- Yes
- No
In the current game version, the SA (South Asia) server is removed from the server selection, and players need to select auto to play on the SA server. This means that players who need to use the SA server experience multiple difficulties, one of which is the inability to combine servers. Previously, players were able to select SA as well as other servers like NA, CIS, EU, in order to minimize waiting time. In this configuration, players could also contribute to building matches in SA, with the possibility of a low-ping match. Now, players cannot select SA anymore and will be forced to either bear long waiting times or high ping. Many players are dissuaded by this change from selecting SA even though they live in the server region, since the waiting times are high, which causes even higher waiting times on SA.
Another problem is with simulator matches. Due to SA server not being selectable, air simulator matches are completely unplayable on the SA server. High ping especially makes it harder to play simulator in SA region.
I propose that the South Asia server is restored as a selectable option in the server selection menu. While there were some problems with South Asia server previously, such as abnormally high packet loss not found on other servers or higher ping, these problems are not as common and do not have such a large effect as the removal of an entire selectable server region, which causes a massive drop in user experience in the region. If SA is overloaded even with the smallest population, the servers should be fixed, instead of SA server being locked behind automatic selection.