Ping to Host is latency. If you ain't the Host, then your ping to other Clients means nothing. Lag is in the game. Lag is not equal to Load time. Load time is not equal to lag.
Load time is usually hardware or installation related.
Lag is usually latency related. Connection type does not contra-indicate latency difficulties. Latency CAN change over time. Our analysis is here . Ghost Recon went gold on Tuesday.