I don't think he hates it but he has a point. I was looking forward to a more destructible environment too. Don't get me wrong, I'm still lovin' it.
BTW. If you haven't been in a good squad you haven't played the game. It's fantastic.
This happens to me every time I join a game and lasts about 30 secs. After a while all gets smooth. The reason why this happens to me is that max settings require a lot of RAM ("low" RAM causes swapping).
Try lower details if it bothers you.
Music: Yes
Animation: HOLY SHIT ITS NEW
edit. I mean i have seen this before with old animation
I posted this "new" animation about 6 months ago and it was labelled OOOOOOOLLLLLLLDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!