Multiplayer Settings / Crashes Survey for Crusade

Since our current session has become pretty much unplayable due to the frequency of crashes, I'd like to try to figure out if there are certain settings that affect the crash frequency. If you've played at least one multiplayer game in Crusade, I'd be gratiuos if you'd fill out this survey:

Important: Since the frequency of crashes usually seems to increase over play time, please refer to a game where you are at least close to the end of the Age of War. If you have data from several sessions, please enter averages.

How often does your game crash?
1 crash about every ... turns / minutes / hours

What players do you have?
... human players, ... AI players at ... difficulty
human players are in the same room and use the same connection / are in the same city / are located in the same country / are spread all over the world

What teams do you have?
... teams for human players, ... for AI players, ... mixed teams

How big is your galaxy?
... galaxy

Do you use United Planets?
yes / no

What other settings did you change (i.e. not use default values)?
...