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Why do I keep getting west coast servers when I live ≈200 miles east of the east coast servers?

Seriously, I get 7-12ms ping when I actually pull east coast servers, and 50-60 when I get west coast. Why are 9 out of 10 of my games on west coast? This only seems to happen once or twice a week with no obvious pattern, but nights like tonight it just keeps happening and it's beyond frustrating.

  • Bill Warnecke
    Posted 7 years, 8 months ago (Source)

    Ping is only one factor for matchmaking. 50-60 ms is a good ping. If the match quality would be better with the higher ping you would get that match.

  • Bill Warnecke
    Posted 7 years, 8 months ago (Source)

    Ah ok, that makes sense. Just threw me off cause this seems to be a somewhat rare occurrence (one or two nights a week) and happens even in practice range.

    If you queue up right after logging in we sometimes put you in a weird data center. This is most common with practice range.

    Cheers!

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