I'm a computer engineer and I can with absolute certainty there is no issue on my end. Here is my experience with Apex for the past three months (since I started playing):
- 95% of the time I get a "your profile is not permitted to play online". I just select a different server and try again in about 30 seconds. I for some reason am not allowed to connect to the top 20 servers that I have the best connection to
- Sometimes my ping is around 60, but I'd say 75% of the time it is 90-120ms
- The past week I am getting disconnected about every 2-3 minutes from Apex, it is completely unplayable
I dunno what to say. I think the first issue is matchmaking. I can see that Apex is making connections to different IPs each game. They have multiple vlans at each datacenter, but I do rotate through them. I notice that the easier games have always been with higher latency. Based on the thousands of people on Reddit talking about it, I think the matchmaking system connects you to datacenters based on your skill level and how well you have been playing lately. Sounds weird, but I capture the packets from every game I play and when I am on a roll, I my latency keeps getting lower until I am getting beamed instantly. I lose a few, and I see the new datacenter connections, my ping increases, and my opponents suck.
I have just over 30 days of logging. I have two friends in which I enabled logging for them but they have only been doing so for less than a week so I will not draw any conclusions. With that said, the exact same trend happens with them as well.
I believe Apex purposely tries to keep you from ranking up. They want you winning just enough to keep coming back and purchasing all those items. I mean, at this point, it is absolutely clear.
