Slow as Molasses!

[Heroquest]

Hey guys, I started a new thread because the last one was really about the installation and this one is about performance.

So, I'm running Manjaro Linux with EQ working...I'm past the empty server list and I'm past the needing to update my spells file.

The trouble now, is that it's completely unplayable due to the lag.
My Neofetch reports that I'm barely using my 8GB ram when running Everquest and my sensors indicate that I'm well below any overheating concerns. So if my cpu/ram/and cooling are fine for the game and the internet is functioning well. Where do we go from here?

I've looked through the forum search and it's not really pinpointing anything useful for me. It's telling me about windows tools for adjusting framerates and the like, but I don't have that option in my options settings.

A few things:
As soon as I launch the game in Character creation/selection, for instance, I need to literally hold my button down for a couple of seconds for it to register in the game that I've made a selection...so it would seem to me that it's server side as the game itself is not even loading up zones or anything at that point.

Once I actually went through the labor of creating a character and logging him in, he's so choppy and slow that it's entirely unplayable.

What can I do? I'm using the "p99-login-middlemand-master" script so that I can see the two servers.

That's another question, but are there only 2 servers? I thought there were supposed to be more..but I could be mistaken.

If you have any insight and can provide a link or suggestion, that would be fantastic! :-)