Having second thoughts

[Axaron-11199]

@MegaWatt-1896

What do you expect them to say? Hey guys, we totally messed up and dropped the ball?

What are you talking about? They released the statement BEFORE the beta. On THESE forums. lol

Expectations for the Diablo IV Open Beta (March 24-26)

Thank you to those who participated in the Early Access Beta. Betas are incredibly useful for the development team. They allow us to test things at a scale that we cannot test on our own, like server capacity, class balance, usability, accessibility, etc. This information is invaluable, ensuring that your experience at launch is as smooth as it can be. It’s also critically important for the development team to hear how players feel about the overall experience of Diablo IV. With your help, we l…

@MegaWatt-1896

Stress testing can be automated, you can easily simulate 20k people logging in and use scripts/ai to simulate playing.

Wrong. You can’t possibly account for the amount of global ISPs and differences in network architecture from incoming clients. Lot of overnight networking engineers tonight, as I expected.