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5 years ago

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More European servers

I was wondering if people from the UK have the same problem I have and that's I get paired with more people outside the UK and find it frustrating as we are unable to communicate.

So I was just suggesting that we have more servers like Paris for France, Rome for Italy, Madrid for Spain. I see this as a benefit to everyone as people will be able to connect and communicate as you'll be able to play on your own country server.

I do understand that this will lead to a smaller player based on the London server but still think it's a good idea as people from those country's will have less latency and be able to communicate to people in there language.

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Tom0ve
5 years ago
@lipidus123 schrieb:
@lRedSteel187lno, just because it will decrease the matchmaking time extreme.
@lipidus123
Sorry but i never felt a really bad "Matchmaking Time" in Apex... even without Crossplay the PC Matchmaking worked fast in Europe!

Why should i prefer a 10 sec Matchmaking with Packet Loss against a 30 sec Matchmaking without any problems?
This is pure server chaos, i have to avoid some servers because of loss, but I still get thrown together with them during matchmaking... FAIL!

East Europe need at least one Server... EVERYONE connect with West Europe, this cheap infrastructure can't handle that!

6 Replies

lipidus123
5 years ago
@lRedSteel187l no, just because it will decrease the matchmaking time extreme.
lRedSteel187l
5 years ago
@lipidus123 I did mention that at the end of my post but its frustrating when you start a ranked game and you can't speak there language and they can't speak your.

Playing ranked you need communication and not having that can put you at a huge disadvantage the ping system can only go so far.
lipidus123
5 years ago
@lRedSteel187l well, ranking to diamond without speaking is easy possible and after that u need to play with friends anyway.

Also at some times the matchmaking already need some time, i dont want to wait 10-15 min for a ranked game.
Tom0ve
Legend
5 years ago
@lipidus123 schrieb:
@lRedSteel187lno, just because it will decrease the matchmaking time extreme.
@lipidus123
Sorry but i never felt a really bad "Matchmaking Time" in Apex... even without Crossplay the PC Matchmaking worked fast in Europe!

Why should i prefer a 10 sec Matchmaking with Packet Loss against a 30 sec Matchmaking without any problems?
This is pure server chaos, i have to avoid some servers because of loss, but I still get thrown together with them during matchmaking... FAIL!

East Europe need at least one Server... EVERYONE connect with West Europe, this cheap infrastructure can't handle that!
lRedSteel187l
5 years ago
@Tom0ve 100% agree with you. There sould be at least 1 more server for Europe as it would balance it out for everyone. The to get into a mach would be a little bit longer but not by much so I just see this as a win win situation.
Balladalidila
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@lRedSteel187l
I don't hink that "data centers" are not the same as "game servers".. Seems like all EU data centers (Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Belgium) are connected somehow and seeds players from all of them when creating game lobbies. Who knows, maybe they prioritize players connected to the same data center, but I know for sure that Ive been matched in the same lobby as players from another data center. I always play on Amsterdam and I know for sure that certain people on my discord channel play on other data centers and we end up in the same ranked lobby now and then. But I guess this is necessary if the skill distribution is too uneven among countries etc. If you were locked to a certain data center and only matched with players playing on that data center, ranked wouldnt be fair if it was statistically easier to rank up on certain data centers etc.
But I agree that its so annoying when you are teamed with a premade duo who speaks their own non-english language on the team channel. In fact, whenever I hear russian or french during legend selection in casual games, I usually leave the game immediately. Its bad enough to have to play with a premade duo (who will treat you like *** by default and both insta-leave whenever one of them gets knocked.).