Blizzard has indicated that the Australian gamers will only be able to play against its Southeastern Asian counterparts. Typically, Australian gamers were able to play against gamers from America and Europe without being locked into any certain region. Australia has always faced obstacle as they relate well to Europeans and Americans but are separated by big distance and time zone.

According to Blizzard, the move was made to ensure better connectivity and improved latency. However, the gamers in Australia are claiming that the overall ping is better when connected to US or European servers due to better infrastructure in those regions. Worse yet, Blizzard has no plan to install a local server on the island nation. Perhaps only way to get around this issue might be to purchase a US or European version of the game. However, I’m not sure if Blizzard will filter the IP to automatically connect the Aussie gamers to the Southeast Asian servers.