Perchance Cygames blocking overseas players?

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For the past 2 days the Japanese server's loading screen has been stuck at 0%. I looked up older posts on Reddit and of them said something about overseas IP bans and to change VPNs

Could that be it? Thought of asking other people using the Japanese game to see if everything is good o their side

i'm currently using OpenVPN with Nasu profiles, also i just switched ISPs. If it's a me problem does anyone have possible ideas on how to get back to the game?

Thanks!