Constant Crash to desktop after 0.4f

I didn't see any thread about this, but I know for sure a lot of people have the same issues. Why? Because I have same issues on my personal PC, powered by AMD, and while trying to play via GeForce Now service from Nvidia.

Basically before this update, in which it was claimed they resolved some of the client crashes, I have had zero (yes, literally zero) client crashes for over 900hrs spent playing Fate of the Vaal league. Now, after recent "fixes" in 0.4f update and it's hotfixes, game became unplayable in most scenarios. I tried reinstalling windows, update drivers, downgrade drivers to versions I knew I had stable performance before, swapping to a different machine, even tried playing on GeForce NOW and all above resulted in the same issue: Game Client crashing to desktop while loading the location. 4 out of 5 times I get a crash to desktop while loading screen after selecting my character. The loop is as followed (which made the game unplayable for me and many more people):
1. i try to login, select my character, press enter to get into game
2. game crashes on a loading screen, throws me to desktop
3. i repeat the process 3-5 times before successfully getting to play
4. i start a map in order to farm vaal beacons
5. click on the portal after starting a map in order to teleport there
6. game crashes on loading screen again

Sometimes the client seems to be stable for a good amount of time and lets me play normally, sometimes i can crash to desktop 10+ times within an hour.

GGG, can we do something about this? If im not mistaken, this issue is over a decade OLD. I bet 10 years of game development should be long enough to resolve this issue, but seems like its not enough for you? Come on...

Before some people say they have no crashes - im happy for you, but exception does not make a rule. I didnt have any crashes for over 900hrs of gameplay before 0.4f update too. Thanks and let me know If you guys experience similar difficulties.

Video of me playing and a crash:
https://youtu.be/aZyxftHVZPk?si=OIGK0UlKI3WvPs09
I try to be a fan, but GGG makes it really hard.
Last edited by nolava#3049 on Mar 4, 2026, 6:11:01 AM
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