Interesting, mine's improved a bit too:

Code:
  5     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  6    13 ms    15 ms    15 ms  32.130.17.75
  7    21 ms    15 ms    14 ms  cgcil402igs.ip.att.net [12.122.133.161]
  8    21 ms    13 ms    13 ms  192.205.32.194
  9    13 ms    16 ms    28 ms  ae-4.r23.chcgil09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.4.239]
 10    60 ms    60 ms    60 ms  ae-1.r24.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.5.17]
 11    63 ms    63 ms    64 ms  ae-4.a00.scrmca03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.7.57]
 12    64 ms    63 ms    64 ms  xe-0-0-5-0.a00.scrmca03.us.ce.gin.ntt.net [128.241.2.18]
 13     *        *       63 ms  204.2.29.241
 14    63 ms    62 ms    62 ms  204.2.29.6

Trace complete.
I'm also getting "Connection: Excellent" on the character select screen instead of "Connection: Poor" like the last week and change.

I'm cautiously optimistic considering it's primetime right now and things seem ok, but we'll have to see how things hold up over the weekend.