#Game forces you into servers you did not sign up for

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grave raft
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Happens in both casual and ranked. I live in a rural location where the only playable servers are west coast (I have fiber internet, it's just a matter of distance). Seattle, West US1 and West US 2 are the only servers I have checkmarked because I get 90+ ping elsewhere. On several occasions, even though I haven't signed up for other servers, the game will force me to play ranked matches in Chicago and Honolulu. At this point I don't even view ranked as something that's playable, because I have no say on if I'm going to have a real match or if I'm going to have 110 ping and nine rollback. Either way, I'm forced to play it out or I'll lose points. I would absolutely LOVE to have this not be a problem; I don't really care if ranked matches take 5 seconds or 30 minutes to find if it means I can actually play the game.

I imagine this is an intended feature, and it probably works great for people that live in the lower 48 United States, as 40 ping is not much of a jump from 20 ping. But this feature has borderline unplayable unintended side effects for people that live in remote areas like I do. Everyone in the Alaska rivals scene that I've talked to about it has had the same problem and it's made for a really frustrating matchmaking experience, and it'd make this game so much more playable if there was a way to disable it 🙏

viscid yoke
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this has happened since june

there are multiple threads about it here on discord and on the nolt boards, but theres not been any response to any of it

grave raft
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Do they not realize how much it genuinely ruins the experience for people that only live close to one or two servers? Like we know its gonna be a long queue that comes with the territory don't force us into something that we don't wanna play at all man

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Maybe it'll be soft patched out in the next update who knows ill stay optimistic lol

viscid yoke
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its possible they just havent seen it

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but idk

grave raft
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Yea I suppose so, good to keep benefit of the doubt. That's why I don't feel bad about making a new thread, didn't know of the last ones existence but even if I did, it sounds like this is a pretty requested change so more reach on it is always good

tough hill
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as someone from the midwest the game refuses to give me chicago server. its literally been

fremont, los angeles, fremont, fremont, los angeles, seattle, dallas, dallas, fremont, los angeles, dallas, dallas, fremont, los angeles.

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this is ruining the game for me

viscid yoke
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same 🙂

green musk
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Same

tough hill
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DALLAS DALLAS DALLAS FREMONT FREMONT DALLAS DALLAS FREMONT SEATTLE LOS ANGELES FREMONT DALLAS DALLAS FREMONT SEATTLE NEWARK SEATTLE LOS ANGELES

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GET ME OUT

mossy raptor
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Also having this issue. I live in Florida, yet I'm getting sent to Paris and Toronto. Nothing I do in the "region preference" seems to have any effect. Makes it difficult to enjoy the game.

mossy raptor