Battlefield 6

[terry_b]

Some games are great, and other games it seems like there's so much de-sync that it's like a totally different game. 
 

I have noticed that while it says oklahoma, at times I have a ping of 20ms on the router, and 20ish in game. other times netduma will show a ping of 100+ and I have to leave the game because it's miserable. 

Hopefully these fixes will help, because when hits register correctly, it's great. half my games there are a couple people who will basically OHK me with "super bullets" anytime I'm even in their field of view, meanwhile I can unload and just get damage markers.

[Netduma Fraser]

14 hours ago, terry_b said:

Some games are great, and other games it seems like there's so much de-sync that it's like a totally different game. 
 

I have noticed that while it says oklahoma, at times I have a ping of 20ms on the router, and 20ish in game. other times netduma will show a ping of 100+ and I have to leave the game because it's miserable. 

Hopefully these fixes will help, because when hits register correctly, it's great. half my games there are a couple people who will basically OHK me with "super bullets" anytime I'm even in their field of view, meanwhile I can unload and just get damage markers.

We've specifically fixed the Oklahoma issue so I'm sure it will improve!

[lefteris.lydios]

GF shows only 2 servers in Europe. Frankfurt and London. I can't see how this https://netduma.com/blog/battlefield-6-server-locations is accurate.

[Netduma Fraser]

38 minutes ago, lefteris.lydios said:

GF shows only 2 servers in Europe. Frankfurt and London. I can't see how this https://netduma.com/blog/battlefield-6-server-locations is accurate.

Generally you won't see all the servers on the Geo-Filter as it only shows what you're making connections to

[Zli]

56 minutes ago, lefteris.lydios said:

GF shows only 2 servers in Europe. Frankfurt and London. I can't see how this https://netduma.com/blog/battlefield-6-server-locations is accurate.

I also wrote on that topic, but it's not worth it. The Netduma team published a fake server announcement and they won't correct the mistake. The only two servers that exist for the game are Frankfurt and London in Europe, and you'll never be connected to a third one in Europe.

[lefteris.lydios]

33 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said:

Generally you won't see all the servers on the Geo-Filter as it only shows what you're making connections to

even when the game boots up ? 

[Netduma Fraser]

17 minutes ago, Zli said:

I also wrote on that topic, but it's not worth it. The Netduma team published a fake server announcement and they won't correct the mistake. The only two servers that exist for the game are Frankfurt and London in Europe, and you'll never be connected to a third one in Europe.

You say fake like we've done it on purpose, as I mentioned previously if during re-tests we find that not to be the case we will change it. I'll also double check with the team.

1 minute ago, lefteris.lydios said:

even when the game boots up ? 

Depends on the game, usually just CoD that happens with, I haven't checked myself with BF6, do you see a lot of servers when booting up?

[lefteris.lydios]

8 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said:

Depends on the game, usually just CoD that happens with, I haven't checked myself with BF6, do you see a lot of servers when booting up?

that's it

I am not complaining or something @Netduma Fraser . The game is flawless connection wise with or without R3. 

[Netduma Fraser]

41 minutes ago, lefteris.lydios said:

that's it

I am not complaining or something @Netduma Fraser . The game is flawless connection wise with or without R3. 

No worries I understand! Thanks for the screenshot, I'll ask them to double check

[lefteris.lydios]

I'm not a Network expert by any means. I am just a casual - weekend only - gamer. Maybe what I'm about to say will sound stupid, but why can't you guys just take advantage of the Browse Servers option in the game and reverse engineer it in order to pinpoint the server we are connected to? I did some testing and I joined the furthest server possible and magically  Sydney server lit up in Geo Filter (probably correct) . BTW Oklahoma server was also lit but that's not a problem because I've already booked a flight to Oklahoma to C4 this god damn POS. My point is, use Browse Servers as a tool.

 

[Netduma Fraser]

5 hours ago, lefteris.lydios said:

I'm not a Network expert by any means. I am just a casual - weekend only - gamer. Maybe what I'm about to say will sound stupid, but why can't you guys just take advantage of the Browse Servers option in the game and reverse engineer it in order to pinpoint the server we are connected to? I did some testing and I joined the furthest server possible and magically  Sydney server lit up in Geo Filter (probably correct) . BTW Oklahoma server was also lit but that's not a problem because I've already booked a flight to Oklahoma to C4 this god damn POS. My point is, use Browse Servers as a tool.

It's not stupid, certainly an idea that seems obvious but in the EA user agreement it states "You may not reverse engineer or attempt to extract or otherwise use source code or other data from EA Services, unless expressly authorized by EA or permitted by law." So even if we were to consider it, legally that wouldn't be a good idea to do so. 

Also the server browser just retrieves their server IPs and they know where those locations are of course and they will be retrieved from the server itself, something we can't do. The router can retrieve those IP addresses and that's how they appear on the map. IP databases (databases that identify the location that belongs to an IP address) can be quite inaccurate or at least slow to update (unless you own your own database/you're putting a lot of money into it) so that's why the locations for the IPs of the servers can sometimes be incorrectly located on the map. When we become aware of this we correct it and our own game server IP database becomes just a little bit more accurate. However, the issue is that they will sometimes bring in new servers that have different IPs etc and then the location becomes out of data for us again so its a bit of a constant tug of war trying to keep the locations up to date. For the most part the servers are shown correctly and we just need to do little updates to correct the ones that aren't.

[terry_b]

Still seeing OKC... but ping is also reflecting a closer server?

Still lots of desync in the game too. I tried removing the device from geofilter, resyncing and adding it again, then starting game. I even did a full network reset, and flush DNS... Maybe cheap servers in AAA games today just don't care.

 

[Netduma Fraser]

14 minutes ago, terry_b said:

Still seeing OKC... but ping is also reflecting a closer server?

Still lots of desync in the game too. I tried removing the device from geofilter, resyncing and adding it again, then starting game. I even did a full network reset, and flush DNS... Maybe cheap servers in AAA games today just don't care.

 

I don't believe the cloud has reached full rollout yet so once that's done you should notice an improvement

[Ace_Uk1000]

I've connected to the dublin and London servers a few times, but it's normally Oklahoma or Frankfurt, and then you get the people who have super bullets that follow you around corners, or they're just bullet sponges where as you take 1 shot and your dead

[Netduma Fraser]

14 minutes ago, Ace_Uk1000 said:

I've connected to the dublin and London servers a few times, but it's normally Oklahoma or Frankfurt, and then you get the people who have super bullets that follow you around corners, or they're just bullet sponges where as you take 1 shot and your dead

The Dublin server will just be for authentication, it won't actually be a game server. The Oklahoma location showing up a lot will be resolved in the cloud update this week

[Ace_Uk1000]

It's even worse now that the Battle royal stuff has dropped, So many bullet sponges where as I take 2 shots and i'm dead!

[Netduma Fraser]

On 10/29/2025 at 2:56 PM, Ace_Uk1000 said:

It's even worse now that the Battle royal stuff has dropped, So many bullet sponges where as I take 2 shots and i'm dead!

Resync the cloud now I think it may be active now, see if its any better then please

[Ace_Uk1000]

Is there anyway to make my ping worse? As it seems that having a really crappy ping makes you invincible lol

[Netduma Fraser]

12 minutes ago, Ace_Uk1000 said:

Is there anyway to make my ping worse? As it seems that having a really crappy ping makes you invincible lol

You could use Steady Ping Expert Mode to apply a heavier delay but that won't always work as it won't always be able to stabilize the connection. Otherwise set Congestion Control to 100%, prioritize any other devices over your gaming device may help but as you can imagine the purpose is to do the opposite no not much else to specifically make it worse

[Ace_Uk1000]

I know you want a lower ping in game but it just seems that the netcode for Battlefield 6 seems to prioritize the person with the worse lag

[Rv1709]

Hi @Netduma Fraser hope you are well. So I have a slightly different problem with Battlefield 6. I’m in Asia and given the matchmaking algorithm and lower player count, the game ends up filling the lobby with bots and not real players

Ive heard EU UK and US servers don’t have this problem and id like to connect to them inspite of the higher ping

Im using the xr500.

I selected the US and UK servers in the geofiltering tab by drawing the polygon. However I’m not sure if it’s working as it seems to still put me in Asian servers

is there a different way to do this?

[Netduma Fraser]

1 hour ago, Rv1709 said:

Hi @Netduma Fraser hope you are well. So I have a slightly different problem with Battlefield 6. I’m in Asia and given the matchmaking algorithm and lower player count, the game ends up filling the lobby with bots and not real players

Ive heard EU UK and US servers don’t have this problem and id like to connect to them inspite of the higher ping

Im using the xr500.

I selected the US and UK servers in the geofiltering tab by drawing the polygon. However I’m not sure if it’s working as it seems to still put me in Asian servers

is there a different way to do this?

I'm good thanks, hope you are too. 

To force servers you need to do the following:

It's essential the Geo-Filter is enabled before the game client (e.g. Steam etc) if on PC or platform (e.g. Xbox, PlayStation) or the game have been launched. If you change Geo-Filter settings when you're on the game then you will need to restart the game for those changes to take effect, otherwise it will use the previous Geo-Filter settings and appear not to be working.

For settings ensure Ping Assist is disabled & Strict Mode is enabled in the Geo-Filter menu that can be found by clicking  icon. Fast Search should also be disabled which it is by default so can be ignored if you haven't changed it, otherwise this can be found in the same place.

[terry_b]

9 hours ago, Ace_Uk1000 said:

I know you want a lower ping in game but it just seems that the netcode for Battlefield 6 seems to prioritize the person with the worse lag

No joke! Here I am trying to optimize and every game with a bunch of 80+ ping players just plays like garbage. I hope we see a ban wave soon too because naturally, the free BR has attracted a bunch of cheaters back to the game.

[theguycanfly]

On 10/13/2025 at 10:13 AM, Netduma Fraser said:

I think we'll be putting out a new cloud update this week so it should be improved

We've been getting that response a lot. I still have this issue in cod, bf, and the finals since I made my post a while ago, none of the fixes actually fix the issue. I still can't even see my ping for The Finals, been waiting on that cloud update for a while

[Netduma Fraser]

6 hours ago, theguycanfly said:

We've been getting that response a lot. I still have this issue in cod, bf, and the finals since I made my post a while ago, none of the fixes actually fix the issue. I still can't even see my ping for The Finals, been waiting on that cloud update for a while

What issue specifically? Oklahoma servers? A cloud update wouldn't make pinging more reliable, game servers generally don't respond to pings so we then can't show it