I’m afraid it’s not just Blizzard; the whole computer industry runs on the principle of making us buy new hardware just to do the things we’ve always done. And all those art and animation pixel-pushers need their masterpieces admired. But Blizzard is better than most at not excluding people who don’t want to dedicate a tithe to their gaming machines.
If you have to live with it, you can:
- Put your graphics settings to 1
- Enter the commands in this thread Graphics macros for better fps (Updating for new forums)
(but then set your Projected Textures back on - you need them to see the fire you’re standing in) - Reduce your Resolution Scale. It will make your details blurrier but do wonders for your FPS. Strike the balance most comfortable for you.
- Cut your addons to the minimum.
- Reseting your UI is a nuisance, but can clear out stuff and improve performance, especially after updates https://eu.battle.net/support/en/article/7549
I suspect, btw, that OmniCC, of all things, crashes my WOW since 8.1.5. 15 minutes playing using only OmniCC, with no other addons, and I crash. Put on a dozen addons without OmniCC, no crash. Yes, I know that OmniCC is not the problem - it must be calling something in WoW that is the problem, so that’s the actual bug. But addons can have more effects than you might think. EDIT: I have since had a crash when I think I had disabled OmniCC on a character (not quite sure) so don’t take that as gospel. Still investigating. Further Edit: Disabling OmniCC doesn’t solve the poblem, but does seem to lessen it. I wonder whether some timing function is involved …
Specifically, this time around, if you are on the setting DirectX 11, try the setting DirectX 11 Legacy. That sets you back, apparently, to the graphics handling before the patch.
Good luck!