I played the third version until it crashed three times in online games, around RC7, and all of these crashes occurred within the first week of gameplay. After that, I just tested some versions, making a couple of moves in each. Recently, I played on RC12, but it was just an experiment. It would be better to first launch a basic, playable version of the third game so that you can at least play it. And then, introduce experiments and new features in beta or gamma versions for testing. As it is, new features are being added, which may create new bugs, and there seems to be no end to these bugs.
And 2.98 is much more stable, practically bug-free; I don't remember when it last crashed, and it even has an MP meter.