I cannot fight against other players in ranked 1v1 I never connect to the game. It has only worked twice randomly and when it does not it says waiting for player and counts down until it sends me to the main menu. I play other multiplayer games without issue, any tips on how to correct this?

Hi @FormlessFox,

this issue seems to be related to the anti cheat.
On your Steam library right click on BGA 2, select properties, select local files and hit Verify integrity of games files.
Hopefully it will resolve your situation !

Initially this solved my problem. Now its happening again and after verifying files it is not working again.