# FIRESTORM: Dice please fix South African Server Match Making! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/firestorm-dice-please-fix-south-african-server-match-making/106789 "2019-03-26T14:42:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DillyLad](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/dillylad/32/106609_2.png) [@DillyLad](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/DillyLad)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/firestorm-dice-please-fix-south-african-server-match-making/106789/1 "2019-03-26T14:42:00Z")
South African players are being matched into Euro and North American Servers with a ping of 150+ which is unplayable on Firestorm. The lag is terrible. I would rather wait to be matched in a Firestorm match with other South African players with low ping than be placed in other regions with an unplayable high ping. Please Dice do something asap! ---
**Author:** ![DesignFau1t](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/designfau1t/32/101697_2.png) [@DesignFau1t](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/DesignFau1t)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/firestorm-dice-please-fix-south-african-server-match-making/106789/2 "2019-03-26T17:38:00Z")
One of the reasons I bought into Battlefield 5 was for Firestorm and because I was under the impression that as we have local servers for other game modes, we would have local servers for firestorm. I should have known better. ---
**Author:** ![DOX\_aus](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@DOX\_aus](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/DOX_aus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/firestorm-dice-please-fix-south-african-server-match-making/106789/3 "2019-03-26T18:26:00Z")
Doesnt matter if you have local servers or not if you dont have playerbase to fill out servers.. it will just match you out of region after about 2-3mins of queuing. We have servers in australia, yet i was out of region matched out 5 out of 8 matches i queued for during PEAK aussie hours. Its just as bad as SW BF1 was for queuing. ---
**Author:** ![marcopato17](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@marcopato17](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/marcopato17)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/firestorm-dice-please-fix-south-african-server-match-making/106789/4 "2019-03-26T18:36:00Z")
In south America is the same, come on DICE!!! Fix this ---
**Author:** ![spacewar-under](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@spacewar-under](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/spacewar-under)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/firestorm-dice-please-fix-south-african-server-match-making/106789/5 "2019-03-26T18:55:00Z")
come on guys, we need at least information and transparency about this situation! ---
**Author:** ![Skitelz7](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/skitelz7/32/103511_2.png) [@Skitelz7](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Skitelz7)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/firestorm-dice-please-fix-south-african-server-match-making/106789/6 "2019-03-26T19:45:00Z")
> [@DillyLad](#): > > South African players are being matched into Euro and North American Servers with a ping of 150+ which is unplayable on Firestorm. The lag is terrible. I would rather wait to be matched in a Firestorm match with other South African players with low ping than be placed in other regions with an unplayable high ping. > > Please Dice do something asap! People from South America are in the same boat as you. The funny thing is that the game matches you with people from your region in squads but then proceeds to throw the squad into NA servers every time. Weird. They are looking into it though: [https://twitter.com/BFBulletin/status/1110497069897265152](https://twitter.com/BFBulletin/status/1110497069897265152) ---
**Author:** ![Skitelz7](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/skitelz7/32/103511_2.png) [@Skitelz7](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Skitelz7)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/firestorm-dice-please-fix-south-african-server-match-making/106789/7 "2019-03-26T19:46:00Z")
> [@DesignFau1t](#): > > One of the reasons I bought into Battlefield 5 was for Firestorm and because I was under the impression that as we have local servers for other game modes, we would have local servers for firestorm. > > I should have known better. Yeah, this was a huge slap on the face. “First match of Firestorm. Super excited. Load into lobby. 165 ping. Are you serious…” ---
**Author:** ![Skitelz7](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/skitelz7/32/103511_2.png) [@Skitelz7](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Skitelz7)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/firestorm-dice-please-fix-south-african-server-match-making/106789/8 "2019-03-26T19:47:00Z")
> [@DOX\_aus](#): > > Doesnt matter if you have local servers or not if you dont have playerbase to fill out servers.. it will just match you out of region after about 2-3mins of queuing. We have servers in australia, yet i was out of region matched out 5 out of 8 matches i queued for during PEAK aussie hours. Its just as bad as SW BF1 was for queuing. That’s not the issue, trust me. ---
**Author:** ![Skitelz7](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/skitelz7/32/103511_2.png) [@Skitelz7](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Skitelz7)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/firestorm-dice-please-fix-south-african-server-match-making/106789/9 "2019-03-26T19:48:00Z")
> [@spacewar-under](#): > > come on guys, we need at least information and transparency about this situation! Yeah, I’m still waiting for an official response. ---
**Author:** ![LOLGotYerTags](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/lolgotyertags/32/101041_2.png) [@LOLGotYerTags](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/LOLGotYerTags)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/firestorm-dice-please-fix-south-african-server-match-making/106789/10 "2019-03-26T20:08:00Z")
Hi there. We have an active main thread regarding Firestorm, So please use that instead. [DISCUSSION: Battlefield V: Firestorm](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/discussion-battlefield-v-firestorm/108615)