Yeah, the only thing I'd want to try right now is a coop.
Hopefully when the game is officially released, along with their hosting service, it will give more support.

Game is now out, welcome new folks!
Seems like the Galaxy service is not out of beta yet. Hopefully it will come out in the next few months. Do wonder if cross service multiplayer will actually be possible when it does, time will tell.

Out of sheer curiosity: are you sure that this was already part of the original game and not just added when it became Steam powered? It just kinda seems too good to be true. All other multiplayer shooters I played back in the day, including much newer ones than AvP, would just end the session if the host left. Not that I don't believe you, just wondering whether you're really positive that the original game also already did this.

As someone who played this game since it came out in 1999, I can confirm that the host migration always worked this way. It is not a new addition.

Cool, thanks.