Since the Homestead patch, I can load one time to another zone before having to alt+f4 out of the game, open up task manager and manually close the .exe file. I can transition from one zone to another only one time before entering an infinite loading screen. Exiting out (as stated before) is the only way to proceed and that only buys me one other load screen, after which I will have to repeat the steps. The game is not even properly shutting down.
Additionally, since the Homestead patch, I've lost about 20fps, rarely hitting 60fps and even then, only for a few seconds. It doesn't seem to matter the zone or instance. My latency has been wild as well, it can be anywhere between 50 and 300+ with no rhyme or reason.
I'm also crashing about every hour or two (assuming I don't have to alt+f4 to go to a new zone).
Pre-homestead, I had consistantly good pings, framerates, and loading times. Now, it's really frustrating playing the game.