Came back to the game after a hiatus - didn't have this issue previously so not sure what changed, but it seems like after a few quick combat encounters (or one long encounter, like asst manager) - my frames drop substantially, like dragging at 0-1 fps every few seconds.

This only seems to happen in combat, specifically when attacking (swinging a weapon or tool)

I've tried dropping settings to there lowest values across the board but that doesn't seem to make any difference - getting the same perfect performance outside of combat and the same terrible performance every now and again in combat.

Not sure what could be causing it? My first though was v-sync but I've got that turned off

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UPDATE: In the event you also run into this issue - its the autosave feature. It seems to kick in in the middle of combat sometimes and causes problems. Turned it off and played for a few hours without any issue