Pretty sure that's just steam version of SSFAE being unoptimized, will probably be fixed in a week or before ultra. The waiting for other player messages doesn't appear from what I've see on consoles (except before matches).
Yeah, I'm pretty much specifically talking before and after the removal of GFWL on PC. Online on PC has gotten drastically worse since the update. Online on console seems to be much better from what I've seen.
It will probably get fixed, but for now it is unplayable for me.