New EAC appears to be making the game stutter and therefore miss shots

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Versus VS Technical Support
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Issue Description (Required):

ever since the new EAC update (yay stop cheaters!) that my game stutters at very weird intervals. for example:

BH xbow will squiff its first shot if youve not fired in a while, or about every fourth shot - this is due to a microstutter in the game. (aim at packrat, fire, stutter, its changed location, missed)
footknight blunderbuss - shoot at enemy with inner dot on assassin body, freeze, all pellets miss.
every 7th~ melee stagger against me makes me stutter seemingly?

is my computer just becoming too oldfashioned to run this game anymore?
intel i7 7740x/gtx1080ti/32gb 3200mhz/500gb 535mbps

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It can be tricky to pinpoint the cause of performance issues, and micro stutters specifically.

We’ve recently seen stutters linked to high mouse polling rate, so if you use a high poll rate please try lowering this to see if there’s any improvement.

Otherwise, our performance suggestions may be of help, here:
https://support.fatshark.se/hc/en-us/articles/360022719993--PC-How-to-Improve-Your-Performance-in-Vermintide-2

If the issue persists still, you could try a clean reinstallation of Vermintide 2 (please note any custom settings e.g. keybinds, graphics etc. will be reset):
https://support.fatshark.se/hc/en-us/articles/360034118394--PC-How-to-Perform-a-Clean-Re-Installation-of-Vermintide-2-or-Darktide

To note though, after a clean reinstall you’ll experience some temporary stutters as your shaders are recached. After a few games this should go away.