June 15, 2012

Blizzard Throttles Game Input Limits


6/12 @ 10:00 PM PDT: After looking into several player reports, we believe the game creation limit may not be working exactly as intended. When working properly, players should rarely see it, even in fairly normal "farming" conditions or after reasonable amounts of character swapping.
The rate at which players are reporting to hit the limit is currently too high, so we've decided to shut off the limitations until we can take a better look at things tomorrow.

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We've recently added a limit to the number of games a player can create within a certain amount of time. Players who hit this limit will see the error: "Input limit reached. Please wait to perform more actions." After receiving this error, you will need to wait approximately 10 to 15 minutes before creating any additional games.

This change was made to help reduce server strain and improve overall game stability, and we'll continue to monitor the situation and make additional improvements as necessary. We're currently working to find a solution that allows most players who are playing normally to create games without encountering this error, but will still limit some of the more extreme cases of rapid game creation. We appreciate your patience as we make these adjustments.


Thank you!
 
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Throttling game creation will stop people from pot farming the crypts in addition to other easy avenues of gold making, such as loot goblin runs. This will have an impact on gold, and it will be positive for the seller. Personally, I am not sure how much gold will be affected, but the price will increase due to the throttling here.

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