As thoroughly documented and technically confirmed, the recent and repeatedly server crashes and "lost connection to BF4 game server" are NOT due to the server providers or the internet connection or setup of the end-users playing the game. It is due to do EA's own backend infrastructure!
And EA needs to take appropriate action to get this fixed asap, as we are daily bleeding players from the EA BF environment due to EA's inaction to rectify the problem.
Here a list of the recent server crashes that I personally have registered. Of course not online myself 24/7, so obviously even more are most probably happening. But this should give insights to how deplorable poor the EA BF4 Server situation is right now.
(Yes, I already raised multiple support tickets with EA HelpDesk on this. But nothing is so far done to fix the root cause of the problem. This despite we have paid good money to EA to rent these servers and players gets the bad experience every single time the server crashes.)
Server: "METRO MANIACS 24/7 400% 3200 TICKETS"
Console: PlayStation PS4/PS5
Game: BF4
Recent Confirmed Server Crashes:
Server Crashes Confirmed on Friday 10 February 2023:
Crash 20:28 CET
Crash 20:50 CET
Crash 21:10 CET
Crash 21:33 CET
Crash 21:57 CET
Crash 22:32 CET
Crash 22:57 CET
Server Crashes Confirmed on Sunday 26 February 2023:
Crash 01:16 CET
Crash 01:23 CET
Crash 01:27 CET
Crash 11:12 CET
Crash 18:56 CET
Crash 19:07 CET
Crash 20:44 CET
Crash 20:56 CET
Server Crashes Confirmed on Monday 27 February 2023:
Crash 16:10 CET
Crash 21:34 CET
Server Crashes Confirmed on Tuesday 28 February 2023:
Crash 14:11 CET
Crash 16:44 CET
Server Crashes Confirmed on Wednesday 1 March 2023:
Crash 10:45 CET
Crash 15:10 CET
Crash 18:58 CET
Server Crashes Confirmed on Thursday 2 March 2023:
Logged on at 10:18 CET. server was in frozen state. Rebooted it.
Server kept crashing minimum 2 times for every hour I was online until 16:30 CET. Rendering it practically unplayable...
Server Crashes Confirmed on Friday 3 March 2023:
Logged on at 11:43 CET. server was in frozen state. Rebooted it.
Server kept crashing minimum 2 times for every hour I was online until 18:52 CET. Rendering it practically unplayable...
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I welcome other server renters to chip in and add their own observed server crashes here below, so we can start to have some transparency on this apparent and widespread problem. I will then keep updating my own post here, as the crashes will keep happening until EA fixes the problem behind them.
I've also been experiencing the same problem for MONTHS! but lately it's been really getting out of hand!
Crashes as many as 5, 6 a day!
I been renting BF4 servers for close to 9 years but Hardcore Nation Metro will be our sixth year anniversary on the 9th of March!
Sad to have such a tragic end to a wonderful game ever created by EA!
Server: Hardcore Nation Metro
Console: PS4
Game: BF4
Bring HARDCORE NATION METRO back like ASAP!!! Pllleeeeaaaaasssssseeeeeee!!!!
Although I may be punished for making such remarks, But I have to tell the truth as I know about what's happening in Asia.
Starting from 2015, All DDoS attacks against Battlefield 4 and all its data center IPs originate from China, This is a fact that all server providers can confirm.
As I mentioned many times, Chinese people make money through VIP of BF4 server, The basic price is approximately from 10 RMB to 150 RMB per month.
Because of this, there are always people who want to monopolize this market, So someone learned how to launch a DDoS attack.
At the same time, because Battlelog leaks IP information, no one can block the attack, Even if you change the IP address and port
DDoS attacker can still check the latest IP information in Battlelog, That's why all the servers in this screenshot disappeared.
What I want to say is when the Chinese successfully wiped out the Asia region, Even if these criminals want to play Battlefield 4, they can't join servers in other regions normally.
Therefore, it can be confirmed that all servers in North America and Europe are also the targets of their DDoS attacks, I wish I could understand that China has never been a free market friendly country.
This has nothing to do with racial hatred or politics, On the contrary, this is also an excuse for the Chinese to use political and racial hatred to launch DDoS attacks.
The results I have confirmed with all server providers, Everyone cannot get fair judicial assistance in China, or even start a judicial investigation, Even if all of them can learn the real IP address that launched the attack.
Not to mention that many Chinese server owners have tried to file reports with the Chinese police in China, Also because of China's political stance, the Chinese police warned these server owners that Battlefield is an illegal game in China, and if you report it, you yourself will be punished.
After all these years, everyone is hurting now, It is not just Asia that has suffered monetary losses. North America and Europe are also affected.
If EA is unwilling to deal with the racial hatred and crime issues from China, I think it would be ideal to simply stop the global multiplayer of Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4.
Because now only the servers of Chinese DDoS attackers are functioning properly, Asian server owners, including me, no longer dare to rent servers again.
Because we'll just end up with servers that no one will ever be able to play the game on, Even if the server software is not attacked by DDoS, there will be no Asian players playing the game.
So I wish EA would shut down the global multiplayer!
