Every aspect of this game has been significantly worse since introducing the Bahrain server.
The increased number of leavers, throwers, and generally toxic people has skyrocketed compared to the old European server. There is a very good reason there are posts on reddit, Facebook groups, and these very forums explaining how to block the Middle East servers via firewall. Heck, I just saw a post about this very issue on the front page today.
As a player from South Africa, I know I speak for all our players when I say we were much happier with 200ms ping and better match quality over 150ms ping and the toxic, unplayable mess we’re currently forced into.
Granted there are still good players on the Bahrain server who are friendly and try their best to be good teammates, but sadly the majority are not. Reports continue to do nothing (does Blizzard even act on console reports at all?) so the next best thing is to try to get some dev attention here.
So please, Blizzard, please don’t make me have to start a petition or something just to prove how much this new server sucks. Put us back on the European servers so we can actually enjoy Overwatch again.