Hey Tuhrell here  ,

Starting from scratch, I am new to Planeshift, and having ran just a bout every  rpg i can think of on my computer, I rarely ever had any issues, so i hope this helps, I'm getting the same problems as these guys.

I've made a new account, and read about all the characters before making one, I have read every detail before creating one.  Everything works great there, but when I enter the game
 that's when it freezes, randomly.

 I have tried updating my graphics card, deleting shadercache , everything that everyone suggested.

 I have tried to turn my chat off as well, but it still freezes, seems like at random, sometimes when i click on things, sometimes when i don't click on things.  
 then I tried just standing there with the chat on,  and standing there with chat off.  Still it freezes and I still get the "program not responding " in the top window
.   I really hope this helps, I was very excited when reading about the game and development on it and
my first impression was this is something i could really get into.  I'll be trying to find this updater and still browsing around the forums if you have anymore questions about my post, I'll do my best to give more detailed info if needed.