"No answer from host" every 5 mins

[Wizard !]

Hello!

I'm sorry to bring my random issue here, but I was wondering if anyone has encountered anything similar or has any idea how to fix it?

Basically the game boots me out of tower/park every 5 minutes or so with the message "No answer from host" followed by "Disconnected from the server due to a network error"

It happens near 100% consistently in the middle of the 2nd match I play after joining a lobby.
I'm on cable and don't otherwise experience almost any lag while playing the game.

This started happening a few days after A.B.A was added, and has been going on ever since.

Private matches work fine. And other games like SF6, bbcf and gbvs aren't giving me any issues.

Also task manager doesn't show anything out of the ordinary when the game kicks me out.

I've tried:

-Reinstalling the game

-Verifying game files

-Syncing computer clock

-Updating any drivers

-Different internet connections

-Changing regions

-Running virus scans

-Disabling background downloads


My specs are:

-GeForce GTX 1070

-Intel i5-6600K 3.50 GHz

-32 GB 2667 MHz Kingston Fury Ram

-Windows 10


Any help at all would be appreciated!

[Nauct]

Do you have an ethernet cable?

[Wizard !]

Originally posted by Nauct:

Do you have an ethernet cable?

Yeah I've played Strive on it since season 1 without any issues.
I've tested out playing with my mobile data via USB as well and the same problems persisted.

[Wizard !]

To anyone in the future who might be suffering from something similar:

A temporary solution I found was to play on a VPN, which for some reason lets me play normally without disconnects.

I've yet to figure out what exactly causes it though.

[Palutenya]

"I have the same problem as you, almost every match I get the message 'no response from the host'.

Additionally, before this happens, my opponent either starts acting randomly as if they were a bot, or they stop moving altogether.

It's frustrating when this happens during matches to climb to celestial, there's no challenge left.

By the way, does using a VPN not add any delay during matches?"

[Wizard !]

Originally posted by Palutenya:

"I have the same problem as you, almost every match I get the message 'no response from the host'.

Additionally, before this happens, my opponent either starts acting randomly as if they were a bot, or they stop moving altogether.

It's frustrating when this happens during matches to climb to celestial, there's no challenge left.

By the way, does using a VPN not add any delay during matches?"

Sorry for the late reply.

I haven't noticed the game being any laggier than usual with the VPN on.
I've been connecting to german VPN servers as they seem to have the best connection.
Most of my matches on EU have been <100 ms

Also whenever the disconnect happens on my end, it is pretty much instant and without any indication or pause.

[dash slamson]

strive servers are pretty bad most of the time, but around updates its especially worse, with slayer being so popular - game just cant function right