African players are still left behind
Years later, and African players are still stuck dealing with high ping. It's fundamentally unfair having to compete against players who never have to factor latency into every fight.
Our closest option remains the Bahrain servers, which are usually empty. The few times matches do pop, they're often dominated by a handful of extremely high skill players, making the experience frustrating and short lived. Most of the time, only limited time modes like Mixtape/Wildcard are playable, while ranked and regular pubs are effectively inaccessible.
If dedicated South African servers are not feasible, a practical alternative would be relocating the Bahrain servers to a more central or northern African location. A shared Africa-Middle East region would increase the player pool, improve matchmaking times, and create healthier, more balanced lobbies.
African players deserve a fair chance to compete on equal footing.
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