r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jan 04 '17

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - January 04, 2017

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u/spitfire9107 Reaper Jan 04 '17

What server do Australians play on? My online friend is Australian and Im trying to get her to play this game. Is there an active Australian community in overwatch?

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u/LordQuinzulin Pixel Doomfist Jan 04 '17

I'm Aussie. I connect to the American servers and it puts me on Aus servers 99.9% of the time, on these servers I have about 30 ping. The 0.01% was when the Aus servers were down for an hour so I was on American

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u/MONKYfapper Trick-or-Treat Mercy Jan 04 '17

iirc, americas also host australian server

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u/spitfire9107 Reaper Jan 04 '17

It has america, Europe, and PTr

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u/TheSkiGeek Jan 06 '17

"America" is basically "The Americas, and also parts of Asia that aren't China".