WARDOGS: official servers cap ping at 175 ms, region lock in the works

Bulkhead announced that the maximum ping on official servers is dropping to 175 ms. The studio said the cap would roll out within a few hours. Last Word on Gaming reports it too.

The goal is to protect most players from cheaters in regions where, according to the developers, cheating is more common. The studio did not name the regions. Full region locking is still being built on the backend, with no date. Ping limits already existed since October 15, but players called them too lenient: official servers allowed up to 250 ms. On community servers, admins pick their own limits.

Players are split: some wanted stricter limits for weeks, others fear they won’t be able to join friends abroad. Joe Brammer admitted the studio is “harming a % of players to protect the larger”. This is a press retelling; we did not read the studio’s post.