Is this game creation delay, the new normal?

I tried pindlefarming and I’ve been dealing with game creation lockouts since the very beginning. I don’t make stuff up.

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it must be your internet then, we never encountered such issue:
create game
kill pindle, save&exit, create game

no delay, no error, no lockout ever, till now

Lol this is not true. I used to be out of a game and loading the next in 3 seconds.

Creating a game after having previously created another game less than 30 seconds ago was previously blocked to “solve” previous issues (about a week ago). Now this time seems to have been increased to at least 60 seconds. Error message is wrong of course, it’s not even trying to connect.

It’s mostly annoying for muling at the moment to be honest, but it’s a strange way to fix what seems to be a much deeper problem.

My internet is fine, must be the region. I’m in Canada playing the US east servers.

Would you be kind enough to tell what is the error you’re getting when trying to make a new game too quickly?

There have been bots for quite a while now. Most of them use screen data to read colors or look for matching images (for pick it). Some will do pindle runs on repeat and pick loot, but no one has really solved the problem of stashing good items. There are maphacks in many flavors, some even public. The game uses the same core code to seed a map, so all you need is the map seed and you can generate an image of the map. I don’t think any have managed to reveal the map in game yet though, most use an external program to make it harder to detect.

Rest assured, this game will have just as many if not more bots than D2 LoD, and they’ll all be ready for ladder.