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Salo_MnK
Rising Veteran
3 years ago

Re: We Need Better Servers

@Midnight9746 You had a very good question related to the firewall. What should one do but to allow firewall passthrough the connections for the game executable?

My connection settings is such that I can get 2 IP addresses from my fiber modem. One IP goes to my home network and the second is assigned directly to my gaming computer and in that gaming computer I allow firewall to give access to Apex executable (RJ45 cable directly from the modem to my gaming PC, optimal as it can be).

That is according to my understanding the most optimal settings I can set up. It gives me 3-4ms ping to google.de -servers and Amsterdam Apex server is 28ms or so(1000M/1000M fiber.) maxming out at a bit over 1000M in real life). But, the game lags still as hell. Its not my GPU, its 4090 and its not my CPU, its fast Amd gaming cpu to support 4090. I can get 300fps most of the time (except during the drop) but still the GAME LAGS. Its like I am half a second behind the game, its like my timing to the servers is off by hundresds of milliseconds. Basically there is zero time to do anything and I am one-clipped to death. That happens usually at te beginning of the season or during the inductions games which set up your baseline (e.g. Arenas). 

All indicates that the servers are sub par. Sometimes I get a better gaming experience when gaming at North america servers with ping of about 130ms or so. European servers are museums stuff..

5 Replies

  • Midnight9746's avatar
    Midnight9746
    Hero+
    3 years ago
    @Salo_MnK Just port forwarded the game ports, following the exact directions given by EA on their support page about it, it made no positive difference in my connection to the server, in fact, it seemed to have made it worse.
  • MrGreenWithAGun's avatar
    MrGreenWithAGun
    Rising Ace
    3 years ago

    port forwarding doesn't impact bandwidth, it only impacts access to the port on the console/PC. That's it.

    bandwidth can be impacted by routers in the path, regardless of your physical distance to server.

    There are some services that offer high quality routing but you have to buy the service to enjoy the routing.

  • i-Norm's avatar
    i-Norm
    Seasoned Adventurer
    3 years ago

    I live in Africa and have to play on EU servers because we don't have servers here for some reason. Fortnite, PUBG, COD, Battlefield, Overwatch, plus, plus, plus, all have serevrs in Africa and yet APEX has nothing! So we are forced to play on either Belgium or London servers. 

    I do agree though that the servers this season are really bad and I don't understand why there hasn't been a balancing fix yet. 

    I used to PING at 165 on Belgium and 166 on London. Now though, London has a PING of 180 and Belgium a PING of 188 consistantly. 

    Nothing has changed my side. I've checked all my connections and even loaded other games to see how I PING there and nothing has changed from my side. This is definately an APEX issue that is being ignored. I've opened threads on the technical side but nobody responds to it and within a couple of hours its lost on the second page. So yeah, no idea what can be done. Most people play in EU or the US with multiple servers so they don't care when a server goes from 12 to 20. 

  • Midnight9746's avatar
    Midnight9746
    Hero+
    3 years ago
    @MrGreenWithAGun EA support in the past only mentioned port forwarding, they never really talked about routing. Also, I'm not paying for a subscription just to see people cheat in a higher bandwidth.
  • MrGreenWithAGun's avatar
    MrGreenWithAGun
    Rising Ace
    3 years ago

    @Midnight9746, perhaps i didn't say it right. The paid routing, as I understand it, is not higher bandwidth, which is not in need here. They provide a more guaranteed optimal path that ensures higher quality delivery. That is what I have heard in their advertising anyways.

    Port forwarding allows a more direct access to the port, not avoid hops, unless it has something to do with EA's network architecture and it eliminates a hop or two by eliminating a relay server or something along that line, not really sure how they designed their network.

    But I understand your take on not paying to play against cheaters.    ;P

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