The patch notes for the most recent update said that they tried to speed up character loading by making it multi-threaded on the server side. Since that update, I have consistently had longer character load times, not shorter. True, it's often somewhat faster from the point when you get the loading screen, but now I always get a long waiting time in the phase "requesting character load", up to one full minute before the loading screen pops up. As a result, a "quick relog" to change characters is now considerably slower than before for me.
I have noticed that my guild mates seem to take a couple of minutes to relog as well now. Is it just me and my friends who have this problems, or what is your experience?