Help to avoid server?

[FledgeSRondo-1441]

When there aren’t enough players in my region the game throws me onto Los Angeles (lax1), a farther away server than usual where the lag there is absolutely ATROCIOUS for me. The hit registration is terrible and I get lots of noregs, and enemy character movement is ridiculous to attempt to track/follow, I sometimes literally have to aim at where enemies AREN’T in order to register a hit.

I never want to be put on lax1 again as the experience is terrible, I’d rather wait hours for closer matches than be queued onto a server with unplayable matches. Is there a way to do this?

[Knighthood-21706]

Here you go:

Tutorial: Forcing which server you want to play (Blocking IP addresses)

So this tutorial is for those people who are interested on playing on a certain server without using any paid service or VPN. For example, if you are from East NA, you won’t get West games or viceversa. First, you may need to enable your Firewall on Windows: Go to the search bar, type “Windows Defender Firewall” and open the program. At the left, click on “Turn Windows Defender Firewall on or off” and turn on the Firewall on Public network settings. Click on OK and close the window. Now, I’l…

The IPs can change, so you might need to check if they are up to date.

[CzechErface-1576]

What you want to do is load up a terminal and see what are the IP addresses of servers you’re playing on. Then take those IPs and do a WHOIS lookup to determine the CIDRs and block those via a firewall. Rinse and repeat until the game is forced to connect you to a region you prefer.
You will want to wait until after you have logged into the game before turning the blocklist on, otherwise you may break authentication.