I actually found a VSS on Sakhal EXP (Official) just yesterday or so, was in the T3 military peninsula

Is it possible you were being shot at by something subsonic? Like a VSS/ASVAL?

I noticed this on EXP
Summary of what I’ve noticed:

I can back this up, had a couple instances where I exited a boat, and attempted to vault up onto the ice sheets, only to be abruptly snapped back to where I was (even resulted in me falling into the water)

I can back up Jaakaels’ comment, that I found a RAK, with both kinda of mags (15/25 rnd) mags on an official Chernarus server. (Specifically the “Many Cars” one

Some furtherance to this:

On Hives:
I think there should be official servers free of the hive, maybe it could be reflected by an addition to their title, for example "5092 | Europe - DE | Hive | 1st Person only

I can attest to these on both fronts

I can further attest to this

I'd definitely agree that uncon timers on official are WAY too short.

The way I see it, It makes sense as you're simply adding more rags to the wrapping. IIRC they're the only items in the game you can repair to Pristine

Further on your point about “Not being able to share thoughts with others”

Quick correction: I believe the crafting recipe should require 3 long sticks, not 4. Perhaps a "Collector kit" similar to the existing "Fence kits" etc could be used to lay the base for this

I also feel like the Chickens have been VERY loud this patch

Also having the same issue, Tried to join both Community and official servers, same result