Game will typically freeze for several seconds when first getting into the role assignment screen. This happens when entering games with more then about 15 players in them.
Problem gets worse as more players join the server.
It is not ping related, my ping can be any where from 16-100 and this will happen.
Perhaps a server or client bandwidth issue?
PC:
Windows 8 Pro x64
Core i5 3570k
4x4GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce x3
2x2TB HDDs RAID 0
AX760i 760W PSU
I retract my statement about Ping.
It does seem to have a major role in how long it takes for the role assignment screen to unfreeze.
It is most dramatic with Wasteland servers and might be related to server FPS & many people connecting at once?
Very well could be.
Although I think this might be a bandwidth issue. Like the game isn't allocating enough bandwidth to each client to account for the amount of load. For every client that connects the bandwidth for each client is decreasing.