EAFC 27 Server Locations – Geo-Filter Database Update Request

[ncopak97]

Hi Netduma team,

I would like to ask if you could update the EA Sports FC server database / Geo-Filter locations now that EA Sports FC 27 has been released.

As far as I can see, the last major server-location update still dates back to EA Sports FC 25, and the entire EAFC 26 cycle passed without the newer EA server locations being added or existing ones being corrected.

Toward the end of EAFC 26, there were also reports from the community that EA may have added new European server locations, particularly in Bulgaria and/or Turkey. I cannot confirm these locations with 100% certainty, so it would be great if the Netduma team could check the current EAFC 27 infrastructure and verify whether any new servers are now active in that region.

This would be especially useful for players located in Central and Eastern Europe. In my case, my connections are almost always routed toward Frankfurt/Germany or Milan/Italy, so if an EA server does exist farther east, having it correctly identified and available through the Geo-Filter could potentially make a noticeable difference.

There is also an older Geo-Filter location issue that still appears to be present: the Milan/Italy EAFC server is displayed around Crete, Greece on the map. This seems to have been the case since the EAFC 25 server locations were added, so it would be great if that could also be corrected during the update.

 

From what I remember, this particular location has already been discussed on the Netduma forum in the past as a mislocated server, and I believe the server being displayed around Crete is actually the Milan/Italy server.

This location has appeared incorrectly on my Geo-Filter since the EAFC 25 server database was added and, as far as I can tell, it has never been corrected.

Could the team please check the server/IP behind this location and correct its Geo-Filter position if necessary?

In short, it would be greatly appreciated if you could:

• refresh the EA Sports FC server database for EAFC 27;
• check whether new European locations such as Bulgaria and/or Turkey are active;
• add any newly discovered EAFC servers to the Geo-Filter;
• correct the server currently displayed in Greece, which I believe is actually the Milan server — if my understanding is correct.

Thanks for taking a look, and thanks for continuing to maintain the Geo-Filter database.

[Netduma Fraser]

I'll ask the team to test the game and make any necessary changes

[ncopak97]

Hi,

I noticed that the Ping Heatmap has now been updated to EA Sports FC 27, replacing the old EAFC 25 profile, so it looks like the team has already made some changes there.

However, the Geo-Filter location issue from my original post still seems to be present.

As you can see from the screenshots, Ping Heatmap now recognizes EAFC 27 and even lists Milan 1 and Milan 2, but when I connect to a match, the active game server is still displayed on the Geo-Filter map around Crete, Greece.

EA's current official FC game data center list includes Milan, but there is no game data center listed in Greece or Crete.

So it looks like the EAFC 27 profile/database has been updated, while this particular server is still geographically mislocated on the Geo-Filter map.

Could the team please check the host/server behind that location and correct its Geo-Filter position if necessary?

I've attached both screenshots for comparison.

Thanks in advance for taking another look at this. I would really appreciate it if the team could investigate this specific case, as I suspect it may not be an isolated issue and other users may also be seeing the same or similar mislocated EAFC servers on the Geo-Filter.

 

[Netduma Fraser]

17 hours ago, ncopak97 said:

Hi,

I noticed that the Ping Heatmap has now been updated to EA Sports FC 27, replacing the old EAFC 25 profile, so it looks like the team has already made some changes there.

However, the Geo-Filter location issue from my original post still seems to be present.

As you can see from the screenshots, Ping Heatmap now recognizes EAFC 27 and even lists Milan 1 and Milan 2, but when I connect to a match, the active game server is still displayed on the Geo-Filter map around Crete, Greece.

EA's current official FC game data center list includes Milan, but there is no game data center listed in Greece or Crete.

So it looks like the EAFC 27 profile/database has been updated, while this particular server is still geographically mislocated on the Geo-Filter map.

Could the team please check the host/server behind that location and correct its Geo-Filter position if necessary?

I've attached both screenshots for comparison.

Thanks in advance for taking another look at this. I would really appreciate it if the team could investigate this specific case, as I suspect it may not be an isolated issue and other users may also be seeing the same or similar mislocated EAFC servers on the Geo-Filter.

Heatmap and Geo-Filter updates are separate, they will do a Geo-Filter update as well, if it's mislocated it won't negatively affect you as long as you know its a good server for you to play on.

[ncopak97]

Hi Fraser,

Thanks for the clarification. I understand that an incorrectly displayed server location doesn’t directly affect my ping or gameplay performance.

However, for me, accurate server locations are actually one of the main reasons I use the Geo-Filter in the first place.

I’ve been using my Netduma R3 to monitor and control my EAFC connections for almost two years now, and ever since the EAFC 25 server database was introduced, I’ve been assuming that the server displayed around Crete, Greece, is actually Milan, Italy.

The main reason behind this assumption is that I know Milan is an official EAFC server location, yet I’ve never seen an active gameplay server displayed anywhere in Italy on my Geo-Filter map. Also, when checking the PlayStation profiles of opponents I’ve been matched against on that particular server, a large number of them had Italy listed as their country. Of course, I understand that this doesn’t necessarily prove the server is physically located in Italy.

Based on my experience, I’ve also developed the impression that this particular server provides better gameplay for my connection compared to Frankfurt or Warsaw.

But that’s exactly what concerns me — what if my assumption has been wrong all along?

For almost two years, I may have been limiting myself to what I believed was the Milan server, without actually knowing which EA data center I was connecting to. It’s entirely possible that another server could provide even better gameplay, but I haven’t been able to make a proper comparison because I can’t reliably identify the servers.

That’s why having accurate Geo-Filter server locations is so important to me. I don’t just want to connect to a server that seems to provide decent gameplay. I want to know which server I’m actually playing on so I can properly test and compare the different European EAFC data centers and determine which one works best for my connection.

Unfortunately, EA doesn’t publicly provide the IP addresses of its game servers, and the R3 Geo-Filter doesn’t give me enough information to reliably identify them myself, so I’m largely dependent on the accuracy of Netduma’s server database.

I understand that Geo-Filter updates take time, and I appreciate the team’s work on this. I just wanted to explain why correcting these locations matters to me, and potentially to other EAFC players who use the Geo-Filter for the same purpose.

I’d really appreciate it if the team could specifically investigate the server displayed around Crete and confirm its actual location as part of the upcoming Geo-Filter update.

Thanks again for your help!