[2019] Reminder: Friend list size directly impacts game performance.

it's time for another one of those horrible reminders about gamebreaking things in the game.

As of today, The size of your friendlist still impacts the performance of the game. Have you noticed an increase in lagspikes/fps drops since your friend list started growing?

Things related to the friend list that causes performance drops:

1. Size of the friendlist My friendlist is currently reaching 500 players in size, this has resulted in my game freezing up and sometimes blackscreening for up to 15 seconds upon opening it.

This also causes my game to stutter at the main menu every 10-15 seconds for about a second or so.

Most people start running into lag related issues (depending on your hardware) around the 100-150 mark.

1. The amount of pending friend requests This can cause your game to stutter every 7-10 seconds or so when the friendlist updates, the amount of friend requests needed for this varies.

Before you reply, this is not a hardware related issue. i have an alt account where none of this lag is present at the same settings. This is directly tied to the friendlisd.

Is the devs aware of this issue and is there any official word about an incoming fix coming to sort this out, or is purging your friendlist the only choice to maintain stability?