Hi. PTR starts 17th. Downloaded. Now stuck in infinite patch applied, game will close - play after. Don’t know if the server is down, hence this; or whatever. Unmanaged failure is what I experience. Irritating to have to guess when I can play. Damm, my necro is gonna be fired up when she gets to get going! Typical Blizz - leave us wanting…
Nope… it starts whenever the Devs say it’s ready.
Don’t know what you downloaded… but look at the version number under the Play button when you select Diablo III PTR. Does it start with 2.7.8
so, redownloaded agent based on link in preview page; Battle net Setup Product version 1.18.10.3141 (seemed the same as the old one I had)… Displays Version 2.7.7.92160 under Public Test Realm [PLAY] button.
The PTR will be 2.7.8.xxxxx
Hell, i don’t know what i downloaded either - you just click Install and it does its thing - though it was incredibly fast downloading 16 GB so probably borrowed from the installed non-PTR game files.
Yes… it does… thankfully. I’m on a metered connection 
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from what i remember, its PLAY, [new patch applies] restarts, then agent updates and you good to go… but its not applying the patch, and lies about it… so you restart it and it closes, and applies the patch and closes… much like the shit that happened when we originally installed the game.
Hail, Nephalem!
We welcome you to the Diablo III Patch 2.7.8 PTR for Mac and PC players. From September 17–24, we’ll need your help in testing technical updates for Mac. The Shades of Nephalem season theme will also be available to play during the PTR.
Basically they published this according to Dev Team feedback. But this is classic Blizzard action. NO RESPECT to players. They are asking help for testing. Many many player is ready to test. But no, some people coming here and they said only Dev Team can say it is ready to go. NO!!! They already said it would start on 17th. If you dont believe me, you may open Battlenet App and you may read over there.
I am not asking about anything. It started with Diablo 3 and now it is continue with also Diablo 4. Blizzard HAS NO RESPECT to players.
My opinion before to fix all bugs or problems on game, fix this! Fix your behaviour and RESPECT people who is “TRYING” to play this game.
I am just a regular player and these are my only opinion.