1. Check official posts
Look for maintenance, hotfix, or outage notices on the official website and Steam announcements.
Live issue guide
A connection issue is not always a server outage. Check official updates first, then separate account, network, anti-cheat, and PC problems.
Status workflow
Use this order before reinstalling the game.
Look for maintenance, hotfix, or outage notices on the official website and Steam announcements.
Scan recent Steam discussions for matching error messages, but treat them as reports.
Restart the client, test another online game, check firewall and anti-cheat behavior, then retry.