Diablo 4’s latest expansion, Lord of Hatred, finally launched yesterday (April 27), bringing a fresh wave of content for players to jump into, such as new areas, story content, and more. However, the launch didn’t go as smoothly as many had hoped – Downdetector recorded a large spike of error reports as the DLC was released.

As soon as the expansion went live, players were hit with long queue times. This is something Diablo 4 players have seen before, but many were perhaps (wrongly) expecting things to be better this time around. Instead of jumping straight into the new content, players were stuck waiting, sometimes for over an hour, just to get into the game.

Blizzard was quick to respond to the long queue times

Blizzard Entertainment quickly responded and confirmed that they were aware of the problem. The team said they were investigating the issue and working on a fix as fast as possible. While the situation has now been resolved, the rocky launch still left a bad impression on many players. On the other hand, others joked about the similarities with other Diablo launches.

A lot of players took to forums and social media to react. Some were clearly frustrated, pointing out that big launches from Blizzard often face similar problems. Others shared how they were already in-game when they suddenly got disconnected and then had to wait in long queues to get back in. Some players tried to make light of the situation. Some joked about the different error screens they encountered, treating it almost like a collection of “login bosses.”

On Steam, the expansion currently holds a mixed rating, with around 68% positive reviews. Some of the negative reviews mention the launch issues, mainly focusing on not being able to access the game when the expansion went live. But now that things are back to normal, players can finally enjoy what Lord of Hatred has to offer, and ratings will likely improve.

The new expansion brings you to your final stand against the Prime Evil Mephisto, and there are two new classes to master: Paladin and Warlock… which sounds much more Warcraft than Diablo to us, but happy dungeon crawling either way.

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Abdul Haddi

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