Zone load times/freezing?

[paladin1118]

I've been playing P99 since 2012 and never had any problems at all. Then this week zone loading commonly takes several minutes and sometimes just freezes and I'm forced to restart the client, even when entering empty zones. Other people have told me they're experiencing the same thing. This only happens every third or fourth time I attempt to zone somewhere though.

Does anyone know what's causing this?