Official servers constantly with ping just shy of 200 locking players out

[Agnusthemagi]

Direct Connect on Official Servers Has Been Disabled

After the latest update i can no longer log into official server 1735 due to my ping being too high. Using direct connect gives the same notice and will not log me in either. Is this an intended feature going forwards for all PVE servers or is this a bug? Any info or workarounds welcome as my stuff will decay in a few days unless i can get back on the server.