Apex Legends Season 8 is being ruined by laggy servers and connection problems
Apex Legends players are growing increasingly frustrated by the server issues that have been plaguing Season 8, calling on Respawn to do something immediately.
The start of Apex Legends Season 8 has brought about significant change to the battle royale.Fuse has been introducedas a new character, Kings Canyon has been changed quite drastically, and the30-30 Repeateris ripping through enemies.
Though, the new season has also brought quite a few issues as well. The annoyingCode: Leaf error codehas been rearing its head, and players have been stuck insideinfinite loading screens, preventing them from getting to the main lobby at all.
These issues are both linked to the game’s servers being overwhelmed and struggling to perform as players jump into the battle royale for a few matches.
Players have been reporting all kinds of connection related issues, from not being able to find games, to games not loading when its meant to, and constant lagging when a game starts.
TSM’s Mac ‘Albralelie’ Beckwith called out the devs and the state of the servers after one of his ranked games went off the rails and he was teleported through a wall.
“This is the state of your servers in Predator ranked right now,” he said, showing off the insanely laggy game. “There’s no shot you guys aren’t aware of this but something seriously needs to be done.”
@shahin@lowkeydbjosh@GH057ayame@tangentiallogic@danielzklein@PlayApexThis is the state of your servers in predator ranked right now, theres no shot you guys aren’t aware of this but something seriously needs to be done.pic.twitter.com/VEquyPacro
— Albralelie (@TSM_Albralelie)July 27, 2025
Fellow streamer Daltoosh echoed Albralelie’s post, hitting out at the servers and labeling them a “joke.”
“Apex servers are a fu**ing joke man,” he said. “Literally the worst experience to play on. Needs to be fixed asap. Actually unacceptable they haven’t done anything yet.”
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Apex servers are a fucking joke man. Literally the worst experience to play on. Needs to be fixed asap. Actually unacceptable they haven’t done anything yet
— OpTic Daltoosh🎒 (@daltoosh)June 11, 2025
Of course, it’s not just the pros and streamers that are affected. A large portion of the playerbase is reporting similar issues. Some Redditors claimed they’vebarely been able to play the new seasonat all because of the connection issues.
Respawn investigating server issues
Making matters worse, there is a collection event ongoing, which only lasts for two weeks, meaning players are missing out on the chance to unlock the cosmetics.
“Random 250ms latency during games and server connection issues are the norm we must get used to now,”saidone player. “These servers are ridiculous. Honestly, they should at least make some kind of statement about a fix? There needs to be some kind of change,”addedanother.
Respawn have added two of the main issues to theirTrello board: The infinite loading screens and the “slow-mo” servers. Both of these issues are marked as being “investigated” at the time of writing.
Hopefully, there will be some fixes soon to address the problems.
