Waiting is part of the grind in Diablo 4, but how much of your time is actually wasted just standing around?
Reddit user Sad_Dig3597 tracked the “dead time” during Season 8 boss fights, that means loading screens, intro animations, cutscene delays, and post-death animations. Basically, everything except the fight itself.
Some Bosses Waste Over a Minute of Your Time Each!
If you’re farming the Harbinger of Hatred, Duriel, or Andariel, you’re losing more than a full minute per run to non-combat fluff. Here’s the full breakdown from the experiment:
- Harbinger of Hatred – 1:20.03
- Duriel – 1:16.54
- Andariel – 1:00.15
- Belial – 0:21.26
- Grigoire – 0:19.09
- Beast in the Ice – 0:18.17
- Lord Zir – 0:18.31
- Varshan – 0:15.52
- Urivar – 0:13.88
That’s over 5 minutes of wasted time if you’re farming all of them! The player also created a video with timers for all the encounters that you can watch here.
Source: Reddit