Multiple connectivity and stability issues since 0.1.1.g

From Title screen "Press X to Play" first few attempts are met with the pop-up "Realm is down for maintenance. Try again later"

Spam X to bypass this to play the game.

Infinite load screens after playing a couple zones, sometimes even in the first or 2nd zone. Force close to restart loop.

Once in the game, Option> Exit to Character Select - infinite freeze/load. Force close to restart loop.

Option> microtransaction > packs = long load then crash to title screen

Have tried the usual local workarounds of clearing console cache, reinstall the game, and load another game in-between PoE2 attempts with no different results.