🔥 Southern Africa: 200+ Ping Makes Apex Unplayable

Dear Respawn and EA Team,

I am creating this post to raise an important issue affecting Apex Legends players across Southern Africa, particularly players in Mozambique and neighboring countries.

Many of us have stable, high-speed Internet connections, yet we are frequently forced to play with 200–220+ ms ping because of the lack of suitable server infrastructure and/or network routing options in our region.

This is not simply an inconvenience. In a highly competitive game like Apex Legends, this level of latency creates a significant competitive disadvantage.

What are we experiencing?

Players in Southern Africa regularly experience:

• 200–220+ ms ping despite having good Internet connections;
• Losing gunfights even when reacting and shooting first;
• Shots that visually hit an enemy but fail to register properly;
• Inconsistent hit registration;
• Delayed damage registration;
• Enemies appearing to take damage later than expected;
• Delayed interaction with the game world;
• Unstable and frustrating experiences in Ranked and competitive matches.

At this level of latency, reaction time and server registration become extremely difficult to manage.

The important question

We understand that server infrastructure is a complex issue and that Respawn cannot necessarily place servers in every country.

However, we would like to ask:

Could Respawn and EA investigate the server infrastructure and network routing available to Southern Africa and explore ways to provide players in this region with a more balanced and competitive latency experience?

Could this include:

• Evaluating the possibility of servers closer to Southern Africa;
• Improving international network routing;
• Investigating connectivity between Southern African ISPs and Apex data centers;
• Exploring additional regional server locations;
• Improving matchmaking based on latency where possible;
• Investigating whether a regional solution could significantly reduce the 200+ ms latency experienced by many players.

We are not asking for an advantage

We are not asking Respawn or EA to give African players preferential treatment.

We are asking for a fair competitive environment.

A player in Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi or another Southern African country should not have to compete against players with dramatically lower latency simply because there is no suitable server infrastructure nearby.

A difference between approximately 30–60 ms and 200–220+ ms can have a very noticeable impact in close-range gunfights and other situations where milliseconds matter.

To the Southern African Apex community

If you are experiencing the same problem, please leave a comment and give this post a Kudos.

Please mention your:

• Country;
• Typical Apex ping;
• Internet provider;
• Apex data center you normally connect to;
• Whether the problem occurs consistently or at particular times.

The more players who report the same issue, the clearer it becomes that this is not an isolated problem.

We love Apex Legends and want to continue playing and supporting the game. However, for many players in Southern Africa, playing with 200+ ms latency is becoming extremely frustrating and, in competitive situations, practically unbearable.

We respectfully ask Respawn and EA to investigate this issue and consider possible solutions for Southern Africa.

Can Southern Africa get a fairer connection to Apex Legends?

We would really appreciate an official response from the Respawn/EA team regarding whether improvements to regional servers, routing, or matchmaking based on latency are being considered.

Thank you for listening to the Southern African Apex Legends community.