And like magic, I have no issues connecting at work or home.

Lol you mean they'll have to pay me to play inferior card games?!?!

Updating again. Started SE on my laptop at home, the messages lasted 1-3 seconds, well within normal times. I'll retest the connection at work tonight, but last night, it was the same long times...

I texted him to test it at home (since we both usually play via work wifi), and he said that he's still having issues, BUT his provider is also Comcast. Then I had him try his 3/4G. Just got his...

Quick update: tested connection again when I got to work. I'm starting to think it's an issue with our internet service here. I timed the "contacting server" messages, and it was 22 seconds...

Initially, I'd say the issue happened about 2 weeks ago, around the time the 3.16 patch hit.

Today, though, the damnedest thing happened: I installed on a different PC at home, and SE worked...

Has anyone had/reported issues of pretty long waits while the "contacting server" message is up, and occasionally the one about not being able to connect (I can't get that one to come up right now so...