Gateways problem

The issue with gateways has been going on for years, and every new league I see the same thing. When entering the game, I choose the Moscow server, where my ping is approximately 50 ms. In the hideout, everything is fine - the ping is stable at 50 ms, which means I’m connected to the Moscow gateway. However, when entering a map, there’s about an 80% chance, based on my calculations, that I’ll end up on one of the other gateways with a ping of 100+ ms. And that’s if it doesn’t lag - sometimes the ping spikes to 120+ ms, and instead of a smooth graph, I see the equivalent of a heart patient’s EKG.

If this happens during the story campaign, it can be partially resolved by loading a new location using Ctrl+Click. However, if a map has already loaded with a bad gateway, I can’t reload it, and running it with these kinds of lags -
where the game freezes every second - is just impossible.

As I mentioned earlier, this has been going on for several years - sometimes better, sometimes worse. So, my question is: can I get an answer on how I can ensure that when I choose the Moscow gateway, I always stay connected to it, so that no matter what location I enter or map I open, it doesn’t switch to a completely different one?

I really love this game, but this issue completely kills my desire to even log in.

I would really appreciate any help with resolving this.

Thanks.

the gateway your instance is created on when logging in or starting a new instance is defined by the games load balancer.

it's preferably created on your current game server (or the one you chose in the login screen) but if the server is on high load you're relayed to the next nearby server.

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this is also valid if you play in parties: the player opening a instance is defining on which gameserver the instance is created on (the one he currently plays on)

I understand all of this, but the thing is, in my case, and I think for many others as well, the other servers are unplayable for me. I’m willing to endure long loading times for maps and locations, but I want to eventually be placed on the server I chose when logging into the game.