April 2019
We have "closed dedicated servers" in south Africa. We only play amongst fellow South Africans. We are a small community and most of the time I can't find opponents. Please open our servers to rest of the world region or other African regions. It takes me hours at times to find one opponent.
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April 2019
Thanks for taking the time to post @Royaltybilal283.
If it is taking a long time to find an opponent then it could be that you are having issues with your connection. I would suggest taking a look at our Connection troubleshooting steps which you can find here: https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/connection-troubleshooting-basic/
It'll take you a couple of minutes to do them all but please do take the time and do them all.
Let me know how you get on.
Darko
April 2019
Thanks for taking the time to post @Royaltybilal283.
If it is taking a long time to find an opponent then it could be that you are having issues with your connection. I would suggest taking a look at our Connection troubleshooting steps which you can find here: https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/connection-troubleshooting-basic/
It'll take you a couple of minutes to do them all but please do take the time and do them all.
Let me know how you get on.
Darko
April 2019
Trust me...I have done all that. We are a small community and in the higher division,there are no opponents. Please open the servers to the rest of Africa and it will benefit everyone. We can enjoy playing against higher number of opponents and we will find opponents much quicker. This past week, I only played 5 matches online because I could not find opponents and 3 out of the 5 matches was against the same person.
April 2019
Dear EA_Darko
you are so wrong with your statement. Right now I am coming from south africa. I tried playing the game there with no success in finding opponents. Now I am back in Germany and i find games in 10 seconds. The Issue is the servers... or not letting to connect from outside Europe to the servers. How come in Blizzard games I can play normal on european servers?
Anyways the sad part is that EA has a huge office in Johannesburg for game development and sales also XBOX has a huge factory and industry park there, what is the problem just to put an African server there??????
All this trouble shooting you suggesting for connection problems DONT SOLVE THE ISSUE.
April 2019
April 2019
May 2019
Looks like we dont get an answer to this subject. Dear african players I am feeling sorry for what you have to go through. This game is unplayable in online mode from africa.
Dear @EA_Darko if needed I am offering m services to EA to give them the right tips so that these players can participate in FUT Champions. I could not believe it before i had to work there for 3 month and could not get a game in that time. The minute I got back to germany everything was fine.
October 2019
Lol and this continues until Fifa 20.
I'm almost inclined to start thinking there is other reason for this happening in Africa and I will start getting down list of players experiencing the same and probably start a petition.
I shuffle between the UK, US and Nigeria and I know the difference.
Its really really sad how EA has chosen to treat a whole continent.
October 2019
Maybe EA need to confirm if there is are servers in South Africa for those playing FIFA online more especial FUT . I bought early access and Fifa20 thinking I will have great experiences and fun but that was not to be. Could not get players until 27th of September when it officially launch because they were no players. Request: can you please add more servers for this region. Lagging is another big challenge.
October 2019
Please make the petition
As if EA care