@Straatford87 I think I have somewhat of an idea of what the problem is. I believe its a sort of connection time out. I saw someone comment that they moved their game from an HDD to an SSD and it loaded in time for them to not be kicked. So then I tried moving my game from a slower, bigger HDD to a smaller but faster one and it also fixed error 218. Whatever it is, the game isn't giving us enough time to load in, so it kicks us back to the main menu, and then it glitches in a sort of a loop where you cannot rejoin. Pretty sure it's not on our side, as it seems to be happening in consoles as well. Hope this helps!
For those reading this: A temporary solution is moving the game to your faster storage if you've got the space or the means to. If you load in faster, it will fix Error 218 (at least it did for me last night, 5/5 rounds)
This fix worked for me. After previously getting the 218 error every time, I am now able to join Ranked matches after moving the install folder to my SSD from an HDD. however introduced some slowdowns in the waiting rooms. However, I now am able to load into Ranked matches, and the actual games seemed to run the same. Still have the leavers penalty, but didn't affect my ability to get into a Ranked match quickly.
Im suspicious about it being storage hardware related; as I can load up maps in solo Fleet Battles vs AI in seconds. Its only when in multiplayer does it take ages to load the maps and kick me with the 218 error.
