You are not the only one. As a player from NZ, we are forced to play in Australia, even though we have better networking infrastructure and similarly priced hosting available. Problem for a lot of us is due to routing configs within australia on the return, we lose a lot of packets, and it's horrible, often we have to pump half a clip into people whereas theyt need 3-4 bullets. Have to work harder, and it's often easier just to play portal to unwind after work. But therein lies another problem. Global slots and all taken up by bloody AIRCRAFT HELICOPTER TRAINING.
Hit reg is fine on the ODD occasion the traffic doesn't drop packets. But, most of the time it does. Either a permanent yellow symbol and red wifi signal on scoreboard. Can ping the servers and the traffics fine, nothing dropped, the OCCASIONALLY extra 10ms but nothing bizarre, the game definitely has the same networking issues as 2042 did. Can't remember it being this bad in previous titles.