There is a major graphics glitch that seems to be contributing to the memory leak/crash issues that I see recently. This happens when a druid in bear form uses the Bloody Claws/Sharp Claws enhancements to get stacks of Killer Instinct. The 3 red "bloody claw marks" that appear over the bear's shoulders seem to be the problem. When a client is fresh, each activation makes the claw mark quickly grow and then come back to normal size, while adding another claw mark up to the 3 max. But when a client is not fresh, this graphic starts to hitch, and then stutter. It finally gets so bad that it's almost not usable. Also, as this gets worse the load screens tend to get longer and longer, even during a single play session. I am not saying this is the only cause but to my eyes is definitely a contributing factor.

If someone has a hard time replicating this over there at SSG, I would be glad to show you over a Discord stream or something similar - would just have to be coordinated. I am definitely not ruling out some kind of mis-compatibility with my graphics card but it's not exactly low end.