I was just in a rather epic Domination Pantheon match. It looked like it was just about to end and all of a sudden my teammate DC's. No big deal, we were close enough the AI and I could handle it from there. But then a "Desync Detected" error message (Beat # something somethig something something) with my opponents starts popping up. My opponents say they are getting it to regarding me. It keeps happening over and over again and every time the error message appears I lose control of my units and my general.
Finally the game crashes completely. I don't know if my opponents suffered the same fate.
This type of error is unacceptable. I know it's not as simple to fix as some people on the forums might hope. But that's just the point, we invest time and money into your game and we expect a finished product. These are errors comparable to when I used to try to play Doom or Duke Nukem 3D over a 28.8k and 56k (respectively) dial up modem. Desync when I'm rocking a speedy cable modem connection? Come on guys! Unacceptable.
As a Native Ann Arborite (not too far from you folks!) I felt a swell of hometown pride when purchasing this game. But now I'm sitting with a $40 mess that I can't even enjoy with my friends or strangers because of all the issues. Whatever the case, Stardock: Your game is very fun but only if I can actually play it. Figure this noise out!
I'll be retiring this game until the next patch.