Exact same issue. Been happening the past few weeks, and never before that.
Also of note -- it's ONLY on Verizon. I play on my friend's Comcast connection and don't have a problem.
Packet loss at Level3 Montreal... see below.

Code:
Tracing route to 199.91.189.23 over a maximum of 30 hops

  1     5 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  
  2     5 ms     4 ms     4 ms  
  3     8 ms     7 ms     7 ms  G0-6-1-6.PHLAPA-LCR-22.verizon-gni.net [130.81.1
83.108]
  4     8 ms     6 ms     7 ms  ae0-0.PHIL-BB-RTR2.verizon-gni.net [130.81.209.1
86]
  5     *        9 ms     9 ms  0.xe-2-1-0.BR2.IAD8.ALTER.NET [152.63.5.245]
  6    32 ms    31 ms    29 ms  ae17.edge1.washingtondc12.level3.net [4.68.62.13
7]
  7    42 ms    42 ms    41 ms  vl-3601-ve-225.ebr2.Washington12.Level3.net [4.6
9.158.34]
  8    39 ms    39 ms    39 ms  ae-56-56.ebr1.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.69.201.61]

  9    43 ms    39 ms    39 ms  ae-81-81.csw3.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.69.134.74]

 10    53 ms    39 ms    37 ms  ae-82-82.ebr2.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.69.148.41]

 11   159 ms   141 ms   247 ms  ae-5-5.car1.Montreal2.Level3.net [4.69.141.5]
 12    20 ms    19 ms     *     ae-11-11.car2.Montreal2.Level3.net [4.69.141.1]

 13    40 ms    39 ms    42 ms  ORMUCO-COMM.car2.Montreal2.Level3.net [4.59.178.
74]
 14    35 ms    34 ms    34 ms  192.34.76.10
 15    41 ms    39 ms    39 ms  199.91.189.242
 16    35 ms    34 ms    34 ms  199.91.189.23

Trace complete.