Pretty well put together thread. I don't have anything else to add here, but if anyone needs extra help in regard to this, they can either send a personal message to me, misfit, or simply make a post here.
Also, I'll post some videos of me playing the game on linux (mostly pvps at connecticut). Furthermore, you can also keep an eye on my channel, since I'll be uploading videos from the recent "pyres of remembrance" event, in which I took part in, and in which I was playing during the whole event through linux (the f.p.s. drops in-game on those videos are mostly related to so many players being at one spot and the general clusterfuck that was taking place, the game runs very well in general). Here are some general pvp videos as I said. You can see the game running at pretty much windows performance levels:
