This seems like a rather unusual issue, but after every time I download an update for GW2, no matter how big or small, I get constant stuttering and FPS drops. If I restart my computer after patching, then try to play, the FPS is fine. Since I don’t have an SSD and this game likes to patch once every few days, it’s a minor annoyance that I’m forced to close everything I’m doing, power down my computer, then wait for it to power back on just to play.
I’ve tried force closing every extra process that might be causing an issue (Leaving only the essential processes plus any programs that launch on PC startup), but the only thing that seems to remedy the issue is rebooting my PC