Test update 04/07/2016 starting at 9AM PT. Another test update tomorrow which could possibly take a very long time. Internal changes only (no patch notes).
Ugh I hope this actually helps improve things and we wind up with some sort of benefit(s) from all this down time. This makes the 4th one in the last week or so.
Logging in did appear a bit faster yesterday. I still had ~45 second delay loading the UI though ... but it appears they're improving the communication from the server side of things
I am personally experiencing an increased amount of random lag. Meaning, /pick is failing to actually pick over about 50% of the time, gates are collapsing a lot more than they normally did... Not sure what you guys changed on the back end, but maybe double check that you're getting the desired results. Thank you.