We are working on fixing the persistent storage error. Running the game as administrator seems to fix it for some people, you could try that until we fix it properly.
I'm already running as an admin, hasn't helped. But as others have said, the main issue is inability to connect to anyone
Port forwarding doesn't help, I'm actually getting the persistent storage error much more frequently now that I've done it, virtually impossible to type anything in the pre game lobby because it keeps popping up. Any other solutions?