Cryptokitties are the main reason why there's a very slow network for ethereum these days.
we just need time to fight this crazy cat game, and in my opinion this popularity will not last long.
wait while vitalik take steps and start updating system.
I don't know if there is something that Vitalik do to make these cryptokitties problem solve.
we must believe that vitalik are thinking about this issue.
and just wait for what will happen after this there will be some good news from him maybe in 2018.
He sure is thinking about it, his coin will be blamed by too many traders if he's not going to do something about it. I don't have any insight about that "good news" you are talking about. Can you give some idea on what is it all about? Well out of this slow transactions ETH reaches $633 just now.