VPN and halo MCC

So looking at getting a VPN for protection from downloading my nuts off and wondering if the VPN will effect me playing halo MCC as that’s really the only game I play/care about playing. main thing is I’ve noticed I generally only play against people from my country which is good for connection compared to the other halo games on the 360. But obviously with a VPN my ip will suggest I’m from another country.

Basically this will -Yoink- up my gaming right? If so does anyone have any solutions for me?

much appreciated and my apologizes if this is a stupid question for some haha btw I put this somewhere else and then realized it was better in this section