I don't know what is going on in 1.7.2. But my friends and I can't seem to join some multiplayer games. First off: When starting the game the automatic login in the launcher seems to work fine. But when reaching the menus the friends list is offline and no multiplayer games show up. After quitting and a logout and a login in the launcher again it works.



Second, when we finally get everyone up on the friends list then we can host a new game. Trying to host without everyone online on the friends list just gives us "game not found".



Third, joining through steam doesn't work. Have to use the game browser and games doesn't show up unless we have a password and the no password box unchecked.



Fourth, when trying direct join or joining through steam we get "game not found". Which makes hosting a saved game impossible because, when hosting a saved game, the server doesn't show up in the game browser as well!



And to rule some stuff out that people always keep bringing up. As avid gamers for 25 or more years all of us are well versed in the art of finding and fixing problems like this. We've all tried going at it with fully disabled software and hardware firewalls and antivirus. We've tried with and without routers and direct connection online. We've tried porting and so on. It's not a porting or software problem on our side.



We've tried it solo, two and two, and all three of us and it's the same for all of us, consistently. We've checked checksums, version numbers, this forums and so on and so forth. Basicly all the normal troubleshooting you could try in most games.



I really don't know what you guys changed with the new multiplayer tech but for a game, that worked perfectly in 1.6.2 and before, to turn into this is kinda annoying. I also have to say that since Utopia the game has been more buggy then ever. You guys need to stop with the new features for a while and focus on bugfixing and polishing the ones you already have. I might sound like a whiner. But I say this in a most humble and Stellaris-loving capacity. I hope I haven't played this game for 764 hours for it to be destroyed by new bugs.