Ping limits to ensure fair performance per region is a common practice in online games. Active admins on private servers can better monitor the limits they want to adjust on their own based on day to day performance, a luxury we cannot afford with hundreds of servers. You can even host your own server using the Dedicated server launcher:
Stating it is region locked is false, hyperbolic and heavy handed. Additionally, if you have any additional reports please open a new thread following these steps to see if we can act upon it:
Proceeding to close this thread as this issue has been resolved.
Thanks for your feedback.