-5:04pm EST
Clicked “Start Game” and was in a town
At first closed game, but clicked the warning box “OK” a few times over and over and it cleared and allowed to me to play. ONce in a NRift, going to the 2nd level I got the warning box with code again saying “Diablo 3 servers are not available” did the same thing and it went away and continued to play.
~ 12:30 to 1:00 PM
Pacific time (US)
opened regular rift -> immediate error. game locked.
relaunch game.
repeat process above same result (error)
start new game. opened GR -> immediate error. game locked but then unlocked about 1-2 minutes later, was able to finish GR after hitting “ok” in the error message dialog box.
NOTE: has been OK now for about 2-3 hours, as of the time of this post.
If you can’t update the patch, close the launcher and reboot your computer. I know that sounds odd, but often it fixes the launcher update issues. If that does not work, please try running the “scan and repair” function from the launcher.
Reboot is not working? Odd. Well, there is another option. You can try clearing the Bnet launcher cache. Clearing that should allow it to see an update is needed for D3 and let the launcher push the patch.
If that still does not work, I would click that Support button up top and then “contact support”. Talk to the tech support folks directly. They should be open for Live Chat later this morning US time. If you are in the EU then they should already be open there.
Seasons are a fresh start at level 0 and have a bunch of milestone goals, as well as rewards. Most rewards are cosmetic, but you do get a full 6 piece class set of gear.