Game pauses/freezes all the time

This is something that still hasn't been addressed, and not sure if the issue is with the game or PSN, but very frequently at different times the game is unplayable because you either get GAME PAUSED, or freezes, before many seconds later the game resyncs. If you're really unlucky, you get the unexpected disconnect. I don't seem to have these game pauses for other games (and my wifi is very stable), so I assume there is something at play that is POE2. Can this please be addressed ? It makes the game completely unplayable on PS5.

Edit: Should also add I have crossplay turned OFF. I hope this can be fixed, since I see others having the same issue and they mentioned having to reinstall and/or restart the game just to address this bug.

I've had this same issue. I've seen others reporting it quite regularly, but I haven't seen it addressed by the devs. Would be great if some feedback was provided.

I too have crossplay turned off and I have reinstalled. Reinstalling and turning off crossplay did not help. I have decent gigabit internet.

Still an issue. How this is not a prio 1 bug for GGG for consoles is beyond me. Forget balance, forget cosmetics, forget QoL. Fix things that break the game that prevents play first!

At first I thought it was because of the time of day.
At the moment I'm playing on the server near me with a very good ping.
But after the third game I get the stutters and the music in my hideout also stutters more often.
This cannot be due to the network connection.

All the best