Why Hong Kong Server got shut down? Stop shameful corporate cost-cutting
For weeks, the Hong Kong player base has been forced from a flawless 5 ping into unplayable 180+ ping lobbies. Now, EA has finally slipped out a statement exclusively on Bilibili (No global announcement, clearly terrified of letting the rest of the world see how easily they can kill off regional servers when it suits them). In it, they finally admit to "adjustments" to the matchmaking system.
Your excuse? You claim that ruining our connection quality was done to "increase the ratio of real players instead of bots" and "speed up matchmaking".
The Reality: Shameful corporate cost-cutting.
Why don't think of why players number is dropping? Who cause that?
斬腳趾避沙蟲
Shutting down our dedicated local infrastructure and forcing an entire player base into high-ping, lagged-out foreign lobbies isn't a "fix" or an "optimization." It is a massive downgrade to a paid live-service product. You are destroying the core gameplay experience for players in this territory just to save money on server hosting and artificially pad lobby numbers elsewhere.
For a multi-billion dollar international corporation, this is an absolute embarrassment. You took our money on the promise of local server support, and now you’re gaslighting us into thinking a 180+ ping to a foreign data center is "better for the experience".
We need OUR local servers back. Stop treating paying customers in this region like second-class citizens.
