@korikori91 when ubisoft says improve performance, most certainly is graphics downgrade

same, noone is there to interact with

Archers have the most pathetic AI, they get stuck if you go near them, they don't even try to shoot

After each patch is advisable to delete ac valhalla.ini in documents, because in past games, this file was proved to be messed up buy the various patches and i believe is still the case.
This will assure only new build stuff will be in the file.
I tried it myself and had good results in terms of performance and far less crashes.
Another thing you can try is recheck files, so if the patch corrupted something, it will find it and restore it.
Hope it helps.

@korikori91 when ubisoft says improve performance, most certainly is graphics downgrade

Patch 1.04 solved it for me, i found the npc outside the barn

@gordonajscott wait today patch, it may be fixed

@w732 strange i have a a r7 2700x and gtx 1080 and i get 60 fps most of the time.
Do you use ingame v-sync?
try borderless no v-sync and limit fps to 60, that works good for me

I find this kind of annoying, if i've choosen the controller method, it shouldn't matter if it switches off, the input method should stay on controller regardless and not change to mouse + keyboard.
The problem is that when i turn back on my controller, it's not recognized by the game, until i switch forcefully the input method back to controller....
I use dual shock 4 with DS4 windows

Archers have the most pathetic AI, they get stuck if you go near them, they don't even try to shoot

Well i see lot of people buyng the game without reading the requirements....and dare also to complain? really ubisoft you should stop wasting time with those people, focus on fixing the game issues, don't waste your resources and time. It's good to listen to feedbacks, but is also good to be selective on feedbacks

It's ubisoft, texture pop in and poor draw distance has been an issue for years, it's their crap outdated anvil engine they persist to use, they can't fix it with this engine. Bad news they will use it also for immortal phoenix rising...

Anvil

• Assassin's Creed II (2009)
• Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010)^[3]
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010)
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011)

AnvilNext

• Assassin's Creed III (2012)
• Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (2012)
• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)
• Assassin's Creed IV: Freedom Cry (2013)
• Assassin's Creed Rogue (2014)

AnvilNext 2.0

• Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)
• Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (2015)
• Steep (2016)
• For Honor (2017)
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands (2017)
• Assassin's Creed Origins (2017)
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey (2018)
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint (2019)
• Hyper Scape (2020)
• Assassin's Creed Valhalla (2020)
• Immortals Fenyx Rising (2020)
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake (2021)

AnvilNext 2.0

• Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)
• Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (2015)
• Steep (2016)
• For Honor (2017)
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands (2017)
• Assassin's Creed Origins (2017)
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey (2018)
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint (2019)
• Hyper Scape (2020)
• Assassin's Creed Valhalla (2020)
• Immortals Fenyx Rising (2020)
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake (2021)
• 
  

They use the same outdated engine adding features here and there and changing it's name, but is the same [censored] year after year.
Ubisoft should prove me wrong by fixing it in this game, but to be honest i doubt it

I'm in borderless and al tabbing doesn't drop my performance