Same here, default gear, default server. Buddy is naked to me, he had a uniform for him.

Recreated here at on 2 separate servers when they have many players. I've seen as long as 2 hours or so with 30-40 players, 0.75-1.25hr with 60-70. When the servers have 0-15 players we have experienced uptime upwards of 8 hours without issue.

Happened as stated, since the last major patch (1.50 ? I don't remember).