Lag has gotten worse?

[Tiberius Fireskull]

Has anyone other than me noticed a significant increase in the lag in the game lately? I've been doing a lot of cannoning lately by myself, and I can't help but notice how "ship jumping" has gotten far worse. As in, until the ship is actually going straight for me (and is not turning) it is almost impossible for me to aim. I fire my shot at where the ship is, but then it poofs without the in between state I count on and ends up somewhere else on its path. I have always been aware of ship jumping; however, it has never been this bad for me.

It's not just me either; my guildmates and friends also note quite oftenly on the lag their having. I can't be sure of their computer or Internet situations, but I'm sure that a good portion are running on decent computers with good internet. Therefore, it is probably not a problem on their end (for most of them), but something with POTCO. What I am slightly confused about is why it has increased now, because we haven't had any updates. The only thing I can think of is increased traffic on their servers, but I haven't noticed a significantly larger amount of players online to cause this.

I'm positive this is not on my end. I've got a powerful laptop and great Internet Connection. I play Wifi, but even though POTCO says that playing connected is better, I have never noticed much of a difference, and I doubt it would fix this lag. Nothing has changed about the computer, leading me to believe that this is definitely on POTCO's end.

I just thought I'd share this with all of you and ask if any of you have had increased lag issues lately. I normally am able to tolerate lag... but it's starting to get a bit ridiculous.