So I've always had issues with being booted from the game due to "Directx driver failed" while in the Black Shroud. Some days, like today, it has been so bad that I've gotten booted from the game about ten times (not exaggerating) trying to run from the Adventurer's Guild to the Conjurer's Guild. Well today somebody in my LS told me to check the driver version for my graphics card on my laptop and come to find out I was running on version 186 and the most up to date version was 301 O.o I updated it and restarted the game...now I have zero problems with this! Not only did it fix my DC issues but I also can now run the game on standard settings across the board with all options turned on (shadows, dust, ect.) with little to no UI lag where before on these settings I would have about a .5 second delay on my mouse and constant lag followed by many DC's.

So to all my fellow computer noobs, if you are having any type of problems with Directx DC make sure your drivers are up to date! Don't be like me and suffer 2 years of unnecessary hair pulling and keyboard slamming due to a complete and utter lack of computer competence ^^