Good to know you tried the hotfix and other updates tips and ideas. Now everyone reading your posts will know you've done all the suggested common fixes.

>>>... 8 months ago...9 months ago...<<<
As a general rule, if nothing improves within 3-6 month or next version you need to resubmit.

>>>>..what gives in Development?...<<<
Don't know, we are all end users just like you.

>>>...problem at hand, the dropping of characters...<<<
How do we replicate your issue? Post a video showing the problem in action please. Since typing and wordy-posts haven't gone anywhere it night be time to rethink the how to resubmit the problem. What do you think?