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kcloxton383's avatar
6 years ago

Unable to Connect to EA Servers

I was playing NHL 20 Hockey Ultimate Team Squad Battles. In the middle of a game, the game ended and told me that I was unable to connect to EA servers. This is the second time in the past week that this has happened. There is nothing wrong with the internet connection on my end. I contacted a friend who was playing NHL 20 at the same time and he stated that his game also told him that he could not connect to EA servers. As a result, I was kicked from the game and it says that I lost the game 3-0. I cannot reply this game either. I am completely frustrated with the lack of ways to contact EA for support and I am fed up with their servers crashing. EA needs to improve on their customer service big time. This is no way to run a company. I expect to be reimbursed for this game in some way. If anyone that works for EA directly is on this forum, please contact me immediately. This is getting completely out of hand and it makes me not want to play your games anymore.

Sincerely,

A completely fed up customer

30 Replies

  • KeaganM66's avatar
    KeaganM66
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    6 years ago

    @EA_Aljo do you know of a contact number i can call. Ive gone through the online chatbox * 5 or 6 times now and its disconnected me a bunch of times. I just need someone to help me. Youve given me more tips then those ea chatboxes have

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
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    6 years ago

    @KeaganM66 

    Are you always disconnecting every 25 minutes? Like clockwork? Do you reconnect or do you have to restart your internet to get back online? Have you tried updating your router's firmware? Also, do you have a PC by chance? If so let’s find out how your connection is reaching our servers. Can you run a UO Trace and screenshot me the results? Instructions here: https://help.ea.com/en/help/faq/connection-troubleshooting-basic/.

  • KeaganM66's avatar
    KeaganM66
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    6 years ago

    @EA_Aljo i already updated my firmware and ran uotrace everything was okay it is attached. If you wanna hear some crazy [profanity removed] last night i was playing and for some reason i was like what if its just my account. So i used my buddy(i game share with) and i didnt get disconnected. So i try using my own xbox live and making my home xbox mine again and NHL works fine. Its like it would check my xbox live credentials mid game and disconnect cuz i didnt have it personally or something 

    Edited for profanity - CM

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
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    6 years ago

    @KeaganM66 

    Your UO Trace is showing some pretty high worst pings. That can cause you to lag and disconnect. Did you run this test on a wireless connection? You should be running it on a wired connection since that is what you play on.

    You should be able to gameshare just fine. That's really interesting. I'm not aware of any issues that would cause this to happen due to gamesharing, but it seems like that's involved. I know there are many people that gameshare though so I would think we'd hear about this more if that were the case. Can you leave your Xbox as the home one or do you need to go back to gamesharing?

  • KeaganM66's avatar
    KeaganM66
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    6 years ago

    @EA_Aljo My pings are fine on the xbox. i also talked to some people with the same problem and it fixed theirs too. I think it might be an issue in the server possibly? I would like to not have to keep this as my home xbox i have game shared for like 4 years. Im going to try to switch it back and see if it reverts or not.

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
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    6 years ago

    @KeaganM66 

    Can you run that test again and run it wired this time? It's pretty important.

    We're not aware of any sever issues that would cause people gamesharing to have this problem. I personally know people that gameshare and don't experience this. So, it's possible this is a coincidence, but it might be a unique issue also. Regardless, your UO Trace is showing results that would cause you to disconnect so it would be good to get another test, but on your wired connection.

  • KeaganM66's avatar
    KeaganM66
    Rising Novice
    6 years ago

    @EA_Aljo i usually play on wireless. but since i was having issues so i switched to wired it made no difference. Since i switched hm xbox ive been playing for 3 hrs with no disconnect 

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
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    6 years ago

    @KeaganM66 

    Disconnects and lag are to be expected on wireless connections. Looking at your UO Trace, I can see why this is happening. Can you run the test on a wired connection so I can see if there's a difference?

  • KeaganM66's avatar
    KeaganM66
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    6 years ago

    @EA_Aljo there. Its much better but i had it wired and it didnt help anything

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
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    6 years ago

    @KeaganM66 

    Can you run the test again and follow all the instructions. You sent only 3 packets. I also need to see the full test. Thanks!

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