lol that ***fixes everything.
I think I've narrowed it down again, i'm running a rift update right now to see if it cuts out or not, I found some options for my wireless receiver that were "disabled" that should have obviously been "enabled" i'm not really sure if that's what has been screwing me up all this time but I swear if it is ... i'm gonna just feel like an idiot not for checking this any sooner.
So far it's running smoothly, but that can change very uickly.