# Middle east player here. The server lag is killing me!

**URL:** <https://battlefieldforum.co/t/middle-east-player-here-the-server-lag-is-killing-me/110912>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [January 18, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/middle-east-player-here-the-server-lag-is-killing-me/110912 "2014-01-18T19:27:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![fahadfreid](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@fahadfreid](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/fahadfreid)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/middle-east-player-here-the-server-lag-is-killing-me/110912/1 "2014-01-18T19:27:27Z")

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I want know if this is because i’m in the Middle east and the lag is resulting from the servers being too far? Or is this a common problem? Any sort of help or solution would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Ashifyer](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@Ashifyer](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Ashifyer)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/middle-east-player-here-the-server-lag-is-killing-me/110912/2 "2014-01-18T23:10:55Z")

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Played from Dubai and Kuwait, had no issues. 140 ping or so. Make sure you’re joining European servers.

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**Author:** ![SporeSpood](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@SporeSpood](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/SporeSpood)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/middle-east-player-here-the-server-lag-is-killing-me/110912/3 "2014-01-18T23:23:32Z")

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Hehe nice pun

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**Author:** ![fahadfreid](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@fahadfreid](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/fahadfreid)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/middle-east-player-here-the-server-lag-is-killing-me/110912/4 "2014-01-19T02:54:07Z")

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Will do that. Thanks for the help!

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**Author:** ![hoxie3000](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bc8723/32.png) [@hoxie3000](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/hoxie3000)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/middle-east-player-here-the-server-lag-is-killing-me/110912/5 "2014-01-19T05:21:38Z")

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They do that because you can just go out into your front yard to play battlefield with no lag.