Issues Pertaining to Performance/Optimization While Live Streaming (POE 2)

Hello everyone and the folks at GGG, I'll just paste what I sent to the support team via email here, to save time rewriting.

I have an important inquiry regarding the overall performance/optimization of Path of Exile 2, especially while live streaming.

When the latest patch update for the Abyssal League dropped, I initially had no real immediate issues but as of most recently, the live streams have started to become unwatchable, as per those in chat. After rewatching my VODs and stream, I too did see a significant effect on my stream performance, while other games I've played on stream have given me zero issues whatsoever.

For reference, my PC specs are:

Processor AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor 3.59 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (8 GB)

For visual reference, here's a stream from earlier today:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2578329344?t=03h03m08s - Things started to fall apart the moment I started playing PoE 2 as my 2nd game on stream. Dragonkin: The Banished had zero issues.

Off stream, DirectX12 works perfectly but the moment I log on to stream everything dips significantly. I tried everything from DX11 and Vulkan, even other settings and still nothing helped.

Is there some solution to this at all? PoE 2 is the main game I play on stream and so, I don't want viewers to be turned away...

Thank you ahead of time for your help.

Best,

NuFrontier

Just bumping this since the issue does seem to persist, and hopefully I can fix it before the next patch update!

Don't worry, it's even worse now. I can't even seem to move from hideout to map without crashes.