Forum: gaming.stackexchange.com
Tags: <diablo-3>
Title: Is there any way to flee from a boss fight other than death?
Question: If I'm fighting a major boss in Diablo III (Maghda, Belial, the Big D himself, and so on), is there any way to escape or flee from the arena other than death? Can I quit the game, or yank my ethernet cable?

Answers:
sents: text: This can be used from what I read.
text: In a game by your self, pause the game.
text: Then log in on a different computer.
text: This will cause you to be kicked out of the game.
text: The other thing that I've noticed if you afk too long (about 25+ mins) paused you get kicked from the game, so that could be an option as well.
text: Both methods could be useful for hardcore mode, in normal mode I would just take the death.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/18697/Halfwarr
score: 12
sents: text: If you are outside of town, the only way to quit the game involves a 10 second countdown timer.
text: Whether you yank your ethernet cable, unplug your computer, or just go to menu -> leave game, the countdown timer will be triggered.
text: Your character will stand still and take no actions for 10 seconds as you wait to leave the game.
text: This occurs whether or not you can visibly witness it.
text: So, yes, you can leave a game during a boss fight.
text: If the reason you want to leave the boss fight is because you want to avoid death, however, I don't think it's going to work out too well.
text: If you're having trouble surviving while actively fighting back, being completely motionless for 10 seconds isn't going to help matters.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/1719/Invader Skoodge
score: 10
sents: text: Pulling out the internet cable still leaves you in the game for a while before you time out so you would still die.
text: Same for just quiting the game, probably enough to get you killed.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/20041/Philipp
score: 3
sents: text: You can do any of the following: 1)
text: Yank the ethernet cable, this terminates communication to and from the server 2)
text: Hard reset your computer (power removal or holding the button)
text: 3) Exit the game (you have to survive about ten seconds or die it doesn't really matter) 4)
text: Log out (same as #3)
text: There are no ways to get out of the arena, i.e. town portals will not save you.
text: It should be noted it is still possible to have your character die (which is of concern in hardcore mode) and to suffer equipment damage.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/216/Woot4Moo
score: 2
sents: text: There's no efficient way to instantly quit the game, I think.
text: So yes, either you die or
text: you wait 10 seconds for the game to close.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/26773/Wayne
score: 1
sents: text: You could actually get someone to tank the boss for you while you quit the game.
text: Just a suggestion.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/26792/Dezkiel88
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
If you afk too long then you get kicked off the game. The only way to quit the game is a 10 second countdown timer.
While there isn't any secure way to simply disconnect during a boss fight, some users suggesting that some things such as turning off the internet, might help.