Devs need to do a lot of stuff, but mods easily turn this into a working product for the moment.

The only bad thing is that there's nothing annoying enough after removing the stutters to quit playing, so sessions stretch to 12h+ easily.

There's actually a new bug that the devs said they will be patching soon. At least that's what I remember, I think from the latest discussion that they posted about Ashlands.

Download SmoothSave mod by Smoothbrain, gets rid of the stutters.

Really, yes, and why the devs haven't hired him or bought that mod off him is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mystery cuz these stutters gotta be the top reason why people abandon this game.

Devs need to fix the stutter, having a mod is nice but beside the point. And the game saves, both the one they warn us of and ones in between are getting pretty bad. Other than that, game is solid as a rock. But every ten minutes now there is a hiccup, and it's worse than ever before.

The World save is a bit of a slam but it's not too unusual for a lot of games considering all that is going into the save. That other lag bomb that happens regularly is a bit jarring since there's no warning. I have no idea what that is but I have it too and it's been a part of the game since the early days. Always fun when I'm in the middle of trying not to die and my rhythm is blown out the window :))) Hopefully they'll find a resolution one day.