The game UI no longer freezes when the the UGC warning appears while the Select Civilization menu is open.The game UI no longer freezes when the 'Failed to Join Match' modal pops while the Select Civilization menu is open.Likewise, the game will no longer black-screen if a match drops or fails to connect while viewing the tech tree.The game will no longer crash if the ranked queue pops while viewing the tech tree.high pop, high participant games), and the random turmoil of internet gremlins can still have an adverse affect on the playability of the game.
Note that this does not fix all lag issues everywhere: as individual PC performance, match settings (i.e.