beta ends tonight.

Hopefully Blizzard will be able to address the players’ biggest concerns before the open beta begins next weekend. It starts on March 24 at nine in the morning PDT/ noon EDT and lasts all weekend. It is open to all players across all supported platforms. With that said, the rush of players is very likely to lead to extended queue times once more -, so be ready and wary. It is not unexpected that a beta test for a game still months away from release would have technical issues. There is understandable frustration nevertheless -, as Diablo fans have been waiting for years to play Diablo 4 . Still -, if there’s a takeaway worth considering -, it’s that Blizzard has been quick to address the beta’s biggest problems and has been relatively communicative about what it’s doing. It could certainly be more communicative and there are still plenty of issues to address -, but for one weekend Diablo fans should be fairly happy about where Diablo 4 stands.

Source: GameRant