blizzconline was the first quarter for D4âŚ
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Did you miss Blizzconline in February? 
Diablo Deep Dive Panel Recap â Diablo III â Blizzard News
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As mention above, BlizzConline was the first quarterly update for Diablo 4:
Speaking of which, our next update will take place during BlizzConline, rather than in blog form. Weâve read speculation about what it could be and want to ensure you that it is something chunky indeed. Without spoiling the surprise, Ietâs just say it involves a new version of the campfire scene we showed you last BlizzCon.
Quote taken from last yearâs Decemberâs Quarterly update:
As for the ptr patch notes, that can take anywhere from today, to the end of next week.
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Do you think the prt patch notes will be up before the D4 Q2 blog?
- Patch notes on the 15th?
- D4 Q2 blog update on the 22nd or 29th?
No one ever really knows what âsoonâ means when it comes from Blizzard.
If weâre to go by previous quarterly updates (whereas most of them were released near the end of the quarter), then yes Iâd expect for us to receive the ptr patch notes first before we get the quarterly update. As for when, well thatâs anyoneâs guess. However if we get both the ptr patch notes and the ptr itself within the same week, then the 15th seems likely for when we get the ptr patch notes. As Blizzard usually release the ptr itself on Thursdays.
So itâs possible that in the event that the ptr patch notes and the ptr itself are released on the same week then (and this is pure speculation on my part so take it with a grain a salt):
- Ptr patch notes are released on June 15th
- Ptr starts approx 2 days later on June 17th
- Diablo 4 2nd Quarterly update posted sometime between the 24th-29th (ignoring the weekends ofc)
- Ptr runs for approximately 2 weeks and thus ends on July 1st
About the world, about how far Blizzard is with developing d4 and some new ingame/gameplay scenes would be my favourites!
Of course, some news around the class-specialisation and the skilltree would be very interresting too for me.
But arround monster familys and their art progression it would be okay for me to hear nothing about it and find it out later, when i play it. 
okay, its interresting too, because i hope they make it rly dark and horror to scare us just by sawing it.
All news are good news, i hope so.
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We are getting closer to it.
But its going to be a pointless post for a lot of people given it is about character history and lore.
Really really need game mechanics given PoE2, Lost Ark, Last Epoch and all other ARPGâs on the horizon.
When did they say that? They said âCharacters and character art.â
PoE 2 and Last Epoch are contenders, Lost Ark is not an ARPG in the modern definition by any stretch. People who do not enjoy traditional MMOs and are also expecting a more multiplayer-enabling ARPG experience will HATE Lost Ark. Just want to put that out there. Itâs still going to be free to try, so if you donât mind potentially wasting a few hours of your limited lifespan, theres no reason to give it a try anyways, unless what I described is enough for you to know for sure.
The freezing issue is now over a year old. Could you confirm if you guys have any intention of ever fixing it or do you just expect players to put up with their heroes dying and/or playing with a completely silent client?
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Yes, that would be great. They could however keep this stuff for Blizzcon to surprise us in a more vibrant way. Weâll see, with D2R and DI releasing this year, it will be all D4 next year. 2022 is the year for Diablo 4 indeed.
I donât know about anybody elseâŚBut I havenât frozen, crashed, or lagged out once during PTR. Not sure why thatâs the case. S22 and S23 has been a nightmare for me, I could literally get froze-up or crash 10 times a day.
Possibly thanks to rather lower player traffic. As far as I know PTR server is completely separated from main server and it can handle things fine.
Yes, they do intend to fix it and have been working on it.
Because they ARE testing fixes so if you have better results that is great.
They are not announcing a fix until they know for SURE that it really is fixed though. That is why the Bug fix section on the PTR notes was blank.
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And how would we know that, as they havenât updated that thread in months?
Weâre back to âWeâll be better at communicating, we promise!â thing again.
Trust me? 
I know there are bugs they have left in game for years, mostly due to them being rare and hard to pin down. Performance bugs though they usually try to fix if they can. This is no exception. Nobody logically wants the game to be freezing and crashing.
However, they have learned from backlash not to say something is âfixedâ until it is fixed for certain. Hopefully the PTR testing shows improvement and they can put the bug to bed. 
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I wasnât not doubting that you might know theyâre doing something. I was asking how us lowly greys would know, seeing as how the blues are running radio silent, as usual.
Improved communications generally doesnât include not updating your customers for months on end about a problem thatâs been outstanding for over a year.
Understandable, but itâd still go a long way imo, if they leave a simple âWeâre aware of the problem and are working on fixing itâ. Having nothing but silence gives implication for some folks that Blizzard is either unaware of the issue and/or theyâre ignoring it.
I have learned to take âimproved communicationsâ with a sack of salt. The cycle (to me), looks like the CMs get hyped and want to change things, but then get shut down and told not to talk about nearly anything. CMs get frustrated by it too. There are a ton of topic that would seem like they would be fine to talk about - like âhey we are working on this bug - here is the current statusâ. Even without an ETA (so they canât be accused of being late), it is nice to know it is in queue.
As I have said before, the only things they seem to be able to freely talk about are:
- Things that have already been publicly released to Live
- Asking for player clarifications as they are collecting feedback on the PTR boards
- Personal community related chat about games, chars, food, hobbies, etc.
Nearly anything else has to be approved 
I have had long convos with CMs in D3 and WoW about this - it starts with âWhy donât you just explain how X tech issue works and why they can change Y in game right now?â. Answer - we want to but MGT wonât let us. It makes little sense to me. Example I am thinking of off the top of my head is the day night cycle for Oceanic servers in WoW.
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