Well I had the same issue when I played with my friends.
![Crying :,(](./images/smilies/M4fpsRt.gif)
I checked out
https://www.ascendservers.com/game-servers and talked to their support on live chat and checked on their server as well. Tried their server and worked for me! Definitely a good provider to go with as well!
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