Having this problem as well, try changing your default server location on the EA Account settings screen, that fixes it most of the time, you have to do this every time you want to enter a match though, as it resets when going back to the main menu.
as Title says
In Australia - my ping site keeps getting directed to the furthest away location when I try to set it to Australia. Even then I am getting no games, or games waiting for 19 people indefinitely.
Either EA are covering the fact their game has hardly any players left, or this is a big technical error with their servers.
EA, LET US IN THE LOOP WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING.
The game definitely has players left, just look at the numbers of people on here complaining about the same issue.
And when it works (which is admittedly very rare) the lobbies are full.
It is a huge technical issue, they keep telling us they are aware of it, and that a fix is coming.
You just gotta wait it out mate.
Below is most recent relevant communication from anyone at EA...
"We do have a fix for the ping site issue, and it's currently scheduled to go into the August update. The problem is, even if we put that fix into a standalone patch now and go through the entire deployment process, by the time it was released it would likely cross over with the release of the August update. We can also only have one patch going through submission at the same time."
Hi it's 29th August 2018 I payed £60 for this game on the release date because I liked the first battlefront on PS4 which also had same server issues. I hoped Star Wars BattleFront 2 would be fixed over the first games issues... no I wasted my money on EA again. They now have lost me as a customer from future titles the problem error 216, 1066 and waiting on players in lobby is widespread accros both star wars battlefront titles 1 and 2 worldwide on all platforms the games been released on. This has been ongoing on for long enough EA but you nothing and why would you because EA already have our money. EA IM SICK OF THIS SERVER ISSUE I WANT A REFUND
