Public Party System Broken

Hello!

For the past week or so, I've noticed that Public Parties have been empty. Sometimes, there is only one person there.

I also found that as SOON as I open a map, the Public Party tab fills up with parties that were not there before.


So my problem...

How do I join a party when the only way I can see available parties is when I already open a map!?

- Of course, with the exception of the one guy asking for help who always seems to be there (he's doing mid level story).


I have rinsed and repeated and it's exactly the same every time.


What I have done:
- I've resynced the game through steam. Of course it does find files (these are obviously my key settings). Same outcome.
- Fully uninstalled and reinstalled (this resets hours played... how sad)

Now... Not wanting to reset my key bindings again, I decided based on an educated guess, files aren't the issue.

I see that I'm not the only one having this issue but the issue does feel stuck to me since my buddy isn't seeing it and of course when I mentioned it on Global, people call you a conspiracy theorist.

Gotta love those trolls.



I'm 100% convinced this is an in-game bug and I can't do anything to resolve it.


Please assist. It's driving me bonkers. I have to waste a map just to join a party.