Using a vpn for Overwatch

[StrawHat-21711]

This has probably been here before but Im from the South of London and I play on NA servers. I dont exerpience any lag as I get 43 ping.My frames dip a lil also but its still above a 110 so thats fine for me. If my ping already stays so low is there still a need for a VPN? If so which one should I use and which server should I connect to?

[Modersmadre-2165]

Eyevou wrote a guide on how to connect to other servers without using a VPN:

[Guide] You want to change your SERVER without using a VPN?

I posted this in the general forum but it can be useful here as well. Hello everyone. I’ve been told that people don’t like to play in certain regions and that blizzard has removed the easy way to swap where you want to go… here’s how to block specific servers and choose where you play. It’s not foolproof but here ya go: First you need to find the IP address of the server/region you want to block: Enter a game and press CTRL+Shift+N, note down the IP address at the very top, finish playing t…

[Squirrel-12114]

You are not playing NA with 43 ping, it’s literally impossible from London.
Choosing Americas in the launcher doesn’t do anything since the crossplay update, you are locked to EU unless you block EU+ME servers as explained in the post above.

[GîvéMêHànzô-1934]

The only thing VPN can do is fixing bad ISP routing, your latency wont get below certain point due to distance to server location. You can check your server ip and location by pressing ctrl+shift+n while in game(not in menu).