Deleted all the servers but the four you mentioned and the wait times did improve but I think that's because it connected me to the blocked servers faster.
XR500 on V2.3.3.136
Image of my search with the Dublin server and the Japan one I connected to that's no longer blocked.
Black Ops 6
Ping is anywhere from 100-150 for both Router and Game, sometimes it shows me connecting to the dublin server which i thought was just an authentication one but ping is the same as the Japan ones and so are the player names.
First image is me loading up the game and second is when im searching.
It keeps trying to connect me to Japan servers and will refuse to connect me to west coast even though I've blocked every Japan server possible after a long wait it forces me to play in it anyways
Is there a reason Im connecting to servers outside my geo filter and on my block list?
I've got strict mode on and ping assist set to 0. The game will search for over 10 minutes at <200ms ping and then connect me to a blocked server outside my filter.