If you connect over Tor considering using Lightning Node Connect or Tailscale as alternatives. You’ll have a much faster and reliable experience.

Check out our guides here: https://docs.zeusln.app/category/remote-connections

As far as payment reliability goes, try getting a channel from our LSP Olympus. We have one of the most well connected nodes on the network. It’s about to be used by many wallets other than Zeus too.