Battlefield session lost (UDP 3659) after no updates
Was playing BF4 with no problems the day before, logged in the next day and was pleasantly greeted by this messages:
Game disconnected: Client closed down connection. Check your network connection and make sure that port 3659 (UDP) is open. [Battlelog]
ERROR INFORMATION: You have lost the connection to the session. [BF4 In-Game]
So I "Repaired" the game on Origin
Restarted my router
Reinstalled PunkBuster
Deleted all %temp% files
Unlocked Win7 firewall ports:
TCP: 80, 443, 9988, 20000-20100, 22990, 17502, 42127
UDP: 3659, 14000-14016, 22990-23006, 25200-25300
And nothing. No updates were downloaded between my gaming sessions (i didn't even turn my pc off between them). Is this a joke? This is an ongoing problem for years (many posts same as this one from years ago) that still hasn't beed resolved. It seems that the only solution is to uninstall the game and never play it again.