I downloaded BO2 (torrent) last night and played online right after downloading it. However once I restarted my computer it stopped working. It would give error messages: Could not authenticate to plutonium, Snowroller uninitialised and Unknown Error. I tried uninstalling the launcher and reinstalling it as other forums recommended to no success. I tried changing DNS to no success. I tried uninstalling the torrented game to no success. I tried restarting my router to no success. I tried running the game on both ethernet and internet to no success.
The only way I was able to play the game online after restarting my computer over night was by buying a VPN. Why is this the case? Is there a way that I don't need to be paying for a VPN to play the game with friends? P.S. I live in Australia.