Tried Bits on Wheels instead, got rid of the dropping and not finding peers problem. Went from 5-15k d/l speeds with BT, eventually dropping to 0 as it lost peers, to 40-90k on the same torrent with Bits on Wheels. I thought it was my machine, it was BitTorrent.

I felt tip-sy a ways back to the tune of $25 US, sorry I did now. It seems they have dropped the ball on development.