Horrific loading times and other connection issues

[LunaHoshino]

This is an issue that began since the last hotfix, though. I went away for the weekend and when I came back, suddenly I was having these sorts of problems when they'd never existed before.

Given that multiple other people are also complaining about having connection issues, I'm inclined to think that these things are all related.

EDIT: I should also add that other members of my FC have been experiencing connection problems as well. We're scattered all across the US on different ISPs, making it highly unlikely that that's the problem here.