Blizzard issues Diablo 4 open beta PSA as players bemoan long queues and connection issues

gamesradar.com:

Diablo 4's first open beta weekend is putting players through long queues and connection issues, and Blizzard has a word of advice for those still waiting to get in: don't leave the queue.

Wait a minute. Long queue times? Connection issues? Error codes? During the open beta launch of a highly anticipated online game? This all sounds like the plot of a movie about every major video game release date ever.

That's right, Diablo 4's big open beta weekend isn't starting out well. At the time of writing, my client suggests I have 17 minutes until I can get in, but a wordy PSA tells me that timing might not be accurate.

"Please note that the countdown may finish and go beyond the duration listed on the queue timer," reads the on-screen message. "Do NOT leave the queue as this will restart the queue. We will have more accurate timers in place for Open Beta Weekend."

I'm not alone in this, and plenty of other players are reporting far longer wait times.

"You pay money to pre-order because you want to play this friday and during weekend and you get disconnected because Blizzard is incompetent," reads the top post on the Blizzard forums (opens in new tab). "Now i have to wait 2 hours to be able to login again, yeah 2 hours… If i knew this would happen i would never pre-order the game. This is absolutely unacceptable."

Other folks are taking the issues in stride, apparently armed with the painful memories of Diablo 3's launch from 2012. "They're capturing the Diablo 3 launch nostalgia perfectly," writes a commenter (opens in new tab) in a Reddit thread roasting Blizzard for the long queue times. "Do people not realise this has happened with every major blizzard release for like 15 years? Not just blizzard either, almost every major