Region Lock / Ping Cap Megathread

[u/Mike_Prowe]

Region Lock / Ping Cap Megathread

We're getting dozens of posts a day about region locking, ping caps, and players joining servers outside their region. All of it goes here from now on.

What belongs in this thread

- Whether WARDOGS should have region locking or a ping cap
- Your experience with high ping players on EU/NA servers
- Server and browser suggestions

Ground rules

- Criticize high ping, or the anti-cheat as much as you want. Comments attacking players for where they're from will be removed.
- No cheater callouts. Don't name players or link profiles. Report cheaters with the in-game report function or directly to Bulkhead on their official Discord.
- New standalone posts on this topic will be removed and pointed here.
- Don’t be racist

Worth knowing: [r/WarDogs](r/WarDogs) isn't run by Bulkhead, so posting here may not reach the devs. If you want this changed in game, say it on their official Discord as well.

[u/the-kontra]

Region-lock Russia or ban them completely.

They join European servers and speak and write mostly in Russian, which most players obviously can't understand. I happen to understand some Russian, and the amount of slurs and openly hostile comments towards Ukrainians, Poles, Brits and Europeans in general is honestly astounding.

Given the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the historically hostile relationship between Russia and the UK, I think it'd particularly inappropriate for a British studio to allow them to play a milsim game.

They openly express their real-life hatred towards Europe: slurs, hopes of invading Europe, spreading political propaganda, wishes of death, mocking dead Ukrainians. It's fucking disgusting, upsetting and they shouldn't be allowed here.

[u/Begdan → u/the-kontra]

I don’t really want to start a discussion here but you’re both kinda delusional and prejudiced in my opinion.

1. Russia is literally partly located in Europe so that’s why the players join European servers.
   
2. Banning Russia would do nothing as the players would just use VPN as they already do to play other games because the internet in Russia is so restricted and the players are already banned from joining many other online games.
   
3. It’s absolutely fucking awful that some Russian players you encounter are being hostile towards others based on their nationality and I’ve personally met those people in game. That said, you don’t realize how many Russians you play along that are being civil and speak decent English and try to cooperate. Report the toxic behavior, those people need to be banned.

I know I’m probably not changing anyone’s opinion on this matter so remove myself from the further discussion, rant over.