Why does this game not use dedicated servers yet?

[Todd Estabrook]

Ugh.  I've been playing since this game was made available in early accesss.  I've purchased it for 6 of my friends.  4 of them have given up on the game because of continual high ping/lag issues.  I really thought Obsidian would have corrected this issue with the release of 1.0, but it is still happening.  Why?  We are all on PC through Steam, all of us have insane upload and download speeds, and all of us have high end gaming systems.  Seriously, none of us should be experiencing the kinds of lag and poor performance we have with Grounded.  Especially since we all play many other multiplayer games together without issue.  

Have I opened tickets?  Oh yes.  Many over the past couple of years.  

So please Obsidian, please just set Grounded up for dedicated servers already so we can play this game together.