I saw a response from the Devs on a Steam forums about this same issue,

Larian_Octaaf

We are currently having issues with too many players connected to the chat at the same time. It will be fixed soon. Thanks for reporting the issue!

( http://steamcommunity.com/app/230230/discussions/0/522730702062318044/?tscn=1404154245 )

Last edited by VienxInq; 30/06/14 06:55 PM.