(PC): Problem with extremely high ping spikes

@firevany Can't say what the cause was back then, but now - and practically through the entirety of 2021 - the reason for this has been DDoS attacks on the servers. EA refuses to acknowledge this and insists that the issue is client based. It clearly isn't. Respawn claims they put two technicians on it around late spring of last year, but that token gesture hasn't really made any meaningful difference. All in all, there's a shortage in consistency (EA claiming client based issue, Respawn allocating resources - however, way too little - to fix the issue, thus accepting some responsibility for an in-house issue, the game continuing to not work yet still being sold on every platform without refund options), a massive disgruntlement about how this is being (mis)handled up to the point where a mod was made for PC players to be able to host their own matches to circumvent the DDoS attacks. No solution in sight for console gamers, no help being offered from official sources and no media coverage to drag these * into the light for extremely unsettling and shady business practices. Please feel free to check the other trending threads for more in depth discussions on the topic.