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It will be crucial if this game has P2P matchmaking option when playing 1v1 against friends as this will improve the overall online responsiveness experience.
For example, when I play with my friend (Thailand), it is ideal that we can both connect to play a game without locating to its nearest server (Singapore) as the ping for both parties will be much higher than connecting directly (P2P).
I believe this will be more fun for both parties when trying to play online because the game servers that you have aren’t that reliable at all times (players stuck in mud, button delays, etc) and it will somewhat reduce traffic congestion on its servers like what eFootball does.
Note: eFootball has 14 servers located in the Asia/Oceania whereas only 7 server locations for EA. I tend to think that adding more servers will greatly benefit current players as well as able to attract a larger pool of newcomers to play this game as well, so that they may feel not needing to play rival’s games like eFootball.