Could it be the garbage-collection type stuff, ie message deletion was a problem before, you also presumably have item decay and stuff like that going?
I'd be interested to know if the processing time per heartbeat cycle changed significantly when the servers moved and Imperian changed hosts, because it sure 'feels' like Imperian lately has been struggling under the weight of itself.
As an update, Garryn found a likely cause for the 33 minute lag. It has to do with a regular log dump that's not written in a very efficient way. It likely wasn't a problem until the logs hit a certain size. Fixing will take a little work given the already existing data, but it's in progress.
I haven't NOT had lag when I logged in the last few times. I've just stopped bothering. Hopefully it will even out after the holiday.
[edit]: And just to be clear, it's probably the holiday that's doing it., Youtube etc are also being pretty laggy. A couple of trunks dropping ~10% of internet traffic doesn't help either. You can check http://internethealthreport.com/ to see how the NA infrastructure's doing.
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01:18:23 The sun climbs to its apex, scattering darkness, illuminating the land with its
01:18:23 holy light.
01:18:27 (RP): You say, "Hanyou is awesome."
01:18:27 The elements spark and collide about you, sending a pulse of energy throughout
01:18:27 the room.
01:18:27 Pouncing happily at shadows, a little calico kitten leaves to the east.
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01:18:27 (Market): Arakis says, "Wolf and Rose Supplies. For when you have to have the
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01:18:28 The bright sun shines down upon you.
01:18:31 The sound of metal heralds the entrance of Sergeant Crombie Alason as he
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01:18:36 There are 25 players in this world.
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01:18:46 An unseen presence whispers in your ear, "There is no more, friend."
01:18:55 (RP): You say, "Anyone getting lag?"
01:19:04 (RP): You say, "Like 30 seconds."