I had to update this thread a few times as I logged into other characters. For some reason, the following issues are only occurring on one character presently. I completely reset my user interface to rule out any weird interface corruptions or addons, but it didn’t change anything as the issue is still present on at least one character (Lisette-Azgalor horde priest). Possibly more, but of the ones I’ve tested it is the only one with the following problems.
Stuttering when opening and closing the map as of the 9.1 patch in Shadowlands zones was fixed at one point, then reverted because it caused additional issues. The PC support thread claims that it was fixed again, however on at least one character, the issue is still present AND the stutter occurs in ALL zones now, not just Shadowlands ones. The same issue exists when entering a world quest zone and the announcement of the quest causes a very pronounced stutter.
Edit: the issue also occurs with other announcements on the affected character(s), such as right now I am collecting herbs in Darkmoon Faire and get a stutter as the herbs collected pop up in yellow text to indicate quest completion. The same occurs when the quest is turned in.
I can’t delete this thread, but for the time being, this character’s issues seem to be resolved after several days. The map issue has not been resolved on any character in Revendreth but I updated the main PC support thread with that info the other day. Will update if this issue returns.
On the one hand, the stuttering I’m getting can happen anywhere, including Netherwing Ledge/Outland (which is 13 year old content?). I haven’t noticed it with the map, but will look for that. I usually have the small map running. It seem to have happen more when I pan my view. Moving forward may be OK, but as soon as I swivel my view, stuttttter.
On the other, when this starts to go bad, I really notice it with the ‘announce’. I’m knocking out WQ, and on completion I am guaranteed a split-second freeze, when they announce completion. It’s like I have a hard-disk that has to spin up from sleep, instead of an SSD. The announcement popup freezes at say, 50% transparency.
Logging out completely and restarting the computer may fix it. However, because of the programmers/devs deciding I should lose my buffs upon logging out, I’m loath to do so.