Whenever I press "Play" on the SWTOR launcher, my computer freezes and lags significantly for around one to two minutes. My cursor moves at about one frame per second and I cannot use any other applications (cannot alt-tab, cannot speak on voice via Discord).
I have attached my dxdiag if needed.
Not sure if this is related but sounds like your issue just with swtor https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/7p32ll/tekken_7_freezing_for_long_periods_of_time_on_pc/
i wonder if this is a windows issue affecting certain setups see the comment at this link about being a windows issue , noting you have AMD video and that is the nvidia forum
look at the latest insider build I can only find reference to the below though
I changed my installer to non-streaming - issue still occurs.
Disabled my Origen G2 - issue still occurs.
I have also disabled any and all possible background applications.
I thought it would be helpful to link a video capture I recorded to demonstrate what is occuring:
As I press play, I start by moving my cursor to represent that my computer is responsive and normal, but gradually freezes, jitters, and lags as the game loads.
I also noticed via Task Manager that my disk usage drops to 0% during loading, shouldn't it be the opposite?
Try using perfmon as shown in this link to see if can identify what is actually consuming resources when this occurs
