Forcing Dota client to use a specific server?

[jestermaroc]

Hey Guys,

I am a Dota player from Lusaka, Zambia and I play on the South African server as it is geographically closest to me. I have always played with a 200-400 ping but have recently gotten an LTE connection which gives me 40-50 (CPT) or 240-250 (JHB) ping.

If I am playing on the Johannesburg (JHB) server the ping is 240-250, while the Cape Town (CPT) servers give me 40-50 ping.

So my question is: Can I force Dota 2 to only que on the Cape Town servers? If not what other steps can I take to force it to only connect to Cape Town?

Thanks!
Jester

 

[Havox]

Hi

Hmm could be a an issue. I don't believe you can drill down further than region.
I would imagine it just automatically routes you to the server with the best ping? Servers are all hosted by MWEB if it makes any difference.

You could ask for advice here : https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/
If you get past the flood of trolling they sometimes have good advice.

Also, if this happened last night, we had some serious server lag. I normally have 30 as well but last night was 250 all the way, so it COULD be that it was just a bad server at the time. That unfortunately happens more often that we'd like.