Wrong advice. Do NOT turn off the server(That's the main problem that got KA to fail[It was never on and they took forever]).
Sure, I would agree that the game is laggy and hat should be the first thing they should work on, because at least the server doesn't have game exploit(yet), which that was on of the main reasons KA also failed and the server of PU is playable.
I would agree only on the character sprite, because they should have been done using 32x64 sprites instead of 32x32(small pokemon are as big as you ingame) also they should have offset the sprites(which can be done on a DAT editor) so the sprites don't look like they and standing/moving on the lower corner of the tile.
Well Team PU, don't lose your momentum, you guys are doing great, just keep going and finish things.
Hey on the pokemons game part of the funs is watching your pokemons evolve, so let's watch this server evolve into something better.