More Diablo 4 Season 1 launch issues as “Rubberbanding and Invisible Walls” are preventing progress

Gamers are enthusiastically rushing into Sanctuary for Season 1, but encountering a significant issue – they keep rubberbanding back to where they started.

The beginning of Diablo 4’s inaugural season didn’t go smoothly, as the game’s servers faced difficulties on all platforms, such as PS4, PS5, PC, and Xbox. These challenges arose after the latest significant update and the launch of the first season, Season of the Malignant. During this period, players encountered various problems while playing the game, with some individuals experiencing particular issues when trying to log into Diablo IV. Moreover, they had to endure lengthy queue times as a result.

Now numerous Reddit threads have documented the presence of invisible barriers and this rubberbanding problem, which is significantly hindering players’ advancement. An illustrative instance of this issue can be observed as follows:

The S1 experience
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Blizzard have acknowledged this ongoing issue in a statement made to the mod team on the official Diablo 4 Sanctuary Discord, assuring that they are actively working on resolving it.