So this may be a solution for some of you. I found that when using the image field, having it return an object significantly slowed down my page load. By switching it return the image id, my page load went from around 12-16 seconds to around 2-3 seconds.
I’m also experiencing slow load times on pages with repeater fields. Pages are waiting up to 12 seconds before they load. Page size is small, ~639KB. Any thoughts?