Diablo 4 Streamer Rages After 172-Hour Hardcore Character Dies During Loading Screen
A Diablo 4 player flew into a rage after his 172-hour, level 91 Hardcore character died during a loading screen.
New Zealand-based streamer Quin69 uploaded a video to YouTube of the moment he saw the dreaded Hall of Fallen Heroes on-screen message after his game appeared to crash while teleporting to town.
“I finished the f**king keystone and portaled to town,” Quin69 said as realisation set in. “In the loading screen of me porting to town my character has died.”
What appears to have happened is Quin69’s character died to an innocuous attack that occurred while it was stuck in limbo and Diablo 4 was dealing with the teleport to town. Diablo 4 itself recorded the death as: "Slain by 'Environment'. Whatever the reason, Quin69 has now lost a character he put over a week’s worth of hours into.
It’s a brutal end, but Quin69 is not the only Diablo 4 player to have lost a Hardcore character through no fault of their own.
IGN reported on the first Diablo 4 player to hit Level 100 in Hardcore mode after his character was lost forever following a disconnect.
Souaïb ‘carn’ Hanaf was livestreaming Diablo 4 when the game disconnected. After logging back in, carn discovered his max level Hardcore Barbarian was gone, leaving him no option but to create another character and start all over again.
Diablo 4’s Hardcore mode features permadeath, which means if a character dies it’s gone for good. Character deaths such as these are a stark reminder of the perils of always-online video games, and are sure to fuel complaints about Blizzard’s decision to make Diablo 4 unplayable offline.
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