I don't know for sure, but it is a weekend after release. In my experience, things like this problem seem to go away late at night during the week when trying to download large files. I wouldn't sweat it unless it keeps happening during the week at non-peak hours. This game has gained a lot of buzz with all the good reviews, and I bet the servers are just clogged a little right now. I'd try again about Thursday night, just before you go to bed.
Timble
So to make sure I have this straight... If I have an old P4 2ghz cpu(1 gig Ram, and an ATI 9600 XT 256mb vidcard) I should be able to run it just fine? I'll just have to wait on the cpu for the turns? No grapghic issues for battles? No other glitches/corruption caused from not having the other pipeline in my cpu? I'm just thinking of hitting my wife up for this on "V-day" and plan to butter her up pretty good if it's worth it...hehehe.
WoW! Nice job!
Just popp'in in to say this game is a breath of fresh air! I'm no game pro, or anything, but I enjoy relaxing with a game at night after the kids are in bed from time to time. I have been playing the RTS games the past 4-5 years and have longed for a good turn based game to relive my Pax Imperia days, and MOO2 craze. I am loving this game after just the first time messing with it getting my feet wet and can already tell I'll be a