[Bug 30849] New: Diablo 3 Game Disconnect: ERROR 316704 "YOU HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE GAME"

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30849

Bug #: 30849
           Summary: Diablo 3 Game Disconnect: ERROR 316704 "YOU HAVE BEEN
                    REMOVED FROM THE GAME"
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.5.5
          Platform: x86-64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: critical
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]
    Classification: Unclassified

As of Jun 04, 2012 Diablo 3 will disconnect after about 5+ mins with error:
"You have been removed from the game" after which you will not be able to
create a game nor exit cleanly.

Error:
"YOU HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE GAME" ERROR 316704

Suspected change has occurred with the game in which wine does now not support
properly.

other symptoms:
* /who in chat will instantly lock and crash wine.
* friends show as "offline" when they are really online.
* friends will not be able to join your game with timing out or crashing your
client.
* high ping 300+ms

Several confirmation of the above symptoms can be seen here:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5271607015?page=1

it seems to be affecting several wine versions and several distributions.