First of all, I love the changes in 1.1 Betas. Every iteration is a little better then the one before. Good job dev team!

However, does anyone experience any game freezes like I do? I don't have any crashes but the game just freezes every few minutes for like 15 seconds and then everything returns to normal. But since this happens every few minutes it is pretty annoying. Strategic map, cloth map or combat doesn't matter it happens on all three. I can post my computer specs if needed but I have a pretty good computer with a good video card and I wanted to see if anyone else was having the same issue.

Also, another question: I know that the game checks your internet connection when launching the Beta to transfer some files. But does it need to have internet after that point (i.e. does it transfer stuff over the net during the game itself)?

Thanks.