Heres what i was thinking, BS is real laggy, because there are so many buildings in such a small area, and computers are trying to load all of these buildings, in such a small time frame. Well, what if Funcom, made all of those buildings, part of the level?, like mountains are, because if your in a hilly or mountainous region, you dont get too lagged. Make the city, and all cities for that matter, load when you zone into them. Id sacrifice 15 secs of loading time to have a reduced lag area, and i think you Dev guys should give this a try on test server, maybe.
Just an idea, bump, flame, flame with bumps, bump with flames.