For some reason I have the same problem even after adding all the nodes from Novaexchange and I still have only 8 max connections. Now that I'm about to stake they start to go down which is why I think I missed a stake last night as when it said I staked the connections went down to 1 and sometimes 2. Then it was generated buy not accepted which was a bummer as I think if the connections remained the same at 8 I would most likely would of won the block. Is this a bug in the wallet MrEggman? because this has happened a few times already when I'm about to stake.