I to am experiencing random freezes both in populated and unpopulated areas. The game ran fine before the latest patch and now its becoming unplayable. Freezes last anywhere from two to five seconds. I checked to make sure my video card had the latest updates and it did. I even restored defaults on game settings and still no luck.
When I initially try and log in the loading screen appears to freeze as well. The downloading indicator remains empty and then changes to initializing after 60 seconds. Another 90 seconds later and the login screen finally appears. Once I sign in and hit “PLAY” it takes another 15 to 30 seconds to load up my characters. I don’t ever recall it taking this long before.