OMG this is like such a horrible thing to have happen.
has it been confirmed that it is caused by crashing in the new zone? Or is this what we think it is. If so ill say I am so happy we had all of Syrbal pass to get to 82 on all of characters if not more, cause we mostly just slowly level with our dailies (not DRT).
Also a good idea to anyone NOT locked out, to DL NTcores 4 gig memory patch, and apply it to Rom CLients, this reduces crashes a lot. Then using clean mem to keep the memory leaks more under control, and finally, drop your graphics settings. I have tested it on 5 different computers: the higher your graphics settings, the quicker your client will crash. This was tested on a low end desktop, mid level laptops, high level laptops, and two full gaming rigs. The only thing that altered how fast we crashed... was graphics settings. However, with graphics up at the max on the gaming rigs, NTcore/cleanmem reduced crashes to a minimum.
I have also found with the new zone, the longer you are there, the more laggy it gets. Best thing to do is when it starts getting laggy, snoopy/port/transport out, Exit out of the game, log back in and continue. Better to not crash and get stuck.....
Again this is if this is what is causing it, cause I don't think that has been confirmed yet. Right now we are playing with a "better safe than sorry" standpoint, till I know more.