india indian server request , ping issue singapore , packet loss singapore

Respawn can't fix and maintain their existing server; they will never—and I mean it—will never add a new server after the Bahrain server incident in South Asia. There are multiple EA games, but not a single one has an India server, and they will never add it in Apex either. This is sad and one of the major reasons Apex Legends' player count is falling. I've seen so many requests to add an Indian server, but most of these posts are ignored by AI. All community managers—none of them are human—are AI and just respond to specific types of posts.

I played Apex from Season 17 but uninstalled it after 4 months just because of server unavailability and ping issues on Singapore. I installed it again in Season 22 because of the free battle pass, but I uninstalled it again in 2 weeks just because of the same issue—random 20-40% packet loss resulting in lost fights, lower reaction time, and 100-120 ping on Singapore. I play other competitive games, so I know how much ping matters for BR games, and here we have our lowest ping at 110. This made me uninstall the game again and reach out for support.

The problem is no one from EA/Respawn is going to read this request.
I think, and this might be 100% true, they focus on serving countries that pay and buy in-game items, while most Indian players are F2P. Indians love games but don't overspend on them at the same time, which is probably the major reason for not focusing on India at all. This is a 2019 game, and since then, I've been seeing requests to add an India server or one closer to us, but all we've gotten is Singapore for 5 years.

I know for sure that overall, maintaining and deploying servers is not cheap, but completely ignoring the players and their requests for 5 years (as they don't even reply regarding this) is a clear "NO means NO" in our faces.

I love the game because it's fast-paced, unique, and competitive, but it just feels like punishing myself and wasting time playing it. Apex is competitive, not a story game where we can compromise with ping, but just because of server unavailability, it doesn't matter if you upskill, learn movement, or learn aim/gun mechanics. It doesn't matter how fast your reaction time is or how good your aim is—if I have 110 ping and the other person has 40, they will surely win in a 1v1 fight. Overall, it's a waste of time to play this game, as I always lose fights because of ping.

I've already uninstalled and will not come back until we get an optimal server near India. I have options for many competitive games; why are CSGO and Valorant popular in India? They have dedicated servers for us. Even Fortnite, which doesn't even have a player base in India, gives ~60 ping with their uniserver.

The Indian community surely loves Apex Legends, but people just come and go because of the same issue. For a competitive game, ping matters the most, and we can't get it.

So here's another post that no one will read. If you are reading it, no server for India will be added, and that's it. Everyone wants to play Apex as a competitive game, not for fun or casually, and no one wants to play on 110+ ping with random 20-40 packet losses.

In the end, I wanted to write this post to request a server in India, but I saw many posts from 2019 requesting the same. I'm just a new guy who no one gives a damn about.
It's a beautiful game, but I can't play it, and it's just sad. Please add a server in india if you can , you might see a change in player counts.

Goodbye, Apex Legends.
Peace.