Will 1.3.4 fix the optimization from the last patch?

The game was running fine for me until they released the latest hot fix.
Now I got a lot of popping, shadows flickering, and the game doesn’t look as good as before in my opinion…
And I am not alone… It seems that the game runs better for some that had issues, but worse for those that didn’t…

But I really like the new combat balance.
This game really needs a hardcore mode.

thank god its not just me. since that last major patch, i know the game doesnt look nearly as good as it did, and i cant quite put my finger on specifics, but one thing i can are these particular textures. im forcing 16x anistropic filtering in the system.cfg, and in the nvidia control panel for the global profile and the game profile itself. WTF is this happening!

I noticed a lot more flickering on my 8700k 1070ti, so I’ve had to tone down the lighting. I’ve noticed that also my fps staggers considerably in town and inns. Lots of stuttering.

For me the worst is the shadows going crazy on the trees… It is really strange because I don’t remember it happening before the latest patch.

And popping, I have 100 hours so far, only after the patch I noticed things like water puddles appearing right in front of my…