Brawl Stars — Why are starter packs new-account only?

I want to get ahead of this before it becomes a habit. It seems to depend heavily on region, which nobody mentions anywhere.

The default settings are clearly tuned for a different setup than mine. Feel free to tell me I have missed something obvious.

Slightly different take — worth testing on a second account to rule out something profile-specific.

That fixed it for me, at least.

Agreed on most of this, except the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Let us know which part worked.

For what it is worth, region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.

I went through this last month. check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

Others may have a cleaner method.

Quick correction to the above: worth testing on a second account to rule out something profile-specific.

Had the exact same issue. check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

Had the exact same issue. the trick is to change one thing at a time and actually note the result before touching anything else.

The usual fix here is do not copy someone else’s config wholesale — start from defaults and adjust to your own setup.

I went through this last month. if it only happens in one mode, that narrows it down considerably.

Adding to the above: that behaviour is intentional, even though it is poorly explained in-game.

Short version: check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

Let us know which part worked.

Quick correction to the above: verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.

I went through this last month. the trick is to change one thing at a time and actually note the result before touching anything else.

Slightly different take — that behaviour is intentional, even though it is poorly explained in-game.

This is the bit people miss — the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

For what it is worth, check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

Slightly different take — the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Let us know which part worked.

This is the bit people miss — if it only happens in one mode, that narrows it down considerably.

In my testing, temperature is the usual culprit when performance degrades over a session.