They could've made a new launcher that doesn't go through steam, as a temp fix, no?
Every other website can gather all the info required to join, so making a temp launcher can not be anything else than easy and possible.
Maybe you can't join your friend through steam, but you could just find the server yourself, because searching for a server name on basically google, gets you everything you need within a second.
If you can't code a launcher for the game you made, to be as quick and easy as that, you should be out of a job.

In T170263#2417061, @NAyRAM wrote:

In T170263#2417060, @operativo wrote:

I recommend we all start directing our players to the DayZ SA Launcher in the meantime as it seems like Valve is not able to fix this easily. It runs on a separate system from the Steam service so as long as you have set your server up right it will show.
Another option is to educate people on how to direct connect but even that is having issues.

Doing that will only bring more issues than just not finding the servers. From corrupted game files all the way to mods not updating or even loading. I will never recommend software that I can't help with or the only way to get support is by paying the creator. And those are just some of the issues with it.

I recommend adding the servers to favourites manually as it saves time and it's the safest way.

I cant find more than 3 EU servers after loading forever. FIX THIS

this needs fixing. like yesterday. i cant find any EU servers anymore. Even from favorites.

Logging out of steam and back in solves the issue. So just do that whenever it happens.