It's likely the server issues are from a large number of new players starting the game, so the connection reliability should improve after the first few days of launch. (egmnow.com)
And we think not just for existing community members, but also for a significant number of new players that are coming into the shooter genre. (seekingalpha.com)
[29] A large number of new players in a particular area meant that there were often no creatures to kill, [30] or that players would have to wait and take turns to kill a particular creature to complete a quest. (en.wikipedia.org)