Skuzzy,
When I first started the game my number of hops to the game server was 11. My average round trip was 63. This was almost 3 years ago.
Over time, as can be expected, the companies hosting the infrastructure will make changes. Now my packets traverse 14 hops, but I still have an average round trip of 63. Aside from errors I see once in awhile through pingplotter. I accept those will impact my game performance. How does the number of hops affect game performance?