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Saw a new update, got hyped in the hopes that it was going to make it more optimized/playable

Nope

In that case, I would recommend putting a temporary hold on adding any new content and have the dev team focus primarily on optimization. No point in adding new content if nobody can play or enjoy the old content after all. I get you and the rest of the team want to add new content with each new update, but in the games current state, that's honestly the worst course of action you could take right now.  Pretty much anyone aware of the game agrees that it's honestly a mess. To fix a mess, you clean it up instead of adding new stuff, but right now you're trying to do both, which doesn't do a lot to help get the game fixed, at least in a timely manner.

Ok, I'll be the first to admit my computer isn't exactly beefy, but this is ridiculous. I meet all the requirements for the game and yet, somehow, some way, my game manages to freeze on the main menu, which is literally just a black screen with some buttons. I'd advise the devs to maybe focus less on adding new content, and more towards making the game more usable, especially because smth like this is really, really up my alley.