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Seasoned Novice

27 days ago

Solved

error code: tap

Hello I had the same problem last season with connecting to ranked lobbies. It's starting to get very frustrating as there seems to be no fix on my end. I run a ethernet cable from my router straigh...

crashing

freezing

pek51
19 days ago
Hello again,
I bought a VPN service and switched to a network closer to EU central servers, that got rid of "error code: tap". I still have no actual explanation why it solved the issue, but it just might have something to do with a timeout while trying to connect to ranked servers. It's ridiculous that I now have to pay 20 euros a month to play Apex ranked because of bad EA servers, but at least I can play now. If someone still has similar issues, try out a VPN, and hopefully you can find one that you can refund after trying it.

pek51

Seasoned Novice

19 days ago

Hello again,

I bought a VPN service and switched to a network closer to EU central servers, that got rid of "error code: tap". I still have no actual explanation why it solved the issue, but it just might have something to do with a timeout while trying to connect to ranked servers. It's ridiculous that I now have to pay 20 euros a month to play Apex ranked because of bad EA servers, but at least I can play now. If someone still has similar issues, try out a VPN, and hopefully you can find one that you can refund after trying it.