Barely functioning?
Been playing since launch and have played more in the last week since launch combined, we are talking binged playing. And I've moved from the west coast to the east coast in that time span on different nets entirely obviously, just for reference sake.
I can confirm that the random disconnects and freezes synchronizing data have increased dramatically since the newest patch.
But 'barely functioning'? I just ended a 15 or more streak of games with zero disconnects and we stayed as a random group for the most part throughout those games. It was a lot of fun. And prior to that, I was jumping from game to game, quitting to menu and such, for hours. My biggest complaint was being put into games where I was in a match point 0-2 game on the losing team. But I had zero disconnects or issues over the last 24 hours and over the last week I've had a few for sure, but NOT barely functioning. And my friends and other people I've played with who have discussed it have expressed similar sentiments.
I'm not dismissing people who are having constant issues or being an apologist even as someone who previously worked at Ubi. But barely functional is a gross exaggeration of the frequency of these issues I believe.
I'm not saying it shouldn't be flawless nor that these issues should exist at all. It shouldn't be a complaint to begin with. But the tone here about the issue is just as rediculous.
If you're constantly having the issue, it could possibly be more of a net or client issue. Like i previously said Ive been across the US and havent had a change in frequency in the disconnects. I can't tell you how many times games like Battlefield have randomly flaked out on me and seemingly other people after some new patches come out, and disconnects or even blocking the entire ability to launch the client occurs. Seige has been nearly flawless by comparison in my experience and others I know. If yours isn't something else is likely up besides just the game.
And besides, on Ubis official forums they acknowledged heavy server load too.