Geofilter feature doesn't appear to working correctly with fortnite

[phdel82]

First of all the Fortnite London server is missing from the ping heatmap but that isn't my issue.

I have drawn a custom circle around the UK as to only connect to UK and Ireland servers. However in my very first 3 games using this feature I was placed in 2 German and 1 french server. Is there something I'm doing wrong ?

[Netduma Fraser]

The way the filtering works in Fortnite is that it only tries to connect you when it loads in after the pre-game run around lobby and so that's the only time we can block the server so it'll just kick you back. 2 options:

1. Disable the filter and use it to determine where you're being placed and quit if it isn't the server you want - it'll be quicker than letting it kick you
2. What you're unknowingly currently doing is using Geo-Latency. Pros for Geo-Latency is that it can allow games previously unfilterable or games that are hard to filter e.g. Fortnite to potentially become filterable. Cons are that it can still result in games outside your radius, this isn't really the features fault, it's more an issue of the game being so desperate to get you into a game it will put you into one that isn't likely to give you a good experience.

[phdel82]

So you would recommend it  is not worth using for games like Fortnite ?

[Netduma Fraser]

It really depends on how specific you are about the servers you join. If you're very much focused on just getting the London server then I would suggest the first option. If you're okay with trying to prioritize London but with that accepting you will sometimes get games outside your radius then go for option 2. Having played Fortnite in a few long bursts I would say that generally the servers are very good, even if you connect to EU servers.