Hey all,
With patch 2.6.1.1 a change was made to the server hosting for the Middle Eastern region. The previous MES server in Bahrain was shut down, and a new server GMEC was opened up in Dubai.
Players that previously connected to MES should automatically connect to GMEC and when comparing latency between the two server locations you should see almost no difference in ping. However, since the new server is in a new data center there can be routing differences between the two locations.
This is a permanent change. We hope this helps clarify that the Middle East servers have not been shutdown, they have only moved.