i noticed a significant change. My system is underpowered for FE so i'm still not able to play full games or even short games on medium maps. But it used to be that every time i shut down the game i had to call up task manager in order to shut off a lingering elemental process. Now that only happens when i been playing awhile. If i play overlong, the game crashes on exiting, which freezes the computer forcing a hard reboot. So i don't push it very far. i see significant improvement from v1.0 to v1.01. But still can't finish a game. Maybe with a tiny map rush. 

Haven't had a chance to play enough yet to tell. Will advise. Should be able to get some time in this weekend.

Well, that was conclusive, I think you received the entire gamut of possible answers.

Loading and unloading the game improved for me... turns on a medium map against 5 AIs on normal got boggy around AC 187 or so, but not consistently from turn to turn (sorry, Leo in Wis.  , it sounds unscientific).  Tactical battle animations are more fluid and the new way Amarians get their shard boni is much cleaner.

I have noticed multiple Arenas of the Slakhanan? on the map...

All looking good so far, seems to be a slight improvement over 1.00 for me.

With 1.00 I often experienced sluggish screen scrolls independently of zoom level. It seems to be completely gone since v1.004. This is very appreciated improvement.

However sluggish screen scroll is still there when I zoom out to just before switching to cloth map, but it is not so annoying at the moment.

Mid-late game are now playable x) and enjoyable.
Compared to now it was a hell ! (i play on 12x8 maps)

8go ddr3
Cori i7
GT540
SSD 240go

Thank you for your work.

there is improvement for sure. Would be nice if the game would use my 4 cores more efficiently though ( yeah I know that's a tall order). 1 core tends to get maxed out or nearly maxed out.

GREAT IMPROVEMENT over 1.0

If you have the machine to run this game it's great. If you're trying to play with a rellic then yeah you're gonna have poor performance. Spend some money get a good machine and put granny to bed. Also turning off all unrequired and un-needed programs in task manager helps as well. You really only need explorer and taskeng running in the background. (besides the actual game of course lol)

Worse. Game Stalls on startup now. Several different stalls in tact battle. white tree load delay.

 I thought it ran better. The animation seemed alot smoother and the turn transitons seemed faster as well.

Core i3

8gb DDR3

Nvidia GT240

The time delay after pressing Turn is much shorter at late-game.