Hello. So the battle view still crashes and locks up very often (before the battle starts). My entire comp becomes unresponsive and needs resetting. It's not a reproducible bug or anything; once I re-open the game I can view the fight if I want, but the next one kills it again usually.
I haven't gotten to an invasion yet, the ai is certainly giving me a run for my money now, which is a good thing 
Another bug I found was that I am unable to destroy a colony without causing a brief amount of stuttering then CTD.