Well, we are now entering our 3rd month of our twice-weekly MP game, and we've lost 2 more players due to frustration of crashes (1.02).
Our playing group is now down to just 2 regulars (Nap and I), with a few others who pop in from time to time.
With that said, I think it may be in order to halt our multiplayer game until 1.04 comes out and we can reduce the frustration level somewhat.
Incidentially - Our MP games has been crashing much more frequently recently than it did in the beginning. I've also noticed scenarios like Napolean's Ambition crash much more frequently than say the GC. We can only suspect this has something to do with the increased net-traffic cause by a larger portion of the world being occupied and the larger number of armies and fleets moving around. I would suggest to paradox that they test MP using Napolean's Ambition and over the internet (low bandwidth) instead of over a lan.
Waffen
(Disappointed, but hopefull)
Our playing group is now down to just 2 regulars (Nap and I), with a few others who pop in from time to time.
With that said, I think it may be in order to halt our multiplayer game until 1.04 comes out and we can reduce the frustration level somewhat.
Incidentially - Our MP games has been crashing much more frequently recently than it did in the beginning. I've also noticed scenarios like Napolean's Ambition crash much more frequently than say the GC. We can only suspect this has something to do with the increased net-traffic cause by a larger portion of the world being occupied and the larger number of armies and fleets moving around. I would suggest to paradox that they test MP using Napolean's Ambition and over the internet (low bandwidth) instead of over a lan.
Waffen
(Disappointed, but hopefull)
I'd say we average one crash every 40 minutes with 2 players, both with high speed, fairly low-latency connections. We find this frequency of crashing to be tolerable. I wonder if 3 players may be a sweetspot in this game; I sure hope so . . .