I have been playing since Christmas with no issues using the Steam integration to connect with my friends to play operations. Since the 7.0 PTS was released I found myself stuck in the infinite joining server screen. When these did sometimes time out, I was given an N-14 error code, my friends were also unable to join me and would time out and get N-10 error codes. I googled the issue and found many other also struggling with this and I tried many of the suggested fixes (date and time, easy anti cheat repairs, Crossplay turn off and on, steam overlay turn off, switching game modes, DNS server stuff 1.1.1.1 ect.) all to no success.


I decided I would test out the PTS and see if I could play there. I installed it I was able to successfully load it up and connect to my friends to play operations, first time, no issues. I then went back to the base game and found it was functioning correctly and had no connection issues. Whenever there was an update made to the PTS, my base game would suddenly stop working again and I would have to load up the PTS, get to the battle barge, then quit out and the base game would work again.


No idea what link or reason this would be, but it worked every time!


Since the PTS was closed and patch 7.0 released and the base game updated, I have been stuck with the infinite joining server screens and N-14 errors. So far patch 7.1 and 7.2 have made no impact on this for me.


I am and have been throughout this time, able to play the game 'solo' with no performance issues and when I try a quick match no one can join me successfully. I have been really enjoying playing the game co-op and I am able to play a variety of other games online without any issues. So I don't think the issue is on my end, but I am happy to try other fixes and suggestions you might have.