Hi
After quite some time away from LiF and as it has now been released myself and a group of friends decided to give it another try as we assumed most of the bugs would be ironed out, how wrong were we.
Our main problem is continuous server disconnects which can happen at totally random times even a few minutes after the server has been restarted. Once you get the disconnect no one can rejoin the server until it's restarted.
Restarting the server is a total pain in the A**, it rarely restarts on the first attempt, we usually have to restart it 2 or 3 times for it to start successfully and sometimes it wont restart until we have run the hosts Steam update routine a couple of times.
Regarding hosting, we have communicated with the host and of course it's not their problem, they say it's bugs in the game and dedicated sever. Despite the fact we went with a host on the hosting partners list, they have little or no clue as to what the problems are or how to fix them. Playing the game for a random amount of time from a couple of minutes up to what could be (but rarely is) a couple of hours, then having to wait up to an hour plus to get back on the server is a complete game killer.
Regarding the game itself, there seem to be bugs in it that were reported way back in the early versions during beta. Although not a critical bug but one of the most annoying it the constantly building sound loops where a sound like birds starts playing and constantly loops but the sound loops keeps triggering until you have a cacophony of sounds playing in specific area of the map. If you happen to be working in these areas it drives you to the point of insanity and you either mute the sound or have to restart to get a respite from the audio assault.
Our main concern though is the disconnects and restarting issues, as this has already made a couple of our group decide it was not worth returning to the game with more about to bolt. Although there were bugs in the past at least the servers were reasonably stable so you could play for a reasonable amount of time.
Whilst writing this post i have also been trying to once again restart the server and in the last 30 minutes have been unsuccessful despite three attempts. It's about time you get these server issues sorted before everyone looses interest in what could be a great game.