Must be lots of people playing Elite now with all the PC, xbone and ps4 players online.
Yeah, jumps are VERY long tonight!
Tell ye what...no issues on my end at all. Loading screens are exactly the same 15 to 20 seconds maximum...if its been lagging then this is news to me ^
Thought the open beta was for stress testing. What did they do with the results if not to fix this kind of issue? >.<
Guessing you're a fairly new player.
Unlike most MMO style games, Elite Dangerous relies heavily on Peer to Peer networking, rather than server farms. As a result, it's ridiculously quirky at times, even when you're not dealing with a national holiday somewhere that would have an impact on network traffic in general.