I found it to be mostly fixed after the optimization patch, but since then, the lag has made its way back. It's now pretty much back to the way it was after the migration, which is pretty sad. Would definitely like to see this addressed.
I thought from recent events that Nexon was trying to be more transparent with the community instead of throwing in a change like that without any notice. What about the time-sensitive events like invasion and the timed event popups that won't happe…