Just bought this game and I am on the 1st shard I love the game play but after a few days of playing it has started locking up on me. It happens during battles when the enemy starts their turns--it will stop and give me the hour glass. I have waited over an hour and it never clears, rebooted and still locked up and the only way to continue is to restart the game. It doesn't happen all the time, I can skip that battle and do several more with out issue then it will happen again and some of these battles are needed to complete quests. My computer is way above the recommended system so that shouldn't be the issue. I don't want to start the campaign only to have it lock up and not let me complete the game. I sent an email to the company maybe it can be corrected. From what works the game is great and would be a 5 star--but can recommend it based on my lock up issues.