nothing but garbage, disconnect , lag, crash , disconnect , lag , lag, fix the garbagecan already
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As far as “Your connection has been interrupted.” disconnects and lag, that is a dead giveaway that there is something wrong with the connection between your computer and the Battle.net servers. ~99% of the time, Blizzard is not to blame for lag and/or loss… And when they are, they will typically announce there are problems via the launcher, and via social media (Reddit, Twitter). The vast majority of the time, it’s usually a connection hop in between, an issue with the users internet service provider, or a problem on the users end that is to blame.
Diablo 2 (both the original game and Diablo II:Resurrected) has always been extremely sensitive to packet loss and excessive ping fluctuations. Even 1% packet loss will eventually result in the connection dropping. The higher the loss percentage and or the greater the ping fluctuations, the more frequent the dropouts happen.
Is your connection to the web wireless at any point? Satellite internet, WIFI between computer and router? If you’re using WIFI, get an ethernet cable and run it from your router to your computer and see if that resolves the issue. If it does, that means there is likely some sort of interference causing packet loss with your WIFI setup. For example, it could be a neighbors WIFI using the same channel. If you’re using satellite internet (Starlink for example), unfortunately they are just not stable enough for playing Diablo 2. A landline internet service and an ethernet connection from your computer to your router is the most reliable option.
If there are no wireless points in your connection to the web, it could instead be a problematic internet hop between your service provider and Blizzards server. You could try switching regions in the Battle.net app just to see if it helps with the dropping connection issue. This isn’t a permanent solution, as the ping times will likely not be favorable…
If you want to investigate further, download winMTR:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/winmtr/
Plug your regions IP into WinMTR and click Start. Let it run for a good 20 minutes.
Diablo II: Resurrected server IPs:
| Region | IP Address | 2nd IP Address |
|---|---|---|
| North America | 137.221.106.88 | 137.221.106.188 |
| Europe | 37.244.28.80 | 37.244.28.180 |
| Asia | 117.52.35.79 | 117.52.35.179 |
It will give a readout of all of the connection hops, as well as ping and packet loss information for each. The first hop being your router, the last hop being the start of Blizzards network. In between are the various connection hops the data travels between the two points.
There is an export log option in WinMTR, so you might be able to forward the logs to your ISP’s support email, and they may be able to relay them to whatever hop may be having trouble so they can fix it.
https://i.imgur.com/vPIwWha.jpg
Might be time to upgrade that old LoD box my dude. Got a lot of hate toward D2R for a lot of things… but it actually runs just fine, and connection issues are quite rare.
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i dunno man, i started playing a week ago and i haven’t dropped connection even once.
i’m actually surprised the game doesn’t even disconnect me even after hours being afk.
as for lag; only minor incidents where a mob occasionally swings at me from a position i am not close enough to (ranged melee swings basically) but this is rare.
i play wow, overwatch, sc2, d3, cod,bo3 all just fine but this shiiiit show constatly runs like garbage, dont blame my pc, dont blame my internet, those are fine, lets look at a multi billion dollar company that cant fix their hardware
do you play on wifi on PC?
There’s a chance windows could be causing lag spikes:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/3ahg59/fix_for_wireless_ping_spikes/
It doesn’t sound like it’s a problem with Blizzard