PSA: FPS boost in highly populated areas

Here is a quick tip on how to get some of your FPS back in areas with a lot of players.
Simply lower the "Character Count" under "Graphics > Quality" settings.

Here are my FPS values from the first town after the tutorial on a mid-pop server (Benny).
(Ryzen 7 3800X + RTX 4080 3080, 1440p, all settings on Ultra, DLSS quality)

• Character Count: Ultra - FPS ~41
• Character Count: High - FPS ~43
• Character Count: Medium - FPS ~52
• Character Count: Low - FPS ~55

I prefer having on medium - for me low has too many character pop-ins.

Additionally, if you have it enabled, turn off "Misc. Characters" under "Gameplay > Character" settings.
This will give you ~5 FPS back.