upon tinkering more ive come to the conclusion that it is indeed something with battle eye causing this. this needs to be upvoted. there are people like myself losing up to and maybe even more 40% of their performance.

I'm almost losing all of my performance, im playing at the lowest of lows I can play and I still encounter it all

dont limit yourself by graphics settings. play on what you would normally play on. its not a graphics issue because even dropping mine down to the lowest, with a 2080 and 3800 cpu im STILL dipping into the 40fps range and barely stay over 100. a buddy of mine said new VFX could be the issue. but i think its battle eye personally. whatever the case, it needs to be solved. of all seasons because im such a sword and fusion rilfe lover, THIS is the season i wish to play the most. but its impacting so hard its borderline not playable / enjoyable because of the major frame loss and the mini rapid stutters as if my monitor is not syncing.