hey there sxe,
glad to have on board first
well, in former times I've noticed, that performance of the system has much to do with how much fires are burning or how much terraformer are actually working. that may now influence only the region you are in, before it was worldwide.
as a measure of performance 'those days' the chatlag could be taken, will say how fast it shows what you write. but all may be different now because I guess the changes that have been made to the system are rather extensive.
cheers, snake.