I had some problems syncing too. I deleted peers.dat, worldcoin.conf and in settings->options->network checked "Map port using UPnP". I restarted the wallet and have now got 8 connections in the last minute. Not sure if this was just random luck or if any of what i did helped.
I just tried this and restarted and we are at about 120 seconds and it is just as dead as before.
Do the devs realize it cannot go live on an exchange in this state?