I can't say much for the playerbase in South American as a whole, but there used to be a very small and fragmented Brazilian playerbase in the past. It was around late March or April when I, Jailson and a few others decided to join our endeavors and create a Brazilian team. I had been playing this game for five month beforehand, but that was the first I got to experience lag-free, blackscreen-free and mostly narnia-free games. Our endeavors were quite successful, at least as far as playing efficiently goes, the Leaderboards could tell that.
Four weeks ago, they all quit the game.
Today there is virtually no Brazilian playerbase worth speaking of, and probably no South American either. I really don't know what to tell to new players from this region. You can't even pug Threatening to start building your inventory. It is awful.
Making friends from other regions is the only alternative, even for me. But then you have to do whatever you can to bypass connectivity/netcode issues which are guaranteed to occur not just sometimes, but pretty much all the time. It is hard to get a team of patient people to deal with these issues.
I don't want to be seen as an elitist mofo, but I guess most PC players have noticed that I am and have been for three months the top Leaderboards player. What help can I give to someone who is new in the game? I get no reward from playing Threatening, newcomers will not be able to play Nightmare with me.
Also, my time to play is limited, and I only play strictly overnight (11 pm to 5 or 6 am) local time, except for Sundays and sometimes Saturdays. I don't think I can't be of much help.
I wish Bioware had the commitment to fix matchmaking and allow it to be like ME3 was, but I guess at this point in time it will never happen.