Huge Latency Spikes Since Last Patch – Game Feels Unplayable

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Hi,

I’ve been playing Diablo 4 since Season 4, and I never had major performance issues. Everything was fine, even at the beginning of Season 7, but after the latest update, the game has become almost unplayable.

The problem:

  • Latency fluctuates between 50 and 200+ ms for no clear reason.
  • When teleporting or moving through the world, lag spikes occur, and it takes up to 15 seconds to stabilize.
  • Sometimes, the character freezes for a second while moving.
  • I tested other online games (including Blizzard titles), and I don’t have this issue anywhere else.

What I’ve already tried:

  • Tested both Wi-Fi and wired connection → no major difference.
  • Changed DNS to Google and Cloudflare → no effect.
  • Lowered all graphics settings to minimum → the issue persists.
  • Used a VPN to change the connection route → didn’t help.
  • Checked the forums and saw that many other players are reporting the same problem after the latest patch.

My system is good enough to run the game smoothly, so I don’t think this is a hardware issue.

Questions:

  1. Is Blizzard aware of this issue?
  2. Is there any ongoing work to optimize the connection and reduce latency?

Thanks

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its a $hitshow

crashes to desktop. black screen after teleport. etc etc

and its 100% on blizzards side. just 15 minutes before new season start everytrhing ran fine. they messed something up BIG TIME.

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put resolution scalling on intel and balanced it looks like it worked for me didn,t have a crash for 3 hours now

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no. its a blizzard issue only.

thousands and thousands of players with the same problem this time. even the console guys.

5 minutes before start of new season everything was fine.

we already updated everything. we already tried EVERY possible thing. nothing works. its a huge bug on blizzards side. they already acknowledged it. but they dont seem to be able to fix it for months. ridiculous.