Amaze

It's a clusterf*#@ of a UI for sure. Try the mod SkyUI for an improved experience.

Or have them put it away. It looks really silly and breaks immersion.

Which manager are you using? Have you ran the Skyrim launcher at least once?

This. My neighbor had it and we used to play co-op together.

I am using DynDOLOD, I also use Mod Organizer so the mods do get disabled. I think ENBoost is built into the ENB I'm using. But disabling ENB with shift+f12 didn't help. What did help was playing in first person only. I can't say for sure that the hitching is gone, but it's certainly much harder to notice now. I have not tried riding on horseback in first person yet, but at least while running on foot there was a significant difference.

So I got this issue where I'm getting framedrops about every 3-5 seconds while traveling. I disabled all my mods and it's still happening, just a little less pronounced. I'm not seeing any spikes in GPU or CPU usage when it happens. I have the SKSE memory patch installed. My only guess is that it has to do with LOD maybe? I can't tell for sure but the hiccups do seem to happen when the LOD changes. Any tips?

I remember there was a mod for this right when Skyrim came out. I think the consensus then was there was some risk involved in using it. Can't remember the name sorry.

I'm also playing an orc warrior and I get my ass handed to me on many occasions. I've been oneshot by a big spider and there was a witch who 2shot me with exploding fireballs. I found the best strat was to sneak as far as I could and run in like a madman and start wailing on her. For some reason she stopped casting fireballs when I was in her face. Maybe she takes damage from the explosions as well. Anyway, I think this is what Bethesda wanted. Like they want you to mix styles and not get punished if u pick one style and later find out you don't like it.